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  1. moonslav59
    Meeting at the mound: Cora: “Reese, what kind of stuff does Houck have tonight?” McGuire: “How would I know, I haven’t caught him yet.” or Meeting at the mound: Cora: “Reese, what kind of stuff does Whitlock have tonight?” McGuire: “How would I know, I haven’t caught him yet.” ...Oh wait... that's true!
  2. moonslav59
    Refsnyder is pure platoon. Tapia bats lefty, but I'd have started Turner, too. Someone pointed out that he had previous success vs Barria.
  3. moonslav59
    We stuck with Brasier for years. I think we'll try Kluber in the pen, for a while, even if he looks good in his next start. Whitlock is going to get more than one start, so this whole, "Let all 6 go one round, and then we'll decide" is likely just something said to keep Kluber's hopes and morale high. If Houck can fill the 4 slot, we've slowly chipped away at filling 4 slots, one at a time. Things could be falling into place, finally. It would be great if the 5th slot is filled by Whitlock in the next couple weeks.
  4. moonslav59
    Houck is breaking all his own rules.
  5. moonslav59
    Worst Sox ERA seasons since 2003: 5.58 '20 4.83 '06 4.81 '23 4.74 '05 4.72 '12 4.70 '19 4.53 '22 4.49 '03 4.35 '09 4.34 '15 4.27 '21 4.20 '11 4.19 '04 4.19 '10 4.01 '08 4.01 '14 4.00 '16 3.87 '07 3.79 '13 3.75 '18 3.73 '17 SP ONLY 5.54 2023 5.34 2020 5.19 2012 5.00 2006 4.95 2019
  6. moonslav59
    I think this will change over time. Probably the worst in a couple decades: 2012 4.82 Lester 33 GS 4.56 Buch 29 4.86 Doub 29 5.23 Beckett 21 5.65 Cook 18 8.28 Dice-K 11 6.22 Bard 10
  7. moonslav59
    We haven't played the 7th worst, either- the Cubs. (Neither has any ALE team.) (We are 0-3 vs the 8th worst- STL.)
  8. moonslav59
    No, that's why I said "slump."
  9. moonslav59
    You think a $5.3M x 3 contract is big risk? You are for DFA'ing about that much in Kluber and Bleier, right now.
  10. moonslav59
    13 pitchers is the limit, so no Garza. I think Kluber beats out Bernardino, for a while anyway. See how he does from the pen. I'm assuming you DFA'd Kluber and Bleier.
  11. moonslav59
    Yes, Enmanuel Valdez, 2B Boston. I doubt they move him up past 9th or 10th.
  12. moonslav59
    So, this has just been a fielding slump by McGuire? Maybe we can get something for Alfaro via trade. (nothing all that great.)
  13. moonslav59
    I'm not as high on McGuire as I once was. I thought he was very good on D and would do better with the staff than Vaz did and likely Wong would do. I'm not for handing McGuire away for peanuts, just to give the journeyman Alfaro a look-see, but if the return is something we need (SS, P) then maybe. Kluber, $7M and McGuire for a better SP'er?
  14. moonslav59
    Could the next soxprospects.com rankings see Hickey and E R-C move up, significantly. I gotta think Mata and Walter might drop some. Wikelman, too. Paulino has warmed up a little. Lugo has not taken a step up, like last year. How high can/will they move EValdez up? I might go... 1. Mayer 2. Bleis 3. Rafaela 4. Yorke 5. Drohan 6. E Valdez 7. Hickey 8. Mata 9. Romero 10. Anthony 11. Perales 12. Walter 13. Paulino 14. E R-C 15. Jordan 16. Lugo 17. Wikelman 18. Hamilton 19. Abreu 20. Meidroth (Out: Murphy)
  15. moonslav59
    Could we trade McGuire to make room for Alfaro? (I doubt it.)
  16. moonslav59
    Looking pretty good for the Sox, that Paxton took the $4M player option, after the Sox refused their $13M option, right?
  17. moonslav59
    Vs the RHP Barria... 1. Dugo RF 2. Yoshida LF 3. Turner DH 4. Devers 3B 5. Duran CF 6. Casas 1B 7. Valdez 2B 8. Reyes SS 9. Wong C
  18. moonslav59
    Wacha must have fit some metric, when they signed him. It's time to throw out the metrics that led to Richards and Kluber. On the others... Wacha was a bargain. Hill was worth $5M Perez was signed a year or two, too early. Bloom has not totally missed on cheap SP'er signings, but I think he needs to step up the budget spent on the rotation, of invest some trade capital to acquire a big boost.
  19. moonslav59
    I'm hopeful we break the $10M or less SP'er trend, next winter. (Maybe we make a deal at the deadline- then extend.)
  20. moonslav59
    They have sucked, so far. I'm all for giving Whitlock a slot for several more starts, and certainly over Kluber and Pivetta. He has sucked, though, despite the small sample size. If you go by just ERA, like many here do (not you,) Kluber has a better ERA over the last 4 weeks than Houck and Pivetta. To me, the 5 should be... Sale Paxton Bello Whitlock Houck
  21. moonslav59
    We are not that far from June 1st: In the majors, Alfaro would earn a $2 million base salary. He has opt-outs in his deal on June 1 and July 1. 2023 at WOO (148 AB) .345 6 29 .381 OBP .574 SLG .956 OPS McGuire has no options. Wong will not be demoted.
  22. moonslav59
    The question might come down to Arroyo vs Reyes.
  23. moonslav59
    Not many could be worse.
  24. moonslav59
    Yup. Nobody is saying otherwise.
  25. moonslav59
    Murphy has imploded to a massive extent. He has a 2.35 ERA on July 23rd in 2022. 5.66 AUG '22 6.26 SEP '22 8.63 2023
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