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  1. moonslav59
    How many more clowns can we fit on that ship? I have a few more names.
  2. moonslav59
    The exact kind of thing the Rays are good at. Have they just been lucky, or do they see tweaks to a player's approach that can be made that the other teams don't see?
  3. moonslav59
    But, ironically, doesn't he kind of have to demand top bonus money from Pit and others to maybe fall to the Sox?
  4. moonslav59
    According to soxprospects.com, Rios has 1 option remaining. BTW, despite Dalbec's 3 hapless K's, last night, he has actually begun to show some signs of snapping out of his funk, a little bit. .767 OPS in his last 11 games (3 HR, 1 2B, 1 3B and 7 rbi) I think Cora may see that as deserving a longer look, but I'd like to see Chavis get a few chances in the next few games. I'm usually a long sample size kinda guy, but I'm done with Santana. I hope he proves me wrong, but I'm done. Workman is not looking too good, but his history may indicate he needs a longer look. He does have a better WHIP than these "keepers:" 1.714 Andriese 1.667 Brennan 1.614 Richards 1.571 DHern 1.500 Worman 1.470 ERod 1.457 Taylor 1.452 Houck 1.427 Perez Have you ever seen so many pathetic WHIP on a Sox staff? Oh yeah, I already forgot about 2020. LOL!
  5. moonslav59
    MLB.com just released its updated Top Draft Prospect Rankings 2021 (not a mock draft) 1. Mayer (HS SS) 2. Lawlar (HS SS) 3. Leiter (Vandy SP) 4. Watson (WF SS) 5. Davis (Louisville C) 6. Rocker (Vandy SP) 7. House (HS SS) 8. Jobe (HS SP) 9. Madden (Texas SP) 10. Cowser (Sam Houston OF) 11. Frelick (Boston College OF) 12. McLain (UCLA SS)
  6. moonslav59
    I'm not arguing against all these points, but would you rather have untested prospects in the top 100 or not? Even top 150?
  7. moonslav59
    No doubt. Maybe 3-4 years to have a pretty good idea and 5 or even more to know enough.
  8. moonslav59
    Our top prospects by age groupings: 20 or under 4. Jimenez 8. Aldo Ramirez 10. Yorke 15. Lugo 16.Bonaci 18. Jordan 19. Freddy Valdez (PTBNL) 27. Blalock 47. Luis de la Rosa (PTBNL) 21-22 1. Casas 2. Downs 9. Bello 11. Mata (TJS) 14. Groome 20. Rosario 22. Arauz 23. Potts 25. Winckoski 35. Howlett 23-24 3. Duran 4. Houck 7. Ward (just had TJS) 12.Song 13. Ronaldo Hernandez 30. Grant Gambrell (PTBNL) 36.Marcus Wilson 60. Tyreque Reed (Rule 5) 25 or older 6. Seabold (on IL) 17. Wong 21. Bazardo 43. Kaleb Ort Major Leaguers younger than some on this list: 24 DHern 24 Devers 25 Whitlock (just turned 25 a few days ago) 25 Verdugo (turned 25 in May) 26 Dalbec & Arroyo
  9. moonslav59
    Our starters are struggling, but one reason the KC SP'er for tomorrow's game is named TBD is this... Possible starters the Sox will face and the team's recent numbers in their starts: IP H ER BB J Kower 8.0 14 11 6 8.0 9 8 5 K Bubic 8.0 9 6 4 8.0 9 8 3 9.0 10 4 3 B Keller 9.0 12 9 1 8.0 9 6 5 9.0 11 5 3 The Royals leaders in OPS in order of most PAs, this season: .715 Merrifield .767 Carlos Santana .853 S Perez .625 Soler .769 Beni (on 10 day IL, so we will not see him) .629 M Taylor ,563 Dozier .638 N Lopez .671 Alberto .592 Gutierez (Nobody else has more than 57 PAs) ERA leaders listed in order of most IP, this season 4.63 Minor 4.76 Singer (we will not face him) 6.14 Keller 4.01 Bubic 1.94 Duffy (on 10 day IL) 5.19 J Junis 1.85 S Barlow 1.99 J Brentz 3.99 E Santana 3.38 Staumont 4.32 G Holland 2.19 K Zimmer 8.35 Wade Davis 6.35 T Zuber 6.00 C Hernandez (No other pitchers with more than 11 IP)
  10. moonslav59
    They do pretty well with their rankings but certainly miss a lot. Also, some 2019 draftees did play some games in 2019 and some '19 and '20 draftees played fall or winter ball, but maybe not too much can be learned from that.
  11. moonslav59
    Very true, but many other teams have players drafted in 2019 and 2020 in the top 100 prospects list. None of ours are even close. Yorke might be top 200.
