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  1. moonslav59
    Who says we never pursue prospect pitching?
  2. moonslav59
    Great!
  3. moonslav59
    Realising this is the first step to recovery! Congrats!
  4. moonslav59
    I remember reading somewhere, once, that to have a sustainable contender you need to get a decent 1.5 starting players from your system every year. I am sticking to my point that going from Devers in the summer of 2017 to Bello and Casas in the summer of 2022 or 2023 to actually get solid results and only getting one guy- Houck, is a major, if not the most significant reason the team went downhill, fast. Sure, deadwood contracts hurt. Sure, too many players declining all at once, even some still in their prime hurt. Sure, slashing the budget after 2019, hurt like hell, but getting no farm infusion of significance was the ball-buster to me. Not adding anyone in2018 or 2019 added to the demise of the 2019 team. Other factors may have been more significant that one year, grant you that, but overall, from 2019-2022, IMO, little farm help hurt most.
  5. moonslav59
    So it would not have been a contender with the 2023 Bello and Duran?
  6. moonslav59
    Still, a Bello and Duran might have turned the 2019 team into a contender.
  7. moonslav59
    It's no coincidence we sucked from 2019-2022, when we got nobody from the farm.
  8. moonslav59
    Thanks for staying on top of this. If Riemer signs, will there be enough bonus money left to entice one HS kid to sign and not go to college? Just wondering, and if yes, which one is most likely to sign?
  9. moonslav59
    Just wondering where all the "Fire Bloom Brigade" has gone. Haven't seen some in ages.
  10. moonslav59
    Looks like Bloom caught on to the pen building thing, nicely, after 3 years of yuckiness.
  11. moonslav59
    The numbers don't lie. Since April 30th, our staff has done comparatively well. fWAR and xFIP are two metrics that are very telling and cover a wide range of factors. We are very close to top 5 in pitching before Schreiber, Houck, Whitlock or Sale return or any pitchers are added via trades. It may be wishful thinking, but I think it still falls under the "realistic" umbrella.
  12. moonslav59
    I may end up being wrong on my prediction that Turner would pass JD in OPS by season's end. JD has began to hit well, again. .881 JD .835 Turner Since June 2nd: .805 JD .927 Turner Here are a few interesting 2022 to 2023 comps: OPS 2022>2023 OF .676> .815 (the difference maker) DH .763> .852 (Turner has been awesome!) 1B .683> .814 (Casas da man!) C .694> .691 (not bad, considering Vaz was known for being a good hitting catcher.)
  13. moonslav59
    If we add one SP'er and 2 out of the 3 on IL comeback and do well, our staff could be top 4 or 5. Our pitching ranks 7th in fWAR in all of MLB since April 30th. In that same timeframe we are 7th in xFIP at 4.04- just 0.01 from 6th (MN.) We are 5th in runs scored and 6th in team OPS. We could easily be top 5 in pitching and hitting, yet it seems many fans think this team is not worthy of contention status. I know our D sucks, but top 5 in the two major categories is enough for me to think we have a shot at the ring.
  14. moonslav59
    Devers was the only one on anyone's radar, up until DD departed. Some might have been luck, or just having the right guys in the system. DD drafted and signed IFAs well, considering the low draft slots and bonus pool money.
  15. moonslav59
    That was a very common theme, but quite a few "knocked" DD for making too many prospect trades and not keeping it more balanced. Most agree, the Pom trade might have been the worst, but Espinoza got injured and never came close to reaching expectation. In hindsight, keeping Devers, Bello, Duran and Casas was better than keeping Moncada, Kopech, Margot and all the others. DD may not have even known some of the guys he kept, but he did well on picking who to trade.
  16. moonslav59
    We'd still need to make room on the 40, but that is not difficult with Ort still on it. I'd IL Arroyo, then trade Kike.
  17. moonslav59
    People who say our farm sucks or is overrated, may not be experts on other farm systems.
  18. moonslav59
    I would not consider trading Kike a sell. I'm not sure Duvall would ne, either, as we have Refsnyder as a RH'd OF bat. (I doubt we trade both, unless we are selling Paxton, too.) I don't see us selling Paxton and "buying" another SP'er as some have suggested we might do.
  19. moonslav59
    The RH'd pen arm should be Houck and or Whitlock, as we trade for a solid SP'er or two. BTW, Wink is turning things back around, so we do have 2 nice RH'd pen guys. I agree, we still need another. Also, some lefties are doing a good to great job getting righties out: OPSA .446 Murphy .662 Walter .681 Bleier .686 Jacquez .700 Bernardino
  20. moonslav59
    True. It just felt like we had no chance.
  21. moonslav59
    Just google fangraphs, select Red Sox in team window. Change PA or IP from qualified to a lower number and see the fWAR numbers in the far right column.
  22. moonslav59
    I doubt this will happen, but I hope we trade for 2 SPers, and any returning pitcher goes to the pen. Maybe Sale would demote Crawford to the pen. We may not even trade for one starter. If we do, I hope it is Stroman, Giolito, Montgomery or Snell. Let’s dream of two. This would be our 13 man healthy staff: SP Bello Paxton Stroman Giolito Sale Long RP Crawford Pivetta Whitlock Houck Short RP Jansen Martin Schreiber Winckowski That’s pretty damn solid! It might be the best pen we’ve ever had, despite not having our best closer ever. This rotation and depth would be close to the best ever. I guess what I’m getting at is that I’m thinking we might be 2 solid SPers away from significant contention for an actual ring! Call me a Homer, but I’m starting to fall for this team.
  23. moonslav59
    Yes. We may be yo-yoing a few players, if we are still in it. On another note, we are still on pace for 86 wins. We need to win 2 of the next 3 to be on pace for 87 wins.
  24. moonslav59
    We’ve won 5 out our last 6 series. A split with ATL would be decent. That road trip at SFG & SEA could be a real ball-buster, but I’m hopeful we can go 4-2 or 3-3, at worst. Is that enough to keep us from selling? A
  25. moonslav59
    Indeed. Most of our recent losses have been close ones, except that one in Oak.
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