Bellhorn04
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Like I said, Sale plus Story and Kike and even Paxton, heh heh... Wacha was on the shelf at the time, too.
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If they traded JD and Nate, they might as well have gone full fire sale.
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Hosmer, Pham and McGuire were all upgrades, arguably.
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Go look at the standings on August 1 and the teams that were ahead of us. The Yankees, Astros and Jays were the only teams that were more than 6 games over .500 and had a run differential of better than +28. The Rays were 54-48 with a differential of +18.
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Easy to say when they're not even your team.
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The facts are these: -They were 3 games out a Wild Card spot at the deadline. -Players on the IL at the time but expected back included Sale, Story, Kike and possibly Paxton. Obviously many of us felt the team was "going nowhere". But management of the Boston Red Sox doesn't have the luxury of thinking that way. They've got fans paying a lot of money to answer to.
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Really hard to say. We all know Bobby can hit bad pitches out of the park.
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Hard disagree. We still had a shot. Frankly, the 2021 team's chances at a ring didn't look much better at the deadline than the 2022 team's. The 2021 team was incredibly lucky to get into the playoffs. And then look what happened.
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I'll go with the standard answer: "Not if we're the highest offer."
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Correct. You even know your BDC history now.
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Yeah, you mentioned that. I'd like to keep him, but who knows what he'll want.
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I think Cora and the Sox are doing a decent job being fair to everyone while also getting a look at some guys. It's one of the reasons I still think Cora is a good manager.
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Strahm is really pitching well. Too bad he's a free agent.
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His OPS with the Red Sox should look pretty nice after today. Good small samples are better than bad ones!
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Maybe so, but go back and look at some good Red Sox teams of the past, even World Series champs, and you'll find that the #3 starter usually did not have great numbers.
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McGuire is really starting to look like a nice acquisition by Bloom.
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It's quite possible he has lost some power. But he has made up for it in every other way. That's what the advanced stats say, anyway.
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9/18 kc @ sox
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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Believe it or not, Pivetta has been an average pitcher, ERA-wise, with the Red Sox, with an ERA+ of 102. An average starter is, by definition, a #3 starter, on an average team. On a good team, probably a #4.
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Thought you liked the 2022 Mets.
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And yet his 2022 OPS+ is exactly 2 points lower than his 2019 OPS+. You have to keep in mind that the baseballs are not juiced now like they were a few years ago, and offense is down period. Some numbers for Bogey for 2018-2022, leaving out the shortened 2020: OPS+ 2018 135 2019 139 2021 129 2022 137 wRC+ 2018 133 2019 141 2021 130 2022 139 fWAR 2018 4.4 2019 5.9 2021 4.4 2022 5.9 Conclusion: amazingly consistent and not in decline.
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How perfect is it that the Yankees are going up against George Costanza today?
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I will bet that jackson is right on this one.
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Dalbec seems like the classic case of "holes in the swing". Or one more example that hitting major league pitching is pretty freakin' hard.
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Devers and Bogaerts both have higher OPS+ than 2021. I keep pointing this out to moon. He keeps agreeing, and then going back to saying they've declined.
