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  1. 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.
  2. I didn't want to call you a louse!
  3. The great defensive JBJ in the spacious Seattle CF would instantly turn you into a contender!
  4. 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!"
  5. Point taken. I'd add him to the list.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. That's why I use ERA- or ERA+.
  12. 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?
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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?
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. ...yes, when they move him back to LF after the failure in center.
  21. The point was about how much value a guy who has been DFA's twice this year has. Last year, you wanted JBJ. How about JBJ for Broxton and a prospect?
  22. If MN losses every game, that means CLE wins those 6 games. They'd have to lose almost their other games. Our only hope is MN goes 6-24 and CLE goes 8-22, because we won't even win half our next games.
  23. You won't even pay lip service to the decline of our SP'ing. It makes your claim less convincing when you use words like "only." SP'ing 2018-2019: 2018: 68-38 (56 No decisions) 13 games SP'er left with lead followed by BS/21 games SP'er left while behind but did not get the loss. 22 "Cheap wins" and 5 "Tough losses" 2019: 42-44 (46 No decisions) 14 games SP'er left with lead and BS/19 games SP'er left behind and team came back to tie or take lead 11 "Cheap wins" and 6 "Tough losses" The decline is MASSIVE! Ignoring it is worse. Want more? 2018: SP: 3.77 ERA/ .697 OPS Against RP: 3.72 ERA/ .700 OPS Against 2019: SP: 5.02/ .774 ERA UP 1.25 and OPS UP .077 RP: 4.16/ .722 ERA Up only 0.44 and OPS only up .022. Okay, the save% went from 70% to 51% in 49 games, but the QS% went down from 41% to 36% in every game (132).
  24. I just did. See below your post. The 2018 top 5 guys were better in 2018.
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