moonslav59
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I agree. I almost took the Rocket off my list, but he was really great, as a pitcher. As person, he's a real dick, and not just with the cheating and lying in baseball. (He lives in my hometown: Sugar Land) BTW, I'm not a fan of FIP, but it does give some valuable information. It's just not the whole story- as no stat is. To me, there are a lot of really good pitchers who pitch to contact and don't get a lot of K's, but the ball that are hit are not hit hard and mostly go for outs. They don't look good with FIP.
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How would you rank the 10 best pitchers since 1991? 1000+ IP A Randy Johnson Greg Maddux Roger Clemens Pedro Martinez Mike Mussina Curt Schilling J Verlander Kevin Brown Andy Pettite C Kershaw B C Kershaw J deGrom Pedro Martrinez Greg Maddux Chris Sale Johan Santana G Cole C Kluber M Scherzer K Hendricks C deGrom Kershaw Sale Pedro Stasburg Kluber Cole Johnson Scherzer Maddux I might like A, then C, then B, but B and C are close. A= WAR B= ERA C= FIP Here's ERA- 63 Kershaw (may drop as he ages) 65 deGrom (same) 67 Pedro 71 Clemens 72 Sale 72 Johnson 72 Webb 73 J Santana 75 Kluber Looks better than "B", despite Brandon Webb. How about xFIP? Sale deGrom Strasburg Kershaw Kluber Eldred Schilling Cole Johnson Halladay (No Pedro?) My top 5: 1. Pedro 2. Clemens 3. Maddux 4. Sale 5. deGrom
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I'm not a big fan if FIP, but it does tell a good story. ERA is seriously flawed, especially for RP'ers due to not always having to get 3 outs per inning. ERA+ or ERA- is an improvement, but I still like OPS against and WHIP about as much as ERA-. -
It just seems like we can never catch a break with our pitching prospects. We finally get a sleeper prospect, Houck, get our hopes up, last year, and now he's on the IL. Mata was #3 at the end of 2020, Now he's 11th. Ward is still 8th. Seabold moved from 9th to 7th. Whitlock has moved up to 4th, since the start of 2021. Aldo Ramirez moved from 10 to 9 as Mata dropped behind him Song 11> 12 Groome 12> 13 Murphy 18>23 Bazardo moved to #19. My guess is Winckowski might crack the top 15 or 20 by the mid season rankings.
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2021 MLB draft
moonslav59 replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Here are some mock drafts I found with dates published: MLB.com (4/25) 1. Leiter 2. Lawler 3. Rocker 4. Mayer 5. House 6. Davis 7. Frelick 8. Madden 20. McLain Prospectjournal.com (4/28) same top 7 as above Prospectslice.com (???) 1. Rocker 2. Lawler 3. Leiter 4. Mayer 5. Watson 6. Davis Offthebench.com (4/30) 1. Lawler 2. Leter 3. Rocker 4. Mayer 5. House 6. Jobe 7. Davis Bleacherreport.com (5/12) 1. Lawler 2. Leiter 3. Mayer 4. Rocker 5. House 6. Davis 7. Cowser 8. Madden 9. Jobe Mymlbdraft.com (5/17) 1. Leiter 2. Lawler 3. Rocker 4. Mayer 5. House 6. Davis 7. Madden -
It's hard to know how much Bloom values ERod. It's hard for anyone to place a value on him. We should know more by season's end. I hope he regains his form and knack for pitching just well enough to get the win for the team.
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I keep forgetting him. He might belong near the top of the helpful list.
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Don't forget Bazardo, Brasier & Sale and maybe Seabold, Feltman, Herrmann, Arauz and Ockimey/Casas.
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Worcester OPS Leaders (16+ ABs) 1.401 Santana 1.030 Duran 0.970 Wilson 0.859 Lopez 0.774 Arauz 0.768 Herrmann 0.727 Ockimey 0.689 Downs 0.572 Wong 0.564 Gettys 0.534 Munoz 0.280 Puello OPS Against (9+ IP) 0.392 Winckowski (Por) 0.483 Bello (Gre) 0.630 Politi (Por) 0.704 Weber (Wor)
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Sounds about right. So, the next choices are who to send down when Arroyo is ready and what do we do when Duran is deemed ready.
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I'm no longer hearing the clamor on extending ERod. Maybe he is still dealing with lingering COVID affects, but it looks like it was a good idea to wait. ERod (5-3 in his starts) 3.53 (team 4-0) in his first 4 starts. 6.00 (team 1-3) in his last 4 starts. Here's a breakdown of some other starter's numbers: Richards (4-4): 6.48 (1-3) first 4 2.16 (3-1) last 4 Eovaldi (5-4) 3.04 (3-1) first 4 5.81 (2-3) last 5 Pivetta (7-1) 3.48 (3-1) first 4 2.86 (4-0) last 4 Perez (4-4) 5.71 (3-1) first 4 1.61 (1-3) last 4 (freaky team record splits!) The team is 7-1 in Pivetta starts and 18-17 in all other starts. Pivetta has been a Godsend. Perez has deserved to be one.
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There may be one other thing keeping Duran in AAA: Danny Santana His opt out was extended into May. I'm not sure anyone knows the exact date. Santana is off to a red hot start: .467 OBP .846 Slg% 1.313 OPS 3 HRs in 26 ABs If he's ready, he's the next call up, and he can play OF, including CF, SS, 1B, 2B and 3B. People point to 2019 as an outlier, and it does look like one with 28 HRs in 474 ABs (.857 OPS) and 21 SBs, but he did have a decent rookie year back in 2014 with an .824 OPS and 20 SBs in 24 attempts. He has a career plus UZR/150 at 2B, 3B and LF, but is minus at CF, RF and 1B. He deserves a first look. When he's deemed ready, I see a Santana- Cordero swap of roles. When Duran is ready, I'd DFA Brice and call him up.
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If he played LF, he'd probably already be on the big club. Throwing an unready defender in CF can not only be bad for the club, but it could be bad for Jarren, too. I trust the Sox brass will know when he's ready, and I hope it's real soon.
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I thought even $18M/3 was too much. Beni was a hard player to project future performance levels. Maybe Bloom gets this one wrong, but certainly there was merit in thinking it was time to move on. He got 5 players for him- all younger and with way more years of team control. He saved a couple million, this year and maybe more, next year. Even if hindsight values this as a bad trade, we only really traded 2 years of control on Beni, and one of those was supposed to be during a "bridge" or rebuild season of 2021.
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We're saving those 6 or 7 for when we can use them.
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Who knows, maybe Winckowski will make the trade worth it, alone.
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Nope. We won't fall that easily.
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Maybe this will be one of those series where we get outscored but win it.
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Duran, Santana, Arauz and Gettys with HRs, tonight. (Duran, Downs & Araus with 2 hits, including a 2B by Arauz. Santana with 3 hits (one 2B). Rosario with 3 hits for Portland. Winckowski with the win (5 IP 2 ER, 4H, 2BB, 5K).
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Our pen needs help.
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You guys have to be leading the majors in injuries over the last 3-4 years.
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Not a good way to start the series. Not much good to talk about.
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Eovaldi has never been viewed as a horse.
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He was actually better in 2018. The team wins a lot of games when he starts, but his numbers do not support talk of being an ace. Most good pitchers can" look like an ace at times."
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Are the Jays the all son & brother team of all time?
