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  1. moonslav59
    Hickey is, too. This guy Wilyer Abreu has 100 BBs, this season, and he's the second best guy we got in the Vaz trade (Enmanuel Valdez.)
  2. moonslav59
    Sox prospects says this about his D: Potential solid-average defender there.
  3. moonslav59
    Plus, he's hurt too much and has 3 seasons below .780 in his last 6.
  4. moonslav59
    Those 3 rbis by Story and one by Bogey now ties them both with Dugo for 2nd on the team with 62 rbis. Story has about 160-170 less PAs than both Dugo and Bogey and 135 less than JD, and before anyone mentions the one 10 game stretch, where we went something like 8-2, even if you take those 10 games away, he's still 1 or 2 in RBIs per PA. That's without taking away anyone else's best 10 game stretch of rbi's. Just something to ponder on a team that has lacked big hits, all year.
  5. moonslav59
    With such a high need for capable arms in the 2023 pen, I think we keep this dice roll.
  6. moonslav59
    I keep agreeing with you. Is something wrong with me? LOL.
  7. moonslav59
    I get that, and we keep hearing the JBJ trade as a a major reason, when the overall moves he's made were a net plus- BY FAR! Go ahead and blame Bloom for nearly every returning vet's decline from 2021. I guess he should have traded them all, last winter. Now, even Devers has joined the declining OPS group and Houck, who was a bout even from 2021 is out. Only Vaz improved from the vets Bloom inherited. Go ahead and blame him for that.
  8. moonslav59
    Me, too, but this is the way of sports, nowadays. The worst part is making the Braves our "natural rivalry." Only the Jay and Phillies seems like such a deep stretch.
  9. moonslav59
    Pluses and minuses: I Negative: JBJ trade Diekman signing (turned into a plus by dumping his contract and acquiring McGuire for multiple years) Vaz (but adding prospects and Mcguire negates the loss) OK: Hill ??? Story Hosmer (free) Prospects Added via trades since the end of 2021: EValdez, WAbreu, MFerguson, ABinelas, DHamilton, C Rosier Good: Strahm Pham Great: Wacha Schreiber Refsnyder McGuire (doing better than Vaz, so far) Yet, it's Bloom's fault the team got worse.
  10. moonslav59
    Not thinking an easier schedule helps makes no sense. Yes, the other 4 ALE teams also get easier schedules, but the rest of the AL gets harder, and the WC slots go to the best 3 records in the AL. OKay, I get teh theory that we still have to pass an ALE team to make it, and they all get easier schedules, too, but I'll take getting easier schedule over 10 other teams vs 4 as a good thing.
  11. moonslav59
    I forgot to rank him. Yes, "Good"
  12. moonslav59
    Let's hope his skillset translates to the bigs. Bobby D had a great OBP on the farm ,too. There is such a long list of failed Sox 1Bmen from the farm.
  13. moonslav59
    I don't disagree, but he was playing against a very good defense, last night. Certainly not like Joe Montana from my days at ND.
  14. moonslav59
    Koji wasn't very good after 2013? He wasn't like 2013 Koji, but neither was Mo. 0.917 WHIP in 2014 and 2015 was very good., Amazingly, he had a WHIP below 0.995 for 7 straight seasons (2010-2016.) Not all for the Sox, though.
  15. moonslav59
    I don't think Barnes is going anywhere. You think Houck's back surgery will not be serious?
  16. moonslav59
    So, is he saying RP'ers are up and down and unreliable?t
  17. moonslav59
    The 2022 plan looked ab out the same as 2021, to me. The 2021 pen overachieved and this one underachieved. If we didn't have to use Whitlock and Houck as SP'ers, I think the 2022 pen would have been pretty close to 2021. Plus, Barnes gave us nothing, this year. Although I did not expect early 2021 from Barnes, I didn't expect 3 months on the IL and mediocrity when pitching. I also did not expect Taylor to miss the whole year. I was never high on Diekman, but even he fell way below expectations. Just my take.
  18. moonslav59
    I think they will pick one for 2023 and stick to it. My guess is he will start, but with Houck's surgery, maybe it's closer to 50-50, now. If we offer a QO to Wacha and make Whitlock a SP'er, maybe we can get by without trading Casas for a starter- or spending way too much for a questionable starter like deGrom or Kershaw. Spend on 3 solid tier 2 RP'ers and concentrate on filling all the everyday player holes open for 2023..
  19. moonslav59
    I think the vast majority of everyday players are more predictable than the vast majority of RP'ers, even though the RP role has advanced from days past.
  20. moonslav59
    Like the Nats in 2019? Not modern enough? The 2018 Sox pen ended up being a complete joke.
  21. moonslav59
    True, but it has to help us to play less vs the ALE. With 3 WC teams, we may just need to pass 1 ALE team, next year to make the playoffs.
  22. moonslav59
    Sign one of those 3 and maybe bring Strahm back. Not sure that's enough, but it's better than Diekman & Strahm. We may need to replace Houck.
  23. moonslav59
    I'm fine with signing a second tier guy like him or Fulmer, and I'm sure there are 3-4 others. That's one of the guys notin has been pushing. I wonder how much he will cost.
  24. moonslav59
    You don't think playing less games vs the AL East is likely a very good thing? Can you elaborate on that? The AL East has 4 teams with 71 or more wins. The AL Central has none, and the Sox are 1-2 wins away from having as many as MN & CLE. The ALW has 2 teams over 58 wins. The NLE has 3 teams over 55 wins. The NLC has 2 over 56. The NLW has 2 teams above 63. The last place Sox would be... -3.5 in the ALC 3rd place in ALW 4th in NLE 3rd in NLC 3rd in NLW and that's before figuring in how many more wins we might have had we not had to play 4 teams with 71+ wins, so many times.
  25. moonslav59
    You are singing to the choir. I don't want us to spend big on a closer, but with Houck now highly questionable, I do think we need and will add some RP'ers who may be converted to closer or use Whitlock as the 2023 closer/relief ace.
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