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  1. moonslav59
    Both sample sizes are under 90 IP, which is significant, but not really all that large. There are bigger catcher disparities with other pitchers. I've shown the starter ones often enough, here are some RP'er CERA numbers (career): Barnes: 3.58 w Vaz (.635 OPS against) 3.81 w Leon (.688) 4.50 w Swihart (.803) Brasier: 1.27 w Leon (.464 in 21 IP) 1.80 w Swihart in 10 IP 3.71 w Vaz (.712 in 17 IP) Workman: 3.46 w Vaz (.654 in 81 IP) 3.57 w Leon (.782 in 35) 4.03 w AJ P (.647 in 45) 5.oo w Salty (.728 in 18) 5.12 w Lava (.800 in 19) Joe Kelly: 2.81 w Y Molina (.721 in 176 IP as a starter) 3.23 w Vaz (.619 in 98) 4.31 w Leon (.785 in 56) 4.48 w Swihart (.698 in 74) 4.83 w Hanigan (.761 in 91 some as a starter) Kimbrel: 0.00 w DRoss (.242 in 41 IP--AMAZING!!!) 0.68 w Laird (.306 in 27) 1.82 w McCann (.500 in 158 IP) 1.94 w Leon (.499 in 79) 1.95 w Vaz (.495 in 88) (Almost identical numbers with all 3!) 2.01 w Norris (.581 in 45) 2.06 w Gattis (.552 in 48) 16.62 w Swihart (.813 in 4.1 IP)
  2. moonslav59
    Truer words have never been spoken.
  3. moonslav59
    I'm not sure what other options there are, other than picking up a DMac/Podsednik type cheapee. I don't like risking JD's health by playing him in the OF any more than just in NL parks or emergency situations. Moving Chavis to the OF, so Pedey gets another look may give JBJ the sit-down/phantom IL he may need very soon. I've not given up on JBJ, but a continuing .409 OPS is unacceptable.
  4. moonslav59
    I'm JBJs biggest fan, but no great defense makes up for a .409 OPS. I'd give him a couple more weeks.
  5. moonslav59
    Well said.
  6. moonslav59
    I wasn't trying to say Hembree had a better playoffs, and that's why I showed the IP and the fact that Hembree walked 5 in 4.2 IP. My point was, it shouldn't be totally surprising that HH has had a very nice mini-stretch this year. He's had a few throughout his career, then it's back to mediocrity, or worse, just like Kelly.
  7. moonslav59
    Last 2 weeks: 1.101 Betts 1.088 Chavis 1.039 Vaz .907 Devers .767 Nunez .716 Beni .716 Bogey .713 Moreland .708 Leon .649 JD .451 JBJ .291 Pearce
  8. moonslav59
    7 starters over .783 is pretty impressive. 6 over .803.
  9. moonslav59
    Top Sox OPS Over 99 PAs .912 Betts .858 JDM .826 Moreland .822 Vazquez .813 Beni .803 Bogey .783 Devers .409 JBJ 19-98 PAs 1.060 Chavis (71) .695 Swihart (29) .573 Lin (22) .546 Leon (28) .459 Nunez (61) .273 Holt (19) .243 Pedey (21) IP Pitcher ERA 44 Sale 4.50 37 Porcello 5.11 37 ERod 5.40 36 Price 3.75 22 Velazquez 4.03 21 Eovaldi 6.00 20 Walden 1.77 18 Workman 1.53 17 Hembree 3.63 16 Brasier 3.45 15 Barnes 1.76 15 Thornburg 7.98 14 Brewer 5.79 6 Johnson 12.71 4 J Smith 8.31 4 Weber 0.00 3 E Ramirez 12.00 3 Lakins 3.38 2 D Hernandez 0.00 1 Poyner 18.00 1 Nunez 9.00 Walden+Workman+Hembree: 2.28 ERA 55.1 IP 14 ER 27H 25 BB 67K
  10. moonslav59
    Tony C. would have, if only...
  11. moonslav59
    2018 Playoff ERA 0.00 Hembree 0.79 Kelly Although Kelly had 11.1 IP to Hembree's 4.2 (no hits but 5 BBs).
  12. moonslav59
    Maybe. Maybe some understate them.
  13. moonslav59
    John Henry's teams have nothing to do with Dick Williams. Williams was a very fine manager, but he's in the HOF for what he did with other teams-- not the Sox.
  14. moonslav59
    Strength of teams on paper is a big factor, but I'm just going by what I see and have seen. I wasn't a Sox fan and didn't watch the Sox until the early 70's. Cora is the best I've seen.
  15. moonslav59
    One year that lost game 7. BTW, Farrell had a last to first & ring to his credit, as well as a first to last-last.
  16. moonslav59
    1) I didn't bring up Jimmy Williams. 2) Dick Williams had 3 years to win a ring in Boston and got zero. 3) Cora 1 Williams 0 I respect your point of view as well, and have supported Dick Williams in the debate vs Terry F. To me, Cora instilled "fire & desire" into a team that had a history of bonehead plays, lack of focus and more. Yes, he had a nice team, on paper, but he turned the team around.
  17. moonslav59
    We are so lucky Trump only hired the best people.
  18. moonslav59
    We're 1.5 GB the Guardians for the last wild card slot, and they just lost kluber. We're 3.0 behind the Yanks (4 in loss column). We're 5.0 behind the Rays (6 in loss column). Last 10: 8-2 Sox 6-4 TBR 6-4 NYY 4-6 CLE
  19. moonslav59
    He was great, but my point was best SOX manager of all time. (BTW, I was around in '67, but was not a Sox fan then.) I might agree the Dick Williams was the greatest manager to have ever coached the Sox during his career, and 9th to the WS is an amazing accomplishment, but the other two years were troublesome, he never won a ring, and apparently Yaz undermined his authority.
  20. moonslav59
    Funny!
  21. moonslav59
    I remember Dick Williams, and yes, Terry was good, too, but saying any Sox manager is the best ever is not saying all that much. BTW, Terry had massive amounts of talent. Williams not as much, but then again, he never won a ring.
  22. moonslav59
    He's the best we've ever had. I'm not sure how he thinks of himself.
  23. moonslav59
    Losing Eovaldi and Johnson along the way made it worrisome, and hopefully Price only misses 2 starts, but our starting staff was always very good: they were just all having a bad stretch at the same time.
  24. moonslav59
    True, but we were 6-13 vs the same level teams before, so we are getting better.
  25. moonslav59
    I refuse to even look.
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