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  1. moonslav59
    It's not about that. It's about offering him an arb or not. If he takes it, makes $1.8M in arb, we pay him that after he is unclaimed in waivers or the difference if taken after he clears waivers..
  2. moonslav59
    We gave up trying to hold runners over a decade ago. It's not even something we talk about.
  3. moonslav59
    He's a FA, so should not be on this list.
  4. moonslav59
    Boston ranks 20th in the majors in starter ERA (4.57). Manager Alex Cora said he’s not concerned about the starting pitching. 1. The NL starters face a pitcher not a DH. 2. Park dimensions matter. 3. Disparity in strength of opponent offenses matters. Most runs scored: 1. HOU 806 2. TBR 806 3. TOR 789 4. BOS .776 (5 teams 724-757) (5 teams 679-694) (5 teams 654-671) (5 teams 630-650) 26. BAL 620 (4 teams 554-595) Starter ERA- 14th Sox (7th out of 15 in AL) We replaced Perez and Richards with Sale and Houck. We are not great in this area, but I think we are better than our ERA shows and improved over what we saw in the middle of 2020. All this, despite our defense being putrid. (Yes, it's not just about earned vs unearned runs.) BAbip .329 BOS .317 KCR .310 BAL .308 PIT .305 LAA & CHC .301 COL .300 OAK .296 or less, the rest (half the league under .288)
  5. moonslav59
    .426 in 2012 is pretty close to .400 in 2020. I'll take four 2020's and 2 rings every decade over the pre-Henry era. Here are the Sox worst Win% since I started following them in 1972: .400 2020 .426 2012 .438 2014 .451 1992 .470 1994 .481 1997 .481 1987 .481 2015 .500 1985 Only 8 years under .500 in almost a 50 year stretch. The 3 worst and 4 of the worst 8 in the Henry era of almost 20 years. I'll take the last 20 years over the previous 30 everyday of the week. It's not even close. 4 bad years out of 20 vs 4 bad years out of 30 sounds much worse, but the 4 rings make it a landslide choice, for me. Notice: no losing records from 1972 to 1986 and only 1 in the first 20 years. I enjoyed those 14-20 years, but not like the last 20.
  6. moonslav59
    I never said position players, either. Some of the guys you are talking about, here, are not even the ones you mentioned in March. That's a good thing, in some ways, but many of your younger players and ML prospects were let-downs or got injured. The fact is, you have less than 100 IP from any pitcher under 26. 99.1 IP and a 5.07 ERA (.757 OPS Against) Sure, you got value from your 26 year olds: 2.79 in 84 IP Cortes Jr. 2.25 in 68 IP Loaisiga 3.36 in 56 IP M King But, you ranted at the clear edge the yanks had over the Sox in young pitchers and pitching depth. We have nearly double the IP'd by our under 26 pitchers and much better results: 180 IP and 3.03 ERA (.665 OPS Against) Offense under 26? Sox .794 in 1471 PAs Yanks .693 in 499 PAs 26 Y/O's BOS .804 Dalbec in 428 PAs .777 Arroyo in 175 .497 Cordero in 136 NYY .633 Frazier in 218 PAs .667 Andujar in 162 .688 T Wade in 140 .621 Velazquez in 65
  7. moonslav59
    Trash cans.
  8. moonslav59
    The best pop time in ML history won't matter much, if the runners are already on 2nd base when the throw is half way to 2nd.
  9. moonslav59
    It was just a hypothetical. It's not like management can choose an option and build teams accordingly to guarantee a ring every 3-5 year, 8-12 or 13-20. It's impossible, but my choices were from the fan's perspective, what would you prefer. There are certain management strategies that can involve "tanking" a year or two, here and there, and focusing on timing upswings that maximize the recourses for shorter windows and, in theory, increases the odds for more ring years, at the expense of more down years, but that is a slippery slope. I like the strategy we have applied. Some of our "down years" were not really planned, and 2013 was not really an "all-in" ring year, either, but 4 rings is heaven, to me. The last place seasons sucked, but I'd much rather have that than what we had pre-Henry.
  10. moonslav59
    Nobody ever does these types of trades, as they are struggling to cram their best players into 40 slots. They have to really like our players to take 2 for 1, since they must then chop one more guy off their list. BTW, what teams have the weakest 37-40th slots on this winter's roster? (One might place the Sox in the top 10 for slots 39-40.)
