FredLynn
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Framber Valdez Ranger Suarez Why not sign one of these guys? Both are better than the excuse for a #2 they are trying to pass off as a legitimate 2 . Real Sox fans aren’t that dumb. The bottom line is that Gray doesn’t cut it as a #2. It’s the job of management to address the needs of the team and like in the previous years they are trying to take a shortcut. We aren’t buying it.
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Please show me the post where I said I wanted Cease signed instead of Gray. We can do better than either one.
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I have said what I want over and over again. Just to refresh your memory, I want a bona fide #2 SP. Gray isn’t that guy. It’s up to management to find him. Again: ”While Gray is not the number twostarter fans have dreamed of pairing with ace Garrett Crochet, he is a dependable arm for a rotation” perfectly stated.
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Show me where I said Cease is better than Gray. Good luck! I said Cease signed with the Jays. I want someone better than both of them.
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This sums it up nicely. Very accurate: ”While Gray is not the number two starter fans have dreamed of pairing with ace Garrett Crochet, he is a dependable arm for a rotation” From an article on this forum ….
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He surrendered over four runs per NINE INNINGS. I know what ERA means. And the other metrics-which are calculated based on some assumptions. ERA is based strictly on numbers, not calculations and assumptions. It’s a better metric for that reason. Gray isn’t a #2 SP. He’s a shortcut, a weed being passed off as a rose. You watch: they’ll do the same thing with our need for a bat. This teams management stinks.
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They don’t need a #2 for half the season. They need one for the whole season.
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Time will tell. My guess is that he’ll end up in the 4.50 ERA range and spend a significant amount of time on the IL. Thats what happens when the team (AGAIN) tries to pass off a second rate player as a rose. Sox fans aren’t that stupid.
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It’s really pretty basic. On average he allowed over 4 runs per game. Maybe he’ll be an upgrade but he’s definitely not the #2 SP we still need.
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Sure. It’s early. Think they will sign Schwarber or Alonso? Or will they resign Bregman and tell us it’s all roses….
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The number is the number.
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Maybe because of the track record this team has whereby they consistently try to do things on the cheap?
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I do. It’s in the link I sent you. Just because it doesn’t agree with your opinion doesn’t mean it’s not true.
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Sonny Gray had an ERA of 4.28 last year. According to BR his WAR was 1.4 and his ERA+ was below average, 96. We don’t need to necessarily sign a FA SP as our much needed #2. We could trade for him. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grayso01.shtml
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Yet you wrote that you were disappointed, I believe, that all we got is Gray and that the SP roster seems to be a completed work. At his age I think Gray is likely to be a #3-4 and is likely to spend a significant amount of time on the injured list. We needed someone to slot in right behind Crochet. Gray isn’t that guy.
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I’m not going to do the research necessary to find out who is available. That’s not my job. It’s the job of management to make those inquiries and put a competitive team on the field. Last year was an improvement but we clearly weren’t good enough to compete for a ring. They have to keep moving forward by addressing the holes on the roster. Their track record for doing that hasn’t been good.
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His ERA+, my go to stat for pitchers, was below league average. That makes him a typical dumpster dive type pitcher the Sox relish. Cheap reclamation projects. I’m looking at him as a 3-4 SP. The team has money and prospects. Why not go all in and sign a real #2 and a real RHH power hitter? This would have been the year for it. Instead it’s just more of the same. What do you think the chances of fulfilling our other pressing need is?
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A #2 SP is a pitcher who is very good fairly consistently but not as good as a #1 or an ace. Put another way a #2 SP is what Gray is not.
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We aren’t getting Seager or Alonso or anyone else of significance. Maybe Bregman-but he’s hurt a lot and is more of a complimentary piece than a real first rate power hitter now.
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Not signing another mediocre pitcher is no justification for signing the mediocre pitcher they signed and apparently are going to pass off as our #2. They aren’t fooling anyone. They have money and prospects to fulfill what anyone with half a brain knows we need to compete for a ring. Instead Henry is pissing away this window of opportunity. My guess is that our other primary need will likewise be ignored and some other dumpster dive player will be passed off as the solution to that as well. This is a very poorly run team.
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Finishing with a lot of below average IP isn’t the way to build a contender. We had two primary needs to compete for a ring: a very good SP and a power hitting IF. We got a mediocre SP. Typical.
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Mediocre pitchers are much easier to find than good ones. Once again management chose a mediocre pitcher who they intend to pass off as a good one. I’ve seen this movie before. We all have. You want to make a gentleman’s wager that they now won’t sign a bona fide #2 SP to slot in below the ace? And we had at least five SP before Gray. Crochet, Bello, Crawford, Early, and Tolle. Maybe I missed one.
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Anthony isn’t going anywhere
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I could live with a #3-4. We still need a better SP.
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Our overall record for those five years was roughly .500 level. Not good enough. Not even close.