moonslav59
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It's not even close to the Betts deal, IMO. Calling it "lite" doesn't take away from the fact that you linked the two together. BTW, it takes two to argue. You are pretty good at it.
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The deal is 7 weeks old. Sale is not Betts. Nobody wanted us to extend Sale. I never heard you suggest it. That is the truth, and it feels fine. No pain.
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Never, unless for short rehab assignments over the next 5 years. Better than 50% odds on this.
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I hope you meant this as gross hyperbole.
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No. I felt devers deserved a chance to improve at 3B, and he actually looked like he was for a stretch, here and there, and for one pretty solid season, but I did discuss the chance of him moving to 1B back then, yes. His issue is mainly arm accuracy, not his glove or quickness. His footwork can be a problem, and maybe that hurts his chances at 1B, but for most of his career, he has been a negativa on D at 3B. Keeping him there, just because he makes $30M has always seemed hollow to me. I'm not torn up about him staying at 3B, and I do think Casas can improve his D at 1B, if he can stay healthy long enough. We also still have Yoshida at DH, so I can understand the reasoning for keeping Devers at 3B. If Grissom turns out to be a bust, this is fine with me: 1B Casas 2B Story SS Mayer 3B Devers
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Replacing Smith with Kavadas has nothing to do with his 2024 small sample size. There is nothing to explain. I've laid it out at least twice.
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Certainly, the money saved was what JH liked, and if the budget was a set one, probably Brez, too, but I really think they thought Grissom might outplay (in both senses of the word) Sale in 2024. So far, that has not happened.
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I agree. 2025 template 1B: Devers/Casas (by "resting" at DH, they can start more games and maybe avoid some injuries) DH: Casas/Devers 2B: Grissom (Story) SS: Mayer (Story/Rafaela) 3B: Story (Devers) C: Wong, McGuire (Teel) LF: Duran/Refsnyder (Abreu) CF: Rafaela/Duran (Anthony) RF: Abreu/Refsnyder (Anthony) Utility: Romy/DHam (Yorke/Valdez)
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I've answered this, already. I'm looking at those two guys last 500-100 PAs and they direction they are trending, along with one of them's age.
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Sample size judgments, yes.
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Agree. The SSS are not worth worrying about. Same with Devers 40 PAs w RISP in 2024. BTW, in 2024, Devers has a .720 OPS and 11 RBI in 41 PAs w RISP, which projects to over 150 RBI per 615 PAs
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111 Pitchers have 115+ IP, since May 25th, 2023. Here are some of the ERA rankings: 1. Snell 2.03 5. Senga 2.59 6. Cole 2.67 7. Lugo 2.75 9. Burnes 2.97 10. Pivetta 3.05 11. Monty 3.11 13. S Gray 3.16 27. Crawford 3.44 31. Houck 3.59 36. Wacha 3.64 48. Paxton 3.85 65. Bello 4.22 FWAR 12. Crawford 4.1 55. Houck 2.2 56. Pivetta 2.2 79. Bello 1.5
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5/19 SOX @ Cards 1:05PM ET
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Pivetta has really become a very good pitcher after his poor start in 2023. ERA Leaders since May 25, 2023 (101 pitchers with 120+ IP:) 1. Snell 2.03 5. Cole 2.42 6. Lugo 2.75 8. Burnes 2.97 9. Pivetta 3.05 10. Monty 3.11 12. S Gray 3.16 26. Crawford 3.44 34. Wacha 3.64 61. Bello 4.22 If you go down to a 115 IP sample size, Houck places 35th with a 3.56 ERA. -
O'Neill was another trade, and another trade for a player Randy disliked.
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"Everyone?"
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Fixed this for you.
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I haven't quit on the season. Although I do think giving him a look, now may help us know more about the future DH/back-up 1Bman options, I think Kavadas might be better than Smith as a platoon with Cooper. If not, we can find another Smith-type, very easily. BTW, I do not think even a thirs of the Woo/Por rosters are better than Kavadas, and certainly not the ML ones.
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Fixed this for you.
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soxprospects.com has been pretty volatile with some rankings, lately. I'm not so sure this is as telling as it looks. They ranked him 20th in DEC 2022, which is not that long ago. He struggled in about 100 PAs at AA in 2023, and for that he dropped to 57th. (BTW, he still had a .366 OBP that summer w POR.) I'm not saying he will work out, but I think he deserves a chance in the bigs. We suck at 1B, so why not give the 25 year old a look-see?
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While part of brining up Kavadas might be for "discovery," and he is Rule 5 guy, this winter, I also think he might have the same chance of doing something good as Cooper-Smith. Keep one hire gun (Cooper, the RHB,) and let's see if Kavadas can help us, this year. It's not like we can't pick up another Smith type, if Kavadas fails.
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It's easy to equate Kavadas with Dalbec, but I think that is unfair. He may very well be just like him, but you never really know. He walks more than Dalbec. Fine. Keep Cooper the RHB. Replace the LHB Smith with the LHB Kavadas and play him some at 1B but more at DH. We've been using Smith and Cooper at DH, too much. REF should DH vs LHPs and some RHPs and Kavadas vs more than half of the RHPs. Our recent DHs, since Yoshi went down: 4 Smith 4 Cooper 3 O'Neill 2 Ref 1 Wong, Devers, Grissom
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5/19 SOX @ Cards 1:05PM ET
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
I'm not as angry about the JBJ trade as some, but it was a bad one. At the time, I called it a headscratcher, which caused a week long debate. I also said that Bloom must see something in DHam and or Binelas that others weren't seeing. Maybe DHam helps others get over their anger. -
5/19 SOX @ Cards 1:05PM ET
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
He has options, but he's going to get a longer look. He hit the ball hard for an out or two, today. -
Sox ERA leaders (10+ IP/ under 18 noted) 0.89 Bernardino 1.54 Kelly 11.2 1.96 Whitlock (shut down rehab) 2.17 Crawford 2.17 Houck 2.41 Weissert 2.76 Criswell 3.04 Pivetta 3.33 Wink (AAA, now) 3.38 Booser 16 IP 3.38 Slaten 3.44 Martin (really turning it around after a horrible start) 3.45 Jansen 3.96 Bello 4.98 Anderson 6.55 Joely (AAA, now) Last 15 days: 0.00 Kelly & Martin 1.29 Bernardino 2.70 Booser 2.84 Houck (1.59 last 7 days) 3.57 Crawford 4.15 Criswell 4.60 Pivetta (bad first start back from IL) 2.31 last 2 starts 5.40 Anderson 6.00 Jansen 6.52 Bello (needs to find the groove) 7.36 Weissert 12.60 Slaten (got rocked, last game)
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It's nice to see the Sox have 4 batters over.900, but one is 6th in team PAs (Wong) and the other just passed Reyes for 11th in PAs (Refsnyder) Updated OPS leaders .954 Refsnyder 11th in PAs .939 Devers 3rd despite missing time .932 O'Neill 4th despite missing time .916 Wong 6th due to being a catcher .857 Casas 8th and on IL (says he will be ready by June 21st) .822 Abreu 5th (did not play much, early) .791 Romy 19th (may end up near 13th by season's end) .784 Duran 1st (making an impression) .736 Yoshida 9th (on IL) .663 McGuire 10th (catcher) .620 Cooper 17th (should pass Dalbec & Reyes in PAs, soon) .617 Story (says he may be back, this year) .569 Rafaela 2nd (so many PAs for such a weak batter) .476 Smith 16th (not sure how much he plays going forward) .453 Vadlez 7th (may not get another look, this year) .305 Grissom 16th (should end up in top 12-24 in PAs, unless he never heats up)
