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  1. moonslav59
    Indeed! Duvalll is still 5th, and he played just 8 games. Valdez is +0,3 in 10 games
  2. moonslav59
    Here is a bWAR comp: -0.8 Casas+ Kike+ Arroyo +0.7 Valdez+ Chang+ Ref + McGuire +2.8 Duran, Wong & Tapia
  3. moonslav59
    Speaking of bWAR, what would posters think our record would be, if I told you back in March, our 3 top bWAR players would be Dugo, Duran and Wong. Of the 12 plus bWAR players on the Sox, 7 are... Duran Wong Tapia Valdez Chang Ref McGuire
  4. moonslav59
    fWAR is 0.6 Wong (78 PAs) 0.3 McGuire (60 PAs) No catcher is going to catch every game, and it looks like we are matching pitchers with their binkies. If Wong keeps hitting, maybe we DH him, when he doesn't catch.
  5. moonslav59
    Four middle IF'er on the IL: Story, Mondesi, Arroyo and Chang. Will Hamilton get a look-see?
  6. moonslav59
    It looks like Paxton will pitch at some point during the three-game series between the Cardinals and Red Sox from May 12-14. -MLBTR
  7. moonslav59
    The ole hammy.
  8. moonslav59
    Cards move Contreras off the catcher position.
  9. moonslav59
    RIP Vida Blue He almost became a Red Sox (with Joe Rudi), but Bowie Kuhn nixed the trade (and the Rollie Fingers to Yankee one, too.)
  10. moonslav59
    , I get this idea. Look at what happened to Renfroe, Kike and Dalbec in 2021. Look what happened when we gave Duran another look, after many felt he'd already met his chances limit. I'm not sure how much longer we give him. His .367 OBP over the past 14 games is encouraging, but he needs to start hitting and showing some power. With so many other hot hands on this team and ways to get them in the line-up by sitting Casas, his days on this opportunity may be short. When Story, Duvall and Mondesi return, he better be doing better, or there will be no choice. He may end up like Duran and help us more, next year, but I am far from giving up on him and 2023.
  11. moonslav59
    Old school is to let players play 160-161 games, if healthy. I'm fine with 155-157, but to me it's more about the timing and wrong-handed pitcher rest days. Like I said, I love Cora as our manager. This is just one minor differing opinion, and often times, they guy Cora plays instad of the resting player does very well.
  12. moonslav59
    He is a career .623 hitter vs righties and is 32. He could be a late bloomer, but I see him as only an emergency starter vs RHPs. While he did hit .792 v RHPs, last year, I'm not sure he can sustain that going forward. What makes him a platoon on this team is our overabundance of quality LHBs.
  13. moonslav59
    I never remembered you as a tiny sample size sort of poster. What has changed?
  14. moonslav59
    You can play them by resting Masas at DH and giving Turner or Casas the day off. I would not rest our hottest hitter when we have tomorrow off. Wait until we face a tough lefty.
  15. moonslav59
    I can see having a rough idea about needing to rest player A in the next week or two and looking ahead to the right game and likely pitcher match up, but it seems like too often, the day off comes vs the wrong-handed pitcher and or when a player has been extremely hot over the previous week or two. Also, we have Monday off, and I don't get the need for 2 days off in a row, especially when Masa had a day off a week ago and DH'd in 3 of the last 7 days. Sorry, I just can't go along with this one, but watch his replacement go 4 for 5, today and shut me up (for a few seconds.)
  16. moonslav59
    Recent 2 Week ERAs (listed in order of most IP) 4.67 Sale 3 GS 3.86 Kluber 3 GS 3.68 Bello 3GS 5.73 Pivetta 2 GS (5.40 last 3 GS) 7.36 Houck 2 GS (6.00 last 3 GS) 1.08 Bernardino 1.35 Winckowski 2.70 Schreiber 2.84 Bleier 1.69 Crawford (IL) 8.31 Bra-Man 2.45 Jansen 33.75 Ort
  17. moonslav59
    Some astounding recent 2 weeks numbers... OPS 1.351 Yoshida (Give the hottest player a day off!) 1.245 Wong (Mookie who?) 1.145 Arroyo (Kike who?) 1.098 Duran (Butterfly who?) .942 Dugo (Double Mookie who?) .860 Valdez (Vazoo? .801 Ref (Fluke-a-dee who?) .791 Tapia (love this guy's grit) .770 Devers (what a bum!) .697 McGuire (about where our 2023 catcher OPS was.) .696 Turner (closing in on the second half) .624 Casas (an actual improvement) .569 Kike (down and up and down- notice more downs?) Last 28 days 1.061 Duran 1.012 Yoshida .930 Wong .905 Verdugo .875 Valdez .792 McGuire Over the last 7 days, we have 6 batters over 1.000 and 7 over .978. We have 9 over .800! 1.471 Wong 1.420 Dugo 1.353 Masa 1.295 Arroyo 1.046 McGuire (both catchers over 1.000!!!) 1.012 Duran .979 Valdez .887 Devers .801 Ref (The rest are under .650. Nobody between .646 and .800.)
