Well, at least this guy is known to take the ball every 5 days, no matter what.
IMO, the best part of this signing is that it keeps one of these guys in the pen:
Houck
Whitlock
Crawford
Well, at least this guy is known to take the ball every 5 days, no matter what.
IMO, the best part of this signing is that it keeps one of these guys in the pen:
Houck
Whitlock
Crawford
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Lmfao!
Circus continues with another beer leaguer signing
You pink hats remember the Who tune, new boss same as the old boss?
Somebody please start a “fire Breezelow thread”
Crockett must have pictures
Soto should have been the target, he would have signed an extension, player has eastern ct roots, Hampton to be exact
Henry’s biggest mistake is John Henry, but hey, it’s only been 5 years since the last ring
How did Epstein Francona Dombrowski do after they left yawkey way
Garbage garbage garbage
The king troll returns!
Alex Speier: "the Red Sox seemingly landed a pitcher who can solidify the back of their rotation"Originally Posted by moonslav59
I’ve always disliked building a rotation from back. Add a 1 or2 and push down what you have already.
$19M is not chump change, although the short deal mitigates the risk a bit.
That being said, I do prefer Giolito as a SP and Houck or Crawford in the pen than forcing one of them to try and start 30 games and 175 IP.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
The optimist view:
167 GS since 2018 is 5th most in MLB. He’s been a horse.
4.14 xFIP in that time places him in the middle.
The pessimist view:
4.48 ERA places him in the bottom third tier since ‘18.
(That’s worse than Kluber,Matz, Paxton, Stroman and many others.)
105 ERA- is still bottom third, as is his BB/K and HR/9.
Last 2 year numbers are frightening:
119 ERA- (100th out of 108- just barely above Kluber), but his 4.08 xFIP places 62nd.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
not enough obviously but I think one of the better short term options out there.
I’m usually big on the last 3 year sample size for players, although his trend is scary. Here is where Giolito has placed in some key categories since 2021:
151 pitchers with 200+ IP
6th in GS w 94
45th in K-BB% at 17.9
46th in fWAR at 6.9
68th xFIP 3.97
109 in ERA 4.43
109 in ERA- at 106
137 inHR/9 at 1.6
If you divide 150 SPs by 5 starters per team, Giolito slots as a…
#2 fWAR
#3 xFIP
#4 ERA-
#5 HR/9
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Soto may sign an extension, but Henry couldn’t “afford” it.
Pitchers are robots. His ‘23 split before and after his divorce being made public means nothing!
Before being dealt to Anaheim, Giolito was worth 2.8bWAR. That half-season value would be third-highest on the Sox pitching staff for the full year, trailing only Martin and Bello…
Not an ace, but not a 5th starter. I think he’ll end up being an ok midrotation guy. Need someone above Bello though!
He will help. Most likely he is a mid-rotation guy. But there is a non-trivial (15-20%) he will be at least as good as Bello. If this is THE MOVE, boo ... but I do like the pickup.
The dreaded splitsville splits.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
I think the bullpen of Jansen, Martin, Winckowski, Schreiber, Houck, Whitlock, Bernardino, Slaten, and Mata can cover for a lot of rotation mistakes…
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