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OPS Against 2021 .648 Eovaldi .657 Pivetta .658 Pérez .749 Richards .832 ERod Pen: .413 Barnes (for reference, Uehara’s 2013 season was .400) .541 Ottavino .559 Valdez .637 Hernandez .660 Whitlock .785 Taylor .806 Houck .821 Sawamura .912 Andriese

About time we play these guys, What a messed up schedule!

Tough and long stretch: 3@NYY 1 MIA 3 HOU 4 TOR 2@ATL **** 3 @KC **** 3@TBR 3 NYY 4 KC 3@ OAK 3@ LAA **** 3 PHI ****all star break**** 4@ NYY 3@TOR 4 NYY 4 TOR 3@ TBR (during trade deadline and into August)

Hey, we have this dude in AAA, right now, who has 1.109 OPS after 20ABs. He even has some ML experience and is said to have “all the tools.” Name: Franchy Cordero

He’s playing on the Olympic qualifying team and may not be deemed “ready” by management, anyway

Dalbec hits lefties well, and to me, he needs more time. If we had someone to call up, maybe. We don’t. Nobody but me likes Ockimey.

some awful slumps in process: 7 days .056 Bogey .105 Kike .125 Marwin .200 Santana .500 Dalbec .583 Vaz .667 Verdugo & Devers 14 days .243 Marwin .359 Kike .501 Bogey .513 Dalbec .608 Vaz

I remember Houston helping Charlie Morton find a new approach at something like 32-33 years old. He wasn’t bad before but I’m hoping this turns into something like that. Perez did have one of his best WHIP seasons, last year. Maybe with Pivetta, too.

This would be a great time to pull off a big win streak or winning stretch. I like the pitching match up. I hope we keep Kike from the one slot going forward. I’d prefer Arroyo in the 1 or 2 slot and Verdugo in the other.

Verdugo, Kike, Renfroe, Cordero and Marwin (JD in a pinch) was supposed to hold us over to Duran and maybe Santana. This was also supposed to be a bridge year.

Will anyone claim him, or do we work out a trade? Probably we get nothing.

How do GMs know who will sign for less and by how much?

Probably. There are cases where a team has found the secret to making a pitcher improve drastically. Maybe, for once, we are that team.

Well, I stayed away from the thread to get a break from some negativity, and maybe that was the mojo we needed... lol. Nice game. Perez is officially our #1 or ace or whatever you wanna call your best starter. Makes me think of all the times I asked myself, “How do other teams get the most out of these average Joe types.” Now, we are doing it! Thanks, Bloom!

I guess I'll never understand what is so dismaying about any player(s) going on a 3 game slump- no matter who they are facing.

I put it under Ho Hum, because it was rather questionable. The money helped the Yanks and kept us from signing 1-2 other FAs. If Frank German works out, it's a good deal. If we make the playoffs in part because Ottavino did well, it's a good deal.

It seemed rather underwhelming at the time, but post-October... The Martin Perez signing with a team option is looking like one of the best steals of the winter. The Richards signing and his health has looked like a good signing, if not great. (He has a team option, too.) The Rule 5 picks have been shockingly great: Whitlock (6th in IP on the team 1.73 ERA), Tyreque Reed (1.135 OPS at Greenville) & Kaleb Ort (0.82 ERA with Worcester as their closer)] Josh Winckowski (Beni trade) has started 5 games at AA (1.33 ERA and 0.889 WHIP) Signed Hunter Renfroe to $3.1M with 1 arb year left. Signed Danny Santana to minor league deal with opt out for majors. Traded for Rolando Hernandez © for Springs & Mazza 3 PTBNL for Cordero Ho Hum: Traded nothing for Adam Ottavino & Frank German plus cash Signed Kike Hernandez ($7M x 2) Signed Jack Lopez, Daniel Gossett to minors Waiver pick up: John Schreiber (minors) Ummm???? Signed Marwin Gonzalez to $3M x 1 Signed Matt Andriese to $1.85M with team option ($250K buyout) Signed Sawamura to $1.2M x 2 with team option ($600K buyout) Cordero for Beni & others I'm happy with these moves, and they did nothing to hamper longer term plans.

Like he should bench one of them due to a 3 game slump?

That might be the first choice.

I'm glad for Workman. This was where he did his best, and the Sox stuck by him for a long time. DFA candidates might include: Brandon Brennan (my guess) Marcus Wilson (might want to wait until Duran is back from Olympics) Brewer (doubtful) or move Bryan Mata to the 60 day IL and start the service time clock.

Yes, Houston has a vast underground, pedestrian tunnel system- complete with restaurants and shops.

Last trade deadline, Bloom made some very good moves, but the team was in clear "sell mode." It might not be so clear, this year, but here's a look at Bloom's in season moves, last year: Signed Jack Godley, Jhonny Perada (minor league deal) Acquired Dylan Covey (TBR) Waiver pick-ups: Robert Stock (PHI), Andrew Triggs (SFG), Stephen Gonsalves (NYM), Deivy Grullon (PHI) Trades: Workman, Hembree & cash for Nick Pivetta & Connor Seabold Moreland for Jeisson Rosarion & Hudson Potts Pillar for Jacob Wallace Osich for Zach Bryant

Probably true. Even the first pick might be 99% scouting and the whole team more than the GM. The GM might choose one from a very short list that the team comes up with.

Is everyone still cheating?

The plate comp would be Duran vs Arroyo not Kike. (Kike would play 2B.)