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  1. moonslav59
    I can and did, but he played 0 games, last season, and only 34 in 2022, so he is a 2 years older than that, now. He's started less than 175 200 games at SS in the past 4 years, combined. Whatever fangraphs says about that sample size may be near meaningless. I'll pass. There should be someone better on D, just as cheap and maybe with more upside on O.
  2. moonslav59
    8 years for Rafaela is perfect. I think it takes him to age 31-32. At worst, he'd be a fine 4th or 5th OF'er/late inning defensive replacement OF'er. IMO, he will figure it out and be a decent hitter, who can also steal some bases.
  3. moonslav59
    How much has his D slipped?
  4. moonslav59
    Our in house SS options are Reyes DHam Rafaela We'd have to add a SS from outside the system to have another choice. I'm not against the idea, but who is out there? DHam had 2 HRs with WOO and one here. Maybe we ride his horse until he proves he can or cannot fill the role. Has the timeline on Story been confirmed?
  5. moonslav59
    The griping is less than last April, when Kike was a one man horror show with a pretty decent bunch of sideshows. Winning 7 of 10 helped lessen the roar, for sure, but 2 of our 3 losses was significantly about poor defense. As I've pointed out before, many bad defensive plays are not called errors and won't lead to unearned runs, but they can and do lead to losses, sometimes. Of course, each loss 9and win) is a group effort. I dislike saying a loss is 100% because of one play, one player or one area of the game. Here is an interesting stat: UnERs ERs 10/55 MIA 10/50 LAD 9/15 BOS 8/52 SDP 6/70 COL The Nats have zero unearned runs (49 ERs)
  6. moonslav59
    So, that adds one year to the team's control?
  7. moonslav59
    Rafaela is not great on D at SS. He's okay and maybe a plus. What we lose in CF might not offset the gain we get at SS. I realize SS make or misses more plays than CF, so you might be right.
  8. moonslav59
    Outs Above Average has us ranked tied for 21st at -2. That's 10 better than Miami. Last year, we were 30th at -50, which was 13 worse than CIN, 20 worse than MIA and an amazing 30 worse than #27 LAA! +1 Rafaela, Duran & Story 0 Abreu & Casas -1 Devers, O'Neill, Valdez -2 Reyes DRS: Sox place 16th at zero.
  9. moonslav59
    No details, yet.
  10. moonslav59
    We don't even have one near average infielder on D.
  11. moonslav59
    Fixed it for you.
  12. moonslav59
    We've also seen some no error plays, especially missed DPs. With Story out, my guess of finishing around 16th from 30th might need to be adjusted to 20th to 24th.
  13. moonslav59
    True, but if I had to guess who is more likely to be a MLB starter in 2025, I'd go with Grissom over Mayer. Mayer at 3B could work, too.
  14. moonslav59
    Manny wasn't a creepy character. Bauer looks to be one.
  15. moonslav59
    He should sign with the A's for minimum.
  16. moonslav59
    Maybe by the end of 2025 (Trade Yoshida) C: Teel, Wong 1B: Devers (Casas) DH: Casas (Devers) 2B: Grissom (Story) SS: Story, Mayer 3B: ______ LF: Duran CF: Rafaela (Anthony) RF: Anthony, Abreu That could be a decent defensive team.
  17. moonslav59
    These teams have these records vs others: 2-4 SEA 3-4 A's 4-2 Angels 9-10 overall
  18. moonslav59
    I was very hopeful our catchers would improve, this year- both on O and D. many catchers mature in their late 20's and even after 30-31. I hope this can continue, but expect something over .725 from our catchers, combined. Maybe .750+ is not too much to think might occur.
  19. moonslav59
    For argument's sake, say the top Sox brass assures Cora they will spend much more in the next 5 years: can he believe them? Even if he does, it may not be enough to make him want to stay. How well this year's team does may play a role in how he views the future, here. He's also likely to be excited about Anthony, Teel, Mayer and maybe a couple others looking to graduate in 1-2 years, with more coming in 3-4 years. Hard to know what he's thinking or feeling.
  20. moonslav59
    Does Bello owe you money? How could you talk about him like that?
  21. moonslav59
    Wow! That was with the CWS, on the Sox... The closest might be Bill Hall with 18 HRs and 46 RBI. Some other warped numbers... 30+ HRs 2018: Betts 32 HRs and 80 RBI 1997: Mo Vaughn 35 HRs 91 RBI 1977: George Scott 33-95 1982: Evans 32-98 1986: Baylor 31-94 2021: Renfroe 31-96 1997: Nomar 30-98 Others below 30: 29-78 Evans '85 25-59 Salty '12 24-63 Evans '78 23-60 Papi '12 21-58 Evans '79 21-58 Duvall '23 19-52 HRam '15
  22. moonslav59
    Anytime.
  23. moonslav59
    He homered, today and has an OPS over 1.000 in a season where he is trying to regain some stature as a serious prospect.
  24. moonslav59
    How many players throw L and bat only R?
  25. moonslav59
    Good trivia question. It could be 7: Casas, Valdez, Hamilton, Duran and McGuire plus Yoshida & Devers. (Abreu is the only BL/TL on the everyday roster.)
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