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If we keep winning 6 out of 8, we will make the playoffs and maybe even win the division. That is our "current path," if you choose 8 games.
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Yes, we are close to a team missing 3 of it's top 5 starters. We are missing 2 of our top 7, and 2 others were demoted to the pen. I do think we can pass the Astros, but with 4 of our 7 on the IL or in the pen, it won't be easy.
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Agreed. We already took Whitlock and Houck, and now Crawford.
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We may need Walter or Murphy to come through for us, until Houck comes back. I'm not sure, if they are considering moving Pivetta back to the rotation. It could work.
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The Astros lost Verlander to free agency over the winter and then McCullers for the whole season. Luis Gracia may miss the whole season (60 day IL) and Jose Urquidy in on the 15 day IL and has already missed 9 of 15 starts. Here are their SP'er numbers: 2.27 Framber Valdez 15 GS 3.25 Christian Javier 15 GS 3.78 Hunter Brown 14 3.42 JP France 8 4.37 B Bielak 8 and 4.66 R Blanco 3
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Two surprises from Murphy then Walter, both who were struggling in the minors, this year.
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I thought I was responding to MVPs post about Rosier being promoted to AAA. Somehow, the threads got switched on me. LOL
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...and then the false hopes they were coming back.
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Good to see the 23 year old get a chance. He was part of the Hosmer and Ferguson for Groom trade. AA .805 OPS 26 SB
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Good to see him get a chance. He 23 and was a part of the Hosmer and Ferguson for Groome trade. He is hitting .805 OPS with 26 SBs.
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Here is a look at our worst, best and in between defensive teams since 2003: BY DRS -57 '06 -56 '09 -35 '05 -26 '04 -22 '03 The "in between" -4 '22 -2 '15 0 '10 1 '20 2 '07 4 '21 5 '19 10 '18 In between or best? 17 '08 18 '11 22 '13 51 '14 64 '12 69 '16 79 '17 Hard to find a pattern between rings and good or bad D with the Sox. The worst teams on D were under Theo. Bad -8.8 '04 -6.6 '03 -2.5 '10 -2.5 '22 -2.3 '06 -1.8 '15 -1.3 '05 OK 0.6 '09 0.9 '20 1.4 '21 2.4 '07 2.6 '13 3.1 '17 3.3 '19 3.6 '12 Good 5.2 '16 5.3 '11 6.7 '18 7.2 '08 7.2 '14 Again, I see no pattern linked to rings and good or bad D- for the Sox.
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Exactly, and when people look at the high ERA of our pitchers, they should factor in all the extra outs they needed to make, above and beyond charged errors.
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Actually, my theory is that the Sox have almost always had plus hitting, but the rings came only after we acquired a second solid SP. 2004: Had Pedro- traded for Schilling 2007: Had Schilling- traded for Beckett 2013: Had Lester- signed Lackey 2018: Had Price- traded for Sale Right now, maybe Bello can be an ace- maybe, but we are far from a #2, unless we think Paxton can keep going like this. Also, most of those 4 ring years had more than just 2 solid starting pitchers.
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I don't think we have many choices for our 5th starter. Pivetta Walter Murphy
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That was painful. You don't see many complete game shutouts, anymore.
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McDonough is not hitting much better, but he is older and might gain more by being tested at the AAA level. Lugo was called up to AA before McD, and both did pretty well in '22.
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I think we knew some pitchers would be out to start the year and others would likely go on the IL during the year, so Bloom went for quantity, thinking 7 is enough, and maybe one or more from our extended depth could rise to fill any needs beyond these 7: Sale Paxton Kluber Whitlock Pivetta Bello Houck Extended depth when looking from the perspective in March: Crawford Winckowski Mata Walter Murphy All in all, this group has done okay, except for the bad start to the season. As well as we have done, over the last 4-5 weeks, I'm not sure we can keep this up with Sale, Houck, Kluber and Pivetta out of the rotation.
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We do have a better record than them, so there is that. It looks like the Twins are keeping up with us.
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Probably too early for Yorke. Maybe Lugo?
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In house options might be: Pivetta Murphy Walter Continued pen games
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I agree. Had either Kluber or Pivetta given us what we hoped they would, it wouldn't be so bad, but we've basically lost 4 SP'ers: Sale, Houck, Kluber & Pivetta. Whitlock and Paxton have missed 15 starts between them, which amounts to a full SP'er over the first half of 2023. Both need to stay healthy. Whitlock needs to start improving, very soon, if we are to have any chance. We are counting on 3 SP'ers: Bello, Paxton and Whitlock and then Crawford holding the fort down at #4, until Houck can return. Who is our 5th starter? We can't keep going with guys like Dermody and pen games started by guys like Ort and Garza, followed by Murphy and Walter. The problem is, what team is going to trade a decent SP'er in June?
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Other teams have had major injuries, and some had had more than us. The Yanks and Astros come to mind. Here is a look at what we have lost due to injury: Rotation (15 GS would be what our top 5 SP'ers could have) GS'd missed, 8 Paxton 7 Whitlock 4 Sale (many more to come) 2 Houck (more to come) Pen Schreiber (on 60 day) Martin (missed about 18 days) Crawford (missed about 18 days) Joely, Kelly & Mills (missed just about the whole season, so far) Bleier has been out a while but that may not be a big loss. Everyday: Story (out until July/August) Mondesi (may never play a game with us) Chang (on 60 day) (All 3 SSs out really tests a team's depth chart.) Arroyo (missed a lot of time) Duvall (missed 2 months) McGuire (on 15 day) Our 2 highest paid players will miss over half the season of more: Sale & Story.
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I was wondering why we haven't heard anything on Schreiber. I guess no news was bad news.
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Indeed. The OF is nearly .200 higher than 2022, and that's 3 positions! 1B +.080 DH +.060 C +.045 2B -.0.50 3B -.085 SS -.185 I don't think many saw the offense improving this much, especially since none of it has been driven by Devers.
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I'm not sure how many more injuries we can handle.
