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  1. moonslav59
    OPS Against (notice all the pen arms): .438 Workman .614 Walden .616 Taylor .671 Barnes .677 DHern .687 Brasier .695 Sale .712 Lakins .728 ERod .758 Weber .759 Price .769 JSmith .795 Velazquez .802 Hembree .806 Porcello .815 Brewer .912 Eovaldi .963 Shawaryn .964 Cashner .972 Thornburg 1.013 Johnson K Rates (20+ IP) 16.4 DHern 16.0 Barnes 13.3 Sale 12.7 Workman 11.6 Taylor 10.8 Price 10.7 Hembree 9.0 Brasier 8.9 Walden 8.8 Eovaldi 8.7 ERod
  2. moonslav59
    I'd hate to lose Betts, and I'm on record with suggesting higher offers than just about anyone else is willing to give, but if we lose him, it's not like we won't spend that money elsewhere. We'll end up with something special, but I'd sure hate to see him go.
  3. moonslav59
    I guess I could have said our closer has been a louse.
  4. moonslav59
    True, and we may try and cut our losses by trading one of our 3 costly starters (paying part of their deals) to help with the reset and allow us budget flexibility to sign more under the radar players. Houston got this good by getting really bad for a few years. I'm hopeful we can get back to the top without using that model.
  5. moonslav59
    I agree, and although Holt has had injury issues, I'd try to keep him at a low cost. I'd play Chavis, Marco and Travis just about every game from now on. Bring up Dalbec, Chatham and Lin in September- maybe even Ockimey.
  6. moonslav59
    Barnes was actually on a long stretch of improving every year until 2019. Hembree was looking as good as ever, until his 2019 injury. Both should not be traded when their stock is low. Keep them for 2020, and maybe we trade them at the deadline, assuming we are resetting or out of contention.
  7. moonslav59
    I didn't want to call you a louse!
  8. moonslav59
    The great defensive JBJ in the spacious Seattle CF would instantly turn you into a contender!
  9. moonslav59
    Look at these numbers: OPS Player HRs 1.090 Alvarez 19 HRs in 252 PAs .973 Bregman 32 HRs .944 Brantley 19 HRs .937 Springer 27 HRs .922 Altuve 24 HRs .914 Correa 19 HRs .898 Gurriel 26 HRs W-L Pitcher ERA 15-5 Cole 2.75 15-5 Verlander 2.77 14-4 Greinke 2.83 13-4 Miley 3.13 Closer 3-3 Osuna 2.73 (31 saves) All I can say is, "WOW!"
  10. moonslav59
    Point taken. I'd add him to the list.
  11. moonslav59
    Of all players with 190+ PAs, here's how some of the top Offensive teams stcak up: Yanks: 12 players over .715, 12 over .765, 9 over .815 & 1 over .915 Sox: 10 players over .715, 9 over .765, 8 over .815 & 3 over .915 MN: 13, 13, 9, 3 HOU: 9, 8, 7, 5 LAD: 10, 9, 5, 2
  12. moonslav59
    Sox Everyday Players with an Eye Towards 2020: Listed by PAs with OPS Likely Returning: 612 Betts .888 573 Bogey .939 569 Devers .956 544 JD M .960 531 Beni .819 424 Vaz .803 382 Chavis .766 196 Holt .848 119 Travis .770 87 Marco .824 22 Lin .573 Unknown Status (maybe traded?): 467 JBJ .718 159 Leon .558 21 Pedey .243 Likely Not Returning: 240 Moreland .832 174 Nunez .548 99 Pearce .503 29 Swihart .695 17 Owings .310
  13. moonslav59
    Sox Pitching with and eye towards 2020: (Listed by IP with ERA) Likely Returning 161 ERod 3.92 147 Sale 4.40 105 Price 4.36 65 Walden 3.31 58 Workman 2.02 50 Barnes 4.32 46 Brasier 4.14 39 Eovaldi 6.64 38 Hembree 4.06 38 Taylor 2.87 23 DHern 3.47 Unknown Status for 2020 (traded?): 48 Brewer 4.32 48 Velaz 5.81 36 Cashn 6.94 31 Weber 4.35 29 Johns 6.83 13 Lakins 4.05 13 Shawa 8.53 6 Wright 8.53 4 Poyner 15.75 Likely Not Returning 144 Porcello 5.49 19 Thornburg 7.71
  14. moonslav59
    There once was a poster named House Who wanted all fires doused Our pen spread the fire No closers for hire So no way to rise from the mire.
  15. moonslav59
    Ouch!
  16. moonslav59
    Nice! How's this: Mal be da man That ain't no scam He in the Sox corner Since way before Werner So let's set this team a burnin' No
  17. moonslav59
    That's why I use ERA- or ERA+.
  18. moonslav59
    Not really. He could be DFA'd again. His return cost in trade should be between very little and extremely little. If you want to debate whether it might be Brian Johnson vs Hector Velazquez, then I'll stay out of that discussion. You never answered my question. Last year, you wanted JBJ. Would you trade Broxton for JBJ?
  19. moonslav59
    The discussion was about FA CF'ers AND player felt to be available or could be available at a low return cost. Clearly a guy who was DFA'd twice may be easy to trade for.
  20. moonslav59
    The Yankee pen is way better than ours. I'm not sure why you keep arguing against straw men. Was the Yankee pen way better than ours last year? (Hint, their top 3 guys were way better last year.) The Yankee starters got worse by much more than their pen, but that doesn't mean our pen is the only, let alone the main reason we are where we are.
  21. moonslav59
    Nobody has ever said the Sox pen is as good as the Yanks. The point was about what area is mostly to blame for the massive shift in the standing from 2018 to 2019. Most feel it is a combination of things, but you only blame the pen, despite oddles of evidence that shows our starters got worse by more than our pen from 2018 to 2019. You choose to blame only the pen, because the Yankee pen is way better than ours, despite the fact that the disparity between the two pens was greater last year- the year we won the whole thing. You choose to ignore the game by game analysis I did that clearly showed the starters lost more games for us than the pen and the pen won more games for us that the starters. Amen and good night.
  22. moonslav59
    Okay, it's 529 in 2019 over 200 or so PAs. JBJ's was .520 after 174 PAs this year. One will make $10.5M next year: the other maybe $600K. We are just talking about possible options for replacing JBJ in CF without losing anything on defense. It's a way to save $10M. Yes, we may have to give you Brian Johnson or some other guy we are thinking of DFA'ing, but so what?
  23. moonslav59
    It ain't happening, and the Sox will make sure it doesn't, even if it could, which it can't, so it won't, so there.
  24. moonslav59
    Workman cam into the game in 28 save situations and has 15 holds, 8 saves and 5 BS's. I'd say that's pretty decent. Chapman has had 40 save situations and has 35 saves, 0 holds and 5 BS's.
  25. moonslav59
    You fail to mention or give credit for all the games the pen started out behind and kept the team in the game for a win or to take the starter off the hook for the loss. Starter lets up 5 runs in 5 IP. Team comes back and takes the lead. Pen let's up 2 runs in 4 IP and gets a BS and all the blame for the loss. Where's the justice? Now, that didn't happen in every game, and certainly the pen blew way too many games, but do you really blame the pen fully, when they often let up way less runs per IP in games with the Blown saves? Earlier this season, I did a breakdown of every game, and who pitched better or worse in our wins and losses. It looked very clear that the pen was more responsible for more wins than the starters, and the starters were more responsible for more losses than the pen. Look for yourself. Yes, the pen sucked, but the starters sucked more and are more responsible for the turn around than the pen. Easily.
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