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  1. moonslav59
    But, didn't it go on for like decades?
  2. moonslav59
    I think we pretty much have to stick with Kluber, due to him doing better than almost everyone else but Sale, lately. I think Bello deserves a long look. That makes 3. The rest all have issues or concerns: Paxton will get a look, and soon. Pivetta is as steady as they come, even if not brilliant. Houck has been going longer and longer into games and may win a slot more by default than proving he is more valuable as a SP'er than RP'er. Crawford might be the wild card i this whole shuffle and sort. 4 guys for the last 2 slots, in my eyes. Wink stays right where he is. Drohan may double-jump up, late in the year. Whitlock's health is always a concern, and maybe the pen is best for him.
  3. moonslav59
    Houck and the 3rd time through, this year: Game 1: HR, K removed after 5 complete. Game 2: Ground out. Removed after 5 complete. Game 3: K. Removed after 4 complete. Game 4: 2B, 2B (run), Ground out in 5th. 1-2-3 6th, and then 1B, lineout, ground out, HR, line out. Removed after 7. Game 5: 1B (drove in runner from 2nd time batter), Sac Fly (another run from 2nd time batter), line out to end 5th. 6th inning L groundout, BB, K, pop fly out. Yanked after 6. Game 7: pop out (end 5th), K, line drive 1B, ground out- yanked with 2 outs in 6th. Pitches: 70 74 90 96 86 96 74
  4. moonslav59
    It is an interesting topic. It seems like pitchers are dropping like flies, these days. Maybe pitching 2-3 innings every 3-4 days is better than 5-6 every 5 days or 1 IP 3 out of 5 days. I guess we'll find out, because it seems to be a trend. With a 13 man staff, one can envision: 5 starters 4 long men 4 short men
  5. moonslav59
    I think there was a time he was mentioned as a far-away guy with a chance. He was part of the Beni trade. He is certainly a long shot. I think he was top 60, at one point.
  6. moonslav59
    There are teams from different sports with the same names- like the NY and SF Giants. Didn't the Canadian Football League have two Roughriders?
  7. moonslav59
    Thanks for your reply. de la Rosa is only 20, and I think he might surprise.
  8. moonslav59
    Spending 15-20% of your budget on one pitcher may have the same affect and for a long time, too. I think the Price signing soured me, although I thought it was needed, at the time. He was about as solid a gamble as there could possibly be, and he did not come through for us, much at all. Maybe we still have Betts had we not signed him.
  9. moonslav59
    We are currently 7th in MLB winning %, having just passed PIT. The concern is that two teams that look better than us on paper are behind us (NYY -2.5 and HOU -3.0 GB.) I think we can catch TOR and BAL and maybe MIN and TEX, but they are not WC teams, right now.
  10. moonslav59
    It's a good point, but I think some context is needed: 1. 13 man staffs have changed that dynamic, a lot. 2. Our starters have not really been yanked early that often. We are 20th in SP IP at 180.1 IP, but #15 is at 184.1 IP, so we are just 3 IP from the midpoint. #10 is 189 IP. 3. We have a number of pitchers who are used to going 2-3 IP, and when add paxton and get Crawford & Whitlock back, we may have multiple long guys of high quality. 4. Our starters are improving, already, and have been going deeper, of late. 5. Our key RP'ers have not been overworked, except maybe Schreiber, a bit: 10.2 IP Jansen (11 gms) 10.0 IP Martin (10) 16.2 Schreiber (17) (Wink has 23 IP in 13 games, but that is about what many starters have with 5-6 GS.)
  11. moonslav59
    Ho about "The Bluffers?"
  12. moonslav59
    FA signings are swings and misses, to often, of they end up being big drains later in the deal. I know we've had great fortune with trades for aces, so maybe I'm biased, but I think that is the best chance at success. I'd hate to lose Mayer and more. I doubt we get an ace for Casas, Rafaela and Mata. (Remember when people bashed me for even suggesting we trade Casas?)
