mvp 78
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I guess it depends on if you expected a complete s*** show, a mixed bag or really good. Looks like it's been kind of a mixed bag as can be expected. Things are turning around after the complete s*** show that the season started as. 26th in fWAR when they were 29th or 30th at one point (19th for May).
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He was "passable" last season but has greatly regressed this year. More walks, more hard contact, worse GB rate. He's pitching the way he did in 2020 with the Phillies that got him traded here as an afterthought.
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The Price contract was iffy. The Sale contract was right out as he was clearly injured at the time.
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Here's the timeline for some of you dummies: Sox offer him a big contract. Nate says no. Nate looks elsewhere for a long while. Sox sign a bunch of other free agents. Nate gets the smaller Texas offer. Nate goes back to the Sox and says "can I get your original offer?" Sox say no. Nate signs with the Rangers. The Aristocrats.
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Dominate under pressure? He has a 5.21 ERA in the postseason. LOL
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No, it's because they have 5 shortstops behind him! 1. Xander the amazing 2. Tatis the guy who was to be moved off SS for a long time (negative DRS/negative OAA at SS) 3. Machado now Odor(-36 DRS at 2B) 4. Kim an actual defender 5. Cronenworth? Yes, there is considerable luck involved AND Petco's run suppression. Seth Lugo is a similar pitcher, why aren't those same defenders helping him as much?
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But if you take the lower number of his ERA or xFIP from each year, he's a pretty good pitcher!!! Also, he's only allowed 1 run in the past 25 innings and that's most certainly to continue through October and beyond. Wacha will certainly pitch 200 innings this year just as he has in previous seasons without issue! Good value play by the Padres! Can't believe Bloom called 28 other teams and told them not to sign Wacha either. What a low move! It was pretty brave of the Padres to hold out until the middle of March to sign such an elite pitcher like Michael f***ing Wacha!
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MAYer: 1196 OPS this month for Marcelo
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That's not the reason he signed with the Rangers.
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C'mon man. This is just embarrassing.
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Wow, must be really hard to look at game logs?
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And the TBR, a team noted for developing pitching, sent him to the pen because he sucked there.
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Just look at his Statcast page.
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Yes. Did he all of a sudden become a CY type pitcher when he's about to turn 32?
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Bloom offered Nate a larger contract than what he signed for in TEX.
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I mean, I don't think that's true? Wong was most likely the backup Catcher at least. Valdez was seen as a platoon bat at some point, but had no home defensively (he's only 24 so how was he a failure?). Winckowski struggled last season, but over and over and over again SoxProspects said that his stuff would play up in the pen and it did.
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I don’t know what Mata can do for the Sox this year. Probabaly sent straight to the WOO pen after coming off the IL. It has not been a good season for him.
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The reduced workload has more to do with McGuire not being able to throw runners out and his hand injury than how he handles the staff.
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But he has a 71st percentile for FB spin rate!!!
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I'm not sure Rosier is much to note. He's a singles guy who will probably just get by on speed until he gets to the upper levels, same with Max Ferguson. SoxProspects keeps saying that the other shoe is going to drop for Hamilton and that he'll go back to his last year numbers, but he's had a really strong May. Maybe he's turning a corner? Not sure what he can do at the MLB level, but there's lots of use if he can be a bench guy (MIF/OF) with some pop and massive speed. Denlinger should probably be promoted to AAA soon as that bullpen sucks.
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Not sure what his stats from age 21-26 have to do with who he is as a pitcher now? Since 2019, his xFIP is 4.29 with an ERA of 4.49. That seems like the Wacha that I expect going forward.
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Yes, in 2016 when his ERA was 5 but his xFIP was 4, he was a better pitcher than his ERA showed. Same with 2020 and 2021. I think he's generally a 4.50 type pitcher. His low 3 ERA years are an anomaly. He's given up 1 run in his past 25 innings and I don't think that's going to last. He just doesn't have overwhelming stuff like that. There's still a lot of blue on his Statcast page.
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He's been really great this season. I wasn't sure what to expect. I heard that his ceiling was potentially higher than Valdez because of the defense. He's built like a running back and is just putting good exit velos up each night. Potential to play all 3 OF positions.
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Bello vs Canning
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His xFIP is a full run higher than his ERA. Let's see how it shakes out over the long haul. He also needed time off last year and many years before that.
