moonslav59
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He probably knew they were looking at Lorenzen and Lauer, and wanted to remind them, better players were still out there. LOL!
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It is somewhat "amazing," as you said.
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Where did he rank in 2022, before the injury?
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I'd say yes, and he likely is not worse than Devers.
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I agree, but you know, it's easy for the guys not signing the checks to think, "We should spend more."
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If Ref can play 1B about the same as Dalbec, he'd get the 26th slot, IMO, due to his ability to play OF after PH'ing. His OPS splits since 2022 blow Bobby Dee away.
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I'm not disagreeing, but are their direct quotes of back-stabbing or just reports from totally objective journalists?
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No. They are pretending they are listening, but yes, with no follow through, it is just hearing.
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Give Ref a 1B mitt. It's hard to be much worse than Dalbec on D.
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It gives the impression they are "listening." More sham.
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I'd say it looks pretty good, that without even having a draft yet, he has 2 of the top 4 and 3 of the top 7 sox pitching prospects as his. Granted, we inherited crap.
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Bang the drum, LOUDLY!
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soxprospects slotted Sandlin at #13- right behind Fitts and Zanetello and in front of Meidroth and Castro. Already, Brez has added these pitching prospects to the roster. (Campbell & Weissert have graduated, recently.) Brez in RED 7. Perales 9. Wikelman 11. Fitts 13. Sandlin 21. Monegro 24. Dobbins 25. Slaten ... 59. Judice
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Truth. These guys need to gang up on Henry & Co. Be vocal. Make the FO believe the fans will not tolerate this crap, any longer.
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We need some good news.
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The talk from ex-players who starred for the Sox might be helpful, too. The more the drum beats, the better chance they wake the F up.
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Unless some OF'er gets hurt, it looks like Rafaela starts in AAA. That would allow Ref to keep his bench role and plus bat vs LHPs on the bench. I guess, there is a chance Rafaela beats out Abreu, this spring, and Wilyer starts in AAA. There are no playtime issues with one fo the kids in AAA. There are issues with who plays CF, since nobody is a plus on D, there, but using Duran and Abreu in CF would not be the end of the world.
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Having 13 pitchers on the staff has changed things.... Most IP from the pen in 2023: 84.1 Gird & Holton 83.1 Wink 4th most since 2019 20 pitchers over 70 IP 53 over 65 IP 83 over 60 IP From 2010-2018 118.2 Yarbrough '18 96 Swarzak '13 95 Chavez '16 11 pitchers over 90 49 over 80265 over 70 762 over 60 2000-2009 6 over 100 38 over 90 173 over 80 508 over 70 929 over 60 90-99 34 over 100 102 over 90 254 over 80 490 over 70 785 over 60 80-89 (Bob Stanley pitched 168.1 IP as a RP'er in '82) 32 pitched over 120 IP! 143 over 100 274 over 90 421 over 80 591 over 70 763 over 60 70-79 (Mike Marshall pitched 208 and 179 IP from the pen) 20 pitchers over 140! 158 over 100 258 over 90 373 over 80 518 over 70 662 over 60 We hear a lot about SP'er IP going way down- so have RP'er IP.
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Do you think he'd be better used in 50-55 games for 1 IP (maybe 4-6 outs, rarely) of 40 games at 2 IP (with 7-9 outs, rarely?)
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I think Duran has real potential to be the player we saw for half a season, last year. He's not the same kid we saw 2+ years ago. He is hard to project, as he has changed and re-tooled his game a few times already. His 5 years of control at reasonable rates seem to make him a lock as a keeper, but his CF D is not up to par, and the glut of LF'ers on this team seems to grow, every year. I do wonder what has been floated as returns for him, or what we might get by adding another piece, like Houck, Pivetta or even a high prospect like Mayer, not that we'd trade Mayer. I'm fine with keeping Duran. There is a good chance one from Abreu and Rafaela don't earn a FT role. There is a lesser chance neither do. Anthony offers some hope for the future, and Bleis for the extended future, but how long must we wait? How Soon Is Now?
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True, but this would be possible templates. Less time for O'Neill and more for Rafaela & Abreu is an easy choice, unless one or both are stinking up the place. (This might be why we are keeping Refsnyder around and are reluctant to trade Duran.)
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Agreed.
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Even if we trade Refsnyder, I can't see how Abreu and Rafaela get enough PAs to be on the 26, all year, if everyone is healthy. O"Neill is not a platoon player. Duran could be a platoon, but I think he earned a shot to play vs LHPs for a while- just to see if 2023 was a fluke. Let's assume no Ref and no platoon of Duran: LF: Duran 82 O'Neill 80 CF Rafaela 92 Duran 70 RF Abreu 92 O'Neill 70 92 games is about 3 out of 5. Rafaela & Abreu need to play 9 out of 10, somewhere. Let's say we platoon Duran and no Ref: LF: Duran 120 v RHP O'Neill 42 v LHPs CF Rafaela 107 Abreu 55 RF O'Neill 110 v RHPs Abreu 52 v LHPs and some RHPs This way, Rafaela and Abreu get 107 GS, each and maybe some late inning defense and PR chances. I'd say, that is still not enough. This is why some think trading Duran for a SP'er makes sense, but if Rafaela or Abreu flame out, and Duran looks good, we'd never hear the end of it... well, maybe an Anthony call- up might make people forget Duran.
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I'm not expert on O'Neill or Abreu's defense, but I'm leaning towards O'Neill in LF (maybe RF in Yankee Stadium) and Abreu in RF. Where does Duran fit in? (Traded?) Refsnyder? (Traded?) Here could be how it shakes out, if we try hard to not play Duran in CF: LF: 107 gms Duran 50 gms O'Neill 5 gms Yoshida CF: 102 gms Rafaela 60 gms Abreu RF: 82 gms Abreu 80 gms O'Neill The way this shakes out, Abreu plays the most, but I think Duran will, barring injury. I think Cora does this: LF 87 O'Neill 70 Duran 5 Yoshida CF 82 Duran 80 Rafaela (plays some SS & 2B) RF 100 Abreu 62 O'Neill Total in OF 152 Duran 149 O'Neill 100 Abreu 80 Rafaela 5 Yoshida
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It's hard to know. That is probably easier than 28 GS. Maybe he pitches 40 games, going 2 IP, maybe 3 every now and then, for 90 IP, total.