  13. moonslav59
    4/20>>> 3.68 Bello 3.86 Kluber 4.67 Sale 5.40 Pivetta 11.25 Whitlock 4/30>>> 2.92 Sale 3.60 Bello 4.50 Pivetta 5.23 Kluber 6.94 Houck
  14. moonslav59
    Good sign: fWAR Rankings for team SP'er: Since April 20th: 13. Boston 1.2 fWAR (5.05 ERA) Since April 30th: 6. Boston 0.9 fWAR (3.62 ERA) Season 24. DET 0.9 25. BAL 0.8 26. BOS 0.8 27. COL 0.6 28. KCR 0.6 29. NYM -0.9 30. OAK -1.4
  15. moonslav59
    It's usually pretty nice at night- low humidity. Call them the Las Vegas Strippers or just "The Mob." No, seriously, maybe the Cowboys, the Aces, or a nice singular word: "Neon."
  16. moonslav59
    As much as I love our farm improvement, I still think trading for an ace or solid #2 is the way to go. Get a guy approaching or in early prime- not some expensive FA already past his better days.
  17. moonslav59
    Exactly! Why many of us prefer a top 10 or 12 rotation, and think it is the major factor in improving a team's chances at winning a ring, it is not essential, if the rest of the team can take up the slack. Having two major weaknesses- the rotation and defense, makes me think we should not win the division or a ring, this year, but stranger things have happened. Our D may greatly improve with the return of Story and Mondesi, especially if Kike wins back the CF job. Maybe Paxton improves the rotation, but it could just be 2-3 of the guys already there that just start pitching like their norm that does the trick.
  18. moonslav59
    Do you see Luis de la Rosa or Guerrero as a possible surprise? I'm assuming you see Mata and Walter as future pen arms. Wikelman is never mentioned, anymore.
  19. moonslav59
    Maybe Mata and Walter can end up as top RP'ers, too.
  20. moonslav59
    Pitchers OPS Against (18+ PAs) .336 Drohan (5-0 0.62 ERA/ 0.69 WHIP/ 30K & 6BB) .425 Ramirez (0.83 WHIP) .533 Van Belle (0.86 WHIP) .545 de la Rosa (Beni trade) .664 Liu (Just pitched no-hitter)
  21. moonslav59
    Top Sox OPS on the Farm (50+ ABs) .996 Mayer (15 XBHs) .991 Hickey (.402 OBP) .955 Hamilton (Renfroe trade/ 13 XBHs/ .398 OBP/ 20 SB) .954 Meidroth (.495 OBP/ 21 BB & 20Ks)) .919 Yorke (.419 OBP) .882 Alfaro (12 XBHs) .876 Abreu (Vaz trade/ .402 OBP) .867 Fitzy (.500 SLG) .861 Rosier (Groome trade/.368 OBP/15 SB) .850 Jordan (.500 SLG) .849 Dalbec (.374 OBP) Interesting numbers: Ferguson: .371 OBP/ 15 SB but .224 BA Goodrum .466 OBO/ 34 BB & 24 K Kavadas .421 OBP Coffey 20 BB & 20 Ks Bleis, Rafaela & Paulino all near .650
  22. moonslav59
    I've always felt Houck would be better in the pen, but I'm fine giving him a shot at the rotation- a real shot. I think Cora is trying to build him up to be a 7 IP guy, but he has to earn it. With Whitlock's injuries, I'm rethinking his future role and may flip my positions on Houck and Whitlock. I'd love for 5 other starters to win slots, and they both be in the pen, but the way things are going, finding 3 solid starters might be a tough. Sale Bello Kluber Paxton Crawford
  23. moonslav59
    It's not irony. Cora has left Houck in for the third time through more this year than his first 3 combined. He has been trying to progress Houck to more and more innings, despite him getting killed, often. He finally took him out before getting killed, perhaps to try and boost his confidence for the next time allowing even more batters faced. We will never know, if it was "just in time" or not. Certainly taking him out had merit. He's been struggling in these situations for a long time and struggles vs LHBs, while Schwarber kills RHPs. It was the "book move." That doesn't mean it was surely the right choice. You have to weigh what you expected from Bleier, too. My only beef with your position is that you are saying leaving him in was the obvious choice, and I don't think it was obvious, at all.
  24. moonslav59
    Clear backpacks so we can see if they are bring guns or knives to school.
  25. moonslav59
    We have 2 days off in 4 days, so that really messes with rotation. I wish the days were spread out better. The order should be: Pivetta (+1 day rest) ATL Bello (+1) ATL Off Sale (+2) STL Kluber (+2) STL Houck (+2) STL Paxton is supposed to pitch, soon. We could bump Sale up to Bello's slot, if we did not want to give him any extra rest.
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