moonslav59

All I can say is, I wish we had gotten... G. Freakin' Stanton!

"Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it"

"Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb

In 14 out of 70 appearances, last year, barnes pitched more thaan 1.0 innings. Would it be a good idea to try and get him to go longer but with less appearances this year?

Clearly, there are issues when someone throws that hard and has a K rate of just 6.9.

LOL! Reportedly, Lester told his ex-teammates to "just have a beer and forget about it!"

It's one thing that has kept me away from most game threads for years. I'm not trying to come off as sanctimonious here, but it never ceases to amaze me how many posters rush to judgement on a player based on 1 pitch, 1 plate appearance, 1 play, 1 inning or even one full game. Baseball is a game of millimeters. Kelly's no movement 100 mph fastball worked pretty good last year. Now, after one partial inning, he sucks. Cora sucks. Vaz sucks. HRam sucks. Mookie sucks. It's just one freakin' game! (Your next post was a great one, MVP, and it explains, pretty well to me, why we didn't see Kimbrel in the 8th. I guess, in hindsight, one could argue we could have brought Kimbrel in in the 8th and someone else in the 9th (Smith?), but imagine if we'd gotten out of the 8th and then Smith blew the 9th. There's still be intense rancor.) I get the frustration and emotion that goes on during a meltdown. I've thought things like "YOU SUCK!" towards good player many times myself in the heat of the moment. I'm not trying to say or imply I'm better than anyone else, because maybe I can let go faster and more easily, but I'm just going to come out and say it. It bugs me how some poster hold onto a grudge or a feeling for so long and so intensely. The, one good performance the next day, and the same guy is great and a hero. I'm not sure how anyone can survive on such an emotional rollercoaster. I'd have died of a heart attack years ago.

Nunez may be one of the best 5+ position subs in MLB,and you're right, he hasn't been an iron man by any stretch of the imagination. However, I think our depth beyond our number one sub (Nunez) is as good as anyone's else beyond their first sub, if not better. C- Leon & Swihart 1B- Moreland, Travis, Swihart 2B/3B/SS- Hernandez, Holt, Lin OF- JMart, Holt, Swihart, Lin (Castillo) These guys aren't great, but no teams have great subs beyond their best sub. Some teams even have bad first subs.

It was "crappy" yesterday, but I think it's a pen that is better than it was last year- a year of pretty good pitching from our relievers.

I'm surprised!

It sucks that Bogey will never learn to hit the breaking ball. (sarcasm alert)

Yes. KC would say no- not the Sox.

We'd save $750K x 4 on the luxury budget with the trade.

I guess Ben knew he'd be done in 3 years! (LOL)

I'm wondering, if you're the only one who would not trade Pedey for Duffy straight up... other than the KC GM.

Yes, once again DS is hurt- no surprise!

Here's JBJ's monthly OPS numbers since August 2015 call-up: 1.163 .739 .807 1.175 .805 .839 .651 .731 .596 808 1.009 .596 .770 .517

Pedey plus $2M a year, Wright and Beeks.

Let's smack it around a lot on opening day!

Not a bad suggestion. Pedey owed $56M/4 ($13.75M against luxury budget) Duffy owed $60M/4 ($13M on luxury budget) Nunez goes FT, our defense gets worse, but our rotation and starter depth improves.

When Marco comes back, who goes? Trade? DFA Jerez?

I kinda doubt Pedey will be back in 60 days, so it might not matter much which one the placed on the 60-day DL.

While Duffy may not have gone 180+ neither have Wright, ERod and Johnson. Maybe they'd take Leon and a pitcher for a better pitcher. Are they looking for a 1Bman or do they feel happy with Schwindel (1.300+ in ST'ing)? If not, we could add Travis or Ockimey (or Chavis) to get a better return.

Have I meantioned lately that I'm just so glad we have... Chris Freakin' Sale!

No doubt, but we'd be better with beni in LF-- all else being even.