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  1. moonslav59
    Shifting criteria runs rampant everywhere- not just TalkSox. We constantly hear how ex Sox players are doing- mostly only the ones doing well. Many times, it's doing well in tiny sample sizes, then when they start sucking or get hurt, the talk stops, and it's on to the next hot item. The numbers matter for them, but when someone points out the good to great numbers by Contreras, Gray and Suarez, we are told only W-Ls matter, and Brez can't make good moves.
  2. moonslav59
    Yes, T Guerrero should be added to the trade list.
  3. moonslav59
    Of course, we are losing due to poor hitting- timely and untimely. The other issue is that the AL sucks so badly, it makes our record look worse than it is, as we suck in a sucky league. However, other AL teams are worse and much worse in run differential, which is a factor normally tied closely to Wins and Losses. There is a disconnect. This is not to say we are a good team. We are still -5 while playing in a horrible league. It's not an excuse, but we should be closer to .500.
  4. moonslav59
    How is Masa 14 for 14 in SB attempts?
  5. moonslav59
    I'm not seeing any specific trade suggestions, here. Who can/should we get for... Gray IKF & Coulombe? Duran? Chapman?
  6. moonslav59
    Skill lacking and untimely hitting/run-scoring. 13th in Run Diff and 26th in W-L% shows some sort of disconnect.
  7. moonslav59
    Last 28 Days OPS .997 Contreras (Getting even better!) .884 Durbin (Man on Fire) .869 Wong (25 PAs) .804 Seigler (8 PAs) .803 IKF (on IL) .795 Rafaela (as steady as he's ever been) .726 Abreu (maybe last night lit a spark) .715 Duran (.272 OBP- not hearing leadoff talk anymore.) .646 Mayer (.772 last 9 games) .626 Masa (.722 last 5 games) .585 Gasper (the friendly ghost) .563 Sogard (17 PAs) .556 Monasterio (bring Seigler back up?) .260 Narvaez (talk about a ghost) .143 Eaton (7 PAs)
  8. moonslav59
    Yes, I cherry-picked. (IMO, his last start was 6.1 IP and 2 ERs, which is good or very good but not really excellent.)
  9. moonslav59
    OPS Against as SP .607 Suarez .615 Tolle .695 Bennett .709 Gray .732 Early .818 Crochet 1.057 Bello 1.417 Samaniego as "opener" 1.433 Moran as "opener" _______________________ as RP .479 Chapman .480 Moran (WOW! Take away his opener numbers, and...) .484 Bello (WOW!!!) .577 Whitlock .593 Coulombe .614 Kelly (in AAA) .633 Samaniego (in AAA) .677 Guerrero .721 Weissert .777 Watson .873 Slaten Is it time to end the Watson experiment and give Kelly or Samaniego another look-see?
  10. moonslav59
    Too bad IKF went on the IL. He was doing well, and may have had some decent trade value. While Coulombe has an awful ERA his .593 OPS Against and other data might make him a trade target. Gray is the prize, in terms of trade value (BTV be damned.) Duran's time in BOS is likely near its end. Chapman has the 2027 option that becomes guaranteed at 40 IP, so I'm not so sure he will or should be traded. To me, these 5 are the the only real trade candidates.
  11. moonslav59
    I'm fine with that Durbin play. He's hit .886 in June and .909 in his last 19 games. April>May>June .524>.540>.886 Durbin .721>.687>.646 Bregman (.682 in last 19 games) Both are excellent defensive 3Bmen.
  12. moonslav59
    Some crazy numbers: Run Differential and W-L records -8 PHI 41-35 (7th best in MLB) -6 CLE 41-36 (8th best) -3 CWS 39-36 (9th best) -9 SDP 39-36 (10th best) -23 AZ 39-38 (13th) -1 MIA 39-38 (14th) The Sox are 13th in Run Diff at -5 but 26th in W-L% at .419. Untimely hitting and too many 1 to 2 run losses pretty much sums it up. It seems more mental than skill-lacking.
  13. moonslav59
    Yes, because "NOW" is all that matters. (Note: Harrison has an ERA north of 6 in his last 3 starts.) We might not have to wait 5 years to call that trade a win or push.
  14. moonslav59
    It's very common for people to go goo-goo gah-gah over tiny sample sizes.
