moonslav59

I'm going out on a limb, tonight. I predict a Sox win.

WOW! No K for Dalbec.

He's on the short side of the platoon, but the weird thing is, he has 41 PAs v RHPs and 33 v LHPs. He's started 8 games v LHPs and 6 v RHPs. Pertinent splits: v R .977 Duran .724 Ref .712 Dugo .586 JBJ .544 Kike v L 1.252 Ref .828 Kike .712 Dugo .489 JBJ .341 Duran

Most PAs with men on base and PA per RBI w men on base (before game on 7/10): 185 Bogey 5.8 (most PAs- 2nd worst PA per RBI) 170 Dugo 3.8 (3rd best) 165 Story 3.4 (best) 165 JD M 5.7 (3rd worst) 154 Devers 3.6 (2nd best) 117 Vaz 3.8 (3rd best) 116 JBJ 4.6 110 Dalbec 7.3 (worst) 94 Kike 4.7 87 Cordero 4.1 Low PAs 51 Arroyo 4.6 40 Plawecki 8.0 37 Duran 7.4 28 Refsnyder 2.8 (best with any sample size)

I thought the comp was Sox v Yanks.

I seriously doubt we get 2. We have too many returning pitchers and 5-6 current RP'ers that aren't going anywhere, soon.

Adding Whitlock to the pen should be a huge boost.

I'd rather get one really good one than 2 decent ones.

I don't think SP'er is going to be even a long shot priority. Some of our prospects have looked pretty good and we have Nate, Sale, Wacha and Hill returning with Paxton in the wings. I'm always for improving the rotation near the top, but I don't think Bloom sees it that way, and even I see higher need areas elsewhere.

Some playoff teams get byes, so there is that.

Best records vs ALW 19-7 BOS 10-4 NYY 15-10 TOR 11-8 BAL 12-9 TBR 25-13 HOU 20-16 SEA 9-8 CLE 9-9 MIN 17-17 LAA

Our highest priority, will not be SP'er, unless most of our IL starters have setbacks.

No. It was a bit of a shocker, especially when Dalbec was on fire, and it looked like 1B was the only place to play him. The Robles, Davis and Shaw deals were certainly under the radar. The Iggy deal, made later, was also one. I'm expecting may be 2 under the radar deals, but I think B loom might make one bigger deal. The JD, Bogey, Nate window is closing. We will have a roster crunch with Rule 5 and future FA signings, despite all the departing contracts, so he has a group of players he might know won't make the cut, next year, but still have trade value now. How much trade value do borderline 40 man roster Sox players have? Maybe not much, but maybe just enough. Certainly, our borderline players are better, now, than the last few deadlines.

I do, too. I'm fine with his career K rate, as long as he produces, but the worsening of that rate is worrisome.

Indeed. The Yanks deserve all the props they get. That was one hell of a half season, despite their pitching going into a slump after jacko jinxed them. (lol)

He's been pretty quiet about it.

No doubt. They beat winning teams by 100 points more than we beat losing teams, but these numbers do show, almost all teams beat losing teams more than winning ones. The Yanks beat winning teams 15% more than losing teams. The Sox beat winning teams 7% more.

I had hoped he'd adjust more quickly. I hope this isn't what we're stuck with. BTW, .645 Away in 2022 .742 Away career Home: .788 Fenway .972 Coors

I was surprised he got Schwarber for so cheap. I would not call him "under the radar," but it seemed a bargain.

The Yanks are .667 vs .500+ teams. The Yanks are .767 vs losing teams. The Sox are .523 vs .500+ teams. The Sox are .561 vs losing teams. Which team has the larger disparity?

I'd like to see us pry one of their young catching prospects, too, but I doubt the A's will do that. Trade for Bell and then, BTV accepted this... Dalbec, Gonzalez, Lugo & SEabold for Langeliers Trivino Piscotty (salary dump- RH'd OF) Here's another deal... Yorke, Jordan, Gonzalez & Lugo for Montas Langeliers Trivino

I'm thinking the O's will be sellers, even if they are over .500 at the deadline. Has there ever been a division where all teams finished at or above .488? The ALE currently has 5 teams in the top 9 AL teams in wins. 5 in the top 17 in MLB!!! BAL is 1.5 games away from the ALE having 5 of the top 15 teams!

They did learn from their mistakes and by learning to no longer throw to 3rd.

Indeed. Think about where some of these players started out on our spring depth chart. We knew Paxton was out for the first 4 months or so, but here was our "all healthy" rotation depth chart: 1. Eovaldi 2. Sale 3. Paxton 4. Wacha 5. Pivetta 6. Hill 7. Houck 8. Whitlock 9. Crawford 10. Winckowski 11. Seabold 12. Bello Some could argue Houck & WShitlock were always meant for the pen, but either way, we just started our 9 through 12 starters, or 7 through 10, in our last 4 games (3 v NYY and 1 v TBR.) We've used 14 pitchers in relief, not counting Plawecki & JBJ). We've used 13 over 9 innings. Danish is 4th in relief IP, and Schreiber is 7th and moving up. Nobody had them on their radar, last winter or early spring. Who expected Cordero to have 195 PAs, at this point (10th on team?) Who expected Refsnyder to be at .968 after 74 PAs. Duran's 93 PAs (12th on team) may have been expected, but maybe not his ,809 OPS. In some ways, our bench and depth have held us together long enough to stay relevant. They may not be needed as much, going forward, but they should not be forgotten. Sure, some of these guys have had some very rough outings, and some stats look god-awful, but when we've needed them most, many have stepped up and delivered, unlike some of our most famous vets.

Crawford stepped up and gave us a decent start. Other than Brasier & Deek, our pen did well. Pretty amazing that 4 of the biggest stars of the game were Crawford, Downs, Refsnyder and Dalbec. (Verdugo, Schreiber and Houck, too.) On a downer note, Story went 0-4 and left 5 men on base.