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It's easy to find out. Go to baseball reference and see he has 337 PAs, this year. Then, click splits 2022 and schroll to men on base: 168 PAs w men On. 168/337= 49.9% (64 of those 168 were with 2 or more men On) RISP: 97 97/337= 28.8%

I do, too. There is no reason to think injuries will continue.

Expand the roster to 30 and 50 and have no days off with doubleheaders every Sunday.

Okay with me, but only after we get robo umps! Lol

Some were upset about losing Ellsbury, especially to the Yanks, but they sure went quiet quickly. Agree on Manny. The only reason people got over losing Damon was the fact that we replaced him in kind. We may do okay replacing these 3, too.

Why trade the world to get him and then pay him what we wouldn’t pay Betts?

Well, a very low BA and OPS Against is one reason.

Many wanted Dalbec benched or worse, last April, May and June. Cora kept playing him. Renfroe sucked in April. Kept playing him. Kike at lead-off? This board lit up. Cora kept playing him and leading him off. There are some failure stories, too- like giving Marwin 250 PAs, but it has worked a lot.

Indeed, and we don't know what will be said about Betts, Bogey, Nate, JD and maybe Devers years and years after they walk.

Agreed. Those 10-12 games x 30 teams is worth more than they make with an extra round of playoffs, even if you make the first round 5 or 7 games.

That's 10 guys for 5 slots, without even mentioning Taylor, Barnes, Ort, German & Seabold. I think we will deal some of this excess off- not for anything special, but just to make room for the ones we view as keepers or longer term assets. Since Davis is out of options, I think we try to trade him. I can see us DFA'ing Diekman, if we can't deal some guys away. IMO, if healthy, these are the best 8: Houck Whitlock Schreiber (big gap) Taylor (in rehab) Strahm (struggling a bit) Winckowski Brasier Sawamura (Hill might beat out Brasier/Sawamura) Those with options can be demoted until Sept. Davis, Barnes and Diekman would be lesser pitchers kept just to keep as many options on the team, but they would weaken the staff in August. I keep returning to the winter 40 man roster crunch as a significant factor in what we might do at the deadline. We can't keep everyone for next year's 40 man, so make the choices, at the deadline, and trade some you feel won't b e around anyway, or better ones that will allow us to keep some promising borderline pitchers around longer. Look what keeping Schreiber around after acquiring him in Feb 21 did for us, although he was not added to the 40 until May '22.

It's not like the Sox of old, and even under Theo, did not let stars walk out the door- or deal them close to FA time. Then there was the Fisk debacle. Cooper Lynn Burly Boggs Pedro Manny Damon Ellsbury too many to mention them all.

Is Johnny from Burger King also on the radio talk shows?

I agree. 150 or 152. If the playoffs go to 8 teams, it is even more important to lessen the season length.

I think they handled it well, except for the "lowball" Bogey offer. I would not have extended Nate or traded him over the winter. JD's salary made any trade too narrow to have a chance at helping us now or in the extended future. I'm not sure what it would have taken to get Bogey to restructure his deal or sign an extension. We might have gotten some sort of Verdugo return for him, had we traded him, last winter, but I'm not thinking we should have. I think we have a decent shot, this year, especially if we make a few strategic moves at the deadline, and we'll be fine in 2023 and beyond- with our without these 3.

At least Ty Buttrey has come back down to earth.

Yea, and each extra series or "play-in" game you have to play, lessens your chances to win it all. If the playoffs are a coin flip, like some think it is, the teams that have to get through the WC round have just a 50% chance of getting to the round of 4 that teams with byes reach without having to play a 3 game series to get there. Surely, the 2 teams in each league that get b yes have a better chance winning it all than those who don't, even if all series are 50-50.

The Sox made two key moves in 2018: Eovaldi and Pearce. I think the Yanks will make a move or two at the deadline. If they don't, Cashman will have hell to pay, if a hole is not plugged, even a current and seemingly minor one.

Agreed. If we trade for a 1Bman, and Dalbec is not part of the trade, he'll be demoted in a flash.

They should have traded Kiermaier, last winter. He may go this deadline, but won't get much in return, if anything. They may trade Kluber and Zunino, this deadline, despite being in the race. FA's after 2023: Glasnow Choi

The Bogey, JD, Nate window is closing quickly. I can't see Bloom dealing any of them, even if he added something big to offset losing one of them. It will be sad losing them, and getting nothing in return, but it is what it is, and we can use their salaries plus Price's to get some nice replacements. Hell, we may end up keeping one.

Agreed, any moves made that seem to weaken this year's team, like trading Kike, Hill, Brasier, Sawamura of the like, would be made to make room for an upgrade at a position of high or higher need. We may see a 3-way deal. I am near certain we'll see a 2 or 3 for 1 deal- maybe two deals that will ease this winter's roster crunch while improving the team down the stretch.

True. German's 17.2 IP in AAA have not mirrored his AA numbers, but he does have 23K's and .546 OPSA in AAA which is nearly identical to Ort's OPSA and K rate. German had 3 BB and 18 K's in 11.1 IP at AA, this year.

If Kike returns, he may not be "broken." He's playing, now, in the minors. Despite his often mentioned .240 career BA, he's been a clear plus player for a long time. If Arroyo has no trade value, I'd DFA him over trading Kike, but Arroyo has longer team control, so maybe they trade Kike. The easy solution is demoting Duran.

I could see us trading a few fringe players (Brasier, Sawamura, Davis, Arroyo, Diekman, if anybody wants him), and maybe even Kike and or Hill, and then trade prospects/players that may be facing a 40 man roster crunch, this winter for upgrades in the pen and at 1B. I agree: Bogey, JD and Nate aren't going anywhere. (Wacha, too.)