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  1. moonslav59
    I don't disagree, but we had as many or more SP'ers under contract to start 2025 and barely used any starters in the pen. Injuries (and the Priester trade) forced us to trade for Dustin May. We should have kept Newcomb for the pen, as he did very well there, after we traded him. I do think Sandoval and Crawford offer enough depth, and Bennett is looking good, too. It might be hard moving Tolle back to the rotation, if we need him later, but our need for pen help is too overwhelming to ignore, right now. I'd do it. Tolle looked really good, today, for WOO.
  2. moonslav59
    Tolle looked good, today for Woo. 5 IP 3H 0ER 1BB 6K. Castro has homered twice and has 6 RBI! (He is shutting me up.) Ward has 2 SBs (9 on the season.) Mullins started for POR, and I still wonder when he gets promoted to Woo: 4IP 4H 1ER 2BB 7K Vogatsky got drilled (1.1, 6, 8, 1, 1) Baez has walked 3 times and Ehrhard has a 2 run double. The RidgeYaks continue to impress. They are up 8-0 in the 4th. Futrell is pitching like he wants a promotion! 5IP 0H 0ER 1BB 4K. He has yet to allow a run, this season. Azocar and Opata both have 2 hits.
  3. moonslav59
    Durbin could remain on the bench (demote Monasterio) and maybe play vs LHPs. This move need not be permanent.
  4. moonslav59
    With Slaten out, we really need Whitlock and CHapman to be as great as 2025 plus someone like Weissert to turn it around. So far, Moran has looked really good, despite 3BBs in 8 IP. He has 10 Ks and has allowed only 4 hits (0.875 WHIP.) Slaten (IL) and Samaniego (1.2 IP) have not allowed an earned run to score (6 IP total.) Watson, Coulombe & Uberstine have looked shaky. Kelly & Weissert have sucked, although Weissert's 1.222 WHIP is better than some others I listed as being just "shaky." I'm wondering if Sandoval or Crawford can fill a void or two. At some point, we may try Tolle in a pen role. OPS Against at WOO: .077 Guerrero (4 IP) .289 Bennett (13.1 as SP) .317 Uberstine (7.0) .363 Martinez (9.2) .567 Sandoval (3.1) .572 Anderson (9.2) .609 Olds (7.1) .610 Webb (7.1) .689 Tolle (10.0) Only Bennett & Tolle are already on the 40
  5. moonslav59
    The NL has 13 of 15 teams between 9-6 and 6-9. The worst and 3rd best are 3 games apart. The Pirates are 9-5, so really 14 teams are in a 3.5 game range. Only the Dodgers at 11-3 stand out. The AL has the top 13 teams all between 9-6 and 6-9 with nobody standing out. The Sox are 5-9 and the CWS are 5-10. All teams are within 4 games of each other. We are about one game away from the 1/10 point of the season.
  6. moonslav59
    Crazy how all ALE teams are within 3 games of each other. All ALW teams are within 2 games, pending the HOU-SEA late game. If someone said we were 3 GB first place and 2 GB the 4th best record in the AL on April 11th, nobody would be upset. Crazy start to MLB.
  7. moonslav59
    Those Dodgers pad their run totals. LMAO. Hey, we scored 5 in one inning!!!
  8. moonslav59
    This makes too much sense.
  9. moonslav59
    The Sale trade looks bad in hindsight, but I liked the deal at the time. The Priester trade looked bad, last year, but it is still very much TBD. Tibbs still has zero MLB PAs, so that one could also be TBD. The Buehler signing sucked, and Sandoval isn't really paid enough to get all huffy about. There really are not a ton of bad deals. His drafts have been very good. IFA signings seem to be doing okay.
  10. moonslav59
    Sox have 9 losses. 8 AL teams have 8 or more losses. 13 of 15 teams have 7 plus losses, so this is still very much wide-open. The two best AL teams have just 3 losses less than the Sox. Only the Yankees have a run differential of more than +4.
  11. moonslav59
    Let's hope this is the real Suarez.
  12. moonslav59
    What team is dressed up as the Red Sox?
  13. moonslav59
    Eyanson- kapow! 4.1 IP 0 Hits 0 ER 0 BB 7 Ks
  14. moonslav59
    SEA is #29 at .607! SDP #27 at .633 NYY #22 .648 PHI #21 .663 NYM #20 .665 CHC #19 .670 DET #16 .673
  15. moonslav59
    I really don't think the offense is this bad, and I doubt we finish in the bottom 10 in runs or OPS, but to start they year, I had hopes we might finish near #10.
  16. moonslav59
    I've never been as high on Romero as others, but it's nice to see him stepping up his game. We may need him sooner than we expected. .258 IKF .314 Durbin .364 Story (The team's three worst batters in 2026.) 6th worst: Monasterio .508 7th worst: Mayer .586
  17. moonslav59
    Big surprise of 2026.
  18. moonslav59
    My bad. I thought we were facing a lefty.
  19. moonslav59
    Holobetz pitched well again, today. 4IP 3H 1ER 2BB 9K. The pen pitched 5 scoreless (3 hits, 3 BBs and 4Ks) Arias remains hot, going 3 for 4. He's up to 1.342. Kutter got drilled in his first start in over a year: 3 IP 6H 5ER 1BB 5K (3 bombs given up) The game is still in progress.
  20. moonslav59
    ...and vs a lefty.
  21. moonslav59
    Yup. Our pen is 23rd in fWAR at -0.3. (23rd in FIP and 16th in xFIP.) We are 25th in OPS (.646.) 23rd in wRC+ (87.) It's interesting to note that the Phillies are tied with us at 46 runs scored.
  22. moonslav59
    Facing a lefty, tonight... l Anthony DH .656 R Durbin 3B .314 L Duran LF .495 R Contreras 1B .790 L Abreu RF 1.101 R Story SS .364 L Mayer 2B .586 (Pretty sad that this the 5th best OPS.) R Narvaez C .440 R Rafaela CF .807
  23. moonslav59
    That has been a major sore spot. Matz has been his best addition, so that says a lot. How would you grade his overall deal record that was presented?
  24. moonslav59
    Remember, part of the justification for trading Duran for an infielder (or pitching before we added Gray, Oviedo & Suarez) was that the "step down" from Duarn to Yoshida/Romy at DH was not going to be as great as the "step up" at whatever position we filled with the return for Duran. Now, we may view it as a step up from Duran to Yoshida at DH. Isn't baseball wonderful?
  25. moonslav59
    Yes, Chapman worked out very well. My point was, "We said the same thing last winter." Many felt replacing Jansen & Martin with Chapman & Wilson was "neglect" or something similar. IMO, we counted on SP'er depth to fill the 2025 pen needs, and that barely happened due to so many rotation injuries.
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