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  1. moonslav59
    On base, tonight: 4 Pham 3 Devers 1 Bogey 2 Verdugo 3 JD 4 Casas 2 Ref 1 Kike 2 Wong 11 Hits 8 BBs 3 HBP 1 SF 24 outs, counting SF
  2. moonslav59
    Casas up to .789. Looking pretty good!
  3. moonslav59
    No joke®?
  4. moonslav59
    Berrios looked real good, again, tonight.
  5. moonslav59
    He's got a lil Kimbrel in him.
  6. moonslav59
    You owe me your house.
  7. moonslav59
    Barnes will shut them down.
  8. moonslav59
    8 walks to zero. That's the difference. (3 HBP: 2 Sox hitters and 1 O's.)
  9. moonslav59
    The mansion with the cement pond!
  10. moonslav59
    Is 20 going to be enough to win tonight?
  11. moonslav59
    Are you watching the game?
  12. moonslav59
    Bogey has to make teams pay for walking Devers to face him. It's that simple.
  13. moonslav59
    I mentioned our needs shift, if Houck or Whitlock is made into a SP'er. If they both stay in the pen, as I pointed out as part of my suggested plan, we'd need 2 SP, 2 RP, SS, RF. If one goes to the rotation, then it becomes a simple adjustment: 1 SP, 3 RP, SS, RF. Again, one of those "solid RP'ers" could be a closer, but if we can get two much better set-up men by not spending big on one closer and much less on teh 2nd RP'er, I'd have to weigh the choices. Either way is fine with me. We disagree on our belief that Houck or Whitlock can be a plus closer, but we bot agree we need one defined and in place for 2023.
  14. moonslav59
    I didn't miss anything. Adding two solid RP'ers is NOT "pretty much the same." It's two more than we had this year. (Two out of the six slots I think are our highest priority.) One could be a closer, but I would be fine with 2 solid set-up men and using Whitlock and Houck as Relief aces or choosing one to be the traditional closer. That makes Schreiber the 5th best RP'er in the pen and maybe Barnes as the 6th best. I'm also counting on better health from Houck & Whitlock and defined roles, but I did not think I has to mention that.
  15. moonslav59
    I hope Brainer Bonaci makes the bigs, someday.
  16. moonslav59
    Casas is doing a good job at convincing me he is "for real." I get the low BA is not too pretty, but he's walking a lot and has hit some bombs.
  17. moonslav59
    To me, the minimum additions we can get by with, this winter, is 6. I'd like to see 7 or 8, but if we get less to improve the quality (over quantity), I'd be fine. SS Ace Solid RP Solid SP Solid RP RF ______________________ ?7? RF/DH or 1B/DH or someone like Mancini, who can play 1B, corner OF & DH. ?8? Sp/RP depending on our plans for Whitlock & Houck (and their health outlook) To get quality players and re-set the tax, we will likely have to trade for one or two of these slots.
  18. moonslav59
    The 13 BBs are pretty impressive, too.
  19. moonslav59
    Where did I even come close to saying I want to bring back the same pen? I said I think WE NEED 2 SOLID RP'ers! I said I think we need a SS and an ACE more than pen help. (I changed the font, color and underlined it, so you wouldn't miss it. We should have enough resources to trade for an ace and sign a SS, RF'er and 2 solid pen arms. I've listed this as my foundation plan numerous times.
  20. moonslav59
    I'd rather they just go to 12 innings, if needed, and then call it a tie.
  21. moonslav59
    The Sox win, tonight. Bet the house.
  22. moonslav59
    I agree. The trend is towards strong and much deeper pens. Almost every team used the added 26th man on the pitching staff, too. I've been saying we need 2 solid pen arms, but my point is that I like what we have in the pen, right now (assuming they come back healthy) more than the rotation. We need both, badly.
  23. moonslav59
    One could have said, and did say, the same about 2021.
  24. moonslav59
    It's not impossible to win without a strong rotation, but I've also seen some crappy pen teams win, too. I like Whit, Houck, Schreiber, Barnes, Taylor, Crawford and Kelly/German/Wink/Bazardo better than... Sale/Paxton/Pivetta/Bello and ______.
  25. moonslav59
    It won't matter how good our pen is, if we start the year with these guys in the 1 to 5 slots: 1. Sale 2. Paxton 3. Pivetta 4. Bello 5. Crawford (depth: Wink, Seabold and maybe Mata, TWard or Walter by mid-season)
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