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Pivetta as a 4/5. Crawford as a 4/5. That's why we need a solid 2 & 3. (I'd prefer an ace and a #2, or 2 solid #2's to go with Bello, who I see as a solid number 2.)
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The day-night split has a bigger differential than the previously blame game of CERA: 4.36 w McGuire 3.47 w Wong
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Wrong. If we end this year, poorly, I will hold it against Bloom, like I promised I would. The only way I'll defend Bloom in 2024 is if JH tightens the budget. I promise. (Note: I will continue providing context to any points being overly critical or overly generous towards some aspect of Bloom's choices, but he will have an overall grade at C or below, from me.)
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Perhaps the best thing about Whitlock's return is that now Barraclough is in AAA, and when Houck replaces Llovera, we'll have zero scrubs in the pen. Our worst pitcher will be the decent Bernardino. Murphy and Wink would be our 2nd and third worst. WOW! What a pen!
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100% (Houck 99%) (Crawford 50%)
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Over 200 PA Sox OPS Leaders .847 Devers (.961 since AS Break) .846 Duvall (.840 since AS Break) .840 Duran (.713) .842 Turner (.918) .836 Casas (1.153) .825 Yoshida (.676) Others since ASB: .979 Story .874 Reyes .826 McGuire .649 Wong .550 Refsnyder .526 Urias .516 Dugo
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Before today, the fangraphs odds of making the playoffs do NOT show the Sox in a good place. I hope we look better in 4 days. % 97 TBR 97 BAL 93 TEX 92 HOU 90 MIN 59 TOR_____ 40 SEA 14 BOS 8 CLE
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Seeing Whitlock look good out of the gate, gives me more hope this team may gel at just the right time.
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I think we will not add a high-priced OF'er, this winter. We have a good core, now with 2 prospects that are ML ready. 6 OF'ers means 1 starts in AAA: LF: Yoshida, Refsnyder, Duran CF: Duran, Rafaela RF: Dugo, Abreu Now, if we plan on using Yoshida at DH for most of the year, maybe we bring back Duvall or the like. I see our 2024 needs like this: 1. A solid SP'er that would be considered a top tier 2nd starter. 2. Another solid SP'er in the top to middle tier 3rd starter range. 3. Middle IF (depends on Story at SS or 2B.) If Urias looks good the rest of the way, maybe we just add MI depth with an emphasis on SS D. 4. RP'er in the Schreiber-Wink range skill set 5. DH/1B/OF We could very well get by with just 3 major roster additions, which would mean higher salaries and hppefully better quality.
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It's all about health, to me. If we can keep 24-26 players healthy to the end, I think we make it to the playoffs. We have a tough schedule after the WSH series, but we've done pretty well vs them, and head-to-head match ups with our closest competitors gives us a great chance to gain on them. I know many here see our roster as a cluster F, but I like it a lot, when healthy. 1. Duran/Refsnyder LF/CF 2. Yoshida DH/LF 3. Story SS 4. Devers 3B 5. Turner DH/1B 6. Casas 1B 7. Duvall CF 8. Reyes/Urias 2B 9. Wong McGuire C Rotation: Sale, Bello, Paxton, Pivetta, Crawford LR: Whitlock, Houck, Murphy SR: Jansen, Martin, Wink, Schreiber, Bernardino or Joely We have a solid back-up for every player listed here, but we really need these guys to stay healthy: Sale, Paxton, Bello & Pivetta Jansen & Martin Wong Casas or Turner Story Reyes or Urias Devers 4 from these 5: Refsnyder, Duran, Duvall, Yoshida and Dugo
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Totally agree.
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It's Storytime in Boston. Way to wake up the bats! Getting Turner back was a big key, too. Nice to see Duvall start hitting like he has proven he can for several years, now.
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OPS Leaders on the Farm (20+ PAs) 1.365 Teel FCL/GRE (only 1 K) .995 Cespedes DSL (24 xbh in 178 ABs) .992 Dalbec AAA (28 HRs + 15 SBs) .962 EValdez AAA (.384 OBP) .956 Asencio DSL (20 BB/24 Ks in 76 ABs) .908 Asigen FCL/SAL (.451 OBP/ 12 SBs in 39 gms) .906 Fitzy AAA (39 xbhs) .905 Hickey A+/AA (36 xbhs) .904 Joh Garcia (.408 OBP) .901 Nunez DSL (.401 OBP) .890 Scott AA/AAA (29 xbhs and 40BB/55Ks in 235 ABs) .886 Brannon FCL/SAL (.583 SLG) .880 Yuten FCL (.396 OBP) .,874 GRod DSL (.387 OBP) .873 Musett DSL (.441 OBP) .873 Rafaela AA/AAA (.524 SLG and 34 SBs, but 13 CS) .864 Abreu AAA (.377 OBP) .862 Jordan A+/AA (42 xbhs) .856 Anthony A/A+ (.397 OBP and 13 SBs in 79 gms) .853 Arias DSL (13BB/12Ks in 117 ABs) notables .835 Bonaci .817 RHern (14 Hrs) .813 Rosier (41 SBs) .802 DHam (43 SBs)\ .799 Yorke .796 Kavadas .785 Meidroth
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In no way was I trying to say Yoshida is even close to the complete player Ichiro was. I was only responding to the point about his batting and swing style not being sustainable. I offered a case where it was. I have no idea if Yoshida can sustain his hitting for the whole contract, but I'm not going to hold his swing style against him.
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True. Let's hope his next 26 PAs show marked improvement.
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No doubt, but their batting styles seem similar, to me.
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We got Yoshida for his bat, and he has delivered, so far. MLB wRC+ T32. Turner 125 (1.7 fWAR) T34. Casas 124 (0.9 fWAR) T34. Yoshida 124 (1.2 fWAR) T34. Devers 124 (2.2 fWAR) T82. Dugo 105 (2.0) 4 in the top 35, is pretty awesome. Duran is at 124, but his 344 PAs DNQ. OPS Leaders (300+ PAs) 29. Devers .847 38. Duran .839 (Only 30 batters have more PAs and a better OPS.) 39. Casas .839 41. Turner .835 44. Yoshida .828
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I'm on talksox, a lot, but you keep saying "in your tiny corner of the world." I'm confused.
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Has any Sox prospects ever gotten off to a better start than Teel? (20+ PAs) .529 BA .600 OBP .765 SLG 1.365 OPS Could we see these rankings by the end of the season? 1. Anthony 2. Mayer 3. Teel 4. Rafaela 5. Bleis Is this the best top 5 we've had since _____?
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Yes, on that huge corner.
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Do the Sox metric geeks look at this kind of thing, or maybe do but think it's a fluke- like CERA.
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Agreed, and it seems weird that the pitching is what has been carrying us, lately.
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Not according to Red... 99% of Sox Nation wants us to go for winning now, every minute of every day.
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Yes, I'm not sure he's been a "big enough impact," too. We knew he was not a great fielder and would likely be our DH within 1-3 years. DH's and low defense left fielders often get shorted on WAR.
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They said that about Ichiro Suzuki, too.
