moonslav59
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I think pretty much everyone agrees. I would like to know, for a fact, what the lowest price Bogey would have accepted and when that was. I think this matters when trying to retroactively assign blame (not that you are doing so, here.) We may never know for sure what that number might have been, and even if Bogey ever discloses that amount, I'm not sure we can be certain, anyway. If the number was $160M/6, or $180M/7 or even $200M/8, I think most of us would think we missed a chance to keep Bogey at a reasonable cost, but again, we just don't know. The other thing is that while Bogey seems to be earning way more than $200M/8, when 8 years have passed, we may hold a different opinion. I wish we could have found a way to keep him. I wish we would have gotten more for him, once we knew we were going to lose him. (I'm thinking they must have known, but that's speculation, too.)
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Then, how do we understand this? 8-7 w Arroyo 2-3 w others
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It seems like Kluber starts out games doing okay, but then loses it after a coupe innings. (Note: some of these games, he allowed too many base-runners early, but they just didn't score.) Game 1: 3 IP 1 ER, then in the 4th- BB & HR. He loads the bases and is pulled. Kelly allows 2 of his runners to score. Game 2: 5 IP 1 ER (4H & 2BB w 7Ks vs PIT) Game 3: 4.1 IP w 0 ER, then he allows a run and leaves with 2 out and 2 on. Bleier allows both to score and then some. (vs Rays) Game 4: He lets up 3 in the first (BB, 2B, HR) then 4 in the 3rd (BB, HBP, 1B, HR)
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The worst carry-over name is "The Utah Jazz," although the "LA Lakers" is puzzling.
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It's not all that risky. You just lose the DH, if you are forced to or choose to move the DH to a position.
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Indeed. People can also talk about why certain areas are talked about more than others, and that we feel the other areas are more pressing and deserving of discussion.
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I have no issues with choosing Wong over McGuire. I had hopes McGuire would be the 60-70% catcher, but if Wong keeps getting better results, he should start more. Right from the start, I was okay with us not adding a catcher over the winter. Other areas still look like higher need areas, to me. I'm not sure why we seem to be spending more time, rcently, on catchers and not 1B, middle IF and the rotation.
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Here are the Sox current fWAR team rankings by position: 3rd CF +1.3 (thanks to Duvall's start) 6th 3B +1.0 6th RF +1.0 11 Catcher 0.5 18 LF +0.2 22 SS -0.1 24 2B-0.3 25 DH -0.2 27 1B -0.4 _______________ 12 RP +0.7 26 Pitching +0.5 28 SP -0.2
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I'm not sure Nomar was ever elite. I agree on Lugo. He declined after the knee injury (last 3 years of 4 years) Bogey is not above average on D in my book. He is among the bottom 2-3 on DRA and near average on UZR/150. The Fielding Bible never liked Bogey. Scutaro was not good. Renteria was good, but played hurt, for us. As things turned out, due sometimes to injury, 6 of our top 7 SSs by innings since 2001, were not plus on DRS and UZR/150. 4 of 7 were negative on both, while Bogey was very close to being neg-neg.
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It does look that way. It's something I never fully understood. Most innings at SS since 2001: DRS/UZR-150 10390 Bogey -50/+0.8 3017 Nomar -5/-6.9 2143 Lugo -21/-7.9 2095 Scutaro -3/-1.9 1432 Drew -5/+10.9 1327 Alex Gonzo 0/+14.4 1293 Renteria -13/-9.6 1170 Aviles 15/+6.5 1124 Lowrie -1/+2.8 1071 Cora 10/+4.8 644 N Green 0/+3.0 508 Reese 12/+19.8 491 OCab 6/-5.0 (I felt he was a plus on D) 483 Iggy 5/+17.2 398 Holt -2/+5.2 231 Lin -7/-8.0 164 Ciriaco -2/-18.5 122 Arauz -1/+17.2 120 Herrera 1/+132. 1972-2023 10390 Bogey 8749 Burleson 8348 Nomar 4808 Valantin (underrated) 4203 Hoffman 3713 Rivera 2143 Lugo 2095 Scutaro 2086 Owen 2040 Aparicio (3097 career w Sox) 1976 Gutierrez 1815 Reed 1432 Drew 1327 Gonzo 1293 Renteria 1170 Aviles 1124 Lowrie 1074 Guerrero 1071 Cora
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Almost every team matches catchers with specific pitchers. We had a unique situation, to start the year. We had almost an entirely new staff and catching tandem, at the same time. It made sense to mix and match to start the year and use the opportunity to go mostly with the L-R factor, along the way. I had hopes pitchers would prefer McGuire, as I see him as the better hitter, and being a lefty batter helps, but going with the better comfort level is the industry standard.
