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  1. moonslav59
    They knew what they needed. I'm certain they got Contreras as a complimentary piece, but they dropped the ball on the main piece. They got that wrong, too. They thought Bregman was the second bat. I'm glad they didn't overpay for him, but knowing he was their first choice greatly lessens my confidence in their ability to make the right choices.
  2. moonslav59
    No, but I'm tired of the wait that keeps getting pushed back. I've been pumping him up and giving stats of when he used to be pretty good all winter long. I usually have a lot of patience, but after all the waiting for injured pitchers to return from Sale to Hendriks, I'm wore out thin.
  3. moonslav59
    I agree on missing that "BIG BAT" many of us screamed for over the winter. I do think we have nice balance and a lot of decent plus bats, and maybe over the long haul, that will start showing better results, but I can't stop thinking "what if?"
  4. moonslav59
    Eyanson is showing why they jumped him over Phillips, Gonzales & Soto. He's 6th in IP on the farm and has a .338 OPS Against. The Priester deal is looking a lot better with Holobetz doing so well. Hell, even YRod has an .832 OPS as a 20 year old in A+ ball. John Holobetz is 2nd in IP and has an 0.73 ERA & .397 OPS Against with 23Ks in 16 IP. That's 12.9/9! Futrell is now 5th in IP among farm pitchers and has an eye-popping .191 OPS Against (2H & 3BB with 13 Ks) Bennett has been the other major standout pitcher on the farm. He's first in IP at 16.1 and has an 0.55 ERA and .337 OPSA. He's walked just 2 batters and has 13 Ks. Tolle had one bad start, but has 19Ks and 4BBs in 15 IP. (3.00 ERA/.619 OPSA) Valera in on the IL after a fantastic first 9.1 IP (1.93/.441) with an earth shattering 17 Ks (4BB) Pretty encouraging start on the farm for this handful of pitchers.
  5. moonslav59
    Those that felt Bello should have been traded, seem to have been right on.
  6. moonslav59
    Okay, well this is because we're missing Bregman & Devers.
  7. moonslav59
    Azocar with 2 dingers for Salem. Game still going on.
  8. moonslav59
    Eyanson with another fine start. 5IP 2H 0ER 0BB 5K Futrell finished off the game and showed he belongs in A+. 4IP 1H, 0ER 1BB 4K. Gonzales & Cespedes with 2 hits in the sutout 4-0 win.
  9. moonslav59
    Maybe the one last October?
  10. moonslav59
    Holobetz impressive again. 7IP 1H 1ER 1BB 11K (1.13 ERA) POR lost 2-0. Taylor went 2-4
  11. moonslav59
    That's encouraging. I think Durbin is a good player- all around, except for power. I really liked the trade and still do. I'd have preferred he was a platoon guy for Mayer or had IKF's role, but he has the potential to be a fine FT'er, too.
  12. moonslav59
    The sample size are small, but I'm not sure how much longer we stick with Durbin.
  13. moonslav59
    It's games like these, where the pitching match-up and line-up presented looks like our odds are long that we seem to do well. Maybe it's just a feeling that this happens more often than it does, but I'm thinking we win, today.
  14. moonslav59
    Just go 100% robo calls. This guessing game should not be part of the game. It's silly at best and stupid at worst.
  15. moonslav59
    I guess some could call it that.
  16. moonslav59
    So far this year, yes. Last year, in a sample size nearly 4 times this one, his OBP was .388 2025-2026 OBP Leaders (350+ PAs) .384 Anthony .360 Bregman .325 Duran .324 Abreu .302 Rafaela I'd be okay demoting him down the line-up for a while.
  17. moonslav59
    2025-2026 Story is 3rd in throwing errors (14), so yes, that does affect his Flg%. (To be fair, he's tied for second in fielding errors with 9) 12 of the top 13 SS inning players had 3-7 throwing errors. All the top 13 SSs had 6-9 fielding errors, so the context shows Stories arm hurts his Fldg% and Fldg% ranking. A weak arm will not show up in Fldg%, correct, but it does show up in the advanced metrics. With the arm, glove and range combined, fangraphs has Story tied with Bogey as the 4th worst defensive SS in rPM at -7 (+/- runs saved above average.) Get him outta there! The SS position is too valuable to mess around with.
  18. moonslav59
    Sox OPS by position .902 RF (Yes, Abreu can hit lefties) .899 1B (Alonso who?) _________________________ .700 CF (Rafaela seems pretty steady, now.) .673 LF (Duran & Anthony mostly) _________________________ .615 Catcher (Without Wong catcher would be near last) .576 DH (mostly Anthony & Masa) .531 2B (mostly Mayer) .440 3B (Durbin off to a really bad start.) ________________________ Our worst batting slot is 2nd at .461 Our 7-9 is .683, while our 1-2 is .521. Team OPS is .664, but... .757 RISP (seems impossible) .695 Men On Base & 2 outs RISP .584 Late & Close and .536 High Leverage (seems about what I expected)
  19. moonslav59
    Uberstine (sore shoulder) and Valera (elbow inflamation) both placed on 7 day IL.
  20. moonslav59
    Crawford to get an MRI on the forearm. I think we have to totally write of Kutter and Sandoval for 2026.
  21. moonslav59
    Story to DH today. Duran & Mayer sit vs the tough lefty. Wong at catcher, again. 1. Anthony LF 2. Monasterio SS 3. Contreras 1B 4. Story DH 5. Abreu RF 6. Rafaela CF 7. Durbin 3B 8. Wong C 9. IKF 2B
  22. moonslav59
    Only GRE won, last night as the farm went 1-5. Here are the top stats for players with 7+ games played: 1.590 Arias 1.124 Opata 1.042 Tucker 1.019 Cheng .980 Delay .974 Gasper .952 Capra .932 Baez .916 Salazar .902 King .892 Cespedes .862 White .853 Pinto .842 Y Rod .838 Guzman (KC is at .703) _________________ OPS Against (7+IP) .171 Futrell .337 Bennett .360 Eyanson .375 Bickerstaff .425 Rivera .441 Valera .483 Holobetz .504 Walker .510 Uberstine .513 Bouchard .521 Rogers .558 Martinez .572 Anderson .578 Brown .585 Finley .609 Olds .619 Tolle .624 Patton .646 Gartrell (Witherspoon is at .731)
  23. moonslav59
    Facing a tough lefty, today. I wonder if Cora keeps Contreras 2nd and Abreu 3rd (.842 v L, this year in a SSS.)
  24. moonslav59
    I don't disagree, but have a look-see at other ALE teams and their top 9 batters' BA: NYY .140 McMahon .145 Grisham .174 Chisholm .184 Wells .215 Caballero (Goldschmidt is at .188 w 20 PAs) TOR .094 Lukes .185 Springer .188 Okamoto .194 Schneider (.053 Barger in 23 PAs/.174 Valenzuela in 24) BAL .148 Basallo .167 Mayo .195 Cowser .200 Henderson (most PAs on team) (Alonso is at .216) TBR has 3 guys below .214
  25. moonslav59
    Wong da man, now.
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