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  1. mvp 78
    Wow, must be really hard to look at game logs?
  2. mvp 78
    And the TBR, a team noted for developing pitching, sent him to the pen because he sucked there.
  3. mvp 78
    Just look at his Statcast page.
  4. mvp 78
    Yes. Did he all of a sudden become a CY type pitcher when he's about to turn 32?
  5. mvp 78
    Bloom offered Nate a larger contract than what he signed for in TEX.
  6. mvp 78
    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.
  7. mvp 78
    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.
  8. mvp 78
    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.
  9. mvp 78
    But he has a 71st percentile for FB spin rate!!!
  10. mvp 78
    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.
  11. mvp 78
    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.
  12. mvp 78
    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.
  13. mvp 78
    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.
  14. mvp 78
    Bello vs Canning
  15. mvp 78
    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.
  16. mvp 78
    I think McGuire is good enough. Wong has been really great. McGuire is just the backup right now. The starters have flat out sucked. McGuire has done rather well with the bullpen. Seems like it's a pitching issue and not a catching one?
  17. mvp 78
    A million bazillion percent...
  18. mvp 78
    Kluber has had one good start with Wong and one good start with McGuire. I'm not hanging his faults on anyone but himself.
  19. mvp 78
    McGuire has reverted in part due to a hand injury he's working through.
  20. mvp 78
    Also, Lugo is NOT better than Valdez. Not even close. Hickey and Abreu should probably be closer to #10 than they are now as well.
  21. mvp 78
    I'd put Valdez ahead of Walter.
  22. mvp 78
    I think Valdez graduates fairly soon. He may graduate before he'd get into the top 10.
  23. mvp 78
    Framing Throwing out runners Setting up the defense If all they had to do was hold a glove, Alfaro would be in MLB.
  24. mvp 78
    If he wants to start, he needs to earn it and be able to turn the lineup over. The talk of him staying in the rotation, has always been just that - talk.
  25. mvp 78
    Wong has a cannon and is limited SB's. McGuire got eaten alive by the O's in the opening series and has a bad arm. Seems like SB's have ticked down a little bit though? I think McGuire paid a price for the Sox coaching staff not being ready for the O's early on.
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