moonslav59

Brasier has been good a lot more than bad since joining the Sox. He's got better numbers than several others in the pen. I'm not sure why he gets so much flack. He's not great, but he's been pretty good most of the time.

The issue, now, is to protect him from rule 5 or not. He is clearly not close to MLB ready, but with 26 man rosters, maybe one GM sees enough potential to grab him. Sitting on a bench isn't going to help him develop, either. Ideally, we leave him unprotected and nobody claims him, and the choice is put off another year. By 2022, we'll know more, and other GMs will, too.

IMO, they kept Leon pretty long as a testament to his value as a catcher who maximizes pitcher results. They certainly did not keep him for his hitting. Plus, he started making about $2M a year, and they probably felt they could find a defensive catcher for cheaper. Now, Plawecki is getting near $2M and Vaz makes $7M, so let's see how they handle this. My comps between Vaz and whoever his back-up were are not "all over the place." I keep a consistent min sample size requirement that both catcher must reach to make the study. I compare pitcher by pitcher, which is how it is supposed to be done to take our unbalanced sample sizes, and I go over every year since Vaz has been our catcher. Yes, there is randomness. I have never claimed the numbers are all tied to pitcher-catcher relations, but when every single season shows 70-80% of the pitchers who meet the min requirements do better and many times much better with the catcher not named Vaz, I think it has meaning. Then, I never said that "meaning" supersedes or should supersede all other factors in valuing a catcher. I have never called for making Vaz the back-up. You guys are blowing up the significance I place on CERA and COPS data. I am merely saying it should be part of the placing value matrix, along with contract cost, offense and other defensive values. There is a lot of data that shows Vaz is not handling the staff as well as his back-up. That's not the same as saying he sucks handling the staff- just that he has not been as good as the other catcher. If Leon was great- maybe Vaz was still good. You can choose to deny it or try to misuse overall CERA data all you want, but facts are facts.

I hope that’s it. That is something fixable.

I guess plus D at SS is worth more than many think it is. .340 OBP and 35 HRs a year might make .850 look more like .900.

Maybe Bloom wanted too much for him or realizes our OF depth problem is a high priority.

No doubt. Their intensity and focus affect the whole team. We’d have no hope without these two.

Jays at MIN may not be all that easy.

All kept pace but one less game to catch us. Say what you want about ERod, but he keeps the game winnable. Great pen, again. Bogey redemption. Dalbec steadying. Defense gaining confidence. One at a time, boys! ,

It’s the lefty-righty thing.

Maybe a case of over-armchair QBing.

Game over. Jays win.

Jays just walked the bases loaded all after 2 outs in the ninth. Stay tuned.

I like the idea.

Devers has made some loud outs, recently. I get the feeling he’s about to bust out!

Pour it on,

In a big way,

Kike da man,

DFA Bogey

Iggy plays guitar.

I loved the Sale extension and still do. Missing a year plus hurt, but I still love having him. I thought the Eovaldi signing was too much and too long, but almost all deals for meaningful players are high. Overall, I did not like the deal. The first 2 years of the 4 were nothing all that special. He’s earned his pay and then some, this year. To me, how he does in the post season and 2022 with tilt the balance one way or the other.

The IL is not day to day, right?

Of course it does, but I have never said he should be benched or play less. The CERA issues have not tilted the balance enough, to me. Now that he will be making $7M, my opinion has changed. Trading him makes sense.

Now, you are catching on.

He's been cheap, until 2022. He's hit better than 75% of catchers. He frames and throws well. He blocks pitches well. All this outweighs the other stuff. Same as Bogey at SS. You guys act like I've been saying he should be benched or DFA'd. I've never even said he should play less. Stawmen.