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10/22 ALCS Game 6 @ Astros
moonslav59 replied to Thunder's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
The Super Bowl also changed the way people viewed football, and it took a while to catch on. (My Pack won the first 2 and are still the only team to have 5 championships in a 7 year period: 1961-1967. They also had another stretch of 3 straight: 1929-1931 and stretched that to 4 out of 8 and 5 out of 11 years.) -
So, 2 SP'ers (FA, QO or trade), Schwarber and a trade for RP'er, maybe involving Duran and DHern. Sounds plausible.
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Just enough to make it closer to 2/3 than 1/2. LOL!
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I agree. I seriously doubt we sign someone like Shaw to platoon with Dalbec. I think we wait it out and hope he doesn't have such a bad slow start to 2022. Like MVP, I would not count on Casas anytime before May or even June/July.
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He was good in August, too. (4 of 6 months is 67%) Plus, I just used the "first half- second half" numbers based off the ALL Star Game. Ottavino actually did well up to July 21st. .559 OPS Against/ 2.54 ERA. That was the team's 96th game or 59% of the season, which is just barely closer to 2/3 than 1/2. After July 21, he did this: 8 games: 1.011 OPS Against 8 games .500 OPS Against 2 games 1.700 OPS Against 4 games .231 OPS Against Last 5 gms .1.738 OPS Against Just about every RP'er can be broken down this way to show that just a handful or two bad games skew their numbers, but this seems rather extreme. Ottavino was pretty good over his first 42 games, then had 2 good stretches of 8 and 4 games sandwiched around 3 bad stretches of 8, 2 and 5 games of horrendous outings.
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I could see Schwarber playing 1B vs some tough righties (Dalbec sits) and LF all the other games. (Verdugo to CF/Kike to 2B or Verdugo to RF vs some RHPs as Renfroe sits)
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He really was two different pitchers, this year. Despite walking too many batters, all year, his OPS against was... .574 in his first 159 PAs against (.301 BAbip) 2.68 ERA/1.297 WHIP .948 in his last 117 PAs against (.349 BAbip) 6.48 ERA/1.680 WHIP I guess what I meant by deceivingly good was that he was pretty good for most of the season. His OPS against was under .637 for 4 months. .856 in July (.440 BAbip) 1.152 in September (.333 BAbip)
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That has to be the plan- with the Schwarber re-sign the only real possible option.
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I really think that if the computer calls the strike through an earpiece in the umps rea, and he makes the call just like he does, now, even the detractors will soon get over their trepidation and angst over the new system. It won't even be visibly noticed. Players and managers will stop arguing, since they know there is nothing they can do about it, and there is no use trying to persuade the ump to give you the "next close call." That should save some time. It should reduce the time of pitchers and batter fuming about a bad call- stepping off the mound or out of the batter's box to regroup and send a subtle message to the ump that they hated the call. Just get this done, please!
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He did great in 2020, also. Basically, he sucked for April and May and a few stretches here and there. His defense also improved, but it started out so badly, he's still only near acceptable. To me, he should be viewed as our FT 1Bman for 2022, with a platoon partner available, if needed.
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One, the Sox finished 1/2 game behind Detroit in a lop-sided games played format.
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I agree with all of this. (See, I'm not always a contrarian.)
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It's probably too late to change the QO thing for 2022, right?
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That's easy: you make the system hack-proof. (LOL)
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What about the strike shortened seasons?
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He imploded, for some reason. He was Koji-esque for a 2-3 months before imploding. I have no idea what to expect in 2022.
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That sounds good, but that won't end the search for better and better substances by teams and pitchers.
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True dat.
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What? They get caught hacking into the robo ump system?
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I think the "binky" thing has some merit, but he's obviously adjusted. I still don't really count 2020 against anyone. 2021 seems in line with the expected decline of JD from his 2018 and 2019 numbers. The trend seems to point to about an .800 season in 2022, but I would not be surprised if JD ends up over .850. If he does not opt out, 2022 will determine how much he gets in his next contract- to a large extent. (That does not mean the player always does well.)
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I get that, but I thought it was pretty obvious not everyone was in agreement. Hell, we can't even get 100% agreement that this was a good season for the Sox.
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Probably true, but maybe game 7 not so true.
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This year, Barnes had 30 saves and 6 BSs. 24/30. He had no "holds." (33% IRS) 2020: 9 Saves and 4 BS (4 holds) 13 SV+Hold/17. 0% IRS. 2019: 4 Saves and 8 BS (26 holds) 30 Sv + Holds/38. 25% IRS. 2018: 0 Sv and 3 BS. (25 Holds) 25 Sv + Holds/28. 7% IRS 2017: 1 Sv and 2 BS (21 Holds) 22 SV+Holds/24. 17% IRS Last 5 years: 44 saves 23 BS 76 Holds 120 Sv + Holds out of 143. That's 84% of the time holding or saving the games he played in since 2017 and entered with a lead or tie.
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Even if they come up with something, pitchers will still find something to add that makes their grip more to their liking.
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Living down here near Houston is awful, now. You would not believe all the crying these guys do over how badly they have been treated by the fans and media over the cheating scandal, and how they need to prove they can win on talent, alone. These guys actually feel like they are being wronged. It's sick.
