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  1. moonslav59
    Another hard out.
  2. moonslav59
    Christian Vazquez. Man o man. (It worked for Sam!)
  3. moonslav59
    Sam Travis. Man o man.
  4. moonslav59
    We hit the ball hard for a lot of those outs- some very hard. It's hard to see that 3/13 as choking. It's another snake bite game. Pulling this out in the ninth might snap us out of this trend, but I'm not feeling optimistic.
  5. moonslav59
    Snake bite game.
  6. moonslav59
    I'm no expert on Sale, but he has lost some velocity. The "juiced ball" has taken some of the movement away from breaking balls. Sale is trying to adjust to these changes. I have faith he will get back on track, but I have no idea how long it may take to do so. I'm hopeful it will happen before October, and maybe he'll finally break the mold of late season decline and be the ace when we need him most. BTW, Price gets paid more than Sale and is pitching like an ace (for 5 innings/game). ERod has been our true ace for 2+ months. Maybe we just need Sale to be a solid #3 this year and be a co-ace in 2020 and beyond. (We basically won without him, last year.)
  7. moonslav59
    What time is the deadline? Id it something like 5 pm?
  8. moonslav59
    Do you consider the Cashner deal "big?" I think we'll see a deal or two like that for a RP'er(s). Decent but not great arm or two.
  9. moonslav59
    I doubt we'd have kept Kimbrel, even if we had $20M more "cap space."
  10. moonslav59
    The Yanks and Astros will likely make a major move or two at the deadline, and Sox fans will panic and call DD a do-nothing goof ball GM. We should not be sucked into a reactionary deal. Just make a move or two for a solid pen arm(s) and call it a day.
  11. moonslav59
    Trading any pre-arb or first arb year players makes little sense, unless we obtain a team controlled, low cost player in return. To me, the most likely regular to be traded now or next winter is JBJ. He can be replaced with a low cost, defensive FA. Keep ERod. Keep Devers, Beni, Barnes & Vaz.
  12. moonslav59
    Every team has areas of weakness. Some have more than one area. Yes, the trend seems to show that pens are more and more important, but almost every WS winner creates a new mold that fans next think is essential to winning. We won last year with many feeling our pen was weak beyond Kimbrel, yet we won it all with Kimbrel pitching poorly for much of the playoffs.' Sure, I'd love to have a much better pen, but I think a modest improvement is about all we can expect, and it just might be enough.
  13. moonslav59
    Agreed. We do have one ring as a WC team, and our rotation still has the ability to round into a top 3 force. Anytime you have a top 3 rotation that is 3 or 4 deep, you increase your odds of winning a ring. Add to that a top offense with decent defense and base running, and we may have a good shot as a WC entry. I'd like to see us trade for the best RP'er we can get for 2-3 low level prospects and maybe make a deal for a second decent RP'er for A-level prospects. If someone wants Shawaryn, Velazquez or Johnson, I may offer them with a single A prospect, but I would not trade a top 10 prospect for pen help, especially if it is just a rental arm.
  14. moonslav59
    I don't see going all in for Diaz as being a good move. He won't make us a top favorite to win a ring or even increase the odds enough to be worth trading away even more of our future. I also think there is a good deal out there that does not involve Dalbec, Casas, Mata, DHern, Duran, Chatham or a regular.
  15. moonslav59
    We need a RP'er much more than a SP'er. We have limited prospects to trade and little budget space. I don't get all the talk of trading for a SP'er at this point in the season. If it's about 2020 and beyond, maybe, but I still see Eovaldi returning to the rotation next year.
  16. moonslav59
    We need to keep as many near ML prospects as possible, especially ones that can play P, 1B and 2B in 2020 and OF in 2021.
  17. moonslav59
    Now that Chavis is no longer considered a prospect, soxprospects.com has these rankings (+/- from last rankings): 1. Casas +2 2. Dalbec +2 3. Duran +11 4. Mata +6 5. DHern -3 6. Chatham +2 7. Groome -1 8. Jimenez +8 9. Houck -4 10. Flores -3 11. Lugo NR 12. Cannon NR 13. Song NR 14. Howlett -3 15. Decker -3 16. Feltman -9 17. D Diaz -3 18. Northcut -1 19. Shawaryn -4 20. Ward +18
  18. moonslav59
    I agree. We will trade a couple no names, like the Cashner deal, for a decent RP'er and call it a day.
  19. moonslav59
    I don't think the sample size of Chavis is big enough. Marco's is fraction of MC's. Chavis is at .702 since May 6th. That's 281 out of his 344 PAs this season. Chavis & Marco still have a lot to prove. Look, I've said all along I'm for not signing any right side IF'ers this winter. Let's save some money and go with Chavis, Marco, Dalbec, Chatham and Lin. Maybe bring back Holt, if he does not cost too much. If we end up competing next year and need to upgrade, we can deal with that at the 2020 deadline. My point is that we should not count on either of them as sure bet ML'ers, let alone pluses this early in their career. Chavis's offense would be a plus at 2B, but he has to improve to be a plus at 2B. Marco has to prove he can stay healthy AND hit well enough. He's doing well at AAA, now, so there is hope, but he is far from proven.
  20. moonslav59
    He should have a chance to prove he deserves a shot at winning the 2B job next year, and has all next year to produce. His last arb year is 2022, so he has 2.3 years left. He needs to stay healthy. He needs to show he can play steady D. He needs to over.750, unless he can play plus D.
  21. moonslav59
    I was Marco's biggest supporter for 3 plus years, but I am not sold on his being counted on for anything more than a utility role. He has to prove 2 major things, to me: 1) Durability 2) Performance level over a valid sample size.
  22. moonslav59
    You are right, because he will never play 2B. Dalbec did win Defensive Player of the Year, so he can't be all that bad.
  23. moonslav59
    Exactly. As of right now, he has the 1B/2B job (2019 & 2020), and it needs to be taken away by someone better or he has to prove he doesn't deserve it. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, but a 69 game more recent sample size vs his first 14 game sample size should be very worrisome to any Sox or Chavis fan. The guy has power. The guy has had some huge hits. The guy has had some mammoth HRs. There are a few high K hitters that can stick around. Most walk a lot, too, which is something Chavis has never really done. High K, high power and decent OBP is usually the formula for his type surviving. You rarely see his type improve on the K rate by all that much. Here is his history: 2019 .331 OBP (which is decent, but it is .302 over his last 68 games) 33.1% K rate 4.7% HR rate (which is 30 HRs per 650 PAs) AAA .329 OBP (82 PAs) 25.6 K rate 7.3% HR AA .337 OBP (413 PAs) 22.0 K 4.8% HR
  24. moonslav59
    Yes. Sale will not be traded and should not be traded. Sale will not be moved to the pen and should not be. We will be patient as he re-invents himself into a different type of ace. I'm hopeful he will be in top form by October.
  25. moonslav59
    I think sarcasm. I agree with your Marco assessment in your previous post.
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