moonslav59

Minor omission, LOL. Best Back-to-back seasons since 2014: W-L ERA/WHIP (ERA+) 29-12 2.56/0.924 (175) C Sale (12.9 bWAR) 32-11 3.81/1.303 (122) E Rod (8.8 bWAR) 28-16 3.18/1.149 (116) Richards (6.4 bWAR) 23-11 4.45/1.387 (94) Eovaldi (3.6 bWAR) 36-13 2.71/0.965 (167) C Kluber (9.8 bWAR) 33-14 3.18/1.092 (137) Severino (9.5 bWAR) 35-10 2.68/0.962 (164) G Cole (8.5 bWAR) 22-17 3.71/1.303 (109) Taillon (6.1 bWAR)

Not a bad pen, either.

Eovaldi might be the best candidate to move from the rotation to the closer slot, once Sale and ERod return.

You know, jacko, for all the crap I give you, I respect you a lot, and I know you know more about medicine and injuries than I do, but I'm not sure where you get your data from. 1) You once claimed Sale's velocity fell off a cliff, and the fangraphs graphs I provided showed a much less drop than you claimed. 2) You ignored Sale's success after his short-lived return, despite the drop in velocity. (His highest K rates of his career were 2017, 2018 and 2019, including a 13.3 K/9 in 2019. 3) Now, you mention that his "control suffered." When? True, his 2019 BB/9 (2.3) rate was higher than his previous few seasons, but his career BB/9 is 2.1, so that seems pretty slight when you factor in he was recovering while pitching. BTW, his last 3 games of 2019 saw him K 29 in 18.1 IP and walk only 2. His last 2 games, he had 25 Ks in 14.2 IP with 2 BB and 7 hits (1.84 ERA) Look, you may end up being right. You may even probably end up being right, but Sale was great as soon as 1.5 years ago. He's not old. Many pitchers have comeback from what he has suffered. You may end up eating your words. I'm not saying he will return to norm, but if he can come back to just 75% of his best, he could still be a great starter and possibly better than anyone on the Yanks, except Cole, assuming they don't "comeback" as well as he does. I realize many Yankee starters have "lesser injuries," but so do Eovaldi and Richards. (ERod is the biggest unknown.)

Bye-bye. I hear the O's are in need of new fans. Ozuna ain't coming here, even if we deal Beni.

Brad Hand to Nats for $10.5M/1.

Only pitchers on the Sox & Yanks for 2021: 7.6 Sale 2017 7.3 Cole 2019 7.2 Kluber 2017 7.2 Kluber 2014 6.2 Sale 2018 5.8 Cole 2018 5.6 Sale 2015 5.6 Kluber 2015 5.5 Kluber 2018 5.4 Severino 2018 5.3 Sale 2016 5.1 Cole 2015 5.0 Sale 2014 4.9 Kluber 2016 4.8 Sale 2013 4.7 Sale 2012 4.3 Richards 2014 3.9 Taillon 2018 3.7 ERod 2019 3.6 Sale 2019 3.3 Eovaldi 2014 3.2 Eovaldi 2015 3.2 Taillon 2017

Here is an interesting data bunch: Best Back-to-back seasons since 2014: W-L ERA/WHIP (ERA+) 29-12 2.56/0.924 (175) C Sale (12.9 bWAR) 32-11 3.81/1.303 (122) E Rod (8.8 bWAR) 28-16 3.18/1.149 (116) Richards (6.4 bWAR) 23-11 4.45/1.387 (94) Eovaldi (3.6 bWAR) 36-13 2.71/0.965 (167) C Kluber (9.8 bWAR) 35-10 2.68/0.962 (164) G Cole (8.5 bWAR) 22-17 3.71/1.303 (109) Taillon (6.1 bWAR) 11-7 3.84/1.248 (116) Montgomery (3.4 bWAR)

Because I traded Beni for a RP'er, and we'd need OF depth. (Maybe Miller would be better.)

Cole may be "far and away" the most durable on either staff, but when Sale is at his best, he's better than Cole. (One could argue Kluber is, too.) I know you have no respect for Sale and other Sox pitchers with health issues, and you may end up being proven right, but we'll see.

Finish the winter with... Trade Beni to SF for Ryes Moronta (RP with 4 years of team control). Sign Colome. Sign Pillar. Sign Marisnick. The healthy 26: Sale, Eovaldi, ERod, Richards, Perez, Pivetta (IL Sale>Brice/ IL ERod>Houck/Andriese) Colome, Moronta, Barnes, Brasier, D Hern, Taylor, Whitlock Vaz, Plawecki Dalbec Hernandez, Arroyo Devers Bogaerts Renfroe, Martinez (DH) Pillar, Marisnick Verdugo Meaningful farmhands: Houck, Mata, Seabold, Mazza Andriese, Valdez, Brewer, Bazardo Pereda Ockimey Downs Arauz Munoz Puello Duran Gettys

I don't see anything being called a risk, unless there is something to lose. Worst case- they break even. I suppose one of the long shot prospects might amount to a role player.

You forgot Means, and with him, YES! Cobb is done after one year. (Getting Santander allows us to trade Beni for a no cost player or prospect and be fine on the lux tax.)

I get that, but if he sucks, they've lost 4 guys worse than Chavis. What did they lose?

What was the risk? The guys they gave up are all worse than Chavis.

I'd rather have an extra RP'er of Marisnick.

Colome & Pillar

Santander, too. Maybe if we took Cobb off their hands, they'd not want too much back. Downs, Ward, Chavis & Pivetta for Means, Santander & Cobb was accepted by BTV.

To bad the O's have so few good players to "raid."

It was nothing short of a big steal. It makes me wonder about the doubts every other GM must have on Taillon. He's not just a one year pitcher. He's not expensive.

Pitt should just fold, despite the nice stadium. They will never win it all or come close, again.

Thanks for the specifics. Since we probably want to keep him under 120-140 IP, too, it makes sense to keep him at AAA for a couple months. It may not be April and May, as Sale & ERod will likely start the season on the IL, and Eovaldi is always a coin toss. We may end up sending him down, once a starter comes off the IL.

Yankess get Taillon for 4 prospects- none of which are all that great, according to reports. I wish we had gotten him, despite my wish to keep the farm strong.

I'd be surprised if 3 of these 5 are FT players for the Sox in 2023: Wong Duran Rosario Casas Downs (Least likely on top)

You win! mlbtr reports: The Pirates will receive four prospects in return. ESPN.com’s Jeff Passan (Twitter link) reports that the minor leaguers in question are right-handers Miguel Yajure, Roansy Contreras, infielder Maikol Escotto and outfielder Canaan Smith.