moonslav59

I gave up watching this many years ago.

I'm always skeptical of catching prospects, but Teel should be able to hit well enough to make an impact, even if not as a catcher. I like our draft. I'm glad we drafted 4 SSs.

No matter how many times this point is brought up, some insist on looking at our needs, today and wanting us to draft a player who might fill that need 4-6 years from now.

How many other 2022 Sox relievers had better numbers? Strahm and cricketts.

I think we avoid giving good prospects for a 2 month rental, so Blackburn looks like the type Bloom might target. I'd love to get Sears, but the A's might wait on him, as his trade value could easily rise, significantly over the next 2-3 years. There has been talk of our offense being unbalanced with too many LHBs. I seriously doubt we look to trade Dugo or Duran, and before anybody jumps on me, I'm not saying I want to trade this guy, but trading Casas would improve 2 or more positions on defense (1B & LF.) It would allow Duran and Duvall to play nearly everyday, while allowing Refsnyder to keep playing vs LHPs: vs RHPs/LHPs: C: Wong (McGuire/Alfaro) 1B: Turner (Dalbec?) 2B: Arroyo/Kike SS: Story (Chang) 3B: Devers LF: Duvall CF: Duran * RF: Dugo * DH: Yoshida * *Refsnyder would play vs all LHPs by "resting" one from Duran or Dugo or Yoshida every third time. We could get a much better player by trading Casas. We could add more to the package and maybe get a solid SP'er with 3+ years of control. Again, I'm not "for" trading Casas or "giving up on him." He has great value for a reason. We have Turner for another year and maybe Jordan, Kavadas or someone else that can be moved to 1B within our system that could be ready by 2025.

The same people who want Duvall benched, also wanted Duran benched (or much worse), last year and not given another chance, this year. Going by just "what have you done for me, lately" is not a winning strategy. It matters but is not everything.

He was used 15 out of his first 28 games in the 8th and later to start the season. Honestly, who else did we have? Cora was trying anybody and everybody, and almost all failed. After August 24th, he was used exclusively in the 8th or later (last 15 appearances.) 1.26 ERA (3.18 FIP) .635 OPS Against 14.1 IP 13 H 6BB 10K Maybe Cora was hoping this Barnes would materialize earlier. He did not. I'm not sure why there is such a big stink over 3 games. Is it your position that after 2 extra inning melt downs, he should not have been given a chance in the third? If so, we are now talking about one game choice by Cora. Really?

I think a lot of us have supported some aspects, defended sone unwarranted hypercriticism or feel like he has pretty much done what he was asked to do, but nobody supports everything or nearly everything he's done. I think some think I'm a big supporter, because I seem to be defending him a lot and adding context, like "what do you expect to get for a SP at $10M/1" other tha Kluber and Richards, and he did get guys like Wacha and Hill for even cheaper, but I'd grade Bloom near a C, with a lot of his grade still incomplete. His farm building is largely unknown, and most draftees and IFAs need 4+ years to start making an impact. He has brought us Whitlock, Wink and Wong from the farm. I expected more "Gems in the rough," but he has found Schreiber, Refsnyder, Arroyo, and more recently Bernardino among others. He has made some swings and misses on a lot of moves, but again, big moves often fail, so what should be expected of one year signings? Good: Yoshida (so far), Wacha, Hill, Turner, Jensen, Martin, Strahm, Renfroe, Whitlock Rule 5, Schreiber, Refsnyder, Okay: Arroyo, Dugo & Wong trade, Wink trade Could be good: Duvall, McGuire trade, EValdez & Abreu trade Could be bad: Story Bad: Kluber, Richards, Perez I & II (signed him a year too early), Kike II, Barnes extension & The JBJ trade Marwin, Andriese and other lower level signings Plus, he did not trade away Bello, Casas, Houck, Duran and others. I know we all tend to dwell on the negative, and to me, there seems to be more posters who act like nearly everything Bloom does is bad, and nobody acts like nearly everything he does has been good, and this list shows it's a mixed bag. To me, a lot has to do with what was expected back in 2019 and one's views of the foundation handed over to Bloom.

It's all about Turner and a big second half from Devers.

