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Our 5 starters will get a day off after their first start- Eovaldi, after his first 2 starts, then it's 18 games in 18 days. Maybe we throw in a pen game or two in that stretch. Apparently, we are stretching our Whitlock and others for multiple inning roles, so it's doable.

We may not cut anyone, except maybe Davis, who is out of options, but I doubt it. I think the 26 is pretty well set, except for who the 13th pitcher might be. C: Vaz 1B: Dalbec 2B: Story 3B: Devers SS: Bogey LF: Verdugo CF: Kike RF: JBJ DH: JD Bench: Plawecki, Arroyo, Duran, Shaw SP: Eovaldi, Pivetta, Houck, Wacha, Hill RP: Whitlock, Barnes, Brasier, Diekman, Strahm, Sawamura, Davis #26: DHern, Robles, Valdez, Holland IL: Paxton (60 day), Sale, Taylor Maybe someone beats out Shaw.

It might be the right time, but I think we'll make him a fair offer, before he gets too worried.

Opening games, this year... 16 of first 22 games are on the road, and after 2 days off in the first 8 days, we play 18 straight days, barring rain/snow outs. Th 4/7 @NYY Fr 4/8 OFF Sa 4/9 @NYY Su 10 @NYY Mo 11 @DET Tu 12 @DET We 13 @DET Th 14 OFF Fr 15 MIN Sa 16 MIN Su 17 MIN Mo 18 MIN Tu 19 TOR We 20 TOR Th 21 TOR Fr 22 @TBR Sa 23 @TBR Su 24 @TBR Mo 25 @TOR Tu 26 @TOR We 27 @TOR Th 28 @TOR Fr 29 @BAL Sa 30 @BAL Su M1 @BAL Mo May 2 OFF (then 6 game home stand vs LAA & CWS)

It's "only spring training," but it's better to look real good than bad. We are just 2 weeks and 2 days away from opening up at NYY! Play ball!

Wish we could go back to the good ole days when players like Tiant, Lee, Lynn, Burleson and Fisk we allowed to retire on the team that brought them up...err... wait a minute...

MLB, MLBPA Reach Tentative Agreement To Reimplement Ghost Runner In 2022

We've let other legends walk or traded them... Tiant Lee Lynn Burly Fisk Boggs Roger Pedro Manny Betts Price (not loved) and some lessers but well-loved... Damon Beltre many others Still, to me, the rings were worth mostly choosing the right thing over sentimentality.

Does that mean Bogey gets dealt or extended?

Certainly the end to 2021 turned us sour on Barnes, but you and a few other seem to have deep and lasting negative feeling towards him. He sure doesn't look like he deserves $9.4M a year, but when you compare him to other RP'ers in MLB over the past 5 years, he places in the top third in many key categories. 2017-2021: Let's assume 7 RP'er per team and 30 teams, so 210 pitchers in the sample size. (Many teams use 8, but I'll go with just the top 7 by innings pitched since 2017. 110 IP brings the sample size to 233. I'll go with that and then make a larger sample size study.) Top 233 RP'ers by IP since 2017. Barnes places: 14th xFIP- at 71 15th in xFIP at 3.10 17th fWAR at 4.6 22nd K-BB% at 23.5% 26th SIERA at 3.08 80th K/BB at 3.1 94th ERA- at 83 109th WHIP at 1.26 All this with a pretty crappy D behind him (195th in BAbip at .311) So, top 3rd tier is anyone above 77th. Middle tier 78-155. Bottom tier 156-233. 5 categories fall in top tier 3 in middle tier BAbip in bottom tier (poor D) Let's up the inning sample size to 190 and we get 88 pitchers, or about the top 3 from all 30 teams: Top tier 1-30, 2nd tier 31-60, 3rd tier 61-88. Barnes places: 9th in xFIP 9th xFIP- 14th K-BB% 15th fWAR 15th SIERA 40th K/BB 48th ERA- 56th WHIP 80th in BAbip Again, 5 categories in top tier, but none in middle tier, and 3 in bottom tier plus the awful BAbip. Comparatively speaking, he's been pretty good. $9.4M good, no, but still pretty good. Speaking of $9.4M, here's what the top RP'ers signed for, this winter:(WAR ranking from 2017-2021) $16M x 1 Jansen (3rd) $14.5 x 4 R Iglesias (7th) $10M x 1 McHugh (44th) ($9.3M x 2 Barnes 15th) $8.5M x 2 Neris (32nd) $8.5M x 2 Loup (53rd) $8.5M x 2 Kelly (55th) $8M x 3 Graveman (DNQ) $7M x 2 Melancon (36th) $7M x 2 Tepera (40th) $6.5M x 2 Chafin (24th) On the bright side, we could have signed Kelly for slightly less.

Wow, I finally got the first to be DFA'd player right. The new #1 is Rosario.

The diminishment, from my perspective, is greatly outweighed by the rings that were a long time coming.

10 players with possible 2022 ETAs. Good sign.

This report from March 16th says 27 day prior, so... Chris Sale has rib cage injury WWW.MLB.COM FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Red Sox revealed on Wednesday that lefty ace Chris Sale has a stress fracture in his right rib cage that will leave him off the Opening Day roster for the third consecutive season. In fact, it is hard to gauge when Sale will be able In fact, it is hard to gauge when Sale will be able to return from an injury he sustained 27 days ago while throwing live bating practice at his alma mater of Florida Gulf Coast University, where he had set up a camp for Boston pitchers during the lockout. "unusual Injury for a Pitcher" https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/18/sports/chris-sales-injury-is-unusual-pitcher-clouding-timetable-his-return/

Thought so. Maybe giving Sale 60 days is worth it, even if he’s ready before

Can the 60 days start in March?

Heard this for years.

He's out of options, so probably not.

Do we puts Sale on the 60 Day to make room for Story, or do we DFA Potts or Rosario?

Hitting, too.

Who gets the most innings from these groups: A) Eovaldi or Pivetta Houck or Whitlock C) Sale or Paxton D) Wacha or Hill E) Barnes, Diekman, Taylor or Brasier F) Strahm, Davis, DHern, Robles or Sawamura G) Crawford, Seabold, Winckowski or Bello H) Valdez, Holland, Bazardo

Even if he misses part or all of the season, he'll opt out or extend.

I'd love to keep them both, but if I had to choose just one to keep, I'd keep the younger Devers. Now that we have another SS in the fold, injury permitting, it seems even more likely that Devers could be the higher priority. Man, it sure sucks thinking Betts & Bogey leaving before peak prime. I'm just not sure we can afford (after 2022)... $29M x ? Devers $27M x ? Bogey $26M x 4 Sale $23M x 5 Story $??M x ? for Eovaldi or his replacment

I can't see Bogey settling for anything less than $25M x 6 or 7 years. He (BorA$$) might start at $30M x 9.

I prefer xWins-