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  1. moonslav59
    With a righty going, I'd keep Dalbec on the bench. Santana at 1B, Arroyo at 2B, Kike in CF.
  2. moonslav59
    I don't think managers make these calls based on someone's last 5 games, but I don't disagree with your current choice.
  3. moonslav59
    Base running is sustainable. Timely hitting is not.
  4. moonslav59
    Good analysis, Nick.
  5. moonslav59
    An early exit from the wild card slot might be enough. Boone should have been long gone.
  6. moonslav59
    If they project Davis as a ML catcher, he may be their pick. If they see him as a 1Bman, maybe not. Catchers are hard to project value.
  7. moonslav59
    I only said fire Boone, now, but I assumed Cashman would get the axe by the fall. too.
  8. moonslav59
    I'm no guru. I just read it somewhere. Here are some possible players with BTV's values. Mets (notin suggested maybe Ginn) Lee, the guy they got from KC has a current value of 9.3 Vientos 3B 13.2 (unlikely as we got Winckowski, too) Ramirez OF 5.4 Ginn RHP 4.9 Dominguez RHP 2.6 Palmer 3B 2.4 Valdez OF 2.4 Santos RHP 2.3 (They have no prospects valued between 13.2 and 5.4, which is about what I'd expect us to get.) 2 from KC (Beni is currently valued at 10.8 and we are paying part of his contract) Kowar RHP 16.8 (nope) Loftin SS 9.3 (unlikely) Pena OF 8.5 (unlikely) Marsh RHP 7.5 Pratto 1B 6.8 Cox LHP 5.8 Melendez C 4.8 Bowlan RHP 3.8 Guzman SS 3.1 Hernandez RHP 2.6 Vasquez SS 2.6 Fox SS 2.3 Candelario SS 2.0 Several prospects between 1 and 1.8. For reference, they have Sox prospects valued at... 9.9 Mata 7.6 Yorke 5.4 Seabold 5.3 Ward 5.0 Lugo 4.3 Groome 3.8 Song 3.5 Whitlock 3.3 Rosario 3.1 Wong 3.0 Murphy 2.6 Decker 2.4 Bonaci, Jordan & Potts
  9. moonslav59
    Exactly!
  10. moonslav59
    No ERod. We got a chance. The 'Stros have been handing games away, left and right, recently. It's our turn, tomorrow.
  11. moonslav59
    I’m bringing the Maine mojo to tomorrow’s game. Go Sox,
  12. moonslav59
    Yet he bats 9th.
  13. moonslav59
    This is just his 4th straight bad start. On May 7th, he went 5 innings allowing 1 run. 7 hits and 3 BB with just 2 Ks were still concerning, but that was a decent start. He had 4 bad starts in his previous 5 starts before today. 6.48 May ERA, before today.
  14. moonslav59
    They handled him just right out of the gate, IMO, but why say you are going to stretch him out and then not do it? Stretching out does not mean use more often. It means use for more batters and innings, when you do use him. His getting shelled in a couple games may have been part of the reason to apply the brakes a little, but here is his game logs since the April 19th statement: (Days off) IP- pitches (4) 2.1 -41 (5) 2.0- 31 (4) 1.0- 15 (HR) (3) 1.0- 23 (HR) (2) 2.0- 27 (6) 3.0- 52 (finally a sign of stretching!) (6) 0.1- 15 (HR) (2) 1.2- 35 (4) 2.0- 36 I'm just not seeing the effort to turn him into a starter.
  15. moonslav59
    He probably needs a rest. I'd yank him and 10 day IL him. It's getting too predictable, now.
  16. moonslav59
    Marwin's leash has been very long.
  17. moonslav59
    How long a leash do you give a guy that was a "winner" for so long? The team went 19-4 in his 2018 starts. The team went 26-8 in his 2019 starts. The team went 4-0 in his first 4 starts in 2021. That's 49-12 in his previous 61 starts. The team has gone 1-4 in his last 5 starts. I'm not trying to defend him. I'm usually one to want larger sample size before doing anything rash, but this is very concerning looking at today's start.
  18. moonslav59
    Luck just 2 runs, there.
  19. moonslav59
    I thought we were "stretching out" Whitlock. You'd think he'd be ready to pitch 5 by this time, after they first said that. (He's not.)
  20. moonslav59
    Because you expected a B not a C. (I expected a B, too.)
  21. moonslav59
    Why did we expect a B? His last 3 seasons with Detroit. His final grade was a B- or C+. He was a B from 2016-2018. An F or D in Ben & DD's final seasons. I don't think it's sugar coating to discount a pitchers first 3 seasons, especially at ages 20-22, when you have 3 full seasons of sample size from ages 23-25. There is no doubt, his 2015 season was an outlier, in this context. When you count what he did in his 3 years afterwards, it is even clearer. Ages: 23-25 good (4.08) 26 bad (4.92) 27-29 good (3.99) You can call it cherry-picking, but those are the meat of most any pitcher's career, and it is usual to expect a bell curve and not a low spike right at the peak of prime.
  22. moonslav59
    Barnes: Career 4.3 PA against per IP 18.7 pitches per IP 2021 3.5 PA against per IP 14.6 pitches per IP He's on pace to break his personal high for IP (72 to 69.1), but at this pace, he'll have faced way less batters and pitched way less pitches than several seasons.
  23. moonslav59
    Because you discounted Hill's 29 IP 4 GS sample size, but used Houck's 3 GS and 17 IP sample size as the be-all-end-all. Either 17 to 29 IP sample size count a lot or they don't. Personally, I don't count either as much.
  24. moonslav59
    I'm rooting for the Rays again, tomorrow. I hope they take 3 of 4 or sweep. Think of it this way: even if the Rays are for real, we can beat out the Yanks for the WC slot!
  25. moonslav59
    I'm not saying it will, but there has been good reason to fire Boone several times over the last few years. How many lives does this guy have? At some point, the plug needs to pulled. Your 2021 expectations may have been higher than deserved, but this team is better than this. He deserved to be fired before, this. This should be the final straw. Cut the chord.
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