  18. moonslav59
    Agreed. I do recall people saying, last year, that all the rest given to our best players would help them in August and September. I do recall everyone loving all the rest Cora gave our rotation in ST'ing 2019. To be fair, there are likely more examples of players doing well, late in the season, but it's certainly a topic for debate.
  19. moonslav59
    It's one area of a few that I strongly disagree with Cora on, but I still really love Cora as our manager. I also don't pretend to know more than him and strongly consider I could be wrong on this and my other differing opinions. On Yoshida: 1. The whole team had a day off a week ago. 2. He has been DH'd in 3 of the 7 straight days he's played. 3. He has a .937 OPS in those 7 games. (1-4, yesterday does not beg for a day off.) I'm fine resting players 3-5 games over the season. I'd prefer 2-3, if you can DH a player a few games here and there. I do not think DH'ing is very tiring, at all. In fact, I don't think baseball is tiring all that much, except for pitchers and catchers and maybe busy SSs. It's just my opinion. I'd still rest players, but I do not think I am mischaracterizing Cora's penchant for resting guys that are hot over their last 4-7 games. Some seem to just be pulling out of a slump, and boom- day off. IMO, players find strides and ride them out. Most players have stat lines that are greatly improved by just a few hot streaks. Don't mess with them. I still love Cora.
  20. moonslav59
    Maybe... 1. Henry learned from the grief over the over 30 Rule. 2. It's an unwritten rule. 3. It's not set at $10M, but it's just worked out that way, but the general rule is don't spend big on an ace, until we are ready to pounce. I'm hoping the answer is #3, and that day is soon.
  21. moonslav59
    I think this might be one thing this whole board agrees on: nobody gets "excited" by a Kluber start. If he can just be serviceable and keep us in the game, we may only need he and Pivetta to be durable and decent #4/5s.
  22. moonslav59
    Depends on the rotation. Unlike the last few years, Bloom actually signed more players to 2 or more year deals than one and dones. If we trade for an ace at the deadline, the window could be 2023. If he's under team control for more than 2 months, maybe the window can be longer. I'm not saying we are an ace away from being the faves, but I do think an ace puts us squarely in the top 5. Is there a Castillo type pitcher out there we can trade for and extend at a reasonable price? Are we prepared to trade Mayer? Does Casas still have the high trade value of last year? Would we have to include Rafaela or Drohan/Bello? If we trade Mayer, we may have a middle IF hole for many years to come. Not sure what the right thing to do is, but to me, it's all about building from the top of the rotation. The window is only open a crack until then.
  23. moonslav59
    Remember the old "No signing any SP'er over 30 Rule" that got broken, later on? Now, it seems we have a new rule: "No signing any SP'er to over $10M," and we're talking 1-2 years max. You usually get what you pay for, and until we start directing more resources, either in dollars or by trading valuable prospects, I'm not expecting great things from our rotation. The Royals proved, long ago, that you can win it all without even a decent rotation, but those rings come few and far between.
  24. moonslav59
    Sox ERAs and Age 34+ 0.93 Jansen 1.80 Martin 5.52 Bleier 6.29 Kluber 6.37 Sale 8.04 Brasier 30-33 1.08 Bernardino 4.99 Pivetta 7.30 Ort 27-29 2.16 Schreiber 3.51 Crawford 3.68 Kelly 5.34 Houck 6.19 Whitlock 23-25 1.57 Winck 5.71 Bello Sox pitchers with 3 or more years of team control (counting 2023) Whitlock Houck Bello Drohan Mata Walter Perales, Wikelman, E R-C, Guerrero Winckowski Crawford Schreiber Joely Bernardino Kelly Mills Fernandez, Murphy, Ortt, Garza
  25. moonslav59
    Kluber's ERA actually dropped after this game. Here are the top IP leaders on the Sox and their current ERAs: 35.1 Sale 6.37 34.1 Kluber 6.29 32.0 Houck 5.34 30.2 Pivetta 4.99 25.2 Craw 3.51 23.0 Wink 1.57 17.0 Bello 5.71 16.2 Schreb 2.16 16.0 Whitl 6.19 15.2 Brasier 5.52 12.1 Ort 7.30 10.2 Jansen 0.84 10.0 Martin 1.80 8.1 Bernard 1.08 7.1 Kelly 3.68 K/BB 8.00 Craw 6.00 Bern 5.33 Jansen 4.09 Sale 3.67 Whit 3.60 Wink 3.33 Bleier 3.17 Bello 2.83 Pivetta
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