  15. moonslav59
    Most PAs Against at Home & Away and OPS Against Home .594 Moran .596 Gray ,628 Bennett .633 Suarez .655 Gray .760 Weissert .762 Samaniego .774 Bello .788 Watson .807 Early Away .562 Tolle .582 Suarez .614 Moran .672 Weissert .701 Early .744 Whitlock .757 Watson .830 Gray .837 Crochet .899 Bello It's not these last 3 pitcher's faults for the H-A splits
  16. moonslav59
    10 most PAs at home .447 Mayer .489 Story .562 Narvaez .677 Duran .710 IKF .717 Yoshida .748 Abreu .796 Rafaela .974 Contreras Road .558 Narvaez .601 Story .614 Yoshida .637 Duran .699 Durbin .714 Monasterio .751 Mayer .763 Abreu .781 Rafaela .862 Contreras
  17. moonslav59
    American League by Run Differential +115 NYY +15 SEA +7 TBR -3 CWS -5 BOS -6 CLE & DET -12 TEX Everyone else is -25 or worse!
  18. moonslav59
    6 Hits and 5 runs: who is this team?
  19. moonslav59
    He looks like Wong did, last year.
  20. moonslav59
    Before today: 18-18 on the road (4.02 ERA/.718 OPS Against) 12-25 at home (3.79/.700) 126 Runs scored at home (37 games) .685 OPS (28 HRs) 162 Runs scored away (36 games) .705 OPS (34 HRs)
  21. moonslav59
    The Sox are a totally different team on the road. Nice start by Early. I was beginning to worry about him. Durbin & Mayer keep doing okay, but Mayer's hit was weak. Nice to see Abreu wake up.
  22. moonslav59
    Gonzales homered in GRE's 4-1 win. Cespedes, YRod and IJackson all doubled. Bouchard 5 IP & Hansen 4IP combined to allow just 4 hits and 2 BBs (1 ER w 10 Ks) SAL lost 9-1 but was only outhit 10-9. The difference was 11 BBs to 6.
  23. moonslav59
    Brez Pitchers drafted: Witherspoon 15th '25 Phillips 33rd '25 Tolle 50th '24 Nealy 86th '24 Eyanson 87th '25 Clarke 148th '24 Foutch 148th '25 Aita 177th '24 Finley 178th '25 Patton 208th '25 Cason 237th '24 ($1.25M bonus) Brown 238th '25 Mayers 268th '25 Futrell 29th '24 IFA: $500K Delzine '25 $500K C Pereira '26 $450K Da Reyes '24 $350K C Cordero '25 $190K Y Pineda '26 $175K S Rojas '24 $140K J Medina '24 $100K W Montero '25 $50K T Wilson $47K Vargas '26 $40K Ju Duran '25 $32K Mayora '26 $30K Y Veraza $28K Lopes '26 $25K J Fernandez & Y Bonaci '24 and 3 guys in '25 $20K A Prado, J Gamboa '24 and 5 guys in '25 $10K Berny Ortiz & 7 others '24 and M Bido & Payano '23, plus 16 pitchers in '25 and 12 in '26 Many trades involved adding pitching prospects (see previous post.)
  24. moonslav59
    Brez Pitchers Added: Crochet, Suarez, Gray, Tolle, Bennett, Oviedo, Sandoval, Chapman, Slaten, Moran, Coulombe, Weissert, Watson, Samaniego, T Guerrero, Kahnle, Anderson, Gamboa, La Sorsa, E Rivera, Eyanson, Witherspoon, Phillips, Holobetz, Ziehl, E Rivera, Delzine B Morgan, Futrell & more Giolito, Buehler, May, Criswell, Wilson, Matz, I Campbell, L Garcia, L Sims, Burdi, Fulmer, Hendriks __________________________ Pitchers added and then subtracted: Priester, Newcomb, Travieso, Harrison & Hicks _____________________________ That's a lot of pitchers in 2.5 years. ___________________________ Brez Pitchers Subtracted: Harrison, Dobbins, Fitts, L Guerrero, Perales, Clarke, Fajardo, Aita, Bernardino, Murphy, Booser, Hoppe, Wikelman, Elmer Rodriguez
  25. moonslav59
    I think moving the focus to improving the pitching pipeline might be Brez's best contribution to the team.
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