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  1. moonslav59
    I know, I know, I'm the worst culprit, but the absurdity and repetition calls for a mass boycott.
  2. moonslav59
    Rotation Collapse Richards First 11 starts" 3.75 ERA, .749 OPS Against (.318 BAbip) Last 10 starts 7.15 ERA, 1.014 OPS Against (.361 BAbip) Perez First 11 starts: 3.09 ERA, .658 OPS Against (.301 BAbip) Last 11 starts: 7.13 ERA, 1.073 OPS Against (.385 BAbip) Pivetta First 11 starts: 3.77 ERA, .657 OPS Against (.283 BAbip) Last 10 starts: 5.47 ERA, .831 OPS Against (.299 BAbip) ERod First 10 starts: 5.64 ERA, .832 OPS Against (.374 BAbip) Last 10 starts: 5.55 ERA, .745 OPS Against (.367 BAbip) Eovaldi First 11 starts: 4.01 ERA, .648 OPS Against (.316 BAbip) Last 10 starts (not counting tonight): 3.41 ERA, .727 OPS Against (.337 BAbip) 4.13 ERA after tonight in last 11 starts Look at the absurd BAbip numbers! Team Starters: to June 7 4.03 ERA 89 ERA- 3.95 xFIP 94 xFIP- .328 BAbip June 8 to before tonight: 5.44 ERA 121 ERA- 4.18 xFIP 99 xFIP- .339 BAbip
  3. moonslav59
    Living in the past. First 11 starts: 3.09 ERA, .658 OPS Against (.301 BAbip) Last 11 starts: 7.13 ERA, 1.073 OPS Against (.385 BAbip)
  4. moonslav59
    ERod is clearly a step up from Richards and Perez. Pivetta is another story. I do think Pivetta deserves the 5 slot but not by much. Hopefully Schwarber and Arroyo can boost the offence enough to help overcome any pitching shortcomings. I know it seems like relying on hope is not a good strategy, but I think it is realistic to see the upcoming changes should be positive: Sale> Richards Houck> Perez Schwarber> Dalbec Arroyo> Duran (Kike to CF) Bench improves, too
  5. moonslav59
    If the panic button is starting Sale and Houck as soon as they are due to start, I’m all for banging on the button hard!
  6. moonslav59
    At this point, I could care less. Give em a try in the pen, if you must try to save face or honestly think they can do better than who the replace, but just get them both out of the rotation NOW. Yesterday is even better.
  7. moonslav59
    You know me. I am a very patient fan. I despise knee jerk reactionary arm chair QBing, but I’m all done with both of these guys. At least Perez gave us a nice 11 game stretch. Bye bye.
  8. moonslav59
    Poor defense is one reason our pitching looks so bad and our BAbip is off the charts.
  9. moonslav59
    Poor defense is one reason our pitching looks so bad and our BAbip is off the charts.
  10. moonslav59
    Today, yes.
  11. moonslav59
    He’s a HOF punter.
  12. moonslav59
    Fear by opposing pitchers already.
  13. moonslav59
    Jesse Owens
  14. moonslav59
    Sale and Houck should take Richards and Perez’s rotation slots. Period. Now! What we do with them is secondary. I’m fine with DFAing one or both, phantom IL, if possible. I would not call up Munoz or Wong, and I’m no big fan of Marwin. We just have to wait for Schwarber and Arroyo. Munoz makes some sense once he’s healthy, but Marwin is Cora’s guy. The Dalbec- Cordero platoon may be what we have to live through until Schwarber or Arroyo return.
  15. moonslav59
    It’s come down to hoping and praying Sale, Houck, Schwarber and the return of Arroyo give us the boost we need at our highest need area.
  16. moonslav59
    And Henry is filthy rich. How do you think these guys got where they are?
  17. moonslav59
    CF where Kike played the most and will continue to. 1B ignores the addition of Schwarber.
  18. moonslav59
    True, but the affect on following years might be bigger than we imagine under a new CBA, so maybe the uncertainty played a role in that priority to stay under. We got someone to play 1B, and he has an OPS over .900. That’s not peanuts. We also boosted our pen depth. With Sale and Houck looking good, the equation was who can we get better than Pivetta? The cost of upgrading Pivetta significantly would have cost a lot and put us over the tax line. Those two combined could be viewed as going for broke to some extent.
  19. moonslav59
    I'm not excited about it, but I do think GMs are working on the assumption that the lux tax or something similar will continue in the next CBA-perhaps an even worse structure for the higher spending teams- like the Sox. Plus, this was just not the year to go for broke.
  20. moonslav59
    Great post, oldtimer. Very nice. Many of us fans who do focus on stats also understand the human element and all many of its nuances as much as anyone else, if not more so, to some, especially those who played the game a lot. In a game of millimeters, it's easy to understand how just one tiny thing going wrong, mental, emotional or physical, can upset the whole apple cart.
  21. moonslav59
    Looks like we are stuck with Marwin until Arroyo returns. Makes me wish we still had Chavis.
  22. moonslav59
    I get that, but that is not a reason to hurt your chances in 2022, 2023, 2024 and beyond to go all in during a clear rebuild year. Listening to posters over the last 2 weeks rip apart this team, it sure sounds like we needed more than Scherzer, Rizzo and Kimbrel to be a top fave. At what cost?
  23. moonslav59
    Plus, put Kike in CF and Arroyo at 2B, and the grades go up. No grade for the pen hurts the overall view, too.
  24. moonslav59
    I don't see that happening, but maybe Henry is fed up paying so much, especially when we were top 3 spenders in 2019 and 2020. I also look more at year 2 and 3 of being over the tax line as the most important. The team will try to avoid year 3, or just be a tiny bit over, if need be. That's why staying under this year was so important. Doing so, actually allows us more flex not just for 2022, but '23 and '24, too.
  25. moonslav59
    I think some looked at only his OBP and overlooked his power and defense.
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