moonslav59

How about our non 1B infield bats? .528 3B .544 SS .591 2B (Our hyped OF & DH? .663 LF, .666 CF and .849 RF. DH is .664.) Our .643 Catcher position beats 3 positions and is just 20 points from LF, 21 from DH and 23 from CF. Our 7-8-9 slots beat the 1-2, 4 and 6 slots! .579 6th .594 2nd .610 4th .623 8th and .625 1st .657 7th .673 9th .747 3rd (Thanks to Contreras) .910 5th (Thanks to Abreu)

I still watch every pitch of every game, even the year I "bailed." Contreras has been fun to watch. Rafaela has stayed pretty steady for 5-6 weeks, now. Suarez and the rookie starters have been exciting to watch. I'm hoping Samaniego & Moran can step up to fill some pen voids.

I do like Yoshida over Story for the 4 slot and would even put Rafaela 5th over Story, so watch Story blow up, tonight. LOL. I'm not sure the last 14 day sample size means more than other time frames, but here it is: 40+ PAs unless noted .938 Contreras (Nice get.) .923 Abreu (Off to a nice start in '26) .850 Yoshida (21 PAs) .804 Rafaela (Can he stay steady, for once?) .738 Monasterio (25) .708 Mayer (.700 is the new .750) .691 Durbin (rub your eyes) .644 Anthony (to the IL) .612 Duran (better than his season OPS) .587 Narvaez (hopes of coming around might prove false) .583 Wong (back to 2025 levels) .558 Story (stuck in a rut) .545 IKF (actually upticking)

Also, Bennet from 10 to 6 is kinda notable. Lesser risers... Holobetz 14>11 Azocar 15>12 I still think Jo Garcia should be ranked higher, but we'll see. They did give hi a little boost.

Stanley Tucker from GRE to SAL. (Austin Ehrlicher was activated from IL.) Cade Feeney from POR to Woo. (Brendan Rodgers to full season IL.) Erik Rivera from Woo to POR. (Sox signed Raymond Burgos to minor league deal and placed w Woo.) Gasper from WOO to BOS. (Anthony to 10 Day IL.)

If we do any trading, it is more likely it is FOR prospects.

Apparently Devers thought he was good on defense, but that is probably common among even the worst of the worst. I know we had Casas at 1B, before we knew he couldn't stay healthy, but we also knew he was better as a DH. This brings us back to the cog in the wheel: Yoshida at DH and only DH and at $18M per.

Picking the owner is not a democracy. JH has upticked the spending recently. Brez has wasted some of it. 6th in AAV budget is still $40M from 5th.

"Reverse Panda" is a good one.

This was the reason we hired Bloom- literally the guy who wrote the book on the Rays.

Rings by owner since Harry Frazee had 1 in 6 seasons: Pre-Frazee mix (4 in 16 seasons) Quinn 0 in 11 seasons Yawkeys 0 in 46 seasons Yawkey plus others 0 in 35 Henry-Werner 4 in 24 Again, be careful what you wish for. (Note: this is not an endorsement of JH & Co.)

They certainly need more than a few positional and batting order slot, but trying to get the most from what you have is a noble gesture.

I still think they should have tried Devers at 1B years ago, but who knows? It looks like dumping him was the for the best, and the timing was not great, but was better than waiting longer.

That has been widely reported and confirmed by several sources.

Life boats would have helped, but you seem against that idea, too. Maybe they just shoulda have torpedoed the ship, the second it his the berg.

Agreed, strike Guerrero's iron while it's hot. He may only be good for a while, but we can use some good for any length of time.

I'm not even sure he talks to his dog anymore. Someone might overhear him and quoate him. I think we all agree, JH should have spent more and waited to long to kick it up a notch. Several posters think he needed to kick it up by more or way more than he has in the last year or two, and I can't disagree, but the AAV budget has gone up about $40M and many of the extensions will kick up the salary in upcoming years, and that will raise the "actual salary" budgets, on paper- unless of course he does more big salary dumps, like Devers, but chooses not to replace the salary traded away. It gets tricky when you try and determine if JH actually believes he's "committed to wining." In his head he probably believes it. Maybe the yes men around him do, too. While Brez has made some mistakes on the spending and choices made, I think his overall impact has been to improve the 40 man roster and farm, on paper. It hasn't shown up in 2026, but when you look at Contreras, Suarez and even Gray to some extent, they are not the problem with 2026, nor losing Bregman, Giolito and Devers. His worst moves in hindsight (and yes some felt in foresight too) were the Sale trade and Buehler signing. Those were big, but at least Buehler's was a one season budget hit. Blooms biggest mistakes (Masa and Story) are long-lasting.

Is there a point here? Tiny 6 start, pretty close numbered sample sizes are supposed to mean something? BTW, when is Donovan coming off the IL? He was doing very well, beforehand.

Good point on IKF, and it's not like we're playing him a lot. Hell, even Montasarion has more PAs! How about Story? Story as the SS? Durbin, if he stays under .550 through May? (The leash got yanked for Monasterio.)

Well, we did win, when we focused on OBP and knocking the starter out by taking a zillion pitches, but the league has changed. I do think it's good strategy to put a higher OBP guy up first. Only Durbin and Story have more PAs and a lower OBP than Duran. His .333 OBP over the last 7 games is better, but still not great. I guess f you want us to lose every game, it might be a good strategy... oh wait... you do! 😉

Like you just did? Like I said, too funny, and your de-escalation techniques need work.

Looks like a decent 5 point plan. I might add: 6. Do not bat Story higher than the 5 slot v L and 6 slot vs R. 7. Move Samaniego & Moran up the mid/high leverage pen choice order. 8. Send Watson to the DFA or back to his old team. 9. Let Mayer bat vs LHPs and see what happens. 10. Examine your trainer and pitcher conditioning people closely.

I also had no problem leading Anthony off to start the season. This team has very few guys with proven OBPs that inspire lead off expectations. Anthony's sample size was small, but it was worth a try. Maybe they kept him there, too long, but who was an OB machine in mid April?

Very funny. I bring up your post where you said Eyanson would not be promoted until June, at the earliest- a post I agreed with you on, by the way, and then you go on a search of posts from 2022 to find some where I got something wrong. Red lies all the time and tries to change the meaning of words, when exposed. Take a look at Red's posts. One could argue he stalks me, but I've yet to see you even hint to him to take it down a notch. I'm taking it down a notch by ignoring Red, and you try to escalate it further. Good job by the mod.

Yes, and it's that 21 mile walk home that dooms most of us old foggies!