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  1. moonslav59
    Yanks lost to the Cubs and Taillon (8IP 1H 0ER) TOR won big SEA up big on HOU BAL up 1-0 on MIN in 7th If HOU loses, they will be tied with TOR for WC2 and WC3 -1.0 NYY -3.0 BOS
  2. moonslav59
    Woo won 7-3 Schreiber pitched 2/3 in rehab (0H, 1BB, OK) Reyes 2-4 in rehab Rafaela 3-5 2 HR Dalbec 3-5 w 2B RHern 2-3 w 2B & BB POR won 6-1 Liu 7IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 10K Rosier 2-4 w HR Kavadas, Sikes and McDonough all homered (one hit each) Kavadas walked once. Hickey 1-4 w 2B GRE lost 3-2 Encarnacion 5IP, 5H, 1ER, 1BB, 7K 2-3 Anthony w HR, 2B & BB 3-4 MIller 2-4 Bonaci SAL lost 2-1 Not much to report FCL Sox won big Yuten 4-5 w HR K Diaz 2-4 w HR Salazar 3-5 Jog Garcia 2-4 w BB
  3. moonslav59
    Sherriff DFA'd to make room for Chang. Ort placed on 15 day IL to make room for Paxton coming off the PAT list. Next up... Houck (demote Taylor) Whitlock (demote Jacques) Reyes (demote Murphy or Walter and go with 12 pitchers for 1-3 weeks) McGuire (DFA Alfaro) (Joely, Bleier, Kluber, CHamilton- who cares?) Story (DFA Reyes)
  4. moonslav59
    So, Wade Boggs hates today's game and how announcers speak of exit velocities and trajectories. I pine for the days of when announcers spoke of Margo and ex Red Sox players playing for the Yanks.
  5. moonslav59
    It seems so obvious. Some say our management has no plan. Spending like a maniac is no viable, long term plan. We took the right approach. Now, we have to sit back and see if our scouts and choices were good one. You look at this team, now- sure Turner, Yoshida and Dugo are playing big roles, but we'd be nowhere without Bello, Crawford, Wink, Duran, Casas and a few other small contributions from our recent call-ups. It's no coincidence, we've struggled mightily since 2019, when you realize we only had Houck give us anything useful from the farm from mid 2017 (Devers) to this seasons multi-arrivals.
  6. moonslav59
    The JD vs Turner watch: .837 JD .818 Turner Since May 12th .835 JD .858 Turner Since June 8th .640 JD .971 Turner SOX DH Position .834 2023 .763 2022 .906 2021 .623 2020 .776 2019 .862 2018
  7. moonslav59
    My guess is lefties Casas and Duran will be in tonight's line-up vs the righty, but Cora has been known to surprise us. The bench might be Alfaro, Refsnyder, Arroyo and Duvall. Maybe go with: C Wong, 1B Casas, 2B Kike, SS DHam, 3B Devers, LF Yoshida, CF Duran, RF Dugo, DH Turner.
  8. moonslav59
    MLBTR lists the top trade deadline candidates: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/07/top-50-deadline-trade-candidates-early-july-edition.html Some possible targets for Bloom & Co. SP 1. Giolito CWS 4. Montgomery STL 5. Flaherty STL 6. Stroman CHC 8. Bieber CLE 9. Lorensen DET, 12. ERod DET, 13. Lynn CWS, 16. Blackburn OAK, 20. Civale CLE (Snell is listed at #34.) RP 3. Barlow KCR 7. Robertson NYM 15. Raley NYM, 17. Kelly CWS, 18. Middleton CWS, 19. Lopez CWS SS 22. DeJong STL Sox players listed: 22. Turner 23. Paxton 24. Pivetta 25. Duvall 37. Dalbec
  9. moonslav59
    The Sox have 3 picks in the top 83: 14. 50. 83. But, we do have 6 in the top 133: 115. 4th rounder 132. Comp for Bogey 133. Comp for Nate The draft starts Sunday evening.
  10. moonslav59
    In the AL, only OAK & KCR look far enough out of their division race and the WC3 slot. I'm not sure what they have to "sell off." OAK has already sold off many of their most expensive pieces. The CWS are 8.5 behind MIN, who leads the ALC with a 45-43 record (same as the last place Sox.) My guess is they will be sellers. Detroit (-6.0 ALC) could be, too. On the bubble: BOS, SEA, LAA and perhaps TOR, if they tailspin in July. In the NL, WSH and COL should be clear sellers. STL almost certainly will/should be. After that, it might take a bad 3-4 week period for these teams to drop out: PIT 40-47 (-8.5 NLC and -7.5 WC3) CHC 40-46 (-8.0 NLC and -7.0 WC3) SDP 41-46 (-8.5 NLW but -6.5 WC3) NYM 41-46 (-6.5 NLE and -6.5 WC3) My guess is 9 teams will be sellers: OAK COL WSH KCR STL PIT CHC CWS DET
  11. moonslav59
    That was 2021.
