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  1. moonslav59
    Maybe they are counting Schwarber and Iggys as part of the deconstruction, and maybe Bloom should be blamed for guessing Perez's best season wrongly. Maybe he should have brought Richards, Marwin and Andriese back, instead of Wacha, Hill, Strahm and Robles.
  2. moonslav59
    I agree that Bogey will not return. I seriously doubt JD and Nate will, either. I still think trading one of Dugo or Duran makes too much sense. I think we view Hosmer as our 1Bman for the next 2 years and use Casas as part of a package to get a SP, Catcher, OF'er or 2B/SS. I think Bloom/Cora make Whitlock an opening season SP'er and move Wink and/or Crawford to the pen. I think we sign one large & long FA (Judge, TTurner, Correa, Verlander or Nimmo) I think we sign 2 second tier FAs like Haniger/Kike, Swanson/Anderson, Narvaez, Bassitt/Morton/Kershaw, Mancini/Abreu/Muncy I admit, I might be pie-eyed, here.
  3. moonslav59
    Out of 971 IP by Sox pitchers, this year, these are the innings from pitchers who see their team control end after 2022: 94 Eovaldi (4.23 ERA) 74 R Hill (4.52) 70 Wacha (2.69 done with rehab?) 38 Diekman (4.23 already gone) 28 Strahm (3.58) 25 Robles (5.84 gone) 16 Valdez (4.41 gone) Total: 345 That's 36% of all IP. One might want to replace these IP, too: 43 Sawamura (3.32) 40 Brasier (5.36) 31 Danish (4.02) 18 Barnes (7.50) 12 Ort (9.49) 11 Seabold (11.91) 6 DHern (14.29) 3 Feliz (2.70) Total: 164 IP That's another 17% making the combined total near or over 50%. I can't see Sox management deciding to give all thos elost or potentially lost IP to: Wink Crawford Bello Mata Seabold German Murphy and add more workload to Houck, Whitlock & Schreiber
  4. moonslav59
    I seriously doubt they view this as the full rotation. Maybe they slide Whitlock into one slot or wait for Sale or Paxton to go down to move him there (keeping his innings below 170.) Then, they just add depth like Hill, again. I hope not. I'll be seriously bummed and mildly surprised, if they do.
  5. moonslav59
    I'm not so sure we go "Wacha/Hill" types, again, and here's why: In the past, Bloom has needed 2-4 rotation slots filled, every winter, and even if you count needing to replace Nate, Wacha and Hill (+Sale/Paxton), this coming winter as 3-4, I think the idea is to fill a few with the kids- good or bad. Maybe I'm just hoping, here, but I think we go with one much better starter, instead of the pairs like Richards/Perez and Wacha/Hill. I'd love to see an ace type or a solid #2, but a few them were already traded at the deadline (Castillo, Montas...) I'm not sure Kershaw, Bassitt or Morton reach that level. I see them more as solid #3's going into 2023. Maybe we splurge on Verlander on a short deal. Anyway, this would look fine, to me: Verlander Sale/Paxton (count on just one) Pivetta Winckowski/Bello Crawford/Mata (I'd avoid starting Whitlock, but that may not happen, and who fills his pen role?)
  6. moonslav59
    1. I resolved that fact long before most, here. (Not bragging. It sucks that I felt this way, long ago.) 2. It matters how many and how good your prospects are. Every winning Sox team from the past had some awesome homegrown talent, that at some point, many fans did not care about as their beards grew fully. 3. Maybe none or not enough of DD's and Bloom's prospects amount to anything decent or amazing, but we are NOT ever going to win again, unless and until they do. I don't get all the malaise about farm-building. It's the key to success and the cornerstone of continued success. For those of you who like to hear things straight from the moths of players, managers and GMs, find me one GM who states otherwise.
  7. moonslav59
    It seems the biggest loss from the 2021 team is Martin Perez. Yes, even bigger than Renfroe. I guess is to blame for that, too.
  8. moonslav59
    If the Sox go second tier all the way, next winter, would this be enough to expect a playoff berth and possible advancement to the ALCS or WS? SS Dansbury Swanson RF Mitch Haniger CF Kike Hernandez SP Chris Bassitt C Omar Narvaez 1B/OF/DH Trey Mancini (Great clubhouse guy) How about? SS Tim Anderson CF Brandon Nimmo SP Charlie Morton or Clayton Kershaw RP Edwin Diaz C Mike Zunino or Tucker Barnhart 1B/DH Jose Abreu or Max Muncy (Rizzo?) (Some may be considered first tier.)
  9. moonslav59
    Yanks lost. TOR lost TBR lost We missed a good chance to get back in the race, these last 2 days. Returning players are not giving us what we hoped for. Even our rocks, like Whitlock, are showing signs of cracking. (Still pitched very well.) This team seems snakebitten. Nothing seems to go right. There is plenty of blame to go around, if blaming is your thing. Top to bottom: we suck! We should have sold, sold, sold.
