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  1. moonslav59
    I don't disagree, but we went decades having great bats, but we won our first and following rings when... we added Schilling to Pedro (Lowe/Wake/Arroyo/Foulke) we added Beckett, DiceK & Papelbon to Schilling we added Lackey, Dempster & Uehara to Lester we added Sale, Price & Kimbrel (Nate mid season) to ERod & Porcello
  2. moonslav59
    These were the pitchers on the Sox to end the 2023 season, before Breslow was hired: Sale, Houck, Pivetta, Crawford, Bello (Paxton IL) Jansen, Martin (IL) Whitlock, Schreiber, Winckowski, Benardino, Murphy, Joely R (IL) N Robertson, Llovera AAA: Drohan, Walter, Barraclough, Van Belle, Gambrell, Rio Gomez/ Ort, Mata, Booser, Weiss, Jacques, Garza, Gillaspie, Politi, L Guerrero, R Fernandez, Hagenman, Mosqueda, German, Shugart, Santo (IL) AA notables: Wikelman, Dobbins, Bastardo, Hoppe, Troye A+: Penrod, Monegro, Perales, Rogers, Song, Sena A-: ERod, Mullins, Early, Paez Pitching Prospects Rankings: 7 Perales, 9 Wikelman, 15 Drohan, 20 Monegro, 23 Dobbins, 24 ERC, 25 Guerrero, 26 Bastardo, 27 Mata, 28 Hoppe
  3. moonslav59
    YES! We need to get 5 MORE! LOL.
  4. moonslav59
    Thats what fans expect GMs to know and do.
  5. moonslav59
    The pitching turnover has been astounding since Brez took over- from farm to MLB to a large uptick in focus on adding pitchers via the draft and other ways. As you pointed out, only Priester and Sale stick out as pitchers that have done well, at times they were healthy. I'm glad we focused heavily on pitching- top to bottom. Oh, and by the way, we not have Holobetz, Phillips and Ziehl via the Sale/Grissom>Ziehl and Priester deals.
  6. moonslav59
    We looked fine on paper for the rotation, and maybe the idea was to have our starter depth help the pen out, but we've already had to resort to E Rivera starting a game, and a pen game seems right around the corner. I don't really blame Brez & Co for this, as they seemed to over focus on pitching rather than big bats, so I'm not going to complain there.
  7. moonslav59
    True, and the pitching ha sucked, especially some that did very well last year. We still coulda used a big bat add.
  8. moonslav59
    I was very high on Cespedes a couple years ago, then I soured badly, recently. He's only 20, so I should have cut him some slack. He seems to be making great strides. Let's see how he hits AA ball, once he gets promoted. With 22 year olds Castro and Bleis, I think I'm totally done with any hopes on that pair.
  9. moonslav59
    Good news. I must have missed that podcast. Yes, the numbers don't always tell the whole/important story.
  10. moonslav59
    Of course one big bat wasn't going to make up 8 games, but it would look like we tried harder. It's early. Normally, I'd be close to giving up, but the whole AL sucks. If we miss the WC by 2-3 games, we can revisit this.
  11. moonslav59
    We'd have been a much better team had we timed a few trades just right. Duran Bello Wong (maybe Narvaez) Crawford Others...
  12. moonslav59
    I'm okay with the term "jumping the gun," but can you agree that there is a reason for doing it? It might be flimsy. You might disagree, but if these guys do well, it's a good idea and has merit. We've seen what happens when we wait it out and then try to sign a guy after he becomes a star. That strategy has been a failure, too. Sure, we both agree the solution is for JH to just pay the stars, but when that ain't happening, what's a GM to do?
  13. moonslav59
    Extensions & results '24-'25: Bello '24-'29: ($9.2M AAV) 3.5 bWAR 3.9 fWAR Rafaela '24-'31: ($7.3M AAV) 4.7 bWAR 4.8 fWAR
  14. moonslav59
    And, Rafaela is one of the few Sox players where L-R splits don't really matter.
  15. moonslav59
    Nobody is saying give money to every guy who rakes or pitches great in AAA. Hell, some guys get it over AA numbers. The Sox have not had many nationally & highly ranked prospects, so we are talking about a limited number of prospects. The Bello & Rafaela extensions were not mega deals and not given to national-high ranked prospects. Out of Anthony, Mayer, KC, Tolle and Early, we've signed 2, so I'm not seeing the "sign em all" philosophy on display and the need to criticize it. Of course, when KC starts out looking crappy, it looks like an awful idea. The bad month by Anthony, basically one bad month out of 3 or 4, should not be used as proof the idea has no merit or no "reason." I'm fine with disagreeing, but to say there is "no reason" is what I was questioning.
  16. moonslav59
    How does this line of reasoning suggest we extend non-promising players and prospects or even mildly promising ones? Okay, maybe Bello was just mildly promising, but I'm not defending every extension- just saying there is a reason with merit. Health status is a factor, too. To suggest there is no reason to extend young and very promising players is what I am addressing. Many said the same thing we hear about Bello about Ceddanne, too. Not much talk on him, anymore.
  17. moonslav59
    Agreed, but to me it's kinda hard to put much of the blame on a guy who seemingly made good moves over the winter. I also think it's disingenuous to blame a guy when he made better moves than most of us wanted made. I'm not calling you out, and I have been critical of Brez, too, after suggesting guys like ESuarez, Polanco & KMarte. So many players are under performing 2025 numbers and/or 2026 expectations. I guess the GM is supposed to foresee that and make choices based on knowing this. Yes, they hold the ultimate accountability for the team success. I think Cora was let go (first) because the underperformance is usually blamed on the manager and not the GM, firstly.
  18. moonslav59
    The point being made is that many who are highly critical of Brez and his winter choices wanted guys that are not doing well or are doing worse than who he added, except Durbin & Oviedo.
  19. moonslav59
    ..and better D
  20. moonslav59
    Well said, but as this pertains to having some players in leadership roles, would Bregman be telling batters something different from Fatse? Or was he just a confidence builder we never replaced?
  21. moonslav59
    As of now, they are very close: .766 Duran (,258 in 12 PAs in playoffs) ,760 Yoshida (1.143 in 7 playoff PAs)
  22. moonslav59
    Good news. I must have missed that podcast. Yes, the numbers don't always tell the whole/important story.
  23. moonslav59
    My point is the raving is only listened to ane reported when he team does well.
  24. moonslav59
    The thing is, if Roman was at .700, I would not be concerned, so it's not like he's way off. I think he will have a nice season and continue to improve as he nears prime.
  25. moonslav59
    The JH can and should spend more money is a separate issue. I think you are putting too much stock into one month production. I'm concerned, too, but time will tell.
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