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Everything posted by moonslav59

  1. moonslav59
    Did anyone really expect the pen to keep being that good?
  2. moonslav59
    It did seem shocking, to me, we took Eovaldi out, but maybe there was a reason we don't know about.
  3. moonslav59
    We need some fresh mojo on the game threads.
  4. moonslav59
    April has been Devers' worst or second worst month in his career. I'm not too worried about him, but this slump does seem to be contagious. Maybe just having everyone healthy and in the line-up might be a good first step,
  5. moonslav59
    True. This "tough times" was helped along by key errors and ghost runners.
  6. moonslav59
    Great point, but the risk is, what if we go 8 games in a row where we are ahead or behind by 5 runs?
  7. moonslav59
    We seem to be much later releasing our line-ups than many other teams. Anyone know why? Is Bill Belichik part of Sox management?
  8. moonslav59
    The savior!
  9. moonslav59
    TOR 1. Springer CF 2. Bichette SS 3. Vlad 1B 4. Gurriel DH 5. Chapman 3B 6. Kirk C 7. Tapia LF 8. Espinal 2B 9. Zimmer RF (I guess the bottom of our order is not the only weak hitting bottom in MLB.)
  10. moonslav59
    I'm undefeated in fresh game threads. Let's hope we can keep that going and also win more than just the first game thread.
  11. moonslav59
    Big Nate vs Jose Berrios Get it done, Nate!
  12. moonslav59
    You said more than that.
  13. moonslav59
    Funnier.
  14. moonslav59
    I'm avoiding getting political, so yes, that's my final answer.
  15. moonslav59
    I'm not one to look at only the previous season to form my expectations for the season, and at the time, I did not think the 2012 rotation was as bad as their numbers showed they were. 28 Lester 32 Beckett 33 Lackey (missed 2012) 27 Buch 24 Doubront 31 Dice-K added Dempster, who I was not too thrilled about. I know it's hard to keep hindsight out of the equation, but I think that rotation was stronger than this one is.
  16. moonslav59
    Yup, no expert you are.
  17. moonslav59
    Fair enough, but we did have 4 guys with 27 or more starts, so we did have one of the two things we've had every ring year: health or pretty a solid rotation. The two guys with less than 27 starts, Buch and Peavy did well enough. That was the season with the most starts fro our 7th or lower starter, so I can agree, that ring season does not really fit the mold I presented. (I still like those starters better than the one's we have now, do you?)
  18. moonslav59
    Funny.
  19. moonslav59
    Okay, all pitchers are "ifs," but if you think the 2018 rotation had bigger or more ifs than this one, we'll just have to agree to disagree.
  20. moonslav59
    4 ifs is more than many non ring rotations had in years past. I'm not saying it can't happen, especially if Whitlock & Houck stay starting, but if they do, our pen will suffer.
  21. moonslav59
    Sounds about right. I'm on the over 50% line, right now.
  22. moonslav59
    The 4 ring seasons all were marked by 1 or two things: a solid rotation and pretty good health from the rotation (as measured by GS'd.) This is not to say we always win when we have good healthy starters, but when we do win, we always do: 2004: (only 5 starts from below our 5th starter) GS Pitcher ERA+ 33 Pedro 124 33 Lowe 89 (did well in PO's) 32 Schilling 148 30 Wakefield 99 29 Arroyo 120 2007: (only 11 starts below our 6th man- Lester) 32 DiceK 108 31 Wake 100 30 Beckett 145 24 Schilling 123 23 Tavarez 92 11 Lester 104 7 Gabbard 128 2013: (added Peavy at the deadline) 33 Lester 110 29 Lackey 117 29 Dempster 90 27 Doubront 95 16 Buchholz 237 10 Peavy 102 (18 starts by 5 guys) 2018 (added Eovaldi that summer) 33 Porcello 103 30 Price 123 27 Sale 209 23 ERod 116 13 Johnson 106 11 Eovaldi 133 11 Pomeranz 73 8 Velazquez 139 4 Wright 165 2 by 2 guys combined 2022 after 10% of the season: 3 Houck 141 3 Eovaldi 110 3 Wacha 215 3 Hill 84 3 Pivetta 41 1 Whitlock 615 While some of these ERA+ numbers look very good, does anyone really think this rotation will come close to matching the 4 WS ring teams?
  23. moonslav59
    I'm certainly not hoping it happens, but it is in the back of my mind, after this lack-luster start of the season, and Sale's return timeline largely unknown. If and when the time comes, I'll talk about it then. I still have faith in this club making a nice run to make the playoffs and maybe advance a round or two.
  24. moonslav59
    I guess that's an option, if we keep playing like this, but I'm not ready to talk about that, right now.
  25. moonslav59
    For him to carry us, like he did for part of 2021. We may be out of it by then. Maybe someone else needs to step it up to carry us to July.
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