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More, if you go back to the deadline in 2020 or to the Verdugo trade.

Plus, the 4 for 7 doesn't take into account the Pivetta and Ottavino trades, the Arroyo waiver pick-up and the Plawecki signing, which some were pre 2020 winter deals. Richards Perez Whitlock Renfroe Arroyo Ottavino Plawecki Valdez Sawamura Kike Marwin Andriese Santana Cordero & Co. A mess of prospects Then, there is Verdugo & Co. All-in-all, even not taking budget constraints into context, he's done one hell of a job!

He's never really increased his workload in even one game, since the statement was made and the one May 13th game where he went 3 IP and threw 52 pitches. That was a long time ago, and that wasn't even the most pitches he's thrown in a game. He did that in his first game (3.1 IP/ 59 pitches). Days rest/IP/ Pitches 4- 2.0-20 6- 1.0-10 5- 2.2-29 5-2.1-41 5-2.0-31 4-1.0-15 3-1.0-23 2-2.0-27 6-3.0-52 (May 13) 6-0.1-15 2-1.2-35 4-2.0-36 7-1.2-35 4-1.2-20 2-0.1-2 This shows no signs of "stretching him out." I'm fine with what they are doing, but it's not stretching him out. He was used in 2 or more innings 5 out of 6 times in April (all over 29 pitches). He was used 3 times in his next 10 games 2 or more innings and only went over 30 pitches 4 times. If anything, they are shortening him out.

They lost the mojo. Key injuries.

...and it's still early. Plus Andriese is not making much more than 2X min.

Well, the argument I always heard, and we hear it here in Boston, too, is that some pitchers "can't handle the spotlight." I never believed that, fully.

I guess they don't feel the need to explain every change in plans they make. It may help to keep the opps guessing, too I guess I mention it a lot, because I wanted to see him pitch 3-4 innings, at times. That really takes the heat off the pen and gives them extra rest every so often. I also think we have been pushing our luck, regarding starters not missing games due to injury. The only starts a non rotation pitcher started was due to double headers or wanting to give ERod some extra time at the start of the season. I don't want to jinx anybody or anything, but have a look-see: Notice a trend? GS'd 2004 33 Pedro & Lowe 32 Schilling 30 Wake 29 Arroyo 5 Others 2007 32 Dice K 31 Wake 30 Beckett 24 Schilling 23 Tavarez 11Lester 11 Others (7 Gabbard, 3 Buch) 2013 33 Lester 29 Lackey 29 Dempster 27 Doubront 16 Buch 10 Peavy 18 Others (7 Webster, 6 Aceves, 3 Workman) 2018 33 Porcello 30 Price 27 Sale 23 ERod 13 Johnson 11 Eovaldi & PomPom 14 Others (8 Velazquez, 4 Wright) Every winning season saw 4 starters get 23 of more starts. Hell, last year, in a 60 game season, we started 16 different pitchers as starters and 30 in total! This year, after 60 games, we have used 18 pitchers, including 3 with 3 or less IP. We've used 6 starters (one barely): 12 Eovaldi 12 Richards 12 Pivetta 11 Perez 11 ERod 2 Houck 4 of those starters have an ERA under 3.88, and the one that doesn't, ERod, was supposed to be our #1!

I don't disagree, but we beat then 4-1 and could easily have won the game we lost. I know momentum can change on a dime, but that 2018 team did face a few times, where doubt could have crept in, like when Sale went down with an injury, and they always slapped it away with a mighty show of force and dominance. I've never seen a team like that, at least a Sox team. There are times, like 2013, where even though the team was not all that great on paper, you just know nothing will stop them.

The thing about that deal that really exposed just how weak the Yankee depth is, is the fact that he has been placed in the following batting slots in 124 PAs, this year: PAs by slot 38 in 6th slot 26 in 9th 16 in 4th 12 in 2nd, 5th and 7th 5 in 3rd 3 n 8th That's 83 of 124 in the 2 through 6 slots! And, no way should he have been needed for 124 PAs since the addition.

Must be because I'm biased and he is not. LOL.

I also find it hard to think someone can be a "fan" and have so much hatred against over half the players on the team. I understand the frustration and the bandwagon knee scraping many fans show on these forums, but this guy just plain hates on players that are part of the team he says he loves. Then, after one big hit, he's back to loving them until their next AB. It's maddening, to me at nearly any level, but he takes it to an extreme.

No doubt. I was just stating my opinion that I felt we were so freaking great in 2018, we probably would have won it all, without any single player. Eovaldi and Price are at the top of the list as foils to my opinion, and we'll never know all the "what ifs?" Yes, anything can happen, including a 3rs, 4th, 5th or 6th starter doing well, instead of Price or Eovaldi. Maybe they bomb and set the wrong tone, and we fall apart. I don't think that team had "fall apart" in their vocabulary, but yes, anything can happen. (This from someone who does not believe the playoffs are a total crap shoot.)

$4M can get one good player making about $12M annually, or more if you can get the team to kick n some cash, too. Maybe you can trade a dead contract and a prospect, like the Ottavino trade, to free up some more cap space, then add a higher priced player or two. I don't see Cashman making the right moves, though, unless it's the blind squirrel analogy.

I was thinking, "Alexa, play LA Woman." Well, I just got into town about an hour ago Took a look around, see which way the wind blow Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light Or just another lost angel, city of night City of night, city of night, city of night, woo, come on L.A. woman, L.A. woman L.A. woman Sunday afternoon L.A. woman Sunday afternoon L.A. woman Sunday afternoon Drive through your suburbs Into your blues, into your blues, yeah Into your blue-blue blues Into your blues, oh, yeah I see your hair is burnin' Hills are filled with fire If they say I never loved you You know they are a liar Drivin' down your freeways Midnight alleys roam Cops in cars, the topless bars Never saw a woman So alone, so alone So alone, so alone Motel money murder madness Let's change the mood from glad to sadness Mister mojo risin', mister mojo risin' Mister mojo risin', mister mojo risin' Got to keep on risin' Mister mojo risin', mister mojo risin' Mojo risin', gotta mojo risin' Mister mojo risin', gotta keep on risin' Risin', risin' Gone risin', risin' I'm gone risin', risin' I gotta risin', risin' Well, risin', risin' I gotta, wooo, yeah, risin' Woah, ohh yeah Well, I just got into town about an hour ago Took a look around, see which way the wind blow Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light Or just another lost angel, city of night City of night, city of night, city of night, whoa, come on L.A. woman, L.A. woman L.A. woman, you're my woman Little L.A. woman, little L.A. woman L.A. L.A. woman woman L.A. woman, come on

You're right. I do that way too much.

LOL, yea right.

It's not a bad thing being biased against smug elitism. Sleep tight.

This will be a tough game to win, but the team is pulling together, nicely. Some players who have been struggling or on the IL are now coming to life. The pen seems to have settled down after a bumpy stretch. Let's keep the mojo rising! Go Sox!

Damn straight!

Better than Chavis, Duran and Casas... 1.248 4 HRs in 9 games

You have never said "I am wrong." Maybe I missed the one time, but I doubt it. Calling what you said about Pivetta some sort of admission of being wrong or an "apology" is a joke. BTW, I never said anything about an apology. I also didn't think I needed to say I don't like you, but if you feel the need for my stamp of disapproval, I'll oblige. I dislike you and your smug self righteousness and aggrandizement. One thumb down.

LOL. Did they ever agree?

See. You agreed with me and were right.

Maybe 4 for 7, if you count Marwin and Andriese.

It's the way of the world, these days. (I'm not claiming I never do it, too.)