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  1. moonslav59
    Phillips was not on the 40 man roster by September 1st. He cannot be eligible for the playoffs. Makes you wonder why they didn't add him a few days earlier. It's not like Renda has a long future with the Sox.
  2. moonslav59
    BTW, we used 15 positional players today.
  3. moonslav59
    We are talking playoffs not regular season. We have 5 days off, play 2, have another day off, play 2, have another day off, play 1 and have another day off. That does not happen in the regular season. 11 pitchers has happened in the playoffs several times in the last decade for precisely the schedule shown above. For God's sake, the Sox went with 11 last year vs Houston. Not 2 decades ago. Last year! Not only did we go with 14 positional players, we left Chris Young off the roster! Guess what? We weren't the only team to go with 11 in last year's playoffs: the Cubs did, too. I think the Mets went with 11 in 2015. I'm sure there were more. The playoffs are different. There is no 5th starter needed and more days off than at any time during a regular season stretch. It's a 12 man staff without your 5th starter available.
  4. moonslav59
    Too bad no chance at playoff roster.
  5. moonslav59
    I'd like to see 11 pitchers, but we have only 2 positions where we might need defensive replacements, and both positions have no defensive depth. Nunez or Holt for Kinsler? Nope. Nunez or Holt for Devers? Meh...maybe. (Devers for Nunez? Nope.) The only bench we need is the Moreland-Pearce platoon at 1B, some depth at 2B/3B and a PH'er for our catcher(s).
  6. moonslav59
    If we carry 2 or 3 long men, we'd probably be alright in extra innings. (2 or 3 from Wright, Eovaldi, Pom, Johnson, Velazquez). When everyone was healthy, we carried 3 catcher. We also carried 12-13 pitchers. To me, this is the most important decision. I'm okay with 12 pitchers, but I want Leon to catch Sale and Porcello and Vaz to catch Price & ERod. Swihart has not caught one inning with any of those 4 guys all year.
  7. moonslav59
    I'm all for Wright, if he shows life this September. Bringing in Wright after Sale would be tantalizing.
  8. moonslav59
    Swihart or Lin might be our best bench runners next to Wright, of course.
  9. moonslav59
    Sandy "blows" on offense, but he's our starting catcher game one with Sale. Vaz probably catches Price in game 2, although Leon did very well with Price in limited action this year. Vaz has been ERod's caddy-pretty much, but he did great with Leon in limited time this year. Leon is the only guy who has caught Porcello this year. If Cora was going to play Swihart at catcher in the playoffs, wouldn't he have at least 1 inning with our top 4 starters this year under his belt, especially when you figure Vaz was out for weeks and weeks? Zero innings caught by Swihart with all 4 of our top starters. It's obvious he ain't starting a playoff game.
  10. moonslav59
    Good points, but I'm expecting our strong starting pitching to go deeper than 5 2/3 innings, and even if they don't, I think just about every pen arm could pitch in all 5 games without experiencing fatigue, unless one game goes 16 innings. I doubt Poyner makes the roster. He was held down in AAA while many of our current RP'ers were struggling. If we go with 12 pitchers, I'm guessing it's a long man like Wright, Pom, Johnson of Velazquez, so we can handle a 16 inning game or a couple games where the starter exits early. If we're using 10 pitchers in back-to-back games, chances are it doesn't matter who our 25th man is.
  11. moonslav59
    I'm for all 3. I am having my doubts about Vaz's defense as well, but I think he handles the pitchers better than Swihart.
  12. moonslav59
    1) Swihart can do more than catch. 2) Not using 3 catchers is not a good guide to evaluating the value of having 3 catchers. managers often do not PH for their catcher out of fear that the back-up might get hurt during the game. Having 3 catchers makes the first PH opportunity much more palatable for a manager. 3) Our catcher OPS is .554. It is pretty significant PH'ing someone like Moreland (.813) vs a RHP or Pearce (1.285) vs a LHP, even if it just for 1 AB.
  13. moonslav59
    Other debates... 12 man staff vs 11 man staff 2 catchers vs 3 catchers How many long RP'ers should we carry? (Wright, Pom, Eovaldi, Johnson, Velazquez) Last short guy (or one more long man) Thornburg, Workman or Poyner?
