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  1. moonslav59
    The thing is Red is against paying them that, too, but when we lose them, it's all Bloom's fault, or "we should have gotten a better return," with adding anything specific about what, except, "we should have gotten pitching."
  2. moonslav59
    Last year, Schwarber was "major" and Robles/Davis were significant additions. (They also expected Sale to be an "addition.") It's hard for a GM to pull of a deal in May.
  3. moonslav59
    Except the Astros are like 10 for 10.
  4. moonslav59
    I'm not sure why Bloom is so down on your list that he needs a lot to reach some sort of redemption. He was handed a hot mess and a tiny budget for 2 years. He was given more to spend, this year, but still a limited amount with a hell of a lot of slots to try and fill. Some context is needed. I'm not saying he's been perfect or deserves a lot of praise, but he's turned things around, pretty quickly while also adding some brightness to our future.
  5. moonslav59
    They spent some on the pen. Barnes extension. Diekman. Strahm. They will likely move Hill to the pen when Sale/Paxton return. They chose to spend on the rotation, since we lost 3 starters. They chose to replace Marwin, Santana, Chavis and others with Story. I don't think they had enough in the budget to do everything. Yes, they chose to spend less on the pen and more elsewhere. Only the JBJ salary addition looks like it could have been replaceable.
  6. moonslav59
    The Sox missed the WS by 2 games, which was much better than the Yanks. They added Wacha & Hill to replace Richards & Perez. They hope Sale/Paxton can replace ERod. They added Story over Marwin, Santana, Chavis & others. I think you are selling our chances short. Do we have weaknesses? Yes, like all AL teams do. We also have a chance to fix those weakness from within the system and with a couple mov es at the deadline. You guys peaked early. Watch out!
  7. moonslav59
    An article in a local paper, here in Houston, listed all their recent extensions, and the list basically has not mistakes. The only borderline ones are Bregman, who had a great first year after being extended, but has been average since, and possibly McCullers. Some of the guys they let go have done okay, but they have spent a lot of time on the IL, too.
  8. moonslav59
    ...and maybe Bloom, too?
  9. moonslav59
    It's not like I hate JBJ or Verdugo, but I'm not counting on them as being a big enough plus to make a significant difference. The might. They could, but personally, I'm not counting on them. I'm fine with going into next year with Duran and Verdugo in LF and LF only, and I'd b e fine with JBJ in C F or RF, if the 3rd OF was a big plus. I guess I'm just tired of mediocre OF6's from left to right, every year. When you are getting weak offense from 1B, the OF needs to take up some slack.
  10. moonslav59
    So, you guys should trade Judge, and Sox fans would be sad?
  11. moonslav59
    Garrett Whitlock next up. One game at a time!
  12. moonslav59
    Thank you for the 2 hour and 32 minute left coast win. Good night!
  13. moonslav59
    Maybe, just maybe, he's not in over his head.
  14. moonslav59
    Yes! 3 complete games since May 18th (Pivetta, Nate & Wacha). There has only been 2 games with just 2 pitchers used: The 7-1 win on May 13th (Pivetta + Crawford) The 3-1 loss on May 25th (Hill & Houck) All 5 occured after May 13th- the day we began to turn the season around.
  15. moonslav59
    He spent $18M on 3 SP'ers (about the same as last winter with $10M Richards & $'6M Perez) $7M Wacha $6M Paxton ($4M buyout with Option for $13M options for 2023 & 2024) $5M Hill He spent about $9M on the pen (not counting the Barnes extension): $3.5M x 2 Diekman (+$1M buyout) $3.0M Strahm $2.3M Robles Min Scheiber off waivers He spent $23.3M x 6 on Story He added salary with the JBJ trade. He accepted Vaz'z $7M option. Overall, it looks good, so far. (Not just Wacha.)
  16. moonslav59
    1.99 Wacha .563 (before tonight!) 3.02 Whitlock .627 3.41 Nate .778 3.50 Pivetta .627 4.40 Hill .735 3.72 Houch .620
  17. moonslav59
    I'm not going to say I told you so, but Wacha did have a nice record, last year the third time through the line-up, and I wondered why he was yanked early in so many early games. Well, he missed some time afterwards, and should be well rested for a while. The guy's got a 1.99 ERA. Can the Bloom bashers give him some love on this one?
  18. moonslav59
    Top OPS on the Farm (70+ ABs) .957 Rafaela (29 XBHs( .943 Refsnyder (.425 OBP) .942 Hickey (.452 OBP and 32 BB: 28 Ks) .916 Duran (42 Ks, but .393 OBP) .913 Cordero (24 rbi in just 71 ABs) .904 Mayer (14 XBHs in just 89 ABs) .900 Kavadas (20 XBHs and .417 OBP- tied for 2nd in BBs at 35) .893 Granberg (.427 OBP and 20 BB to 22 Ks) .859 Fitzy (23 XBHs w 10 HRs) .849 Sanchez (.401 OBP incl 35 BBs) .844 Lugo (24 XBHs) .839 Sikes (.379 OBP- something like 7 BBs in last 11 PAs) .832 Binelas (11 HRs and 36 BBs) .816 Casas (only 15 XBHs) .796 Northcut (16 HRs, 5 2Bs and 17 singles- 70 Ks) .778 Jimenez (4:1 K:BB ratio) .774 Wong (only 9 XBHs) .774 Koss (50:4 K:BB) Other notables: 1.051 Mieses (46 ABs) .755 McDonough (58 Ks) .754 Paulino (23 XBHs) .741 Hamilton (started out hot) .732 Downs (9 HRs but 59K:23 BB) .721 Cottam (.353 OBP) .720 Jordan (19 XBHs) .679 Bonaci (27 BB: 31 K and .375 OBP only 5 XBHs and just .304 SLG) .668 R Hern (heating up, a little) .482 Arauz (My top DFA candidate)
  19. moonslav59
    OPS Against on the Farm (K:BB/IP) .491 German 26:7/16.1 .498 Seabold 37:10/36.2 .507 Valdez 9:7/9.2 .514 Murphy 64:23/53.2 .529 Spacke 22:16/26.2 .534 Z Kelly 31:13/21.1 .541 Bello 76:21/56.0 .564 Politi 32:5/22.1 Other Notables: .589 Walter 70:4/51.2 .595 Winckowski 37:7/35.2 .602 K Ort 29:10/22.1 .629 M Feliz 18:5/13.1 .644 S Bracho 31:3/24.1 .657 Uberstine 43:12/41.1 .694 Gonzalez 46:21/61.2 .707 E Bazardo 23:7/20.0 .748 Groome 42:19/44.1 .754 Pannone 52:6/49.2
  20. moonslav59
    Weird to lead off Arroyo. Maybe it's a good thing to get the Trout Oh-for streak over without a run being scored.
  21. moonslav59
    Of course being sellers creates just speculative value for the future, but like it or not, it would improve our long term outlook, which is all speculative with prospects of vets.
  22. moonslav59
    Well, the other problem is Duran and Verdugo are best used in LF. Forcing one to CF, or counting on JBJ again, could be a mistake.
  23. moonslav59
    Indeed. I doubt we trade him, because maybe nobody knows how to fix him, and maybe the Sox think there's a chance he can become just the pre start to 2021 Barnes- a decent set-up guy.
  24. moonslav59
    I guess one could say Trout is swimming with the fishes.
  25. moonslav59
    BTV accepted these trades: Winckowski & Feltman for Mancini (rental) & D Tate (3+ yrs) and Verdugo & Barnes for Schwarber & Vieling and Duran, Dalbec, Downs & Lugo for Montas & Trivino
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