mvp 78

10 days until we can cry about how much the cost of gas is affecting the Henry's checkbook on Truck Day.

With Hill, you can just look at his innings pitched year to year and see it's a reasonable position to take with him... Since being transitioned to a starter: 16 110 17 135 18 132 19 58 20 38 21 158! 22 124

Did they win?

This is incorrect. I was agreeing with your assertion that until he proves that he can go a full season, we have a right to be skeptical. I was in agreement and posted his games played. You posted the games played 3pm yesterday, which I didn't go back and re-read as I was in a meeting at that time. I just read back to where I had stopped posting yesterday. Forgive me for not memorizing yesterday's posts. I will take the lashes now. Just have your cookie please.

Even with a 15 DRS, he wasn't worth 1 fWAR. I don't know. People didn't enjoy a poor hitting JBJ.

https://www.mlb.com/news/bryan-mata-could-be-nearing-mlb-debut-with-red-sox?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage At Red Sox Winter Weekend a few days ago, Sale was asked which of the team’s prospects excited him the most. “I'm biased, because I'm a pitcher, but I love watching Mata throw,” Sale said. “I was there with him [in Fort Myers, Fla.] during his rehab process during Tommy John. We rehabbed together, and I saw him really turn a corner. The power he possesses, the ease that it looks like he's throwing with. Not for nothing, man, that dude's smile can light up a room. He's a fun guy to be around. He's a good teammate. You can tell, just how he operates, he really wants it.” Mata, in Boston this week for the Rookie Development Program the Red Sox are holding, lit up when Sale’s praise was relayed back to him. “I'm really grateful for it to have spent that time with him,” said Mata. “You know, he attended some of my bullpens. I attended some of his. He had a lot of great advice, and to have a pitcher of his stature be there advising you is a big deal for me, and I don’t take it lightly.”

It's a smart personal decision to keep his OPSa down.

You're not proven until you are. Cora needed to at least give someone a shot rather than do the committee thing. We know that doesn't work.

I don't read all of your posts. There are too many.

Unless it was a mandate from Bloom, this was a big time mistake from Cora.

Good for you. Do you need a cookie?

He hasn't been a 1 fWAR player since 2019. 538 OPS, 53 wRC+ since the start of 2021. I don't know what he has left in the tank.

Cora could have just named Whitlock or Houck closer at any point.

Games played: 13 45 14 89 15 90 16 119 17 59 18 68 19 49 20 15 21 68 22 91

He could easily play 140+ games if you give him 2 years to do it.

I've mentioned this before. I think they should have seen the failed OF experiment for what it was prior to last season. Maybe he's not good at 2b either?

Iggy/Harrison would also probably be ok with a back up position if necessary.

With Arroyo, it was injuries. Give this a read: https://www.overthemonster.com/2022/8/10/23300177/red-sox-news-christian-arroyo-superstar-in-waiting-giants-rays

Agreed.

Xander will not be 29 in 6 years.

They went 12-7 against the lowly Reds to win the tie breaker.

Unloaded? He's not worth the contract unless that OPS stays there for another 6+ years.

That's fine.

My body is 50% micro plastic anyway.

If Andrus signs, is Kiké pushed to 2B or CF? I'm not sure I see them signing Andrus now that they have Duvall. I think they are done. Maybe guy who can play 2B and SS, but not Andrus.