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  1. moonslav59
    Lousy teammate? Where do you get this crap? Again, nobody ever wanted to get rid of Bogey for X, so stop the Iggy vs Bogey strawman stuff. We wanted Iggy & Bogey. It was Iggy vs Middy, Iggy vs Drew and Iggy vs any other 3Bman in our system until 2015.
  2. moonslav59
    I honestly thought I wrote "with Boston," but I did not. To me, Iggy was better from 2013-2015- the same time period Drew was with us ('13-'14), and the time Iggy was still under team control from his original contract (to '15, I believe). Yes, Iggy got hurt with the Tiger in 2014, but even the offensive numbers from 2013-2015 were better than Drew's, and that was the one thing Drew supposedly had on Iggy- Offense. OPS 2013-2015: .725 Iggy (.348 OBP and 16 SBs) .674 Drew (.288 OBP and 7 SBs) To be fair, Drew had a better UZR/150 than Iggy during this period (10.2 to 7.1). It's like our impressions of these two were upside down.
  3. moonslav59
    I have little "faith" the Yanks will win it all. (I don't like the word "faith" when talking about any other team,let alone the Yankees.) I'd put the Astros & Dodgers ahead of the Yanks. Cleveland (especially if Kluber returns) and some other NL teams could surprise. 1) Astros 2) Dodgers 3) Yankees
  4. moonslav59
    Simply put. Spot on. I can't remember a time where I wouldn't blink an eye, if we DFA'd any one of 10 guys on our current 40 man roster: Owings Curletta Kelley Josh Smith Shawaryn Weber Maybe... Reyes Lakins Poyner Then, there are the lame duck vets... Pearce Cashner Leon Maybe not DFA, but not part of our future plans: Porcello Moreland Pedroia (Maybe Wright, Brewer, Brasier, Hembree, Johnson, Velazquez and Travis) I think the list of keepers is almost shorter.
  5. moonslav59
    How many did he boot? How many tough plays did Drew make? 2 plays is all you are basing your judgement on. One at a very bad time. (In guess you must be one of those guys who bashed Buckner to bits.) The one thing Drew had going for him was his offensive edge, yet Iggy outhit him in the regular season and the playoff series. Drew was horrible the next year, and the whole Iggy vs Drew debate (it was never Iggy vs Bogey) was about more than just 2013. It was about improved defense and a better future.
  6. moonslav59
    No problem. No offense taken.
  7. moonslav59
    Can we play the rest of our games away from Fenway?
  8. moonslav59
    It's a snake bite year. Typical to leave it all to Owings. For those still on the bandwagon, it's time to notice the 4 flat tires and the blown transmission.
  9. moonslav59
    The funny thing about 2013 was that Iggy out OPS'd Stephen Drew .785 to.777. Then, Drew fell off a cliff at the plate- going 6-54 in the playoff (.111) and then... .536 in 2014 .652 in 2015 I just don't buy the Drew was better at that time in their careers. His past was better at that point, but he sure declined quickly at and after age 30. Iggy's defense at SS would have made up for any loss on defense with Bogey at 3B, and it's not like we have had great defense at 3B from 2013 to the end of Iggy's control year.
  10. moonslav59
    Like Leon?
  11. moonslav59
    No, but had DD been perfect and signed Morton and Ottavino, instead of Pearce and Eovaldi, how many wins would that have amounted to? Per Year: 2019: $24M ($15M Morton +$9M Ottavino) $23.5M ($17M Eovaldi+ $6.25M Pearce) Total $74.25M ($68M Eovaldi + $6.25M) $57M ($30M Morton + $27M Ottavino) We'd have saved $15+M overall, too.
  12. moonslav59
    We could have had more money for the pen had we not signed Pearce. With about $4M to spend at the break, that could have been 2 pitchers making $6M each this year. I thought that was the idea on why we waited so long. DD could have gotten decent RP'ers had he wanted to. Now, maybe they'd have sucked once they got here- like Cashner as a SP'er.
  13. moonslav59
    3 and under, 4 and under, 5 and under (GS total) Sale 2018: 2, 3*, 9 (27) *all 3 were in last 4 starts 2019: 1, 2, 7 (25) Price 2018: 1, 3, 8 (30) 2019: 3, 4, 10 (21) Top 2: '18: 3,5,17 out of 57 '19: 4,6,17 out of 46 Porcello 2018: 2, 4, 9 (33) 2019: 2, 2, 7 (25) Not much different from 2018.
  14. moonslav59
    Our 5th starter and beyond have sucked, although we have a winning record with them and them plus Porcello. A lot of those numbers are affected by Sale and Price. QS% 2018>2019 63>52 Sale -11% 60>43 Price -17% 48 >44 Porcello -4% 30>52 ERod +22% 27>20 Eovaldi -7% 5 & 6 starters: 2018: 21%(3 in 14) 18% Pom (11 GS)> 33 Weber (3GS)+15% 2019: 40% (4 in 10) 75% Wright (4GS)>17 Cashner (6GS)-58% Scrubs: 2018: 4.5% (1 in 22 starts) 8% Johnson (13), 0% Velazquez (8), 0% Beeks (1) & Cuevas (1) 2019: 0% (0 in 17 starts) 0 Johnson, Velazquez, Smith, Hernandez (17 starts combined) Porcello has a better QS% than Price, this year! Shocking, huh? I thought he might raise it tonight, but now I'm not so sure.
  15. moonslav59
    Would his arb be much lower, if he ends up at .699 this year?
  16. moonslav59
    Maybe another hot streak is just beginning, and I can eat crow after we streak to the playoffs. Or not.
  17. moonslav59
    Rumors of JD's death have been greatly exaggerated!
  18. moonslav59
    We've always seen eye to eye on this one. 100%.
  19. moonslav59
    I get that and agree. He signed very few scrubs (Erasmo Ramirez and Colten Brewer- a RP'er and traded for only one (Cashner). There were more out there. There were minor deals at the deadline that were not made.
  20. moonslav59
    You do know, we may have 6-10 more "bullpen" games, this season.
  21. moonslav59
    With the budget limits, all he could have done was add more scrubs. I agree, he should have done so, but it's not like he had many choices beyond the Eovaldi & Pearce signings.
  22. moonslav59
    I don't diagree, but if he ends up adding proof to the point that he sucks the second time through, he can still be very valuable as a 2-3 inning guy.
  23. moonslav59
    I get your point, but I offer this: If a pitcher can get through 9 batters in good shape, he is worth keeping around. I'm not saying Johnson has proved he can do even this, but if he does well for the rest of the season, he'll have an inside shot at making the 25 man roster, next year. (He's out of options.) 2019: 1st time PAs (as SP): .646 (2nd best on Sox)/1.281 as RP'er in 30 PAs 2nd time PAs: 1.133 OPS (2nd worst on Sox)/ 1.85 as RP'er in 5 PAs Career: .780 1st PA as SP/ .827 as RP .852 2nd PA as SP/.856 as RP Maybe we should use him like the Rays do sometimes: start him, and let him go 9 batters, then bring in the "real" SP'er. This will lessen the innings our pen needs.
  24. moonslav59
    Hell, no, but the DH argument would not be made. That was kind of my point. JD's bat has been worth $22M alone. I don't want him in the field, except in NL parks, and even then, I'd rest him on some those days, instead of others. Will it be worth that much going forward? Stay tuned.
  25. moonslav59
    I get that, but you know the Pandora's Box was opened.
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