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  1. mvp 78
    I needed a good spectral laugh this morning.
  2. mvp 78
    And yet this season: His Barrel % is up 2.5%. His Barrel/PA is ups 2.5. His xSLG is up .120. His K% is down 5%. His ERA is up 1 run. His xERA is in the bottom 25% of MLB pitchers. His Whiff% is in the bottom 10% of pitchers. He's getting Barreled in the top 5% of all pitchers. His curveball, fastball, sinker, cutter and slider all have less movement than last season per Statcast. This year he only has one net positive pitch per Run Value, his changeup and it's only thrown 4% of the time. 2022: 1st time through the order: 3.05 ERA, 688 OPS, wOBA 298, BB% 3.7% 2nd time through the order: 5.63 ERA, 835 OPS, wOBA 365, BB% 8.6% 3rd time through the order: 15.43 ERA, 1.083, wOBA 472, BB% 14.3%
  3. mvp 78
    Matt Albers has sung.
  4. mvp 78
    Just make Houck the closer and they'll blow less saves.
  5. mvp 78
    SP: Whitlock 26.2 K%, 4.34 ERA, 3.36 xFIP Houck 18.8 K%, 4.32 ERA, 4.13 xFIP RP: Whitlock 31.4 K%, 0.93 ERA, 2.80 xFIP Houck 24.7 K%, 3.79 ERA, 3.75 xFIP Whitlock is a better pitcher than Houck. I want my best pitchers throwing the most innings. Starters throw the most innings. I want Whitlock to start.
  6. mvp 78
    It's a difficult balancing act, but you just need to figure out who to pay and who to move on from. No, you can't keep everyone.
  7. mvp 78
    A 40 man roster full of Jake Diekmans.
  8. mvp 78
    And guys like Betts and Devers make money for the club off the field through advertising. As long as they aren't complete dogs by they time they are 32, the contracts are fine.
  9. mvp 78
    And it's the day after Memorial Day and the Sox are 10.5 back. Season is basically over. I think hurting the starting rotation by pulling Whitlock is a bigger issue. I think just making Houck the closer fixes that issue.
  10. mvp 78
    2>3>4>1 I think Wacha is the most likely to be traded and JD is a valuable asset for sure. I think Kiké has value at the deadline to a contending team. Not sure they really want to deal Xander. I don't think they trade for a "closer." I bet they make a deal for a reliever who ends up closing, but it's someone we are underwhelmed with.
  11. mvp 78
    Houck should be the closer. Whitlock could be a really good starting pitcher which has much more value.
  12. mvp 78
    I can't say I trust 42 year old starters all that much. I know someone was on year earlier saying that his arm only had 35 years of mileage or whatever, but he looks all 42 years right now. He's either headed to the pen or they are just going to play out the string with him. I think I'd rather throw Winckowski/Seabold out there every 5th day.
  13. mvp 78
    Maybe? We have no idea. If they fail to re-sign Devers, I think fans will be rightfully pissed off no matter who they bring back as a replacement.
  14. mvp 78
    If they are re-signing Raffy and Xander and others, let me know.
  15. mvp 78
    If the plan to bring Bloom in is long term development, you need to stick with the plan for a long term. You can't vacillate to DD part 2 in a few years just because Henry gets ants in his pants.
  16. mvp 78
    Cora clearly pulled a quarter out of their ears at some point. I think the easy fix is put Houck in the closers role and no longer use him as a piggy back. I think they also need to dump 2-3 guys out of their bullpen rotation and add 3 new names. What they are using now just isn't working. That 2 year deal for Diekman looks horrible right now.
  17. mvp 78
    Will Henry give Bloom a long enough leash? He didn't stick with Ben for a long time.
  18. mvp 78
    Cora can't make a mediocre pitcher throw a better pitch. I don't see how the pen is his fault. He said even said in ST, Frank German looks like someone that could help BOS in 2022 most likely because the guys he has now are horrible. Bloom went the cheap route because he has to strike a financial balance between paying off DD contracts and re-signing guys and working within whatever budget constraints Henry has given him. If he's going cheap just for the sake of going cheap, it's malfeasance. I don't think that's the reason though. I think it's a strategy, but one that isn't really working very well right now.
  19. mvp 78
    You need to sign "some" value guys, just not "only" value guys.
  20. mvp 78
    SAL played yesterday (off day today for some reason) Mayer returned from wrist injury and went 1-3, 2b, 2 R Baze 2-3, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI Encarnacion 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 4 K
  21. mvp 78
    @SmittyOnMLB Red Sox's Jackie Bradley Jr. batting .301 with a .338 on-base percentage, .480 slugging percentage, .817 OPS in his past 23 games (78 PA) dating back to May 3.
  22. mvp 78
    The statement was Diekman f***ing sucks, Schreiber is just a guy and Strahm can't really be relied on. The bargain bin shopping that Bloom has done with the bullpen since he came here just hasn't really worked all that well. The list of randos that have walked out of the pen the past 3 years has been ridiculous.
  23. mvp 78
    Not when they had to face the mighty O's.
  24. mvp 78
    If they anticipated an entire missed season an possible TJS, they should have also anticipated that TJS for older pitchers is not quite the slam dunk it is for younger pitchers.
  25. mvp 78
    I think they have bigger plans for German later in the season. I think they could call up someone else right now and replace some of the dreck.
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