  12. moonslav59
    I disagreed with the role Barnes was give and for how long he stayed in that role, but our pen sucked, last year, and options were few and likely just as bad.
  13. moonslav59
    It’s about 40 and 26. We can easily DFA someone other than Reyes, and then since he’s out of options, it becomes a 26 man issue. Like I said, I doubt they even discuss going to 12 pitchers until we are set at SS, and I’m not going to be upset if or when they DFA Reyes, but the SS position has been. Merry go round, and holding Reyes for 2-3 more weeks makes some sense. I see a logjam with so many LF/CF/1B/DHs on the 26, that I think we may trade Duvall. I’d say Kike, but he might not be traceable even if we pay his salary, and he can still play decent 2B, too. Our MI depth looks better with Reyes over Duvall. The problem is that Duvall is still capable of hitting very well and carrying the O for stretches.
  14. moonslav59
    12 of 15 teams are within 8.5 games of winning their division. We are one of the 3. 10 of 15 NL teams are in the same boat. The WC really helps keep teams like us in it, and gives several teams 2ways to make it to the dance, but MLB has really been more balanced than I can ever remember, at this point in a season.
  15. moonslav59
    With all out SS issues, I'd try to find a way to keep Reyes. Story may not even play MI, when he eventually returns. Arroyo is an injury waiting to happen. Kike is a mess, but not bad at 2B or CF. We could trade Duvall and make Kike the back-up CF'er or possible Duran platoon. Here is an idea I doubt they even discuss: Keep Reyes until the trade deadline and go with 12 pitchers until August 1st. Our staff should be rested and we can strategically call up Houck, Whitlock, and Schreiber to replace Murphy and the like right after they pitch a game. We will have... 4 days off for the AS break play 6 straight days day off 7/20 play 3 day off 7/24 play 2 day off 7/27 play 6 straight through the deadline day off 8/3 (2 days after the deadline) August 4th: go back to 13 man staff and decide what to do with Reyes, Arroyo and others. (We may have traded someone like Duvall or Kike to make room for everyone.)
  16. moonslav59
    We could also just say good bye to Mondesi.
  17. moonslav59
    To me, had Cora brought in a top RP'er with a 5 run lead in the 9th, I'd have wondered why.
  18. moonslav59
    We should also get McGuire and Reyes back.
  19. moonslav59
    Updated Standings +4.0 BAL +1.0 HOU +0.0 NYY (tied for 3rd WC slot) +0.0 TOR (tied for 3rd WC slot) -3.0 BOS -3.5 LAA -4.0 SEA -4.5 CLE Last series before AS Break: OAK @ BOS TOR @ DET CHC @ NYY SEA @ HOU BAL @ MIN LAA @ LAD ATL @ TBR
  20. moonslav59
    We will probably go with openers, and Pivetta will go 3-4 in one of the games. I'm hopeful we can get to 5 SP'ers after the break, or shortly after it, and maybe '6, if Sale can get lucky. Bello Paxton Crawford Houck Whitlock Sale
  21. moonslav59
    The idea was to try and not have to use Martin. It was worth a try.
  22. moonslav59
    Not really. Last year, I was one of the first to give up and advocate for a fire sale, including Bogey. My optimism, this year, is not unfounded.
  23. moonslav59
    If all these guys weren't expected back- some very soon, I would not be so unbeat. I may easily be proven wrong, but I see a lot to be optimistic about. I actually think it is odd so many have little faith in guys like Turner, Duvall and Yoshida, just because they never did great for the Sox. We have some real professional hitters and a few up and coming bats starting to show they can hit, too. The pen is as good as it's been for over 5 years. The rotation just needs to get healthy. Story, Chang and even Reyes will improve the D to some extent. Have faith!
  24. moonslav59
    What a hitting clinic that was in the 7th. What was it 6 singles in 7 ABs... all textbook going with the pitch and hitting it where they ain't.
  25. moonslav59
    Every good manager brings in guys like Garza with a 5 run lead, several times a year.
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