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  1. moonslav59
    MLB selects this Sox pitcher as our "hottest pitching prospect" ... Red Sox: Dalton Rogers, LHP (No. 24) A surprise third-round pick out of Southern Mississippi last July, Rogers stands out with the low release height and flat plane on a 91-96 mph fastball that hitters can't seem to barrel. He has given up just three runs while striking out 28 in his last 17 innings, and he has an overall 2.49 ERA, .139 opponent average and 38 strikeouts in 21 2/3 frames in Single-A.
  2. moonslav59
    Many of our players have taken a hit on their OPS the last week or two, but we still have 10 guys at .700 or above and all our major players, except Kike over .666. I think posters would have been shocked, back in March, had they been told our top OPS guys were... 1. Duvall 2. Yoshida 3. Duran 4. Dugo 6. Valdez 7. Refsnyder 9. Wong 10. Reyes 11. Tapia (Devers is 5th and Turner is 8th. McGuire, Casas, Arroyo and Kike are all below 11th.) Maybe equally surprising would be to see our ERA leaders among all 16 pitchers with 12+ IP: 1. Martin 2. Schreiber 3. Winckowski 4. Crawford 5. Bernardino 7. Bello 9. Sale 10. Paxton (Jansen is 6th and Houck 8th.)
  3. moonslav59
    The things I responded to were serious, except maybe the part where he asked me to stop posting forever. I put Red on ignore and have avoided any response to him for maybe close to 2 weeks, despite MVP egging us on. Maybe, I should just ignore him, too, but that's half the posts on this site, and he does provide a lot of great stuff. I said I'll honestly try harder to ignore the trolling and misrepresentations, like calling a question a statement. That will have to do from my end. I'll take some of the blame for how things get more prickly around here when our team is losing. I apologize for that. I will sincerely try harder - not just with Red.
  4. moonslav59
    You are right. I need to ignore trolling. I'll try harder.
  5. moonslav59
    This Duran is an imposter. I'm convinced.
  6. moonslav59
    Obviously, you don't know what "troll" means, but that's not surprising.
  7. moonslav59
    No "setbacks" but "good days and bad days." An enigma wrapped in a mystery. I guess we should not count on anything from him.
  8. moonslav59
    Along with 20 others.
  9. moonslav59
    Keep trolling. I haven't responded to Red in over a week. You're schtick is stale.
  10. moonslav59
    He seems to be getting it, and Kike is doing nothing to take it from him. The big decision will have to be made when Duvall returns, but Duvall can play LF (Yoshida DH/Turner 1B/ Casas > ???) Casas need a true chance, too. Good problems to have. A real sign of a bad team.
  11. moonslav59
    If Duran keeps slumping, and Kike comes around, Kke may end up playing a lot of CF, once Story and the ever elusive Mondesi join the club. We seem to have a lot of options, once everyone is healthy, if that really ever happens. SS: R Story S Mondesi R Kike R Chang 2B R Story L Valdez R Kike R Arroyo R Reyes LF L Yoshida R Duvall R Refsnyder/Tapia CF L Duran R Duvall R Kike 1B L Casas R Turner R Dalbec DH R Turner L Yoshida (Others)
  12. moonslav59
    There is such a wide range on where this team may end up in the win column. Under 81 is still in play, for sure. 86-87 seems like a good bet (5-6 over as you suggest.) I'm still thinking 88-90 is very doable, absent massive injuries, and I even think with good luck on injuries, maybe 91-93 is possible.
  13. moonslav59
    I don't disagree. Plus, much of the young talent helping now, are DD's kids, which is understandable, when you factor in that Bloom has had 4 winters and 3 drafts, one of which was the shortened 20 draft, and he's taken mostly HS kids with his top picks. Whitlock and Mayer are his two major young "gets-" maybe Drohan, Bleis and/or Yorke joins the group
  14. moonslav59
    Can you try to pay attention. There was a question mark, so it was not a STATEMENT! I was asking to try and find out why. I was not implying it was why. My only "statement" was: "I'm sure the Sox have tried to get him to take more pitches. It is not happening, though." Was that "WRONG?" It's not negating the fact that they still want him to "swing hard." I never addressed that point.
  15. moonslav59
    You'd love that. Nobody would ever fact check you. If you could just keep up with what was actually said, your posts would improve.
  16. moonslav59
    No argument on that chosen time frame, but if you look at 2021-2022 combined, he was one of the league's best 5th starters. Both points are not mutually exclusive. Every player has ups and downs within a longer time frame. I could pull this on your chosen time frame: NO! He hasn't sucked since 7/1/22, because from 7/25/22 to 9/7/22 (9 starts) he had an ERA of 3.80 and a FIP of 4.23. He was also 4.65 his last 14 starts of 2022- very close to the hypothetical 4.55 ERA spoken of earlier in this discussion.
  17. moonslav59
    We all agreed and still agree, he sucks now. The talk was about 2021-2022, and I kept reminding you about that separate focus. I think the whole attitude thing might have been blown out of proportion. The guy was upset about being demoted and wants to stay a starter. Just about every pitcher has an enormous ego and must have total belief in himself to be good (even if he is not good.) YES, he SUCKs, NOW!
  18. moonslav59
    Huh? I said he is not taking more pitches than last year. I asked you, if he has swung more. I did not state it as a fact or opinion.
  19. moonslav59
    .500 and .650 might be enough.
  20. moonslav59
    That was my only point. From 2021-2022, he was one of MLBs best 5th starters in production and IP, but only in comparison to other 5th starters. He was even better than maybe half the teams' 4th starters and some 3rd starters. I'm not sure why that concept is so hard to grasp. Fine to disagree, but for posters to say he sucks now is not related to 2021-2022 talk.
  21. moonslav59
    You crack me up. Don't change a bit.
  22. moonslav59
    You are missing what the talk was about.
  23. moonslav59
    If it was a 5 year plan, then 2024 is year 5, assuming they count 2020. However, I thought Ben had a 5 year plan, and he didn't make it to 5, despite one ring.
  24. moonslav59
    Okay. I, for one, will blame him, and him alone, for spending too much on the O and not enough on the rotation. Since the Story signing, the spending restrictions should not be used as an excuse. 2023>>> $575M+ Offense: 313 Devers 140 Story 90 Yoshida (not counting posting fee) 10 Kike 8 or 22 Turner (player option) 7 Duvall $50M+ Pen: 32 Jansen 18 Martin $10M Rotation: 10 Kluber 4 Paxton (actually deal made last year) That's his legacy. That's his M.O.
  25. moonslav59
    So, maybe pitchers have been throwing pitches closer to the zone than they did, last year, and that's why he's swung at more?
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