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I tried to tell you guys, the park is fine.
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He may prefer the Sox, since he did well here in 2021. It might come down to where he thinks he will play more and for longer. With Mondesi on the 60, maybe that is BOS.
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Looks more and more like the A's will move to Las Vegas.
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Looks really bad for this small sample size. If he doesn't turn it around, certainlt Chang could beat him out for playing time, but it's not like Chang is lighting things up, either. Man, our middle IF has been a major cluster ____!
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It's hard to know. We are pretty sure they are looking at L-R splits as one factor, but not a lock straight platoon. Maybe McGuire is nursing some unknown injury. Maybe some pitchers have expressed a preference for Wong, already. Maybe they made the choice without pitcher input. They will probably not give an answer, if anyone ever asks.
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So far, yes, but I think Arroyo is going to get back to .710-.760.
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OPS Against leaders WOO .608 Bello .667 Shugart .678 Walter .718 Dermody .719 Jacques .736 Mata (.859 Whitlock, 1.010 Paxton, 1.057 Murphy) POR .311 Whitlock .332 Nail .350 Sharp .412 Drohan .444 Van Belle .472 Denlinger .570 Guerrero .577 Webb GRE .474 Jones .503 Trove .549 Kwiatkowski .580 Perry SAL .231 Bolden .358 Landry .447 de la Rosa (Beni trade) .508 Rogers .541 Dean (.976 E R-C)
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OPS Leaders on the farm.... WOO 1.018 Hamilton (3 Hrs, 10 SB/3CS) .981 Sogard (4 SB/0CS) .846 Fitzy .805 C Hamilton .798 Dalbec (2 HR and 11 rbi in 10 games) .792 Duran .787 Goodrum (19 BB and 9 Hits= .509 OBP but .278 SLG) .780 Alfaro (10 rbi in 14 games) (.622 Valdez/ .541 Abreu) POR .878 C Rosier (Groome trade) .863 Yorke (2 Hrs in 10 games) .814 Sikes (.690 Binelas, .663 Kavadas, .651 Lugo, .558 Rafaela) GRE 1.083 Meirdroth (11B and 8 Ks in 8 games) .808 Mayer (M Ferguson 9 BB and 8 SB in 10 games/ Hickey 10 BB and 6 Ks) SAL 1.053 Meijicano (4 gms) .875 Rosario .809 Chacon (10BB and 7 Ks in 10 gms) .786 Bleis
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Even with his diminished defense, he has to be better than Chang, right?
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Good points and well said. Our rotation has been really bad, at times, so we look for reasons- anywhere and everywhere.
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Yes. I think McGuire started the first 2 games of the season, so we all expected him to be "the main guy." Maybe pitchers do feel more comfortable with Wong, and that is the major reason Wong seems to be the #1. We'll see. At first, I thought maybe some of our younger guys had some experience with Wong on the farm, so that could be one reason, but not Kluber and Sale. It's not a strict L-R platoon, for sure, but 7 or 8 starts vs RHPs does look like that is a factor with McGuire.
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Makes sense, although I doubt they switch roles, this year, with Mata.
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Wikelman got drilled. Mayer 2-3 w 2 BB.
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The O's lost clubhouse leader Trey Mancini plus one of MLB's best closers in Jorge Lopez. They lost their innings lead Jordan Lyles (4.42 ERA.) How did replacing these guys with Kyle Gibson, Adam Frazier, Cole Irvin and M Givens an improvement? If you are counting on young guys getting better or returning vets from injury, we have plenty of those, too. I'm not so sure how much better the other teams got, either. jacko will tell you we lost our ace (Nate,) well, if that is true, the Yanks lost the closer (Chapman) and others, too.