  12. moonslav59
    Big road series for the Sox. Can we keep the bats going? Will the extra day or rest help our pitchers? (We also have another off day after this 3 game series and before going to Tampa, next week.) Nick Pivetta (RHP) needs to turn things around. 6-2, 4.28 ERA, 80 SO After a fast start, Pivetta has struggled of late, posting a 6.08 ERA in his last five starts. This will be his first career start against the Royals. Pivetta is 3-1 with a 3.86 ERA on the road this season. Go Sox! Keep the mojo risin'!
  13. moonslav59
    TBR @ SEA: Let's hope their woes continue. NYY @ TOR: Hoping the Jays come to play, but someone has to lose, so either way, someone loses ground to the Sox, here. CWS @ HOU: Again, someone has to lose a half game to the Sox. Let's see if we can keep the bats white hot in KC, starting tomorrow.
  14. moonslav59
    It's the leadoff walks that really have killed us- many to weak hitters before the top of the order comes up to drive them in. 46 BBs to batters leading off an inning! (608 PAs)
  15. moonslav59
    Only 2 of 14 inherited runners allowed to score, since then, too. Both on May 6th, so no runs or IR's since May 6th!
  16. moonslav59
    How do we know if we have not seen good pitching or it was just good hitting beating good pitching? His point was that anytime we weren't hitting, it was because we were facing good pitching, even if the pitcher was not known for being all that good. Now, when we, and just about everyone else is hitting well, it must be poor pitching. Look, I agree that good pitching teams usually win vs good hitting teams, but it has never been to the extent some think it is. We've also seen teams win with great defense, base running and intangibles and without great pitching or hitting.
  17. moonslav59
    Yup, 9 days and 70 runs ago, our staff was a bright spot. 60 games before that: 3.81 ERA and 44 HRs allowed in 526 IP Last 9 games: 7.00 ERA (7 unearned runs allowed) 23 HRs allowed in 81 IP!
  18. moonslav59
    True. I failed to mention that those were the only two things that needed to be done before this rash of knee-jerk reactions and changes to the game. Rolling back almost all these recent moves was meant to be implied. My bad.
  19. moonslav59
    I was beginning to wonder/worry about our last two drafts. The 2019 one was never supposed to bring us anything great, as our first pick was #43, and the best player we took (Noah Song) still has military commitments, but Matthew Lugo, Cameron Cannon and Chris Murphy all still have some promise left in them, although none look like greats. The 2020 draft, where we lost our 2nd rounder for sign stealing, and Bloom's first draft is starting to look a little better, but still not all that great. 17. Nick Yorke 89. Blaze Jordan 118. Wu-Yelland 148. Shane Drohan Current soxprospects.com rankings for 2019-2020 drafts and IFAs: 10. Yorke 12. Song 15. Lugo 18. Jordan 23. Murphy 27. Blalock 28. Drohan 37. Cannon 38. Bleis '21 IFA 45. Wu-Yelland If we had known the last two drafts would only produce 4 top 20 team prospects and no top 9, we'd have thought our farm would have sucked. Some trades and rule 5 picks, as well as some nice 2018pick-ups have been the driver to our farm's significant improvement. A rise bigger and faster than I expected.
  20. moonslav59
    Simple: Go to baseballreference.com Type in "Jeff Bagwell" Scroll down "August 30, 1990: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Houston Astros for Larry Andersen." Anderson with an "e". Note: Sox management was so dumb, back then, that it never occurred to them that Bagwell or Boggs could be converted to a 1Bman.
  21. moonslav59
    Back to the pesky Rays: They have not lost two in a row since May 11-12, until last night. They have only lost 3 in a row, twice, and 4 in a row once, this year- all back in April. Maybe, this is the start of a losing stretch, which can and has happened. They started the season off by going 13-15, but since May 1st had gone 30-9 before these last 2 loses. They play at SEA for the next 4 days and then have a day off before hosting the Sox at home for 3.
  22. moonslav59
    My guess is not much will need to be changed after those two.
  23. moonslav59
    Robo ump at home and enforce the pitch clock. Problems solved.
  24. moonslav59
    As if making bad moves is not bad enough, their timing is horrific. We all know this was yet another knee-jerk reaction to the drop in offense. The constant tinkering is going to kill this game. All they had to do was enforce the pitch clock and start a home plate robo ump system, and we'd have been fine.
  25. moonslav59
    We've let up 8 Unearned Runs in 15 June games. There have also been a few runs allowed where just decent defense would have prevented them, but no error was given. 16 HRs given up in the last 5 games, and we are 3-2! We are single-handedly changing the 1968 pace of this season into a steroid era season.
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