Hard to say. McGuire is dealing with a hand issue right now which is keeping him out of the lineup. His usage may be down over the short term and not indicative of what the future use is.
I could have been sold on Wong and Winckowski (especially out of the pen), but would have been very dubious on Duran. What he's been doing is quite the turnaround.
We've heard for a long time that Wong has pop. He's finally starting to show it in game at the MLB level (15 HR in 81 G in WOO last year). The first month for Wong has been very good. We should all be very happy about it.
In my fantasy world, the Sox still need to make trades for catchers and the Dodgers have a surplus of catchers and were willing to deal Connor Wong for David Price's expiring contract.
"What a country!"
I hope that's an old enough reference for moon!
How is dWAR calculated for catchers? His framing isn't great (0 Framing Runs). He had that passed ball last night (0 Blocks Above Average). Aside from pop time and caught stealing %, what makes him a great catcher?
Well, yeah, they are the only two guys that have been able to start 6 times. If Houck throws 3.1, he'll match them next time out in his 6th start. Pivetta needs to go 4.2 in his 6th start.
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Paxton has another start for Worcester on Friday. His IL stint ends May 8. He’s coming off a strong start but overall his command has been spotty as expected with a two-year layoff. Sounds like they want to keep him as a starter but obviously will have rotation decisions soon
Pivetta has a stay of execution for now.