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  1. moonslav59
    I don't see much difference between the 2019 Porcello and Brian Johnson. Porcello is gone after this year, so we're talking maybe 9-10 more starts.
  2. moonslav59
    Would it matter?
  3. moonslav59
    I agree. If they think it is sending a message to the team, I'm not sure that works.
  4. moonslav59
    JBJ's 2019 Season: To May 20th: .421 (150 PAs) May 21-July 2 1.058 (152 PAs) July 3> .600 (95 PAs)
  5. moonslav59
    The problem with trading JBJ for a RP'er was at least two-fold. Any team trading for JBJ would be a contender and not likely to give up a quality RP'er. (It would have taken a 3 way deal.) We have no OF depth. Playing JD in the OF would be very risky. Playing Holt or Travis in the OF would be such a step down, the gain in the pen would not likely offset the loss in the OF. (Plus, who DHs with JD in the OF?)
  6. moonslav59
    We still could have traded far away prospects for a decent RP'er and not strayed from this philosophy.
  7. moonslav59
    If we fail to make the playoffs, I'd trade JBJ and reset the tax. I'd look for a 1 year rebuild and try to keep Betts after 2020. Porcello, Moreland & Pearce would be gone. We might not suck in 2020, because we'd still have Betts, Devers, Bogey, JD, Vaz, Beni and 4 rturning SP'ers, but I wouldn't spend a penny over the first tax line in 2020.
  8. moonslav59
    The rotation not only has to improve for us to have a chance: they have to shine. I'm not as optimistic about that ever happening, this year, but it is possible. The last 2 games, plus the last game with the Yanks were the anti-universe of 2018. Everything went right last year: nothing is going right this year (except Devers, Bogey & Vaz).
  9. moonslav59
    No, I missed it.
  10. moonslav59
    In hindsight, signing Morton instead of Eovaldi would have probably put us in the top WC slot. Hard to chose him last winter. Just about every other reasonable signing, except Ottavino look like busts. We need to stop looking at free agents as the only way to solve out issues, and as we start having more and more holes to fill and less and less budget space, we will be in a "can't make any mistake signings" situation. Our rotation will have to straighten itself out. I still have some hope, but it is diminishing with every Sale, Price & Porcello start.
  11. moonslav59
    I'm surprised we didn't make a minor deal for a decent RP'er. I almost feel like we should have been sellers, rather than do nothing.
  12. moonslav59
    We knew he'd say "No," and we'd have not signed Eovaldi, if he said "Yes."
  13. moonslav59
    A solid 1 goes 6-7 IP allowing 1-2 runs, maybe 3 sometimes. A solid 3 goes 5-6 IP allowing 2-3 runs, maybe 4 sometimes.
  14. moonslav59
    It was one play of many that won the game for us.
  15. moonslav59
    Team Record 17-5 with ERod 13-8 with Porcello 9-11 with Price 8-14 with Sale If I had told you we would be 30-13 in ERod/Porcello starts and that Price and Sale had 42 starts at this point of the season, you'd probably think we'd be on pace for 110 wins this year. Run support for Price and Sale has been sporadic and lacking, at times, but this is squarely on them. The pen has not helped, but to me, our top 2 starters have failed us.
  16. moonslav59
    Price should be the most well rested SP'er in our rotation. It's on him. He's been babied all year, and we needed him to step it up. He stepped down, last night, the same way Sale did in game 4 vs the Yanks. Our two "aces" have not been our "stoppers."
  17. moonslav59
    The sad part is that we got to Morton pretty well.
  18. moonslav59
    How is "burning out" Cashner as a RP'er any different than just trading for a RP'er? Who can we get that is better than Cashner, and how much will we give up?
  19. moonslav59
    Which Sox starter gets demoted to the pen to get "burned out?"
  20. moonslav59
    Dalbec is at .845 for July. Can we now agree, he is not slumping?
  21. moonslav59
    I don't get your distaste for multi-faceted stats. For one, just posting home and away stats, which is already done, does not take into account that no team plays the same away schedule as others- different parks & different opponents are just two major differences. It may not be perfect, but it is not "corruption". It is the opposite. It is trying to uncorrupt simple OPS and ERA. If you don't like 'em, ignore 'em. Plus, hardly anybody uses them to a great extent, anyways, so it's not like they are front and center 24/7.
  22. moonslav59
    He's actually saying the Cashner deal was a waste or we need to bench Porcello, right?
  23. moonslav59
    I share your concerns about not making some moves over the last few months, but the guy made mega moves to almost totally empty our farm to build a team that should be winning more than it is. We've run out of budget space. We've run out of prospects to deal for key pieces without totally blowing up any chance of a winning, extended future. We got where we are today and last year (and I'm not complaining) because DD has done way more than nothing.
  24. moonslav59
    JBJ lined out to 3B in a big opportunity. Others seemed to hit it hard and in the right direction, they just went right to the fielder.
  25. moonslav59
    SP: 4.1 IP 4 ER RP: 4.2 IP 2 ER But, we had a blown save, so let's blame the pen and RISP outs made.
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