moonslav59

It seems obvious, but as I have said often, I trust their choices on timing.

Sox WAR Leaders (Before today) fWAR 4.6 Eovaldi 4.5 Bogey 4.4 Devers 3.7 Kike 3.0 ERod 2.4 JD 2.2 Verdugo 1.8 Renfroe 1.7 Pivetta 1.6 Whitlock + 0.1 on offense 1.4 Houck 1.4 Ottavino 1.3 Barnes 1.2 Arroyo 1.0 Richards 0.9 Schwarber 0.8 Taylor 0.7 Vaz 0.5 Perez 0.4 Plawecki 0.3 Dalbec 0.2 Sale 0.1 Wong, Shaw, Davis bWAR 4.4 Kike 4.2 Bogey 4.1 Eovaldi 3.6 Devers 2.9 Whitlock + 0.1 offense 2.5 JD 2.4 Verdugo 1.8 Renfroe 1.5 Ottavino 1.4 ERod 1.4 Arroyo 1.1 Barnes, Houck, Taylor 1.0 Richards +0.1 offense 0.9 Sale & Vaz 0.8 Schwarber, Sawamura, DHern 0.5 Perez, Rios 0.3 Workman 0.2 Wong 0.1 Plawecki, Bazardo, Brennan, Valdez

Some things looking real good on the farm (5-0)... AAA (Woo wins 3-0) Seabold 6IP 1H 0 ER 3BB 4K Brewer 2IP 2H 0ER 1BB 4K Bazardo 1IP 1H 0ER Wong 3 for 5 AA (POR wins 7-1) Groome 5IP 2H 0ER 0BB 10K (Inrepeat 0 Walk & 10 Ks!) De Jesus 4IP 4H 1 ER 1BB 3K Casas 2 for 3 with 2HRs and 2 BBs Potts 2 for 4 Cottam with a dinger A+ Greenville wins 7-0 Walter 5IP 2H 0ER 0BB 4K Yorke 1 for 3 w 2BB & SB Koss 3 for 5 w SB Dalton 2 for 4 with HR & 2B Esplin 3 for 4 A Salem sweeps DBLHDR 14-2 and 2-1 McDonough 3 for 5 in gm 1/ 2 for 3 HR & BB in gm 2 Decker 2 for 3 w HR, 3 RBI & BB gm1/ 1 for 3 w BB & GW RBI in gm 2 Lugo 2 for 4 Bonaci 1 for 3 w 3B & 3 RBI

You let us back in this thing!

I'd really hate to see JD go. I know he struggled for the 60 game 2020 cluster season, and he's not hitting like '18-'19, this year, either, but the guy can hit. He had some big hits for us, this year- and not just in April. That being said, the $19M would allow us to fill some huge needs and offer a more simplified plan with Schwarber, assuming we extend or re-sign him. It would also allow for a better defense with Schwarber at DH not LF/1B. 1. Kike CF (FT- where he belongs) 2. Schwarber DH (where he belongs) 3. Devers 3B (Lock him up- anyway you have to) 4. Bogey SS (May opt out after 2022) 5. Renfroe RF (Not the best defender in RF, but his arm makes some up) 6. Verdugo LF (Hope to see some improvement) 7. Dalbec 1B (Need consistency) 8. Arroyo 2B (Makes for a better defensive team) 9. Vaz-Plawecki C (Might be Vaz's last season with us) Bench: Duran, Arauz, __FA Utility__ and eventually Casas

Tomorrow is a big game. It's never easy to sweep, even at home, and CLE has a winning record, still. The next 9 after tomorrow will be very testing: (Day off) 3 vs TBR 3 @ CWS 3 @ SEA Then, things look a bit better... (Day off) 3 vs BAL (Day off) 2 vs NYM (Day off) 3 vs NYY (Day off) We finish with... 3 @ BAL 3 @ WSH Look at the 4 series stretch between @SEA 9/15 and @BAL 9/28, We have a day off between all 4 series! 4 Days of in 12 days before the last 6 game road trip.

