Didn't the win projection INCLUDE the questions about Sale's health? This rotation stunk last season and were close enough to .500. They'll probably be around there this season too unless more shoes drop.
If they had fired him after last season I would have agreed with it. I don't know if Henry will fire him or not.
If I was the owner of the Sox it would definitely be run differently.
I have never said he's done a great job. It's been a mixed bag.
I'd grade him out at a C+ if you include the farm. If you are just looking at the MLB roster it's a D+ for doormat.
You are most definitely NOT hung up on RESULTS.
OPS by month:
April 576
May 766
June 848
821 OPS since 5/3. He's been a good hitter for almost 2 months now. Your "eye test" is just stuck in a box score from 1983.
@RotoClegg
Sometimes it doesn't take much to know a pitcher has it. Yordanny Monegro has it!
FB sitting around 95, up to 97.
CB with massive drop from a 12-6 shape sitting 78-80
Mixes in a change in the upper 80s, even threw a slider.
4 IP/2 H/0 ER/0 BB/8 K today
$100? How long is that supposed to last these days? I spent $150 yesterday only because we're leaving Thursday AM for vacation for 10 days. If I spend under $200, I've forgotten a few things.
@alexspeier
Ceddanne Rafaela was informed after yesterday’s game in Double-A Portland that he’s moving up to Triple-A Worcester. Rafaela: “I’m very excited. … It’s one step closer to Boston”
BaseballAmerica
6. Marcelo Mayer
81. Miguel Bleis
87. Nick Yorke
95. Roman Anthony
MLBPipeline:
5. Marcelo Mayer
87. Ceddanne Rafaela
91. Nick Yorke
92. Miguel Bleis
My eye test is telling me that those goal posts just moved pretty substantially from "hasn't been that good" to "wouldn't give a massive long term extension to."
We don't know what the Red Sox' drafting board looked like. Yorke and Romero could have been the best picks available at the time.
Also, there are advantages to going underslot in the first round to spread the money throughout the draft.
I mean, he traded Josh Taylor for Adalberto Mondesi.
Taylor 2023: 17.2 Inn, 8.15 ERA, 409 BABIP, xERA 4.93, career high exit velo, career high barrel rate, 0.0 fWAR
Adalberto: DNR
Seems like a fair trade so far on the floor of both guys.