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  1. moonslav59
    While wins and losses for farm teams is not usually an indicator of how strong it is, the Red Sox system has been losing a lot, recently- from top to bottom. Woo is still 22-20, but are 4-6 in their last 10. The team is loaded with AAAA type players having good season and not many top ranked prospects banging on the big league door. Bennett, Romero Uberstine (IL) and Bastardo are the top 20 prospects at Woo. POR is 17-20 and also 4-6 in their last 10. Arias and Eyanson are wowing a lot of people. Holobetz and Wehunt are the other two top 20 at AA. GRE seemed like the team to watch, when the farm season began. The Valera injury and promotions changed that quickly. They are now 14-24 after starting out something like 13-9. They have 5 of the top 10 prospects, and Cespedes at #20 seems to be on the rise. SAL is 17-21 and also 4-6 in last 10. Azocar is #12 and the only prospect in the top 30. FCL's top prospects: 9 Soto 15 Ramos 16 Rivas 25 Delzine DSL: 28 Silverio & 29 Brito
  2. moonslav59
    The other factor is that Suarez, Gray, Tolle and Early deserve to stay in the rotation more than Bello.
  3. moonslav59
    The healthy Story was not good on D, last year. If the idea is that he's better at 2B, then moving Mayer to SS, now, makes sense. I doubt Tracy & Co. see it this way. Story will be back at SS, when he returns. Worse yet, he might be at SS for 2027, too.
  4. moonslav59
    Playing through injuries has always been a tricky issue, and it's tough for a player. You're damned if you tell and damned if you don't (and suck.)
  5. moonslav59
    That's the easiest question to answer.
  6. moonslav59
    LMAO. The thing is, I'm not even close to being optimistic, but I haven't given up, yet. If I do give up, Ole Red will bash me for that, too.
  7. moonslav59
    Not Terradactyls.
  8. moonslav59
    Sadly, the plan is almost certainly going to be Story back to SS, at least for the rest of this season. Changing managers doesn't look like it's changed that philosophy.
  9. moonslav59
    This is why I find the Brez bashing as ringing hollow, since our ideas of signings and additions have done worse than his big 3 moves (Contreras, Suarez & Gray.) I do not think E Suarez was a top 5 discussed addition. I mentioned him a lot, but not many others, except to say "No." 1. Bregman & Alonso 3. Schwarber 4. Marte & Paredes 6. T Shaw or Hoerner? Since Gray was added so early, the talk of pitchers like Joe Ryan, Lodolo, Alcantara and others went largely silent.
  10. moonslav59
    I do think changing positions can be a distraction, but if he is clearly the best defensive SS on the team, which I'm not certain he is, then it does make sense. Arias is likely 1.5 to 2 years away.
  11. moonslav59
    Well said. I really enjoy watching good defense and pitching, but this team's offense and mental mistakes make it hard to enjoy as much as I could be. I'm sure the pitching will go through some tough stretches, and expecting this offense to pick up the slack appears to be fantasy.
  12. moonslav59
    I remember Merloni raving about how Crawford was a really good pitcher and could bust out, this year.
  13. moonslav59
    Last year, we were 23-25 on May 18th, ironically right after playing the Braves. This year, we have one more loss and 4 less wins. While I see not even one hint that this team can and will turn it around, we weren't all that hopeful last May, either. In 2025, we were 4 games under .500 on May 31st and also on June 9th. No, I'm not projecting an 8 out of 9 game winning streak, this June 10th. As well as things looked after that stretch, we dipped to 43-45 on July 2nd. No, I'm not projecting a 10 game win streak like we had starting July 3rd not a 7 game streak later that month, but the plus side is that we play crappier teams, this year. We ended the 2025 season 16 games over .500. We basically played way under .500 ball for the whole season, other than those three stretches of 25-2. Again, there are no hints we can have 2-3 stretches like that, but baseball has a history of teams that turn their seasons around- for the good or bad.
  14. moonslav59
    I said the team sucks. I'm not optimistic we stop sucking, but making the playoffs is a possible and something that could happen. There is no glory in maybe being the worst team to make the playoffs.
  15. moonslav59
    The AL is so bad that the CWS and A's are tied for the 4th best record at 23-22. Two teams are tied for the last WC slot and are 3 games below .500! SEA (22-25) and TEX (21-24) Although the Sox have 6 teams to jump over the reach #6, they are just 2 GB the WC. We still suck, but the league does, too, so maybe we can become the worst team to ever make the playoffs! Something to play for! We are -13 in run differential. 5 teams are worse and 9 better in the AL. We've played 23 games vs teams at .500 or better (9-14.) The Yanks have played 9, the CWS 17 and Athletics 18. The Yanks are 1-8 Athletics 7-11 CWS 6-11
  16. moonslav59
    With all the losses piling up, it's been largely ignored, but yes indeed! 2.05 Tolle 5 GS/31 IP 2.44 Suarez 8 GS/44 IP 3.18 Gray 7 GS/ 34 IP 3.21 Early 9 GS/48 IP Bello has allowed only 2 ER in his last 13.1 IP (1.35 ERA)
  17. moonslav59
    GRE lost it's 14th game in 15! Winnay hit 2 dingers, Cespedes (.922) and Gonzales (.913) had 4 hits each. Godbout had a rough night (0-5 w 3 Ks) Sal had 12 hits, 7 BBs and scored 9 runs, but lost. The farm went 0-4, but the big team WON!
  18. moonslav59
    and birds
  19. moonslav59
    That was the closest I could find. It kinda supports your point.
  20. moonslav59
    That is the right question.
  21. moonslav59
    Big game by Tolle. Got scary, but nice win.
  22. moonslav59
    Not red hot--True. The hottest streaks have been 3-4 days long... hardly long enough to call it one. The best I could find (14+ games) 1.078 Contreras (14 gms: game 7-20) 1.033 Abreu (15 gms: gm 2-16) .963 Rafaela last 17 games (He had an earlier 10 gm stretch at .970) .889 Yoshida (first 14 games played)
  23. moonslav59
    How crazy is this? Sox are the 3rd worst team in the AL and 5 GB the 3rd best team! The Sox are 3 GM the 5th spot. There is a thread called "The Lost Season," but maybe there should be one called "The Lost League."
  24. moonslav59
    Watch: they'll win a couple games 28-2, and their stats will be mid pack.
  25. moonslav59
    Pipeline was a poor choice of words, as it means their own farm system. Whatever you want to call it, they keep a steady flow of good to great pitching.
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