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  1. moonslav59
    If he just duplicated his 2025 OPS, nobody would be complaining about him.
  2. moonslav59
    More likely, we have Bregman and not Suarez- yuck. We'd not sign IKF (great) and still make the Durbin trade. I seriously doubt Bregman helps our slumping and injured players do better and stay healthy... maybe a little bit. I'm glad we have R Suarez over Bregman. I'm glad we have Willson over Alonso (as I know JH would not spend money had he signed Alonso or Bregman.) I'm glad we traded for Gray and not KMarte. We still suck.
  3. moonslav59
    Indirectly Durbin & Monasterio (DHam was part, too) plus Ziehl (Hicks & Sandlin) and Jose Bello. For Priester, we have Holobetz, YRod (doing real well this year) and the draft pick (Phillips.)
  4. moonslav59
    I wonder if they have had Mayer take some reps at SS, recently in practice.
  5. moonslav59
    Yup. I thought he was the highlight of the trade but was surprised how little he pitched for the Sox, last year. It's kinda the same as the Priester talk, which by the way has disappeared.
  6. moonslav59
    Well, Durbin, Anthony and Mayer have yet to set their "averages," since last season was their first and only Durbin had more than 305 PAs. Duran's decline is not shocking. The extreme decline is. Narvaez was a rookie last year, so his norm is not known. Wong, Abreu, Rafaela and Abreu are doing better than 2025 and their career numbers, except Wong is .006 below his career .680 "norm." Contreras is above his career norm and 2025 numbers. I'm not so sure we should be all that surprised, here. About half are doing better and a little more than half are doing worse, but with many it's worse than a SSS "norm" set in their rookie years.
  7. moonslav59
    It's not uncommon at ages 32-35 or older. Even GG players change positions as they age. Story's decline on defense is clear. His bat showed some life, last year, so he's going to be given a shot at a comeback, but it need not be at SS. It will be, though. 99.9% chance.
  8. moonslav59
    Brannon homered again, today!
  9. moonslav59
    Okay, jumping around from thread to thread sometimes makes it hard to follow previous posts as part of the full plan. At this point in the season, I'm not sure trying to strike gold as "buyers" is the direction we should take. Who do we give up to get Chapman and Adames, and if JH continues to spend as he has, those two take up next year's entire new spending budget. Now, if Yoshida or Story are part of the deal and help balance the money, maybe it can work out.
  10. moonslav59
    Did anyone "prefer" Harrison back in March? Almost nobody liked the Gray trade, especially when it seemed he'd be the #2. The Suarez add solved that concern, but then the talk was that we spent too much on pitching and neglected the big bats need. In hindsight, and so far this year, Marte, Bregman, Alonso and Bichette have not proven to be difference makers. Schwarber has. Ranger Suarez, Gray & Contreras have. BLowe and others barely mentioned have. Murakami, someone widely poo-poo'd here, has. It's fair game to criticize but we should keep in mind that we all had some pretty rotten ideas/suggestions over the winter.
  11. moonslav59
    Does Ward play SS or 3B? Who will? No Durbin, Story or Monasterio doesn't leave much.
  12. moonslav59
    It spoiled us, which isn't a surprise.
  13. moonslav59
    I'm not sure why this type of post seems to set off the nay-sayers so much. Okay, those who screamed for Schwarber can claim we'd be better, but look who else they wanted, instead of the big 3 we got. Of course, who got us to the point where three nice additions left us far short of being competitive is a valid question and point to make. The blame can be spread our or pin point focused and not be "wrong." We've made some serious mistakes since 2019, and much of it can be attributed to JH & Co, and the limits on spending and certain types of spending that attract or keep the very best of the best. One can easily point to the "best of the best" and largest contracts signed since 2019 and show the odds are low on striking gold, but that seems to be brushed aside by many. (Note: I include myself in the "many" from time to time.)
  14. moonslav59
    For decades Sox fans were trained to expect flopping. It became the expectation. How many of us thought we'd win in 2004? I can guess zero when down 3-0 to the Yanks. Virtually nobody was optimistic going into 2013. The 2016-2018 era was different, and we all yearn for that situation, again. We don't see that situation as being close at hand, and we haven't since maybe they start of 2019. The 2021 season was really just a blip, and we still had enough remnants from the glory era to get us close. We seem to have a decent foundation but lack some serious star power, especially with power bats that we have a long history of getting us over the hump. It doesn't look pretty.
  15. moonslav59
    Sogard starts at 3B and bats 9th. 1. Duran LF .534 2. Gasper DH .885 3. Abreu RF .850 4. Contreras 1B .827 5. Rafaela CF .784 6. Mayer 2B .618 7. Monasterio SS .693 8. Narvaez C .629 9. Sogard 3B n/a
  16. moonslav59
    Some small sample size numbers: 1.312 Louis Andujar FCL 1.263 Jorge Rodriguez FCL 1.235 Brooks Brannon AA (6 Hrs in 56 ABs) 1.171 Ronny Hernandez GRE 1.046 Conrad Cason .976 Hudson White OPS Against .155 Yomar de la Rosa FCL .288 Osvaldo Berrios FCL>GRE .376 Sadbiel Delzine FCL .396 Merlin Bido FCL .441 Valera GRE (Out for season) .466 Tejahari Wilson FCL
  17. moonslav59
    Here are the Sox next games: ATL Today (Bello) 3 @ KCR (Gray, Suarez & Early) day off 3 v MIN (Tolle, Bello or Gray, Gray or Suarez) 3 v ATL 3 @ CLE day off 3 v BAL 3 @ NYY 3 @ TBR day off on June 11th
  18. moonslav59
    Well said. I don't think anyone can say Story doesn't bust his butt to play everyday and do his best.
  19. 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
  20. moonslav59
    The other factor is that Suarez, Gray, Tolle and Early deserve to stay in the rotation more than Bello.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.)
  23. moonslav59
    That's the easiest question to answer.
  24. 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.
  25. moonslav59
    Not Terradactyls.
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