I agree. We can guess we will not be trading away a bunch of top prospects for a bunch of players, so my guess is, if we are buyers, we will likely focus on 1 or 2 players, and they should be pitcher(s.) We should be getting some SP'ers back, and maybe Schreiber for the pen, but I'm thinking SP'ers. If we end up squeezing Whitlock, Houck or Crawford to the pen, then great! Here are the team positional rankings by fWAR: 29th SS (Story has to be counted on, here) 27th 2B (Arroyo, Kike, Chang. I doubt we trade for MI help.) 20th SP 20th C (We will ride it out with Wong & Alfaro/McGuire 14th 3B 13th RP 11th 1B 9th RF 6th CF 5th LF 2nd DH We need to trade something to get something. We can try to take on some salary, as long as we don't go over the line. Possible trade candidates might be Duvall and Kike, and we could include some cash to up the return. Dalbec should be on the block, but he's not bringing back a plus SP'er, and may only just barely sweeten any package. We will likely have to trade one or two from: Rafaela EValdez, Yorke or Romero Drohan, Wikelman, Mata, Walter, Murphy or Perales Bonaci, Jordan & Paulino

We forgot Tomo Ohka, too. Leaders in fWAR only with the Sox: 7.8 Dice-K 6.1 Uehara 4.0 Tazawa 3.0 Nomo 2.9 Okajima 1.4 Ohko 0.3 Saito -0.2 Sawamura

It's a pain going in and out of each article.

The Sox Draft Picks with SP's write-up: Kyle Teel: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-blank-with-14th-overall.html Nazzan Zanetello: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-nazzan-zanetello-with-no.html Antonio Anderson: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-antonio-anderson-with.html Matt Duffy: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-matt-duffy-with-fourth.html Kristian Campbell: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-kristian-campbell-with.html Justin Riemer: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-justin-riemer-with.html Connelly Early: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-connelly-early-with.html CJ Weins: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-cj-weins-with-sixth.html Caden Rose: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-caden-rose-with-seventh.html Trennor O'Donnell: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-trennor-odonnell-with.html Blake Wehunt: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-blake-wehunt-with-ninth.html Ryan Ammons: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/07/red-sox-select-ryan-ammons-with-10th.html

Comp Picks are in... 132. Kristian Campbell SS GA Tech 133. Justin Riemer SS Wright St.

Sherriff elected free agency after passing through waivers. Caleb Hamilton did not. He's back with Woo.

I thought they decided on Nate and Wacha. The silence is deafening on Bogey, too.

I agree with this, but my point was about "high floor" pitchers.

Hard to know, when he never drafts one in the top rounds. 2020 4th round: Wu-Yelland 5th Drohan 2021 4th Rodrigues-Cruz 7th W Olds 8th Hunter Dobbins 2022 3rd Dalton Rogers 5th Noah Dean 6th Alex Hoppe 7th Caleb Bolden

I hope we draft 4 more SSs.

OPS Leaders DSL Red .959 F Arias .949 Y Asencio .888 A Musett .823 J Liriano DSL Blue .892 Y Cespedes .842 K Salazar .833 S Nunez FCL 1.020 J Salazar 1.013 Joh Garcia .906 N Yuten .893 A Asigen (.759 in Salem in 14 ABs) .852 K Diaz .841 K Ayubi .836 B Brannon (1.095 in Salem in 21 ABs) Salem .817 R Rosario .792 Y Mejicano .773 Alexis Hern .754 A Castro .694 A Feliz .693 R Anthony (1.331 in GRE in 58 ABs) GRE .991 Hickey (.873 in POR in 132 ABs) .954 Meidroth (.830 in POR in 139 ABs) .918 Jordan .916 Bonaci .890 Mayer (.667 in AA in 112 ABs) POR .853 C Rosier .817 S Scott (.841 in AAA in 50 ABs) .816 Kavadas .814 Yorke .773 Rafaela (.893 in AAA in 46 ABs) .755 Binelas Woo 1.055 Dalbec .935 EValdez .922 Fitzy .835 Abreu .820 D Ham .814 R Hern

Maybe one gets traded.

Apparently, the problem was that after 2 times failing, he should not have been given a third chance. Talk about small sample sizes. LOL. Our pen sucked, last year. Barnes was one of the few pitchers with some sort of hope he could regain some of his first half '21 magic.

I sure wish we had stayed under the tax line and gotten better picks.

How long until Bonaci gets the AA call? Anthony? Who is the next AA call up to AAA?

For some reason, it seems like a lot of managers go with questionable pitchers in the 10th.