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  1. moonslav59
    A tiny bit, but west is a better choice of direction.
  2. moonslav59
    The Sox currently are tied with TOR & MIN for the 11th best record in MLB at 26-24 (.520.) We let the Angels pass us in the WC race: +4.0 BAL +1.0 NYY 0.0 HOU -1.0 LAA -2.5 BOS -2.5 TOR -3.0 SEA Gotta turn things around v AZ.
  3. moonslav59
    Kavadas is doing a little better, after a pretty bad start to AA, but nothing to make me feel like he's on a bee line to the bigs. The risers are encouraging, but we've had a bunch of top prospects looking very unimpressive, and now Drohan is struggling at his next level, after a rocket jump. It is still early, and prospects go through rough patches, all the time, but here is how I would group the starts to 2023: Impressive: Mayer A+ Yorke AA Drohan AA (despite his 2 game slump) EValdez MLB Hickey AA E R-C A- Jordan A+ Hamilton AAA Abreu AAA Good: Meidroth AA Guerrero AA Bonaci A+ (time to test him at AA) Meh: Anthony A- Romero on IL Paulino A+ Lugo AA Kavadas AA Not so good: Bleis A- Yuck! Rafaela AA Mata AAA Perales A- Walter AAA Wikelman A+ Murphy AAA Note all the "YUCK!" pitchers. (I did this very quickly.)
  4. moonslav59
    We will play these teams 28 times in our last 112 games (25% exactly) 7 KCR 6 OAK 6 CWS 3 CIN 3 COL 3 WSH We also have .... 3 DET 3 MIA 3 CHC 3 SFG Currently, we are 2-1 7th worst CLE 0-3 8th worst STL 2-1 9th worst SDP n/a 10th worst CHC 3-0 11th worst DET 2-1 12th PHI n/a 13th worst SFG n/a 14th NYM n/a 15th MIA 2-1 16th SEA
  5. moonslav59
    ...and almost .500 vs >.500 teams (17-18.)
  6. moonslav59
    Something to look forward to.... NOT! LOL The key phrase was "if either is doing okay..."
  7. moonslav59
    If either is doing okay, and a SP'er goes on the IL (likely) one will probably start, again.
  8. moonslav59
    Good assessment, but I still like our odds against a .450 team vs a .550 one.
  9. moonslav59
    Both Kluber and Pivetta have a chance to either reinvent themselves as RP'ers, and not necessarily as just long men, or do well enough to earn another look at the rotation, if a slot opens up.
  10. moonslav59
    I'm curious to see how Hickey will do in AAA, but AA is still a proving ground in many ways, and he has raked it.
  11. moonslav59
    This is important, but we will have to beat those bad teams and badly.
  12. moonslav59
    Just take hot showers 60% and cold 40%, and we'll be fine.
  13. moonslav59
    Funny, how Pivetta lets up 2 runs in 3 and actually lowers his ERA.
  14. moonslav59
    Some hard hit balls, tonight, but not nearly enough, even if they all were placed better. We've stopped walking on a regular basis, too. Paxton has returned to the question mark pile. It seems like just when we start to get our hopes up, we pull out a losing streak. I hope we can break this trend, soon. It seems like our "super subs" are running out of steam. We need Duvall and Story back and in form.
  15. moonslav59
    It was a hypothetical discussion. Nevermind. We all agree: he stinks.
  16. moonslav59
    That was insane.
  17. moonslav59
    Drohan got shelled, again in AAA 2.2 IP 6 H 5 ER 3 BB 1 K Dalbec homers, but Woo got smashed 15-2.
  18. moonslav59
    Pivetta was our top IP guy from 2021-2022. I made a hypothetical point about having an ERA equal to his xFIP (4.55). 4.56 was his actual ERA from 2021-2022 with the Sox, and he was top 30 in MLB in IP. How is that silly? I'm not trying to defend Pivetta. He deserved to be demoted from the rotation and was not pitching well enough to be a good 5th starter for anyone. Someone else uses xFIP to tell me pitchers aren't as good as they appear, so I switch it back on him, as Pivetta always has a better xFIP than ERA. I guess that could be viewed as silly, but to argue Pivetta wasn't a good 5th starter from 2021-2022 because of a lack of IP, is pretty silly, to me. He was a good 5th starter for us for 2+ years, and when compared to most 5th starters, he had more IP by a lot, a better ERA and a better xFIP. Nothing silly about that.
  19. moonslav59
    These teams will likely be out of it at the deadline: BTV Values on Pitchers and other players of interest (some listed as salary dumps to offset the return needed to acquire) BTV Player Position and yrs of control OAK 12.9 Waldichuck SP 5+ yrs 16.6 Ruiz OF 5+ 9.7 Laureano OF 2+ -7.3 Diaz UTL 1+ KCR 45.1 Singer SP 3+ 14.4 Lynch SP 4+ 11.5 Barlow RP 1+ -14.1 Dozier 1B 2+ -9.7 Lyles SP 1+ CWS 61.5 Cease SP 2+ 20.8 Giolito SP .7 28.1 Anderson SS1+ 10.3 Kopech SP 2+ -26.2 Beni LF 4+ -9.2 Jimenez OF 3+ DET 23.0 Manning SP 4+ 23.0 Skubal SP 3+ 13.0 Turnbull SP 1+ -31.8 Baez SS 4+ WSH 29.8 Gray SP 4+ 27.4 Gore SP 4+ 26.5 Abrams SS 5+ -40.7 Corbin SP 1+ -124.4 Strasburg SP 3+ CIN 48.3 Lodolo LHP 6+ 30.2 Ashcraft SP 5+ -25.9 Votto 1B 1+ COL Don't see anyone. CHC 32.5 Steele LHP 4+ 11.8 Stroman SP 1+ -21.4 Taillon SP 3+ These may be sellers, if out by then: CLE SEA MIA PIT SFG STL LAA SDP PHI
  20. moonslav59
    I don't think being "in it" will matter. I think he'll be traded.
  21. moonslav59
    They did pay Charlie Morton $1.67M per start in 2020... LOL. (9 starts in that short year.) 4.73 ERA
  22. moonslav59
    You never know: maybe Kluber can do okay as a one inning RP'er. It's not like we have 8 solid RP'ers and we'll need to demote a good pitcher to keep Kluber on the 26 for a while longer. Let's see where things stand when Schreiber and Bleier come off the IL.
  23. moonslav59
    Dugo and Casas are sitting vs the lefty.
  24. moonslav59
    Sorry, I did not see one was started.
  25. moonslav59
    Agreed, but I thought they announced a plan to go with one more start for the 6, then decide. We do have a double header with TBR coming up and no day off for the 4 days prior, so we will need a 6th man or pen game, then.
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