moonslav59

I do agree, our pen looked weak, on paper, and counting on Sale to be healthy was a big gamble, but had we signed Iglesias, who do we not sign? Wacha, Strahm and Hill? Story? Wacha, Diekman and Hill?. Let Vaz walk and not sign Wacha?

We gotta take care of business vs hot, cold or luke warm teams.

Manny was super clean with the Sox.

You mean "Jiambi Juice?"

i used to think it was just repeated bad luck. I don't wish for anyone to get hurt, let alone pray for something sick like that.

He already knows

Wait until the injuries start piling up. It happens when your roster is full of aged out vets and/or bulky hulks.

...and water is wet...

Maybe not as much as you think. I also think Kike and Wacha, maybe Vaz, bring back something good. Hill and Strahm- maybe long shot- high ceiling/low floor guys.

Not even close, but the odds are against you winning it all.

Pivetta (RHP) 4-4 3.95 ERA vs Blackburn (RHP) 5-1 2.15 ERA Gotta win these games.

Peaking way too early.

It would be great to see the Yanks miss an opportunity to get something good for Judge, and come up short, again, this year.

They may upset some fans by having a sell-off, even if just 2-5 games behind the last WC slot.

I don't like it either, but if we are in the race at the end, because of it, there will be an added excitement in Sox Nation and other cities.

That's better than 3-2. LOL.

In that stretch we went 1-1 @ATL 2-1 @ TEX 2-1 v HOU 4-0 v SEA 2-1 @ CWS 2-3 v BAL 1-1 v CIN 1-0 @ OAK The stretch was mostly vs losing record teams, but we did go 3-2 vs the winning ones.

The toughest call Bloom might ever have to make is if we are a few games out of the last WC slot at the deadline. How will fans react to a major sell-off, if there was enough belief this team could turn it around and seriously compete for a ring. Personally, I don't see us being serious contenders, this year, as of now, and assuming we will not be buyers at the deadline. That doesn't mean my mind can't be changed. If we go on another tear and pick up some key pieces at the deadline, like in 2021, maybe- just maybe...

One or two more 15-8's and we're in the wild card slot lead.

He posted this right after we lost 4 of 6 to the O's and Reds, but we were also 13-7 before it. We are 2-0 sine its start. Some reverse mojo provided by jacko.

How long does this "grooming" take?

I've agreed, we'll attempt to fill 3 maybe 4 from within the system, but we've been signing 7-9 players for 2 years in a row. (I won't count 2020.) My hope is we do it with a few players above the $3-10M range. Since we may be replacing or extending a few already above that range, I'm not sure why that would create a mess. I'm not saying we will see 3-5 Story-like contracts, but I would not be surprised to see 4-6 contracts above $11M/yr and another 3-5 between $6-11M for a total of 7-9 above $5 or 6M. How many of these guys will be the pencilled in starter/full-timer? C Wong/RHern 1B Casas/Dalbec/Cordero 2B Arroyo/Downs/Fitzy (assuming Story at 2B) OF Duran DH Dalbec/Cordero SP Sale, Paxton, Whitlock, Pivetta, Houck (RP?)/Bello/Seabold/Winckowski/Groome/Walter/Mata RP Barnes,Taylor, Diekman, Schreiber, Danish, Davis, Sawamura, Brasier, Valdez, German If we don't replace a large chunk of these guys from outside the sytem, it will be an ugly mess: Bogey JD Eovaldi Kike Wacha Hill Strahm If we had ML ready players in the system that could step in and play, right now, why haven't we seen them, already? It's not like we are doing so well, there is no way to try them out, now. Vaz & Plawecki

Careful, you'll be accused of ganging up on the negative gang.

There are plenty of posters who would love to bring DD back.

And to think we made gains while losing 4 of 7 to the O's and Reds.