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  1. moonslav59
    While the Irish have much higher academic criteria that prohibits them from getting many blue chip freshman, they do have the ultimate recruiting tool at their disposal: every game is on national TV. Nobody else can say that. Yes, we should be getting better QBs. Agreed, but maybe I'm biased. (LOL)
  2. moonslav59
    But, somehow, Bloom was supposed to not only build up the farm like a few years after 2011, but be getting results from that farm, RIGHT NOW! We are seeing the results of the 2016-2019 farm, now.
  3. moonslav59
    Part of me wonders if this is a major reason for so much anger directed at Bloom. It's a way of deflecting from the reality some denied years ago. Now, they claim objectivity and not being biased in their opinions. LOL.
  4. moonslav59
    Yes, My bad... Pluses and minuses: Negative: JBJ trade Paxton (more of a signing for 2023>, but bad for 2022) Diekman signing (turned into a plus by dumping his contract and acquiring McGuire for multiple years) Vaz (but adding prospects and Mcguire negates the loss) OK: Hill ??? Story Hosmer (free) Prospects Added via trades since the end of 2021: EValdez, WAbreu, MFerguson, ABinelas, DHamilton, C Rosier Good: Strahm Pham Great: Wacha Schreiber Refsnyder McGuire (doing better than Vaz, so far)
  5. moonslav59
    So do I. I'm thinking your bias is making you subjective, not me, but I guess it's a;; about perspective. (I have been highly critical of Bloom on a few things.)
  6. moonslav59
    He said, "We have Hosmer... but..."
  7. moonslav59
    If they think McGuire is like Stallings, I'm fine with McGuire/Wong, next year with RHern and Cottam (Hickey) in the pipeline.
  8. moonslav59
    Kavadas and Binelas are already at POR, but they likely will start there, next year. I agree on Rafaela and Koss at AAA, but soxprospects had Rafaela starting in AA. I think all 5 end up in AAA, and one may see big league action, if needed. We are starting to look solid at all farm levels, now. A lot of the Ben and DD prospects are graduating soon or have already been called up. I'm not sure how many will end up being significant contributors, but Casas is in the spotlight, now. Ben & DD Guys (Houck, Dalbec, Crawford- graduated) Casas Bello 2024? Rafaela Mata TWard Walter Paulino Murphy Lugo Bonaci Wikelman
  9. moonslav59
    Hickey is, too. This guy Wilyer Abreu has 100 BBs, this season, and he's the second best guy we got in the Vaz trade (Enmanuel Valdez.)
  10. moonslav59
    Sox prospects says this about his D: Potential solid-average defender there.
  11. moonslav59
    Plus, he's hurt too much and has 3 seasons below .780 in his last 6.
  12. moonslav59
    Those 3 rbis by Story and one by Bogey now ties them both with Dugo for 2nd on the team with 62 rbis. Story has about 160-170 less PAs than both Dugo and Bogey and 135 less than JD, and before anyone mentions the one 10 game stretch, where we went something like 8-2, even if you take those 10 games away, he's still 1 or 2 in RBIs per PA. That's without taking away anyone else's best 10 game stretch of rbi's. Just something to ponder on a team that has lacked big hits, all year.
  13. moonslav59
    With such a high need for capable arms in the 2023 pen, I think we keep this dice roll.
  14. moonslav59
    I keep agreeing with you. Is something wrong with me? LOL.
  15. moonslav59
    I get that, and we keep hearing the JBJ trade as a a major reason, when the overall moves he's made were a net plus- BY FAR! Go ahead and blame Bloom for nearly every returning vet's decline from 2021. I guess he should have traded them all, last winter. Now, even Devers has joined the declining OPS group and Houck, who was a bout even from 2021 is out. Only Vaz improved from the vets Bloom inherited. Go ahead and blame him for that.
  16. moonslav59
    Me, too, but this is the way of sports, nowadays. The worst part is making the Braves our "natural rivalry." Only the Jay and Phillies seems like such a deep stretch.
  17. moonslav59
    Pluses and minuses: I Negative: JBJ trade Diekman signing (turned into a plus by dumping his contract and acquiring McGuire for multiple years) Vaz (but adding prospects and Mcguire negates the loss) OK: Hill ??? Story Hosmer (free) Prospects Added via trades since the end of 2021: EValdez, WAbreu, MFerguson, ABinelas, DHamilton, C Rosier Good: Strahm Pham Great: Wacha Schreiber Refsnyder McGuire (doing better than Vaz, so far) Yet, it's Bloom's fault the team got worse.
  18. moonslav59
    Not thinking an easier schedule helps makes no sense. Yes, the other 4 ALE teams also get easier schedules, but the rest of the AL gets harder, and the WC slots go to the best 3 records in the AL. OKay, I get teh theory that we still have to pass an ALE team to make it, and they all get easier schedules, too, but I'll take getting easier schedule over 10 other teams vs 4 as a good thing.
  19. moonslav59
    I forgot to rank him. Yes, "Good"
  20. moonslav59
    Let's hope his skillset translates to the bigs. Bobby D had a great OBP on the farm ,too. There is such a long list of failed Sox 1Bmen from the farm.
  21. moonslav59
    I don't disagree, but he was playing against a very good defense, last night. Certainly not like Joe Montana from my days at ND.
  22. moonslav59
    Koji wasn't very good after 2013? He wasn't like 2013 Koji, but neither was Mo. 0.917 WHIP in 2014 and 2015 was very good., Amazingly, he had a WHIP below 0.995 for 7 straight seasons (2010-2016.) Not all for the Sox, though.
  23. moonslav59
    I don't think Barnes is going anywhere. You think Houck's back surgery will not be serious?
  24. moonslav59
    So, is he saying RP'ers are up and down and unreliable?t
  25. moonslav59
    The 2022 plan looked ab out the same as 2021, to me. The 2021 pen overachieved and this one underachieved. If we didn't have to use Whitlock and Houck as SP'ers, I think the 2022 pen would have been pretty close to 2021. Plus, Barnes gave us nothing, this year. Although I did not expect early 2021 from Barnes, I didn't expect 3 months on the IL and mediocrity when pitching. I also did not expect Taylor to miss the whole year. I was never high on Diekman, but even he fell way below expectations. Just my take.
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