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  1. 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.
  2. 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).
  3. moonslav59
    No, I missed it.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. moonslav59
    We knew he'd say "No," and we'd have not signed Eovaldi, if he said "Yes."
  7. 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.
  8. moonslav59
    It was one play of many that won the game for us.
  9. 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.
  10. 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."
  11. moonslav59
    The sad part is that we got to Morton pretty well.
  12. 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?
  13. moonslav59
    Which Sox starter gets demoted to the pen to get "burned out?"
  14. moonslav59
    Dalbec is at .845 for July. Can we now agree, he is not slumping?
  15. 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.
  16. moonslav59
    He's actually saying the Cashner deal was a waste or we need to bench Porcello, right?
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. moonslav59
    Another hard out.
  21. moonslav59
    Christian Vazquez. Man o man. (It worked for Sam!)
  22. moonslav59
    Sam Travis. Man o man.
  23. 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.
  24. moonslav59
    Snake bite game.
  25. 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.)
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