moonslav59
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The Hansel and Gretel additions were not serious moves, and what we gave up for them is the proof. IMO, Santana goes first (Sale), but when Brasier needs to be activate to the 40man roster, this is my list in order of most likely DFA'd listed first. (Note: I've been wrong before.) 1. Robles 2. Andriese (due to his option cost in 2022 being too high) 3. Davis 4. Richards 5. Perez Bubble players, this off season, could just be DFA'd now rather than later: (Some might have trade value and won't be DFA'd.) Potts Rosario Arauz Bazardo (60 day IL) Ro. Hernandez Players I think will be on the 40 man in 2022 (or traded): Cordero & Rios.
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I seriously doubt Cordero's name even comes up in discussing any DFA's. He has options left and is hanging onto some promise going forward.
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True. How good night we’ve, now, if our payroll was $230M and we had a great farm and then trade much of it away?
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Like the saying has been said over and over, this year, "How can he be any worse than _____?"
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Yes, just as much of Blooms payroll was inherited and was "dead money." Same with arb raises. The difference was the no going over the tax line edict. (No, if wasn't a soft guideline.) BTW, I did not say DD created the whole bloated payroll- just that he left one for Bloom. Not a false narrative.
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Lots of dead weight about to go bye-bye.
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Robles may go first. Davis may be close, too.
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When Sale comes off the 60 day IL, ...
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When you trade away the whole farm but 1-2 guys and it was a nice farm when he took over, and you bring the payroll from the $165-175M to $200-230M a year, the window should be longer than 3 years.
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OK, my eyes are bad, but I think I got the 70% part right. -
Good way to ease Schwarber into the swing of things.
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I am truly shocked. Cora must be crying.
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I don't like starting the next year's thread until we are out of it, but maybe that's not a good idea.
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They have not faced the CWS or HOU all year and have 70% of their remaining games against contenders. The Sox have 40%.
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I don't think hitters are more patient and forcing more pitches per inning by starters. The Rays have used 12 starting pitchers - 7 with more than 4 starts. Most IP (7 or more IP) 19 Hill (traded): 8.0, no 7's 17 Yarbrough: 9.0 & one 7.0 17 McClanahan: one 7.0 (his last start) 15 Wacha: only 2 as high as 6.0 14 Glasnow (out all year): 8.0. 7.2, 7.0, 7.0, 7.0 11 Fleming: one 7.0 8 Patino: nothing higher than 6.0
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The A's have a very tough schedule remaining. 7 CWS 3 SFG 6 HOU 4 NYY 3 TOR 7 SEA 3 @ LAA 33 out of 47 remaining games (70%!!!), including ending with 13 vs HOU & SEA. We end with 9 of our last 14 vs BAL & WSH. Our tough games remaining: 4 TBR 3 @CWS 6NYY 3 @SEA 2 NYM That's 18 out of our remaining 45 games (40%)
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But, Melroni says we should have bought more.
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He left the farm a mess and a bloated budget. You did not mention Price, Pedey and others... Had DD stayed and been given the same budget restraints as Bloom, he'd have done no better or quit. BTW, we are 12-11 in Eovaldi's starts, this year. We are 14-8 in Pivetta starts and 12-10 in Perez starts. (See how I left out Richards?) We'd be crap without Whitlock, Kike, Plawecki and others. Sure, Bloom swung and missed on many acquisitions, but with his budget, did you expect better?
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We were sellers at the 2020 deadline.
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Yes, I misrepresented your position. I, too, think we didn't have to go to that extreme, but in baseball, with no guarantees, I was okay with the overkill and enjoyed the best season the Sox have ever had.
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Clutch vs. choke - do these numbers mean anything?
moonslav59 replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Other Baseball
Sure it is. You are choosing October 3 to October 30th as your sample size and calling it a skill. -
Clutch vs. choke - do these numbers mean anything?
moonslav59 replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Other Baseball
Yes, if you randomly fed a career .931 OPS guys numbers into a random generator, you have a few outputs like what Papi did, a few very bad and many around .930. The random samples would mirror reality, but with names attached not blank data. -
Clutch vs. choke - do these numbers mean anything?
moonslav59 replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Other Baseball
That's totally expected. Other great and very good hitters hit poorly from July 15th to August 10th. -
Perez had a 3.09 ERA after 11 starts (1/3 season) and was leading the starters, at that point. It was no fluke. Opps had a .658 OPS against by June 7th, despite a poor defense behind him and a .301 BAbip, at that date. He still had a 3.89 ERA after 17 starts (1/2 season), but his OPS against had ballooned to .768 and his BAbip rose to .328. He was at 4.18 on July 29th (20 starts). He was supposed to be our 5th starter. He is not the reason ffor our troubles.
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I misread that point. The OF plan was C0rdero, Verdugo & Renfroe with Kike as the 4th OF'er (Arroyo at 2B) and eventually Duran as mid season help. It wasn't a horrible plan, until we saw how badly Cordero played, and how poorly Renfroe started in April on offense. All along, I said Kike should play CF and the other 3 should platoon the other 2 slots, but that depended on Arroyo/Marwin doing well at 2B. The plan failed with Cordero, but improved once Kike played CF. Arroyo's injuries hurt the other part of the plan, and Marwin's offense destroyed a part of our offense, too.
