moonslav59
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Everything posted by moonslav59
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No, that's why I said "slump."
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You think a $5.3M x 3 contract is big risk? You are for DFA'ing about that much in Kluber and Bleier, right now.
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13 pitchers is the limit, so no Garza. I think Kluber beats out Bernardino, for a while anyway. See how he does from the pen. I'm assuming you DFA'd Kluber and Bleier.
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Yes, Enmanuel Valdez, 2B Boston. I doubt they move him up past 9th or 10th.
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So, this has just been a fielding slump by McGuire? Maybe we can get something for Alfaro via trade. (nothing all that great.)
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I'm not as high on McGuire as I once was. I thought he was very good on D and would do better with the staff than Vaz did and likely Wong would do. I'm not for handing McGuire away for peanuts, just to give the journeyman Alfaro a look-see, but if the return is something we need (SS, P) then maybe. Kluber, $7M and McGuire for a better SP'er?
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Could the next soxprospects.com rankings see Hickey and E R-C move up, significantly. I gotta think Mata and Walter might drop some. Wikelman, too. Paulino has warmed up a little. Lugo has not taken a step up, like last year. How high can/will they move EValdez up? I might go... 1. Mayer 2. Bleis 3. Rafaela 4. Yorke 5. Drohan 6. E Valdez 7. Hickey 8. Mata 9. Romero 10. Anthony 11. Perales 12. Walter 13. Paulino 14. E R-C 15. Jordan 16. Lugo 17. Wikelman 18. Hamilton 19. Abreu 20. Meidroth (Out: Murphy)
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Could we trade McGuire to make room for Alfaro? (I doubt it.)
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Looking pretty good for the Sox, that Paxton took the $4M player option, after the Sox refused their $13M option, right?
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5/22 SOX @ Angels 9:38PM ET
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Vs the RHP Barria... 1. Dugo RF 2. Yoshida LF 3. Turner DH 4. Devers 3B 5. Duran CF 6. Casas 1B 7. Valdez 2B 8. Reyes SS 9. Wong C -
Wacha must have fit some metric, when they signed him. It's time to throw out the metrics that led to Richards and Kluber. On the others... Wacha was a bargain. Hill was worth $5M Perez was signed a year or two, too early. Bloom has not totally missed on cheap SP'er signings, but I think he needs to step up the budget spent on the rotation, of invest some trade capital to acquire a big boost.
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I'm hopeful we break the $10M or less SP'er trend, next winter. (Maybe we make a deal at the deadline- then extend.)
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They have sucked, so far. I'm all for giving Whitlock a slot for several more starts, and certainly over Kluber and Pivetta. He has sucked, though, despite the small sample size. If you go by just ERA, like many here do (not you,) Kluber has a better ERA over the last 4 weeks than Houck and Pivetta. To me, the 5 should be... Sale Paxton Bello Whitlock Houck
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We are not that far from June 1st: In the majors, Alfaro would earn a $2 million base salary. He has opt-outs in his deal on June 1 and July 1. 2023 at WOO (148 AB) .345 6 29 .381 OBP .574 SLG .956 OPS McGuire has no options. Wong will not be demoted.
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The question might come down to Arroyo vs Reyes.
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Not many could be worse.
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Yup. Nobody is saying otherwise.
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Murphy has imploded to a massive extent. He has a 2.35 ERA on July 23rd in 2022. 5.66 AUG '22 6.26 SEP '22 8.63 2023
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We were assuming everyone is still doing well. They might demote Casas to avoid trading Arroyo. Duvall replaces Tapia. Story replaces Reyes or Arroyo. (Arroyo replaces Reyes or is traded.) Why demote Casas?
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I'm not. He'd basically cost $16M more than Kluber for those 3 "extra years." That's $5.3M x 3. The risk on Nat is about as big and costs $8M more than Wacha- overall.
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Whitlock is starting Saturday. He's in. Bloom has said he will go with 6 for one time through and take a look. If Houck can't get past 9 batters, and Kluber looks good (it is possible), maybe Houck goes to the pen. He would join Pivetta, Wink and Crawford as long men, which would allow quicker hooks on Kluber, Whitlock and anyone else who sucks out of the gate. I'm not saying I think hat will happen, but Cora is making the call. (Maybe he already knows Kluber will be demoted from the rotation.) I think we'd try Kluber in the pen before we DFA him.
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All I'm saying is he did not suck as a 5th starter in 2022. This is 2023, and he has sucked. So has Kluber, Whitlock and to a slightly lesser extend, Houck.
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Why assume Wacha will suck years 2, 3 and 4?
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Well, if everything is going well, Duvall is hitting righties like he did in 2021 and is a FT'er.
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I just hope that if he fails as a SP'er, he can go back to his pen role and be as big a success as he was before.
