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  1. moonslav59
    Bello might be our #4. I wonder who catches Oviedo. Likely, Narvaez catches 4 of 5 starters.
  2. moonslav59
    Today is the upward mobility choice day for Thaiss. Montasario vs Eaton for #13?
  3. moonslav59
    It's a bummer that Sandoval & Crawford were supposed to be back by the end of last year, and now May might be the earliest return point. With the loss of Refsnyder, not having Romy v LHPs hurts, but we did add some RHBs: Contreras, Durbin, Monasterio & IKF. I think we look pretty good as the season is about to begin.
  4. moonslav59
    MLB.com's injury report: Sandoval: Mid April to early May (Left UCL repair) Crawford: April to early May (Right wrist subsheath tear) Casas: May, at the earliest (Ruptured left patellar tendon) Romy: Will miss significant time at start of season. (Left shoulder) Houck: Late '26 or early '27 (Torn ulnar collateral ligament in right elbow/ flexor pronator strain) While these are impactful injuries, the Houck one was known and the others are not to major role players.
  5. moonslav59
    Still no word on the Thaiss decision. Mayer announced as starting 2Bman with platoon possibilities. Campbell sent down.
  6. moonslav59
    So how many players do we have left to get to 26?
  7. moonslav59
    Not an easy start, but not real bad, either.
  8. moonslav59
    The season opens soon: 3/26: @ CIN 3/27: OFF 3/28: @ CIN 3/29: @ CIN 3/30: @ HOU 3/31: @ HOU 4/1: @ HOU 4/2: OFF 3 vs SDP at BOS 3 vs MIL at BOS Day Off
  9. moonslav59
    One theory is that there are more RHPs and RHBs, so they are more accustomed to facing "the wrong handed" pitchers. Most of the best RHBs have more even splits than the best LHBs, and I guess it's true overall, too.
  10. moonslav59
    It's hard keeping my RA expectations in check, and I'm not sure why I should. I guess to prevent a letdown? I just can't see this not working out very well for the Sox. Not bad for a 79th pick in that draft.
  11. moonslav59
    One thing that really stands out while looking at the Sox system is the rather large core of young players and very promising prospects. While much of the value is speculative or "potential," it's pretty amazing, to me. We do have a few key players past prime or near the end of their prime years, but the vast majority are pre-prime or entering peak prime, now. 38 Chapman, 36 Sonny Gray, 36 Coulombe. 33 Story & 33 Contreras 32 Yoshida, 31 Weissert, 30 Suarez & IKF Peak: 26 Crochet/Abreu/Durbin/Casas, 27 Narvaez, 28 Slaten, 29 Duran/Whitlock/Crawford/Sandoval Pre-Prime: 23 Early/Mayer/Tolle, Campbell 25 Rafaela I count at least 12 high quality players in the age 23 to 29 range. (Suarez is 30.) I did not list prospects like Arias, Witherspoon and others, of which some are nationally ranked.
  12. moonslav59
    fangraphs projects these AL total fWAR finishes: 47.9 TOR 47.3 NYY 46.9 SEA 46.0 BOS 44.9 DET & BAL 40.8 HOU, 39.8 TEX, 39.0 TBR, 38.5 KCR 37.3 ATH, 36.7 MN, 34.8 CLE, 29.4 LAA, 27.5 CWS The project our.... SP'ers at #1 in all of MLB at 18.0 Pen at #5 (4.2) second to TBR in AL. 2nd in LF at 3.6 w Anthony at 399 PAs & Duran w 252 in LF. 6th in RF (3.2) w Abreu at 511 PAs. 8th in CF (3.7) w Rafaela at 602 PAs. 12th at 1B (2.6) 13th at DH (1.7) w 266 Duran, 161 Masa, 105 Anthony, 84 Contreras, 42 Casas 16th at 3B (2.7) w Durbin 546 They have us sucking at... 2B (26th) at 1.9 (Mayer, Romy, IKF) SS (26th) at 2.4 (Story)
  13. moonslav59
    Well, Cole finally pitched an inning. I'm not sure how much of the Yankee success will tied to his recovery, and how well Rodon recovers might also make a big difference, but to me the number one fear of the Yanks is an injury to Judge.
  14. moonslav59
    I know Tolle has potential, but to me, Early is our #1 prospect. They guy gets it done- over and over, again.
  15. moonslav59
    That's what was put in his deal. He wants to be on a MLB team on opening day, and must have felt he could beat out Wong. You think $1.3M is too much? It does seem a little high, but not unrealistic.
  16. moonslav59
    I think the top 5-6 AL teams are not far from each other. They all have strong areas and weaker ones. I like our chances as much as anyone else's.
  17. moonslav59
    Bello looked good!
  18. moonslav59
    Yup. I'm glad his nitch was found.
  19. moonslav59
    Yup. I'm glad his nitch was found.
  20. moonslav59
    No surprises on those roster moves. The day to decide on Thaiss is tomorrow, right?
  21. moonslav59
    He had a decent season in '79, then hit .812 in 1980 (in only 105 games.) It's not easy to quit when you are still going better than most or almost all of the players on your team. In '79, only Lynn and Rice had more PAs and a higher OPS. Out of the top 9 batters by PAs, Yaz's .796 placed him 5th, but nobody 10th or lower had a higher OPS. In '80, 4 of the top 9 batters had a higher OPS than Yaz: Rice, Evans, Lynn and Fisk. Yaz had the 5th best OPS out of the top 12 batters by PAs. Knowing what we know, now, he should have retired after 1980... for sure.
  22. moonslav59
    Yes, and the word was Whitlock wanted a shot at starting, and he'd been one through the Yankee system. I wasn't against the idea, at the time. but it turned out to ba a bad choice.
  23. moonslav59
    I agree. The major issue with Whitlock was when they messed with his role. You and others pointed out, at the time that this was a huge mistake, and it was. As a strict set-up man, he has been amazingly effective. 2025: 30 save situations 24 Holds (just 13% of IH runners scored) 1 Save 4 Blown saves 2021: 22 Save situations 15 Holds (25% of IH runners scored) 2 saves 3 Blown Saves
  24. moonslav59
    I hope this is sarcasm. For just one rebuttal: Career First batter: .185 BA/ .242 OBP/.305 SLG Men on Base: .230/.300/..366 Late & Close: .199/.256/.310 High Leverage: .198/.265/.326 He might be the best set-up man the Sox have ever had.
  25. moonslav59
    Great summary. I've never been one to support a 6 man rotation, but with the depth of starters we have, this may be the exception. The other idea would be to selectively choose one to move to the pen and give it some quality mid to high leverage innings. We will likely need pen help, too. If everyone stays healthy (little chance) we may have Crawford and Sandoval to take some bulk but meaningful pen innings, and I struggle to imagine using Early or Tolle in pen roles, but if the other 5 are doing very well as starters, that may be what happens. Perhaps, we end up moving Oviedo or Bello to pen roles, but again, this is going on the longshot assumption everyone stays healthy. It's hard not to view our top 9 SP'ers as one of the best and deepest 9 this team has ever seen. Crochet, Sanchez, Gray, Bello, Oviedo Crawford, Sandoval Early, Tolle
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