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  1. Maxbialystock
    Are you serious? Tonight he's gone 5 innings and given up 5 singles and 1 run. And you want to send him back to Worcester.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Of course I watch the games. And my point is that tonight you are blinded by those previous games and can't see that Bello is actually pitching well tonight. You ought to be ashamed of yourself because he's our pitcher and has given up 1 run in 5 innings in a 2-1 game. Bello is the reason the Sox are leading.
  3. Maxbialystock
    You don’t gain or regain confidence sitting on the bench.
  4. Maxbialystock
    You’re an idiot. Why insist Bello stinks when he’s been pitching well? We all know how he’s struggle this year, but he also has 3 quality starts.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Big hit by Rafael Devers! He really battled 2d time around and hit that grounder hard. I think they say it's a hit.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Good thing you don't have a vote. My reaction to those 3 hits was the same as yours, but I wanted to see more before saying anything. Even with the balk, he held Florida to just the 1 run and then set them down in order in the 2d inning. Right now I'm more worried about the Sox weak hitting with RISP.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Agree young additions/prospects could redeem some of Bloom's rep.
  8. Maxbialystock
    It's terrific, but he has just 4 starts this season.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Thanks for the info on 2020. 40% makes sense. They played 60/162 games, 37%, so 40% was just a tad over. Plus, of course, no one came to the games.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Two kinds of winning--before July 31 and after July 31. While a win is a win is a win, it's the wins after July 31 that seem to ensure making it into the postseason. If the Sox dump Jansen, O'Neill, Pivetta, and whoever on or before July 31, I think that could adversely affect their ability to get to the postseason. If the Sox keep everyone and maybe add a player or two, that should improve their ability to get to the postseason, but it also means that all three will be free agents at the end of this season and therefore have no trade value. Right now this Sox team of mostly no-names is pretty likeable, despite the weak defense, etc. Given the losing record at Fenway, I think a good righty bat would help in the stretch run. Same goes for a good arm or two. I think Jansen's salary of $16M is insane. Last year he was also paid $16M--for 44.2 IP, which translates to $362K per IP. This year so far he's pitched 28.1 innings, so the cost per innings is $285K. But right now I think he is worth it.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Interesting question. I think his income is mostly from outside baseball. He made a lot money as a commodities trader, which is what enabled him to buy the Sox for $660M. That said, however, his current estimated net worth, $4M, is mostly based on the value of the Red Sox franchise. As it turns out, buying the Sox was a terrific investment, but it was made valuable by those WS wins and other Sox-related schemes. I have to agree those WS wins were frequently the result of investments in players, some of whom, like Mookie, came up through the Sox system, and some of whom were traded for or simply hired as free agents.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Wacky? I think it's a truism that a player's best playing years are before age 30 and his best income years are after 30. Yes, absolutely, in his early years with the Sox Mookie was an unbelievable bargain. Right now so are Duran and Houck. On the other hand, thanks to arbitration, in Mookie's last year with the Sox, 2019, his salary was $20M. When I looked up his Dodgers contract, it said he was paid the $65M bonus up front and not pro-rated.
  13. Maxbialystock
    So far I think it is fair to say that the offseason acquisition of starters by both Chaim Bloom and Craig Breslow has been uniformly disastrous. Breslow giving up Sale and plumping down $38M for Giolito is just the latest example. Midseason deals need not be terrible. Eovaldi was one--2018. So was Schwarber--2021. In both cases the Sox still had the option to keep both of them, for a price of course. I like this current Sox team despite the weak infield defense and the so-so RISP hitting. The pitching--without Sale, Giolito, Whitlock, et al--is the best it's been in a long time. Even Story on the IL hasn't hurt much because of his weak hitting. Casas is missed, but not his defense. Besides, I continue to believe that the Sox biggest lineup need is a good righty bat because Fenway Park favors righty bats. I completely agree that, if the Sox stay comfortably above .500 and in the hunt for a wild card slot, they should be buyers later this month. I would love to see Breslow make a deal that isn't idiotic.
  14. Maxbialystock
    We need as close to 5 decent starters as we can get. Houck and Crawford are more than decent, but Pivetta, Winckowski, and especially Bello are suspect. The team ERA of 3.62, ranked 7th in MLB, is still better than the 2018 Sox who won 108 regular season games. Sox pitching never nevertheless--and despite our griping (which I have done my share of)--remains their one real strength. The defense, ranked dead last in MLB, and the hitting--ranked 12th in runs scored--remain suspect.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Sometimes I have the sneaking suspicion that the Sox FO and JH himself could do worse than read the comments on this thread. Not my comments, of course.
  16. Maxbialystock
    If I'm pounding my chest, I'm wrong to do so because when Sale was let go and Giolito and Grissom were acquired I was paying absolutely no attention. Somewhere in my rantings is the valid point that I think the Atlanta Braves FO is a lot smarter than the Red Sox FO.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Indeed. I'm humbled.
  18. Maxbialystock
    I know. I looked it up--in complete disbelief.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Kelly leaks runs like a sieve.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Nights like this, games like this make one think, along with the 1969 Mets, "you gotta believe." Crawford is throwing good stuff, which, I hasten to add Houck is also fully capable of doing, Winck seems capable of doing, and even Pivetta, on his good nights, is capable of doing. Bello used to throw good stuff, but he's always struggled with command of his pitches. Do not under-estimate our rotation. Lovely single, hard hit, by Devers to drive in our first 2 runs. Also lovely--the dinger by our 165 lb weakling batting 9th and 2d on the Sox in rbi's. I just think SPLENDIDSPLINTER brings out the best in our guys. Don't forget--in his last two outings behind the plate, Wong and the Sox pitchers gave up a total of 20 freaking runs. No wonder Casas wanted to play in Miami.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Gotta love Rafaela's range in CF and his routes, but Duran gets higher on those jumps against the wall.
  22. Maxbialystock
    6 lefty bats.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Great discussion, everyone about Baseball Digest and other sources of stats. I confess I mostly use espn's MLB section for mine. Plus for individual players I will consult baseball reference. I'm also an NCAA basketball fan and there kenpom.com has the best stats. Since this is the Sox ownership thread, a reminder--I'm inclined to defend John Henry. I have absolutely zero affection for the man, but think his stewardship has been excellent. In addition, I too am appalled at some of those large and long contracts for individual players, especially pitchers, who rarely live up to them. Consider, for example, Mookie Betts. In 6 seasons with the Sox, his accumulated WAR was 42.3 and he was paid a total of $32M. In 5 seasons with the Dodgers his accumulated WAR is 26.6, for which he has been paid $194M, including the $65M bonus and all of this year's salary.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Because Casas injury was the result of simply swinging at a pitch, I'm less sure than you he will bounce back as the Casas we saw last year and early this year. I agree he has demonstrated he can hit MLB pitching, but maybe his swing has changed or will change because of the injury.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Agree completely on Eovaldi, who was fantastic for the Sox in 2018. Thereafter, kind of up and down in terms of IP: 67 in 2019; 48 in 2020, 182 in 2021, 109 in 2022. With Texas he had 144 last year and 73 so far this year. He entered MLB in 2011 at age 21, and his lifetime ERA is 4.07. Schwarber could not have been better for the Sox in 2021, and I for one wanted him to stay, regardless of his defense. However, in 2022 the Sox still had JDM, plus their big problem was pitching, ranked 25th in MLB in ERA.
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