moonslav59
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aren’t we like 5-5 vs the O’s? I’m not sure playing them a lot is why we have the best record in MLB. -
It’s hard to think we’d have lost without him.
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The Big Three's OPS out of the gate: .737 Duran (23 AB) .569 Downs (23) .417 Casas (18 at AA) Other notables: 1.513 Mieses (16) 1.164 Santana (10) 1.024 Rosario (16) .937 Wilson (18) .762 Munoz (21) .381 BA .742 Jimenez (26) .523 Yorke (20) .161 Ockimey (18)
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What's even worse is that had we signed Scherzer instead of Pablo/HRam/Castillo, we wouldn't have signed Price the next year!
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There is no sugar-coating Brice. With the Sox, he has a 6.75 ERA and a 1.602 WHIP. How long is this clown's leash?
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Even if Means pitches a no hitter every time out, they'd probably still finish last.
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He's only had 19 ABs, this year. He's a lefty killer, but the bad part is that he's on the wrong end of a possible Dalbec platoon.
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At the time, I felt Price had the record to be as good as anyone who had come along in a long time, with the possible exception of Scherzer, who was there the year before, but even Scherzer's record wasn't as good over a longer time period. I thought it was an overpay, but that's a given when signing an ace, but I felt it was needed and would work out better than it did. I'm just glad we were able to dump half his contract those last 3 years on his deal.
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While Mountcastle is younger, I like Dalbec's career OBP better. Mountcastle just turned 24 and has a .328 OBP in the minors, although it was .344 in AAA. Dalbec turns 26, soon, but he has a .363 OBP in the minors.
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Agreed. I'd call up Santana, Arauz, and even Ockimey before the big 3 prospects.
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I'm almost alwayd for adding and ace as the best way to take a major step forward. The cost has gone through the roof, and the Price example is fair warning, but sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do. I'm not sure, if this winter is the right time, and many of the best starters are over 37, so maybe we'll see a shorter term deal with one of them in hopes of bridging us to the next ace.
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He's a plus fielder who has gotten off to a bad start on O and D. He deserved a 5 week plus look, and now it might be time to start cutting back on his playing time or consider letting him "work it out" at AAA, once Santana is ready.
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It was not a "decent April." He sucked, then, and still sucks. ERA for RP'ers is near useless. He had a WHIP of over 1.500 in April. It's been 2.500 the last 7 days and 2.333 the last 14 days. His days with the Sox should be over, already.
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It should give all of us pause, but he'll get his look, soon, and rightfully so. Casas, Downs and Duran likely need more time, anyway, and AAA just got underway.
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I agree. I do think he won't spend just for the sake of spending, and he may end up not thinking the best pitchers available, this winter, are worth their price tag. I could see him signing 2 moderately good pitchers, instead, which is usually not my favorite strategy, but a lot depends on how Sale looks and what happens with ERod. If Sale looks like the old Sale and we can extend ERod, we might be fine looking for another guy like Richards, as well as exercising Garrett's option for 2022, too. With Barnes and Ottavino both FAs, we may need to spend large there, this winter. We may put off spending at 1B, 2B and OF, again this winter. We should know more about Dalbec & Casas, Arroyo & Downs, and Kike & Duran.
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He also had a decent rookie year with MN with a 430 PA sample size. .319/.353/.472/.824 41 XBH 20 SB (4 CS) (In between, he was a god awful .575 in 735 PAs.)
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I've made this point, before, and one can argue SP'ing is one of our top 4 high need areas. According to soxprospects.com, there are our top prospects, as of now: 1B Casas 2B Downs CF Duran SP Whitlock SP Houck OF Jimenez SP Seabold SP Ward It's no mistake Bloom did not go out and spend large and long at these 4 positions. On top of this, we also have other depth at some of these areas- some AAAA types, some more promising: 1B: Chavis, Santana, Ockimey (kills LHP) 2B: Chavis, Santana, Arauz OF: Santana, Puello, Gettys (This area is thin) P: (Besides moving Whitlock to SP) Weber, Gossett, Hart, Politi & others (also thin)
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Bloom seems like the perfect fit for our biggest needs. The most interesting part of his era might be when he's given a fatter wallet. (This winter?)
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...and Chavis.
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Maybe he should try a knuckleball.
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I'm enjoying the ride. I know it may not last, but these guys are fun to watch- win or lose. I look forward to seeing some youth coming up, at some point, too.
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Maybe blue balls.
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I swear Brice has some compromising information on Bloom. What else can it be? Spin rate- shmim rate!
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It also makes me rethink how "bad" some of Bloom's gambles were last season. Maybe he chose wisely but was just off by a year on some of these guys. Also, look what we got from the Rays for two guys I thought should be simply DFA'd.
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Bobby has always had a nice OBP, too, so he's not a one trick pony. He may need some time at AAA or as a platoon, but I'm still confident he can and will become a decent MLB player or better.
