@PeteAbe
#RedSox bullpen had a 3.48 ERA with opponents hitting .236 through July 28.
Since: 6.93 ERA with opponents hitting .300.
Only the Pirates (6.95), Cubs (7.86) and Orioles (8.96) are higher.
Not coming from behind AND losing the leads they do have. Bad combo.
I was young enough to enjoy the Gator experience. The stock car racing was cool, I guess. My dad always bagged on him for swinging on the first pitch and running into the monster. He was the only good positional player that came close to bridging the Rice/Boggs/Clemens/Evans years to the Pedro/Papi/Manny ones.
There is value to Leon. There just isn't 1.50 saved ERA value.
He was a positive fWAR guy from 16-18. He had value then. Now, he has much less value because his bat is crap and his defense has taken a step back.
When you have a s***** team, you can trade everything not nailed down and nobody cares. Moreland's contract ended that season. People have seen Lester/Mookie/Nomar get traded. Moreland doesn't move the needle at all.
If they didn't want to be competitive, why would they ever trade for Ottavino? While I don't think the other deals move the meter too much, giving salary relief to the Yanks to bolster the pen would make no sense if they didn't want to win.
@SoxNotes
Rafael Devers leads the majors with 180 XBH since the start of 2019.
Devers has 249 career XBH. He would become only the 41st player since 1900 to reach 250 XBH before turning 25 years old, and only the 3rd Red Sox player to do so (Ted Williams & Bobby Doerr).
LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!