  14. moonslav59
    You mean, fiddee?
  15. moonslav59
    You JINXED THEM!
  16. moonslav59
    AL Team WAR Leaders Everyday Players 25.9 BOS 25.4 NYY 25.1 OAK 22.6 CLE 22.3 HOU 20.3 LAA 18.0 TBR AL Rank by Position: 1st RF 8.5 1st DH 6.2 2nd LF 4.4 5th SS 3.8 6th 1B 1.8 7th CF 2.4 13th 3B 0.4 14th 2B 0.2 15th C (-1.5) Pitching 26.6 HOU (SP: 19.5) 22.0 NYY (SP: 13.6) 19.4 BOS (SP: 14.5) 18.8 CLE (SP: 19.5) 14.8 TBR (SP: 9.7) Defense by UZR/150 8.2 BOS 6.7 CLE 4.3 KCR 3.9 LAA 3.8 NYY 14.6 SEA 12.1 OAK
  17. moonslav59
    Sox OPS Update: 1.053 Betts 1.048 JDM .953 Pearce (w/Sox) .864 Bogey .855 Beni .781 Moreland .757 Kinsler (w/Sox) .721 Devers .710 Holt .709 JBJ .667 Nunez .576 Swihart .553 Leon .545 Vaz
  18. moonslav59
    The Rays would be 1/2 game behind the division leader, the Rockies in the NL West. They'd be 1 behind the Braves and 3 behind the Guardians.
  19. moonslav59
    Soxprospects.com has this for next year's rosters: http://soxprospects.com/2019.htm Dalbec, Houck, D Hernandez & Feltman starting with Portland Lakins as the AAA closer. Mata in Salem. Not many surprises that I see.
  20. moonslav59
    My guess on tomorrow's line-up vs the RHP: 1. Holt RF 2. Beni CF 3. Moreland 1B 4. Bogey SS 5. Pearce LF 6. Nunez 3B 7. Devers DH 8. Kinsler 2B 9. Swihart C
  21. moonslav59
    I almost put Thornburg on the bubble. I have no beef with anyone who puts him there. I know I said "at this moment", and Devers hasn't shown anything since coming back, but the kid can hit. He also has shown he can hit in the clutch in big games. 2018 ISO .180 Devers .171 JBJ .128 Nunez .108 Kinsler .102 Holt 2017-2018 ISO .308 JD .236 Betts .200 Moreland .187 Devers .175 HRam .174 Bogey .172 Beni .164 JBJ .152 Nunez .082 Holt
  22. moonslav59
    Defense and pitch calling is not all there is to a catcher-pitcher relationship, but yes, it's a heck of a lot more important than offense. The pitcher-catcher combo goes up against 30-40 opponent PAs per game, sometimes more. Our catcher gets up 3-5 times a game on offense.
  23. moonslav59
    What largest? Season? .576 Swihart .565 Leon .545 Vaz That's the sample size that shows Swihart should start, or play more, or make the playoff roster over Vaz? I thought it was all about "once he started playing more." 2017-2018 combined is larger than 2018... .660 Vaz .608 Leon .579 Swihart How about career? .672 Swihart .643 Leon .637 Vaz 35 OPS points is worth upending SP'er comfort, success and preferences?
  24. moonslav59
    Here's how I see the playoff roster at this moment in time, assuming Sale and Price look healthy upon return: 17 Locks for ALDS SP: Sale, Price, ERod, Porcello RP: Kimbrel, Barnes, Brasier C: Leon 1B: Moreland & Pearce 2B: Kinsler SS: Bogaerts 3B: Nunez LF: Beni CF: JBJ RF: Betts DH: JD 7 Probable SP/Long Relief: Wright RP: Kelly, Hembree, Thornburg C: Vazquez 2B: Holt 3B: Devers That's 24: 11 Pitchers, 2 Catchers, 2 1B, 2 2B, 1 SS, 2 3B, 3 OF, 1 DH Bubble: 12th Pitcher: Pomeranz, Johnson, Velazquez, Workman, Poyner C/Utility: Swihart Outside chance: Lin I'd choose Swihart over Pom with maybe Workman having the best chance of overtaking both for the 25th slot.
  25. moonslav59
    ...and K'in hitters....
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