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  1. moonslav59
    DD only had 3 first round picks. Their 2019 first round pick (#33) was dropped to #43 due to going over the lux tax (per soxprospects.com). His only other first pick was Casas in 2018. DD's pitcher's drafted: 2016: 4 of top 6 picks (Groome, S Anderson, Shawaryn, Nogosek) 2017: 4 of top 6 picks (Houck, Thompson, Scherff, Schellenger) 2018: 2 of top 6 picks (Feltman & Ward) 2019: 3 of top 3 picks (Zeferjahn, Song, Murphy) 13 pitchers drafted in the top 6: Houck looks good and could get better. Murphy looked okay in '23 but is a long shot. The rest are very long shots. He was basically 1 for 13. Among the 11 non pitchers taken in the top 6 picks: Casas '18 Dalbec '16 Lugo '19 Brannon '17 (Duran in 7th rd '18) Maybe 1 for 11, here.
  2. moonslav59
    It could still be based solely on crunching numbers, that include risk of injury and other variables pitchers bring to the formula that batters don't.
  3. moonslav59
    More than 20 pitchers, but I added "but that is absurd."
  4. moonslav59
    Any team that even thinks about adopting a strategy of drafting 20 for 20 pitchers is a complete joke. 20 for 20 non pitchers might make some sense, but that is absurd.
  5. moonslav59
    He works and studies so hard on hitting, I hope he dedicates himself to improving on D. I think he will. (I thought Dalbec would, too, so what do I know?) That was an awful corner IF defense, this year. When Kike was at SS and Arroyo at 2B, OMG!
  6. moonslav59
    He is such a lost cause. I think he's still owed $115M/4. I'm not sure if I'd want him for $15M/4.
  7. moonslav59
    So are attempts at comedy.
  8. moonslav59
    According to a certain contingent on this board, I wanted Chaim Bloom back for 10 more years. He's MY GUY!
  9. moonslav59
    Agreed. I will say that a lot of promising catching prospects never pan out, but I still fully agree.
  10. moonslav59
    I get the need for a big RH'd bat, but I'm tired of having a team with 3 LF'ers and hardly anyone who can hit and play CF or RF for 2 straight seasons.
  11. moonslav59
    It's true. most OF'ers would be best in LF, but the guys I'm talking about would be downright scary in CF and RF, especially in Fenway. Yoshida Refsnyder Duran
  12. moonslav59
    It's hard to know how his D will age, and RF in Fenway is a very difficult position to play. So is CF, and he wasn't too bad. (-4 on OAA disagrees.) Dugo was never considered a good RF'er, until suddenly he looked good in 2023. He does seem like the easy guy to trade and replace with a RHB, but just doing so for the sake of it, may backfire. Chances are, he will be back in 2024. I really like Duvall, but 3 years might be too much.
  13. moonslav59
    If he batted RH'd, he'd be a 100% lock. He's probably 85-90%, now.
  14. moonslav59
    Around here, except on the game threads, it's always on the GM or manager.
  15. moonslav59
    Or, Bresblows.
  16. moonslav59
    To me, Duran, Refsnyder and Yoshida are best in LF over CF and RF. Until 2023, I'd have said the same about Dugo. Our need seems to be more for CF than RF, but the big RHB might trump that.
  17. moonslav59
    Other aspects of FIP are BB% and HR%. Low K pitchers with decent BB and HR rates can have good FIPs. Career: 2.1 BB/9 1.1 HR/9 4.06 FIP 4.40 ERA It is rare that a 6.7 K/9 pitcher has such a high fWAR, but also IP is a major factor. The guy had close to 2100 IP over his 12 year career. That is 7th most in that period.
  18. moonslav59
    They had 5 better than Beeks.
  19. moonslav59
    They usually lash out at the GM and owner- not the players. Ask Red, he has his hand on the true pulse of Sox nation. His corner is bigger than any of ours.
  20. moonslav59
    Theo's name was really Beo Cepstein, but he changed it to break the cycle.!
  21. moonslav59
    He has no more experience than Bloom did. In fact, he hs less. I'm just curious why you have a different opinion right off the bat.
  22. moonslav59
    Through free agency? You are a true comedian!
  23. moonslav59
    Porcello only had 1 season with an fWAR above 3.0, and that was 2016 at 5.4. That year, he had his lowest BB/9 at 1.29 and a pretty low H.9 at 0.93. His K rate that year was very close to his career avg (7.63 to 7.65 Because he faced much fewer batters in 2016, his BB% was his lowest, ever at 3.6%- best in MLB among pitchers with 180+ IP.
  24. moonslav59
    That's a bit extreme. Even if you take his worst sample size (3 years,) he has a .743 OPS, which is a 108 OPS+. 26 HRs and 57 XBHs per 650 is not too bad. Best defensive 3Bman from 2021-2023: OAA 47 K Hayes 30 R McMahon 29 N Arenado 22 Chapman He may not earn his salary, but he doesn't "suck." (BTW, last place: Devers at -25. The next worst is at -14. That could be a 47 out swing or about 15 more outs a year!
  25. moonslav59
    Another poor defensive LF'er? No, thanks.
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