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  1. moonslav59
    Exactly, and maybe they made way less money by letting Betts go than they saved by not paying him (and other.) The point I was trying to make is that these decisions do affect what JH (and others) makes or does not make.
  2. moonslav59
    Limiting your profits by spending more means you make less money.
  3. moonslav59
    I'm surprised Houck leads all starters.
  4. moonslav59
    I totally agree. Maybe they are waiting until they think "Now is the time," but I ask "How soon is now?"
  5. moonslav59
    They need to see major improvement at 5-6 slots in the batting order and 3-5 on the staff. That's a lot of free agent signings all needing to work.
  6. moonslav59
    OPS Against Leaders RP .573 Martin .646 Bernardino .657 Jansen .724 Scheiber .750 Llovera .755 Wink RP/SP .675 Crawford .720 Pivetta .724 Murphy (before today) .739 Walter .856 Whitlock SP .697 Houck .721 Sale .732 Paxton .742 Bello
  7. moonslav59
    Houck and Whitlock are tied, IMO. Had they just been healthy and at 4.25, we'd not have seen all the scrubs
  8. moonslav59
    About Lowell coming after him. That was the second part.
  9. moonslav59
    You are kidding, right?
  10. moonslav59
    They are pitching like crap- no doubt. No way we can win without the rotation coming around.
  11. moonslav59
    Face it. We are not going to spend like the Mets or Padres, no matter how much you hope we do. We all agree: JH can, if he wants, but he doesn't and won't, so building a farm is the best way to try and win. It's not like JH is a bottom spender. We should be able to win with a good farm and being 8th to 12th in spending. It might not be 4 times in 20 years.
  12. moonslav59
    Our farm is not like the O's, who took years of sucking to get that good, but to see just Mayer and not Anthony, Teel, Bleis, Rafaela and others is not looking hard enough.
  13. moonslav59
    He's no expert, but I agree on this. I just think the blame is often placed on the wrong guy. I also don't think letting Betts goes outweighs the good JH & Co. have done for the Sox in 2 decades. The same way I think the 3 great years under DD's reign outweigh the sacrifices we paid after he left.
  14. moonslav59
    Henry and the others in the ownership can make more money by cutting costs. The money differential should matter less to them than to Mookie.
  15. moonslav59
    I'm happy we are building towards a sustainable influx of farm help. I'm not happy about Henry lining his pockets with gold, while we could b e more competitive along the way, but have really enjoyed watching this team play. We've been in a lot of games that we lost, and yes, that is a mark of mediocrity, but it was exciting for me. There were a lot of good things that happened, this year, and to me, we improved at SP, RP, C, 1B, LF, CF, RF and DH. We stayed about the same at 3B and got worse at SS and 2B, in part because of Story's injury. Yes, you heard me right. Our rotation is better in 2023 than 2022. ERA- 102 in 2023 107 in 2022 SIERA 4.13 in 2023 4.14 in 2024 xFIP- 96 in 2023 103 in 2022 WHIP 1.29 in 2023 1.35 in 2022 K-BB% 16.3% in 2023 13.3% in 2022 Okay, call it even. Better at 7 positions The same at 2. Worse at 2. Farm improved. Budget ready for a splurge.
  16. moonslav59
    Like the Dodgers, the Astros are a damn good team, despite injuries and a struggling rotation.[ Getting to a point where we need to sweep them to have a good chance at making the playoffs or 2 of 3 to have a chance in hell, was not a good happening. Winning, today or any other day from the past would have helped. We are running out of time, and can't rely on other teams to lose. That is why these head-to-head series have to be won, if not swept./B]
  17. moonslav59
    I've never agreed with you more.
  18. moonslav59
    It looks like we will lose ground to most of the teams we need to be gaining on. It might take a HOU sweep to get us back into this thing.
  19. moonslav59
    I can understand that. I have seen a lot to enjoy and give me hope going forward. I haven't felt this way since it became apparent the 2019 team was not going anywhere. Sure, 2021 offered a brief moment of joy and hope, but the extended future has not looked this good in a long time. I know that doesn't matter to many or most fans. So be it.
  20. moonslav59
    Yes, that is what I meant, when I said "sounds all too familiar." The Yanks will not tear it all down- just like the Sox don't either. Like us, they will drag out the rebuild and call it something else.
  21. moonslav59
    That can't have been the first time he was asked that.
  22. moonslav59
    3-4 of our pitchers were not available do to use in the last game or two.
  23. moonslav59
    It's been a fun team to watch, unless you go into each game with a gripe on your mind.
  24. moonslav59
    Pitching and hitting do matter more than defense, but defense has cost us many games. I think it's safe to say it's between 10 and 20. The fact that we won more games with Kike playing does not mean many of the losses were on him, while few of the wins were because of something he did. Many games we have lost on defensive mistakes not called errors. I'm not sure why you seem to want to deny that happening way too often and by enough times over the norm to put us in a playoff slot, right now. Again, saying we should trade someone does not mean I dislike Dugo or value him less than you do. I've said he is one of our best 2 defensive OF'ers, His bat has been a plus. His fWAR reflects that, but it also means other GMs will give us something of value in retrun- perhaps at a position of greater need, where we don't have a Rafaela and Abreu pounding on the door.
  25. moonslav59
    When you start off with a 40 man roster with 20 holes and a massive budget cut, the dumpster bin is your "hood." Each year, the winter budget grew a little bit, and there were less and less holes to fil, but even last winter's significant spending spree had to be used on too many slots to avoid not filling some with dumpster dives. Speading out the money, like $10M/1 for a SP'er doesn't work, either.
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