mvp 78
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That's on the high side. Steamer has the most favorable projection at 147 innings and 3.46 ERA. WHIP 1.15 or higher probably IMO.
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Wickowski's 2 seasons in AAA: 2.25 and 2.64, which is HALF of Mata's Crawford's 2 seasons in AAA: 2.79 and 2.22, which is HALF of Mata's Their bb rates increased in MLB? What do you think Mata's will do? Probably go to 6.5 or higher and his k rate will drop. Brandon Walter 2022 in AA: 12.24 k/9, 0.54 bb/9 The only reason Brasier is still on this team is because of his low bb rate. I bet Walter may be closer than Mata simply because he gives up fewer passes. The Sox have talked about that focus over and over this offseason.
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Wrong. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lavarry01.shtml
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Nobody is realistically expecting 2018 Sale to come back. I think we'd be more than thrilled if it was just 2019ish, which was no longer elite level Sale.
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They are trying to go with guys that don't give up many bb's. Mata: 2019 AA: 4.02/9 2022 AA: 4.25/9 2022 AAA: 5.79/9 That gives me a little pause to the Mata rotation hype train as well as the injury stuff. Most likely it's just going to be Crawford/Winckowski in the rotation until Mata/Walter prove that they are ready.
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I was just reading the tea leaves with what Cora said. "He'll be out for a while," Alex Cora said.
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"Everything sucks! May as well make sure it keeps sucking!"
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I'm not saying it actually happened. It was just my guess.
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Have you seen Mata's Innings pitched per year? 2016: 61 2017: 77 2018: 72 2019: 105 2020: 0 2021: 0 2022: 83 He's a perfect match for this oft-injured rotation!
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Don't put that curse on him.
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It was going great, until it wasn't.
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Just look at all the injuries piling up around the league. Time off doesn't mean they are simply "rested." It's more like they've been sitting in mothballs.
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For the rotation, maybe? IDK. I don't see either being in the opening day rotation.
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Another inside out swing for Yoshida to LF. This time in the WBC. Maybe the Sox scouts knew what they were doing. Lots of Monster doubles? https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1632741627394502658
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It's a bad extension. We have to live with it. The only way to make it work is to figure out how to get the most out of him. You can't throw the baby out with the bath water.
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Kluber pitched all of last season. I don't think there are really any health concerns for him. With Sale, he hasn't had a normal season in a very long time. I don't think it's unreasonable to treat this ST a little differently for Sale.
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Winckowski, mainly because it's just a short term solution. Whitlock and Paxton SHOULD be part of the rotation sometime in April. Walter will be in AAA for April/May. If he's shoving down there, he'll force his way into a spot.
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It creates a much bigger risk for the defense though. Difference between giving up a single or a triple.
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The rotation was created with question marks: Sale - injury concerns/age/reduced velo Kluber - age/injury concerns/reduced velo Paxton - ALWAYS INJURED Whitlock - had surgery in the offseason Houck - had surgery in the offseason Crawford/Winckowski - limited success last season Bello - young and inexperienced The plan as constructed has a high amount of risk! If everything goes wrong, this could be a staff pulled directly from Worcester. Not good! If it goes well, maybe they are in playoff contention? Maybe?
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Wouldn't you rather him have a good season and the Sox win a few extra games?
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I think Opening Day rotation will end up being: Sale Kluber Houck Pivetta Crawford
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Abreu 60day IL
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He had it long before he came to the Sox.
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So?
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Sox didn't have any of the starters go until the end of last week. I think they are going slow with all of them. You can say "no babying" but all of these guys have injury risks. If there's a time to baby them it'd be early in ST.