  11. moonslav59
    In theory, Beni > Arroyo, but had we played Kike at 2B FT, our OF D would have been much worse. I don't think we really missed Beni, but one can pull up Cordero, Santana and Marwin's numbers and argue otherwise. The money saved was also part of the trade, and we did get 5 guys for him. The jury is still out on them.
  12. moonslav59
    There may be a bidding war based on how valuable you say he is.
  13. moonslav59
    Framing may not matter anymore with robo umps. Pop time matters very little when your staff doesn't care to hold runners or pitch from the stretch.
  14. moonslav59
    When did I say $1.6M was a "steal?" I said it would be great to replace him with someone better. ' Catchers are not easy to find, especially good ones, but sure, let's upgrade.
  15. moonslav59
    I'd love that, especially if he is cheaper and a better defender and pitcher handler. I'd also like to have a better starting catcher.
  16. moonslav59
    I hear you, and s***** seasons suck, but as a fan that went through 3 plus decades of coming up short, I'd choose A from below: A) A ring every 3-5 years, some good years in between and maybe a last place or two every 4-6 years. A ring every 8-12 years, but good teams just about every year in between and maybe 1-2 last placed every 20 years. C) A ring every 13-20 years, competitive teams almost every year and no last place finishes in 20 years.
  17. moonslav59
    I know other teams have roster crunches coming up around rule 5 protection day, and every year I suggest we make a 2 for 1 deal or a protected player for a far away prospects not up for rule 5, this year, to create another slot, but it never happens. In theory, we trade 2 from Potts, Rosario and Jimenez for one "better" prospects. Other options might be to trade someone like JD and Rosario for a high-priced pitcher that offsets the financial balance, then sign Schwarber.
  18. moonslav59
    He's so far away from the bigs, he'd be a total stash on a 26 man roster and probably get very little playing and development time. I guess he could be one of those "hope he flies under the radar type players on rule 5 draft day. That would free up one slot more. Is it worth keeping Potts or Rosario vs maybe losing Jimenez?
  19. moonslav59
    Indeed, but we did pay Leon $1.3, $1.95 and $2.48M his last 3 years. Plawecki made $1.6M, this year.
  20. moonslav59
    We're at 86 wins with 11 to go. Chances are, we win 90-94 games! Only 2 posters projected that. (I projected "86 wins before any free agents are signed.")
  21. moonslav59
    I have never said Plawecki should play more than Vaz or even more than he plays now. I'm just pointing out the added value Plawecki brings as a back-up. CERA type value is not maddening. It makes perfect sense that some pitchers do better with one catcher over another. They even say it. Some have years and years of data to show their preferences. Some do about the same with anybody behind the plate. If you don't like CERA, how about COPS Against? LOL. Of the 9 pitchers with 50+ PAs with Vaz and Plawecki, 6 have a better OPS Against with Plawecki: Plawecki- Vaz Pitcher .651- .732 Eovaldi .660-.777 Pivetta .679-.607 Houck .674-.847 Richards 1.163-.781 Perez .640-.679 Taylor .765-.599 Ottavino .478-.745 DHern .596-.632 Valdez
  22. moonslav59
    He's 1/6 the cost of Vaz, has more years of team control and gets better results from the staff- pitcher by pitcher- than Vaz. So, you want us to pick up another back-up catcher with a better fWAR/gm than Vaz?
  23. moonslav59
    How many years in a row have they "underachieved?" I'm not saying they haven't, but there comes a point where you have to start thinking maybe the expectations were too high to begin with. Maybe they are who they are. I happen to think a better manager could get more from the same guys, but I also think Cashman has some serious roster construction ability flaws.
  24. moonslav59
    Why the need to replace Plawecki, who looks good on D, gets good results from the staff and can actually hit okay for a catcher? He's pretty cheap, too.
  25. moonslav59
    fWAR 11. Bogey 5.1 18. Devers 4.5 31. Moncada 4.0 35. Betts 3.9 48. Kike 3.5 68. JD 2.6 74. Verdugo 2.5 97. Renfroe 1.8 98. Beni 1.8 120. Iggy 0.9 3. Eovaldi 5.5 20. Montas 3.8 31. ERod 3.2 39. Miley 2.9 64. Kimbrel 2.2 77. Houck 1.9 83. Pivetta 1.7 92. R Hill 1.6 101. Whitlock 1.5 110. Barnes 1.4 122. Kopech 1.3 140. Richards 1.1 143. Ottavino 1.1 165. Taylor 1.0 182. Price 0.8 218. Perez 0.6 226. Kelly 0.6
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