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  1. moonslav59
    Wha, wha, wha is you at your best. (Think about that.)
  2. moonslav59
    Very sad outcome, tonight. Gotta beat teams and pitchers like this. Take the next two!!!
  3. moonslav59
    Yes, a very good point. I take it farther, too. Like when a player has a bad year in a big city, people claim he wilts under the spotlight, when maybe it was just an off year for some other excuse, combination of excuses or no excuse at all. When a rookie sucks: They "called him up too early," or "He wasn't ready," when maybe it was just a slump he was due for all along. Maybe an injury. Maybe personal issues. The same concept can be applied to many scenarios.
  4. moonslav59
    Some interesting pitchers off to nice starts to 2026: 0.58 WHIP Sandy Alcantara (24.1 IP) 0.76 Jeffrey Springs (18.1) 0.81 Imanaga 0.86 M Gore 0.94 M Kelle 0.98 Sonny Gray 1.04 Crochet ___________ 1.26 Joe Ryan 1.33 Gallen 1.38 Pivetta 1.43 Cease 1.47 F Valdez _______________ 1.84 Eovaldi & D Peterson 2.31 Lorenzen
  5. moonslav59
    Bennett had a nice game for Woo: 5.1 IP 2H 1 ER 0BB 4K, while Cheng is 4 for 4 and hit for the cycle (his 3rd.) Arias is 3 for 4, as POR won. N Baez w 3 run HR. Witherspoon went 4 IP. (3H 1ER 0BB 6K)
  6. moonslav59
    Cora is giving Durbin a look in the 2 slot... (Anthony gets a day off after a team day off, yesterday. He must be getting old... LOL) 1. Anthony LF 2. Durbin 3B 3. Yoshida DH 4. Contreras 1B 5. Abreu RF 6. Story SS 7. Mayer 2B 8. Narvaez C 9. Rafaela CF
  7. moonslav59
    Cora batting Durbin a look in the 2 slot... Anthony gets a day off after a team day off, yesterday. Lets get the win!
  8. moonslav59
    As much as I supported Ref, he was not needed, as we have 4 OF'ers and 4 DHs (some overlapping.)
  9. moonslav59
    2 starts, now... 8.1 IP 4 Hits 3 BBs (not great) 16 Ks 0.84 WHIP/ .476 OPS Against 2.16 ERA
  10. moonslav59
    True, but Duran lowers it by more than they ended up by keeping Paredes.
  11. moonslav59
    True, and all teams have them, but soe more than others. We lost Houck for the season, buts since he was not really a plus in 2025, it's not really a big deal. Crawford and Sandoval may be back in early May- perhaps as pen additions. Romy might be the most missed. Slaten could be a big loss. Oviedo was kind of unknown to begin with. Casas could never be counted on, anyway.
  12. moonslav59
    Good points. BTV has Duran at 38.5, Rafaela at 36.6 and Abreu at 35.0. I might put it more like Abreu 45, Rafaela 35 and Duran 30, but so be it. BTV has these selected Astros players' values: 18.1 Paredes 9.3 Janek (C prospect) 8.8 Abreu (off to a bad start & 1 year of control) 8.1 King (RP w 4 years of control) 5.7 Sousa (RP w 3 years of control) BTV allows a Duran for Paredes & King trade but calls it a "major overpay" by the Sox. Other values: 73.6 Neto (4 yrs) BTV accepts Duran, Bello & Phillips 39.8 Keaschall (5 yrs) They don't want Duran, but might take Rafaela & Romero plus. 35.3 Matt Shaw (5 yrs) 29.4 Hoerner (just signed 7 year deal) 17.3 E Tovar (5 yrs)
  13. moonslav59
    Farm Records: AAA: 8-3 Woo (tied for 1st in East Division) AA: 2-3 POR (1GB NE Division leaders) A+: 2-4 GRE (2GB South Division) A-: 5-1 SAL (1st Place in North Division) 17-11 Total Many felt GRE was the team to watch, and they still are, but they have the worst record of all 4 teams.
  14. moonslav59
    Yes, obvious how myopic you can be.
  15. moonslav59
    It's why they need 162 games to filter out some of that randomness.
  16. moonslav59
    Indeed, and those three are all ranked below Early & Tolle! Plus, we have another promising tier behind them: Bennett, Holobetz & maybe Uberstine.
  17. moonslav59
    Okay, the ST'ing look counts, but neither pitched for the MLB team in a ST'ing game. I understand, scouts can still see how good a pitcher's stuff is. The history was there for the last rankings, too.
  18. moonslav59
    ESPN Injury Report and Est Return Dates: 4/20 Slaten- I doubt he's back in 10 days 4/23 Sandoval- this may be doable, and I assume he heads to the pen in MLB. 4/21 Seigler- not sure about this one, and likely will be in Woo, anyway. 5/5 Crawford- will pitch this weekend 5/12 Casas "Red Sox manager Alex Cora said that Casas (knee) is headed for imaging on his ribs after he tried to swing a bat Monday and "it didn't go well," Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports." 5/26 Romy- will be evaluated for surgery on Tuesday 6/17 Oviedo- I'm guessing he's out all year. 2/1/27 Houck- is throwing from 45 feet
  19. moonslav59
    No, but it shows a GM wanted Duran and was willing to give up value. Since we don't know all the players ever discussed in trade talks, I don't think we can say it's "obvious" nobody values Duran highly enough.
  20. moonslav59
    Super small sample size pitching numbers (5+IP) OPS Against .301 Dylan brown .317 Uberstine .337 Bennett .363 S Martiez .410 Holobetz .476 Valera .572 Anderson .679 Olds .689 Tolle Notables below 5 IP but 3.1+ IP .297 Futrell .449 Gartell .485 E Rivera .567 Sandoval .584 Finley
  21. moonslav59
    Witherspoon has pitched one game. I'm not sure we can know enough about his "secondaries" to rank him higher. What did Eyanson do to jump Phillips in the rankings, when neither has pitched one inning?
  22. moonslav59
    Agreed. I'm thinking he has jumped Witherspoon, despite this being just a small sample size, but speaking of SSS's, how big is Kyson's? My top 5: 1. Early 2. Tolle 3. Valera 4. Witherspoon 5. Arias (I'd put Gonzales 6th- not Eyanson or Phillips.)
  23. moonslav59
    It's the best.
  24. moonslav59
    That very well could be, but it's not "obvious." Couldn't that Brez values him more highly all GMs in need of an OF'er and who can afford $7M? I'd like to know any and all deals offered for him: then, we'd have a better idea of where the main issue lies. 8 months ago, this was reported.... The Boston Red Sox rejected the San Diego Padres' package of starting pitcher Dylan Cease, No. 2 prospect Ethan Salas and an unnamed prospect for All-Star outfielder Jarren Duran, per MassLive's Sean McAdam. McAdam clarified the unnamed prospect was not No. 1 Padres prospect and No. 3 MLB prospect Leo De Vries. The Sox "quickly rejected it." I think that showed one GM valued Duran. There was also more recent talk of Ragans for Duran, but I'm not sure that helps my point. Haven't really heard many confirmed offers made, so it's tough to know.
  25. moonslav59
    He's a long shot, for sure, but he did well w POR, last year: 90 Ks and 18 BBs in 75.1 IP.
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