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Yeah, he's already in AA. Of course he'll be playing in the Spring Training games.

OB is a New England guy, but he's just so dull. I've never been a fan of his. No personality.

The Sox have been meeting with Montgomery and are still the highest bidder. Boras is just holding out for more money. The worry is that another team could swoop in and still outbid the Sox.

And didn't let players leave either?

They all had one agent: Scott Boras.

That 8 fWAR year was 5 years ago. Since then, he's only put up 6.3 fWAR. He's not barreling the ball anymore and his exit velo is down. If his BABIP drops, it'll get ugly for him.

The other guys aren't in their league for sure.

The LA Times did a "GM Interview" with Bauer that ran last week. His answers were pretty s*** in it. I don't think any team that signs him would be pleased if that is how he's going to handle himself going forward. He's still blaming his current social media issues on others rather than just not posting at all. He's still very combative and believes that and PR issues would blow over in 3 days for a new team. He's a dumb guy who believes that he's very smart.

Penrod: 1 Inning, 3K, 1BB Was expecting another BB to be honest.

Another Sham post by moon!

I don't want Walter starting any games this year. I haven't seen Fitts pitch in AAA so I can't comment. Winckowski is a bullpen arm only. I may want Gambrell starting more than Murphy.

Probably not fair to let Mark Contreras play in this game. 4-1 Sox.

NU has suited up some TalkSox posters to play OF apparently. Woof!

Hickey thrown out trying to go for a triple. Same old bad baserunning by the Red Sox.

Olivarez giving up runs to NU is a great sign!

It's only the top 5 starters. However, 12.5 would be about 8th best starting staff from '23 while 10.3 would be 18th. Jays and Yanks project to have some of the best rotations in all of baseball. The other 3 will be in the squishy middle. Only 2.3 fWAR separated 10th and 20th place teams last year. The real dropoff is when you get to the dregs of the league where the rotations will get 5 or less fWAR. Half the league were between 9.1-11.7 fWAR. That's probably where the Sox are again. Averagish.

It was strictly to compare Refsnyder and Dalbec because those are the names you highlighted. Over and over and over again you talk about how the past 3 years are important indicators of future success. Why didn't you measure the past 3 years of Dalbec vs the past 3 years of Refsnyder? Does Refsnyder's '21 not count because he played elsewhere and did poorly? Does Dalbec's '21 not count because he actually had a meaningful sample that season and did well?

https://beyondthemonster.substack.com/p/pitching-prospect-alex-hoppe-will Hoppe has all the tools to become a bright star and a fan favorite. He's not the most well-known prospect, which will add some intrigue for the fans. Not knowing much about the player means the fans' first impression of Hoppe will be a 6'1", 200 lb man with a military-grade weapon for an arm. The right-handed reliever possesses a fastball in the high 90s that reaches 100 MPH. His slider is devastating (if not inconsistent). When he has control of it, the sharp-sweeping pitch (in the mid-80s) is a perfect compliment to his fastball. Hoppe posted a 4.10 ERA, .271 BAA, and 1.43 WHIP in 43 appearances between High-A and Double-A last season. The now 25-year-old struck out 64 batters compared to 17 walks in 48 1/3 innings. He went 2-5 with six holds and five saves (in eight opportunities). The strikeouts are fun, but I don't blame you if the other numbers aren't blowing you away. In three outings (April 25, August 5, and August 27), Hoppe allowed a combined 12 earned runs on 13 hits and two walks over two total innings. He surrendered just 10 earned runs in the other 46 1/3 innings. Take out those three outings, and for the rest of the season, Hoppe posted a 1.94 ERA and a 1.165 WHIP.

Fine to me. Trade whoever at the deadline. They need to find as many starting pitchers to throw down on the farm as they can get.

Why did you exclude '21 in the first place? There isn't a significant sample in '22 and '23 with Dalbec's numbers since he barely played those seasons.

Might not be the only one this time.

Per FanGraphs: Jays - 12.5 Yanks - 12.4 O's - 10.9 Rays - 10.7 (1/2 year Baz, 1/2 year Bradley) Sox - 10.3 If the O's and Rays weren't facing significant injuries at the moment, the Sox would be left in the dust.

They aren't going to compete for the playoffs. I'd give him a full year to show what he has. If he sucks, DFA him next offseason.

I've said it for 3 months.

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