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  1. moonslav59
    I do, too. I think Whitlock projects to be a better starter, and Houck could be a nasty set up man who can give 2 and maybe even 3 IP here and there.
  2. moonslav59
    I really like Houck, and he's upped his game a lot from 2-3 years ago, but this sample size of good pitching is still rather small. I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but he needs more IP'd to know he's a certain mainstay on our staff. Here are his numbers: 5.64 in 2017 (A- 22IP) 5.14 in 2018 (A+ 119 IP) 4.35 in 2019 (AA & AAA 108 IP) 0.53 in 2020 (MLB but just 21 IP) 5.14 in 2021 (AAA 21 IP- same sample size as 2020 MLB one) 2.50 in 2021 (MLB in 18 IP) He's got 35 IP in MLB and a 1.54 ERA/ 1.029 WHIP
  3. moonslav59
    Thanks Bloom! (DD did better than we thought and better than our slot, too.)
  4. moonslav59
    I think some people have different ideas on what "mediocre," "good," and "very good" mean. To me, mediocre means you have about the same amount of players better and worse than you. Clearly, Porcello had way more worse. Good might mean top 40%. Very good, top 25-30%. Excellent, top 10-25%. Elite, top 5 or 10%. (IMO) If I lower the IP to 300 IP to get to a 300 SP'er sample size, Porcello places 126th in SIERA at 4.10. 95th in xFIP- at 96. The guy was a good pitcher. Not great. Not elite. Not bad. Not really mediocre, either.
  5. moonslav59
    I know you like Perez. I just used your post to further your argument.
  6. moonslav59
    Richards is the weak link not Perez. At times, Perez has looked like our best starter, and I'm not talking a 3-4 game stretch. From opening day to June 3rd, he was our best starter. That was 11 starts or 1/3 of a season! 3.09 ERA From 4/23 to 6/7 (8 starts) he was on fire 2.22 ERA .614 OPS Against After that 7.2 IP game in Houston, where maybe they left him in too long, he's gone ... 4-4 6.23 ERA 1.024 OPS Against in 8 starts. That's not even worth a minor league deal.
  7. moonslav59
    Only 4 of those 7 low-inning starts were bad. He was yanked one time after 3.2 innings with no earned runs allowed. Sure, it would have been nice for him to go 5, but 3.2 and 0 ER is not "bad." Any starter who can have just 4 bad starts out of 19 is worth way more than $6M. The problem is, his last 8 starts. If he continues at that pace, he's not worth $6M. Let's see what he does over the next 10 weeks.
  8. moonslav59
    His ERA- and WHIP make him a solid #4 (almost a 3). His xFIP makes him a #2. His durability and IP upped his fWAR to make him a solid #1. All together, he is certainly a #3 or maybe a low #2. I'm not downplaying ERA. If I did, he'd be a solid #2. I'm looking at other pitchers in his era. I only counted pitchers with 800+ IP. My guess is many who did not reach that threshold were much worse than Rick, ut some would be better. Compared to other starters of his time, he was a clear #3. On a good playoff team, you'd like to see him be your #4, ut that doesn't make him one overall.
  9. moonslav59
    Good night.
  10. moonslav59
    Not sure what that means. The armchair managers are pampered, too. Baseless and often misdirected bashing is constant and often absurd. So, is it the pampered players deserve being bashed? What am I missing?
  11. moonslav59
    To me, the biggest mistake, besides waiving in Dalbec, was Dalbec not tagging up and going to 3B on the sac fly play to the plate. Duran does not score from 2B on that IF hit. My point though, is that even if he would, it does not mean it's a mistake by Cora. The game is not over in the 7th. Dalbec got a key hit in the 9th. Maybe Duran hits into a DP.
  12. moonslav59
    We often rise up when facing aces. ERod has been on a roll. Can't make running blunders, tonight. Can't make costly defensive mistakes. Make the hits count. GO SOX!
  13. moonslav59
    Armchair managing is a breeze.
  14. moonslav59
    You lost me. You mean PR not PH? Even if you did, there are no guarantees.
  15. moonslav59
    Yes, Max. My bad. 3B coach not Cora. Not Dalbec.
  16. moonslav59
    Playoffs SP1 Sale SP2 Eovaldi SP3 Trade SP4 ERod Closer Barnes RP2 Ottavinoe RP3 Houck RP4 Whitlock RP5 Taylor RP6 Pivetta RP7 Perez/Richards RP8 Sawamura/DHern
  17. moonslav59
    Just because Duran probably would have scored does not mean Cora made a mistake. And, we don't know he scores. This is called hindsight judging. Cora did a great job tonight. If you wanna scream at someone, scream at Dalbec- the guy who made up for his mistake.
  18. moonslav59
    It's not Cora's fault Bobby Dee does not go to 3B. The 7th inning batter often gets up again, especially on a good offensive team know for comebacks.
  19. moonslav59
    I get the frustration effect, but the thing is, it will happen again tomorrow and the next game, and the next.... Nobody seems to learn anything. (Not that I am the perfect fan.)
  20. moonslav59
    All I said was "So much for 1 run." I never gave up, tonight. (I have on other games.)
  21. moonslav59
    Why? Who gets the key hit in the 9th, then?
  22. moonslav59
    LOL. Read my simulpost.
  23. moonslav59
    Glad the ghost slept through it all. Maybe, he'll wake up a Yankee fan, until he reads the morning paper.
  24. moonslav59
    The amount of vitriol, bashing and misplaced attacks never ceases to amaze me. Why I keep being surprised at game thread nonsense is beyond me.
  25. moonslav59
    We've got like 50 comeback wins. The question is, why am I the only guy not giving up?
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