So, the chasers for the WC2 slot have bunched up more closely. OAK is 4 back, SEA 4.5 back and TOR 5 back from the Sox, but the big news is, we are now juts 0.5 behind the Yanks. True, we are down 2 in the loss column, but with so few days left to this long season, the Yanks having to play 3 more games than us may be hurtful. The Yanks play 19 days in a row, then have 2 days off in the last 10 of the season, including one before the series at Boston 9/24 to 9/26. They get a day off after our series then go to TOR for 3 and end with TBR at home for 3. The bad thing about ending with Tampa is that the Rays might be resting everyone good.

So, it doesn't matter than another OF'er mad 50 out of zone plays to 12 by Duran? I'm not saying that happened, but these ratings are based on how a guy compares to others on the same type plays.

In just a week, out farm value has shot up about as much as it can- in a week!

At CWS will be no easier.

Nope.

We're back down to just 2 reliable RP'ers.

wtf!

O.M.G.!!! Lock this kid up!

Damn straight! Dalbec has looked pretty good on D for the last 2-3 games!

How about Lavarnway with a .965 OPS from 2018-2021 (before today)? (52 PAs total, spread out over 4 seasons.)

Yes, but he's still about 30 plays like that away from breaking even on the year.

Houck IP/pitches per start: 5.0/85 4.1/58 Missed time 4.2/87 4.0/75 3.2/74 5.0/89 4.0/58 4.2/90 5.1/90 Today: 5.0/68 Is it the third time through deal?

Has anyone from the organizational system explained the Houck issue that is preventing him from easing up his pitch count as the season progresses? I know he was probably already not scheduled to get 180 IP, this year before he got hurt, but what's the situation?

Bobby Dee time

Cause we save our best for when we face the best.

That hurts!

Schwarbs is just a plain ole great hitter.

BAL up 3-0 over NYY in the 7th. (BAL left the bases loaded with 1 out in the seventh after scoring 2.) The Yanks have yet to reach 1B via a batter ball, if you know what I mean. TOR up on OAK 2-0 in the 3rd. MIN @ TBR begins, soon.

For argument's sake, let's assume we bring back Schwarber and JD does NOT opt out, and no everyday player is traded away. We might see these 13 players on the 26 man roster most of the season, not counting injuries. Vaz & Plawecki C Dalbeck 1B, 3B, DH Arroyo 2B, SS, 3B Devers 3B (1B?) Bogey SS Verdugo LF, CF, RF Kike CF, 2B (utlity) Renfroe RF, CF, LF JD DH, LF/RF (shortest) Schwarber LF/RF (shortest), DH, 1B? Duran LF/RF, CF, PR Arauz 2B, SS, 3B Now, the playing time issues. I'm going to go off or a 16 game cycle, about 1/10th of a season and assume everybody gets 10 days of rest (1 out of 16 off). Here is how I could see us maximizing the playing time of our best players: 15/16 Players Devers Bogey Schwarber Kike JD 14/16 Players Renfroe Verdugo 13/16 Players Arroyo 12/16 Players Dalbec 11/16 Players Vazquez By Position: 3B: Devers 15/ Dalbec 1 SS: Bogey 15/ Arroyo 1 DH: JD 15/ Schwarber 1 RF: Renfroe 14/ Verdugo 2 C: Vaz 11/ Plawecki 5 LF: Schwarber 9/ Verdugo 7 1B: Dalbec 11/ Schwarber 5 CF: Kike 11/ Verdugo 5 2B: Arroyo 12/ Kike 4 It looks like maybe Dalbec and Arroyo deserve to play more than 75% of the games (12 or 13 out of 16 games), but with injuries expected, they probably can and will. Some might argue Renfroe and/or Verdugo should play 15 out of 16 games, and they can by lessening games from Arroyo (Kike to 2B) or Dalbec (Schwarber to 1B). This also assumes no games for Duran and Arauz, unless someone is injured. It looks like it can be done.