  10. moonslav59
    Looks like Woo is coming around. Granberg is making a case for Rule 5 protection, but I still think it's a longshot. Seabold went 3.1 allowing 1 ER (4H, 1BB, 5K) and the pen shut down the opps. German 2 IP 1H 0BB 4K. The new guy, Valdez went 0-1 with 2 BB. Almonte went 2-4. Casas had a 2B (1-3 w BB). POR got the win, but Mata was not sharp: 5.2 IP, 4H, 4ER, 5BB, 6K. Rafaela and Binelas each went 2 for 4. Abreu went 1-3 w 2 BB (.893 OPS) SAL also won, despite a poor starting pitcher performance. Paulino 1-4 w 2B and BB. Mayer 1-4. Despite having some very exciting players, GRE can't seem to win much. Yorke went 3-5 w an HR, so hopefully he's coming around. Jimenez 2-4. Kavadas with a 2B and 2 BB, giving him a 1.207 OPS on the season! Weird no promotion. Ub erstine had another nice start: 5 IP, 2H, 1 ER, 2BB, 4K.
  11. moonslav59
    Of course not, and the team wins more with him than without. I was making a point about hearing so many poster speak of how certain players are great in the clubhouse or "team leaders" everyone respects. I'm not seeing the results of such great veteran leadership, either. I'm not blaming Vaz or Bogey, but I find it odd those who blame Cora for the lack of focus and direction still praise the team leaders for being great leaders. I also have my own private beef, it appears, about Vaz's CERA.
  12. moonslav59
    They also don't go more than 5 years between rings.
  13. moonslav59
    That's funny.
  14. moonslav59
    It wasn't an honest mistake. You do it all the time. You call out others for making similar comments, but take issue when someone calls you out. It's only trivial when you do it, I guess.
  15. moonslav59
    The sad thing is, if we had won the last 2 games, we'd be in this thing.
  16. moonslav59
    Snakebite season.
  17. moonslav59
    Hard to know, if they are real and mean anything going forward. He has a career .700 OPS vs RHPs and that didn't work out, this season. He's at .853 vs LHPs in 312 PAs. I'm not thinking that sample size is large enough to mean much, but I think it's worth a try going forward. Then again, I thought Dalbec deserved a chance to play FT, this season, and then deserved a longer look than many ehre felt he deserved.
  18. moonslav59
    You just did, and of course you won't respond to a point that exposes your condescension. (Nice try on changing the wording from "fail to recognize" to "in case you haven't noticed..." Call it nitpicking, but there is a huge difference in statements.)
  19. moonslav59
    We really needed Nate to have any chance, this year. This year has been one major cluster ____ !!!
  20. moonslav59
    Updated after latest moves and draftee ranking placements: Beyond drafting, minor league FA additions and IFA signings, Bloom had traded for the following prospects. While the list seems more quantity vs quality orientated, I do feel like we have some promising prospects and some long shots with various degrees of upside potential. New soxprospects ranking 9 Winckowski (w Cordero & others for Beni) 12 Seabold (w Pivetta for Workman & Hembree) 14 E Valdez (Vaz) 17 Wong (w Verdugo & Downs for Betts and Price) 23 Downs (w Verdugo & Wong for Betts and Price) 26 Abreu (Vaz) 28 Binelas (w JBJ for Renfroe) 30 German (w Ottavino as salary dump trade by Yanks) 39 R Hernandez (Mazza & Springs) 40 Koss (Y Aybar) 50 Hamilton (w JBJ & Binelas for Renfroe) 59 Wallace (Moreland) NR Luis de la Rosa (w Wink, Cordero & others for Beni) Freddy Valdez (w Wink, Cordero & others for Beni) Grant Gambrell (w Wink, Cordero & others for Beni) H Potts (w JRosario for Moreland)
  21. moonslav59
    I know what the conversation was about. I was wondering why you assume we "fail to recognize" because we happened to not mention it. You did not say "in case you did not notice..." Instead you claimed we "failed to notice." You again fail to respond to points being made. Do try to keep up.
  22. moonslav59
    Besides Bleis moving from 8 to 5, we can see... Rafaela 19>8 Wink 12>9 Murphy 15>11 Paulino 23>13 Ward 20>15 Wong 27>17 Lugo 29>21 Hickey 30>22 Perales NR>24 Kavadas- 46>25 German 35>30 Drohan 52>32 Paez 60>37 Uberstine 51>41 Romero (1st rd draft) starting at 10 Anthony (2nd rd) starts at 14 Enmanuel Valdez (Vaz trade) is placed 16th Coffey (2nd rd) starts at 20 Abreu (Vaz trade) is placed 26th Biggest falls: 10>18 Jordan 11>19 Wikelman 13>23 Downs 21>28 Binelas 18>29 Jimenez 17>31 McDonough 28>39 RHern 22>40 Koss 26>50 Hamilton 24>54 Fitzy 36>59 Wallace 38>60 Liu
  23. moonslav59
    Why do you assume others don't know there "is now ML soccer in Atlanta and Seattle," and what has that got to do with baseball or the price of tea in China?
  24. moonslav59
    Max, the Sox were 40-39 when Vaz started, so obviously he was a huge plus, this year. The team had a losing record when he did not start. He's clearly a winner. His clubhouse and team leadership clearly showed up every game, as his teammates came to play focused, determined and energetic, this year. We were 71-51 in his 2021 starts. (21-19 others) 19-26 in 2020 (5-10 others) 62-60 in 2019 (22-18 others) 46-21 in 2018 (64-33 others) 51-36 in 2017 (42-33 others) 27-22 in 2016 (66-47 others) If anything, it appears we won at a better rate with Vaz than with others, most years. I won't bring up CERA disparities, right now.
  25. moonslav59
    I remember when the O's and Pirates failed to sell out WS games back in the 70's. Did you "fail to recognize" that?
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