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  1. moonslav59
    The salary should not matter, as we can pay down all or most of any salary to improve the return, if needed.
  2. moonslav59
    soxprospects.com updated their rankings on July 6th: https://www.soxprospects.com/index.html (Casas graduated and was #2 April 5th) +/- not counting Casas graduating 1. Mayer 2. Bleis 3. Rafaela 4. Anthony +6 5. Yorke 6. Drohan +6 7. Perales 8. Romero -2 9. Wikelman +3 10. EValdez +4 11. Walter -3 12. Bonaci +10 13. Murphy +2 14. Meidroth +14 15. Jordan +2 16. Joh Garcia (not in top 30 in April) 17. Paulino -8 18. Mata -14 19. E R-C -4 20. Abreu +3 21. Hickey -3 (not sure why) 22. D Ham +3 23. Cespedes 24. Castro 25. Guerrero Other movers: +16 A Bastardo +11 Rogers +5 R Fernandez +4 Ravelo -5 C Coffey -8 Alcantara -14 Kavadas -11 F Encarnacion -15 Koss -22 Lugo
  3. moonslav59
    Actually, they do. Choice 1: Give Duran a chance to show he can hit LHPs and play FT in CF. Choice 2: Bat the .800+ career OPS vs LHPs Kike v LHPs and sit Duvall. Choice 3: Trade Duvall.
  4. moonslav59
    BAL is tied with TBR in the loss column, but have 4 less wins. (2 GB) MIN is now 0.5 behind the 45-44 Guardians. HOU is now 2 GB TEX. ATL is 9.5 up on MIA CIN up 2 on MIL AZ up 1 on LAD and 3.5 on SFG Some NL surprises: NYM 42-46 (18 GB) SDP 41-47 (10 GB) STL 37-52 (12.5 GB) PHI 48-40 is not bad but 12 GB ATL and 2.5 GB MIA for 2nd place.
  5. moonslav59
    HOU ended up beating SEA. Wild Card Standings +5.0 BAL +1.0 HOU --- NYY --- TOR -2.0 BOS -4.0 LAA -4.0 MIN (CLE is now in 1st) -4.0 SEA
  6. moonslav59
    He does, and yes wrist injuries can destroy seasons. His leash should be short, but I feel he does deserve a chance to find his groove. That early season glimpse was a nice tease.
  7. moonslav59
    Yup. Good thing I and Sox management don't believe that most recent small sample sizes rule over all decisions. If that was so, Duran would not be playing on the big club. How about the 894 PA sample size from 2019-2021? .236 64 165 (led league in RBI way back in '21.) That comes to this over 650 PAs: .236 46 122 I realize he may never hit like this again, but I do think he deserves a chance.
  8. moonslav59
    Woo won 8-4 Bleier 1.2 IP, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 2K Abreu 2-3 w HR DHam 2-4 w 2B, BB (Throwing error) Raff 2-5 w 2B POR won 4-2 Gambrel went 8: 9H, 2ER, 1BB, 7K (3.75 ERA) Rosier 2-4 w 2B Binelas homered, again. GRE won 7-2 Rogers 4.2y, 4H, 2ER, 3BB, 3K Anthony continues raking AA ball (3-5 w HR) SAL completes the whole system sweep, today by winning 11-1. Perales 5IP, 1H, 0ER, 4BB, 4K Brannon 2-5 w HR (1.095 OPS at A Ball) DSL teams won 2 of 3 games.
  9. moonslav59
    OPS since May 1st .872 Yoshida .868 Turner .831 Refsnyder .806 Duran .803 Devers .782 Casas ,778 Verdugo .717 Wong .702 Reyes .701 Arroyo ERA since May 1st 1.31 Martin 1.98 Murphy 2.39 Bello 2.42 Sale 2.70 Paxton 3.04 Bernardino 3.12 Walter 4.29 Jansen 4.30 Wink 4.38 Crawford 4.67 Pivetta 4.79 Whitlock 5.40 Houck
  10. moonslav59
    He's almost always hit better v RHPs in the minors, too. Duvall is a proven hitter and does better vs LHPs. Kike is over .800 vs LHPs, career. Check out their sample sizes. It's not a slight on Duran to prefer other proven hitters in certain splits.
  11. moonslav59
    Kike sucks at SS, and he's not hitting well. 2023 -5 DRS -9.6 UZR/150 BR dWAR is not the only measure, and that +0.1 number includes his 2B and CF defense. We are talking SS D, only.
  12. moonslav59
    Nope. One bright Sox poster called him "Butterfly Man," and that's what has to stick.
  13. moonslav59
    Duran might be the "face," but Alfaro is the "hair."
  14. moonslav59
    I'm not advocating trading any of them, right now. I will point out how fickle these calls are. Just 2 months ago, we'd all have traded Duran for just about anyone. Some mentioned we should have traded Dalbec after his hot 2 month ending to 2021. That's not to say I feel Duran will do what Bobby Dee did. Duran actually looks like a totally different player. What an amazing turn around! I do think Duvall looks like the most expendable player that might bring some return. I'd rather trade Kike, but his return would be way less, even if we paid his whole salary. (I think Kike would be fine as our back-up CF'er and maybe half-time 2Bman, until Story returns.) I hope we are in the race and don't trade Paxton, but if we slip up, I'd trade any and all 1 year guys and consider some 2 year guys, too, assuming the return is good. I look at that Diekman trade and wonder what we might get for better players than he was.
  15. moonslav59
    Before the season started, I mentioned we'd be very lucky to get 32 starts from Sale and Paxton combined and should not count on that many, either. We have 21 GS'd so far. 2.73 Paxton in 10 starts (56 IP) 4.58 C Sale in 11 starts (59 IP) He was 3.70 after his first game. (2.74 last 8 starts.) SP'er ERA Leaders (as SP only) 2.73 Paxton 3.04 Bello 4.58 Paxton 5.05 Houck 5.23 Whitlock 5.45 Crawford
  16. moonslav59
    No doubt. I'd vote Chang not resting one inning until Story returns.
  17. moonslav59
    I didn't mean it as a comp. I thought there was a good chance Bello would be very good, this year. I had very little hopes for Paxton. I'm talking "surprises" not who is better or worth more.
  18. moonslav59
    That must mean Kike is way better at 2B, because Kike's dWAR must be dragged down by his SS innings. 2B DRS +1 Kike (104 innings)/ +19 career (1821 innings) -1 Arroyo (351 inn.)/ +9 career in 1241 innings UZR/150 shows Arroyo is better.
  19. moonslav59
    I did not mean to imply I wanted Arroyo or Kike at SS over Chang. My statement was more about the past month or so, and why not use Arroyo not Kike when Chang sits.
  20. moonslav59
    Paxton is down to 2.73. Between him and Duran, have we had a duo surprise like this, recently?
  21. moonslav59
    Better in the Bigs than the minors- kinda like Houck.
  22. moonslav59
    Kike: 47 GS at SS 15 throwing errors
  23. moonslav59
    Is Arroyo all so bad at SS? I've wondered why not try him at SS and Kike at 2B.
  24. moonslav59
    Had we lost, this same line-up would have been ripped to shreds by "sox" fans.
  25. moonslav59
    Good to see TOR no hit by the Tigers. Yanks & O's won. HOU plays SEA and the Rays play ATL, so maybe we can gain on more than just the Jays.
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