moonslav59
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Everything posted by moonslav59
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The pessimism is never-ending.
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I was countering the point about our top 3 guys. I did not forget CC. Nobody can.
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Sometimes players just go through tough stretches. Maybe he failed to adjust to something pitchers found out about him. Maybe, he just stopped pulling balls he should have pulled. Maybe he has an injury that has been kept quiet. Maybe, maybe... Maybe he busts out of the slump this October.
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Does 4 and 4 look all that scary? Severino 1-1 5.63 Tanaka 2-2 1.44 Happ 1-1 3.72
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Or, the Sox -Braves as the Braves used to play in Boston.
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I lived in Milwaukee from 1967 to 1971. We were two blocks from the old County Stadium. The Packers used to play a game there every year. I became a Brewer fan when the Seattle Pilots moved there. I was a big Tommy Harper fan (hit 30-30 in his first year in MIL). When Harper was traded to the Sox at about the same time we moved to Maine. I became a Sox fan. I'd love to see MIL-BOS in the WS.
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Cubs to the WC play-in!
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I'm not sure about 120, especially for Sale, but I do expect extra, if they are doing well.
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If they play a 3 game series, it would mean the teams without a play-in series would have to wait a week or more to play. That's not fair either. We can't go to 8 teams per league, as more teams would make the playoffs than would sit. It's either go to 4 teams per league or have a play-in game. It may look like this is not fair to the Yanks with 100 wins, but think about all the times 95+ win teams didn't even make the playoffs, including the Sox in 1977 and 1978
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We both broke records for most wins in a season.
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Let's hope things end the same way.
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Never losing 4 in a row is amazing! 5 positions with an OPS over .825 and only 2 below .711. 5 batting slots over .796 and only 2 below .684. .854 OPS in High Leverage. Pitching? Home and Away Opps against both between .695 and .703. .649 OPS against in High Leverage.
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I'm impressed with the jump growth on offense from Bogey. We really needed upticks from a few of our players after 2017's near total downturns. (Only Vaz went up last year.) It's also nice to see JBJ put together a solid 4 months after having a month where he hit the ball hard with little success. I think this has been his longest stretch of consistently good hitting. If Beni can bounce back, we're looking at 5 solid hitters (Betts, JD, Bogey, Beni & JBJ) and some good supporting hitters like Pearce, Devers and Holt to go along with those 5. Maybe Moreland, Kinsler and a catcher can contribute here and there, too.
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I'd love to have Eovaldi back but not at the cost he will get. DD has done well picking up players mid season. I'd go with what we have and make changes, if needed. In season DD pick-ups: 2018 Eovaldi Pearce Kinsler Phillips 2017 Nunez Fister Boyer Reed R Davis 2016 Pomeranz Ziegler F Abad A Hill
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I'm talking recent 4 month sample size. I'm talking a .600 second half OPS this year, .736 last year and .713 career. Plus, I didn't say I'd definitely bench him. Holt has hardly played 1B all year, and Pearce has a long record of not doing well vs righties. I'd probbaly start Moreland, but I'd bat him 7th behind JBJ and in front of Kinsler and our catcher.
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Depends on how you break up the sample sizes. Before the 7.2 IP sample size came this: June 1st to September 1st: 32 IP 34H 18 BB 5.34 ERA Yes, within that sample, from 7/28 to 9/1, he had a 1.08 ERA in 16.2 IP, but he still let up 20 H + BB in that stretch. He's been very hot & cold, and your point is well taken, that when he is hot, he's better than Workman and others.
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I think he wanted Wright to start, a la the Rays, pitch 2 innings, then bring in Sale for 4-6 IP.
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I'd like to feel optimistic with Moreland, but it's hard.
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Why should Sale "walk a couple?" He walked one batter in 12 IP since returning from his second DL stint. He walked 0 in 5 IP in the one game after his first DL stint. I don't think BBs will be a problem. Low Ks and HRs might be.
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I did mention ERod is available, if needed.
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Maybe something like this: Game 1: Sale 5-6, Wright 2-3, Kimbrel 1 Game 2: Price 7, Brasier 1, Kimbrel 1 off day Game 3: Porcello 7, Brasier 1, Kimbrel 1 Game 4: Eovaldi 5, ERod 2-3, Kimbrel 1 off day Game 5: Sale 5-6, Wright 2-3, Kimbrel 1 (ERod can be used in game 1 or 2, if needed. Barnes and others used only as needed.)
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Final Sox OPS Numbers 1.078 Betts 1.031 JDM .901 Pearce .883 Bogey .830 Beni .774 Holt .758 Moreland .731 Devers .717 JBJ .677 Nunez .613 Swihart .604 Kinsler .540 Vaz .511 Leon 2nd Half 1.021 JDM .995 Betts .872 Bogey .832 Pearce .827 JBJ .809 Holt .781 Devers .736 Nunez .727 Beni .706 Swihart .604 Kinsler .600 Moreland .499 Vaz .330 Leon Past 30 Days 1.268 Lin (24 PAs) 1.123 Holt 1.120 Betts .987 Bogey .898 JDM .828 Pearce .826 JBJ .807 Devers To all the doom & gloomers who also just look at most recent numbers, isn't have 9 guys over .807 supposed to be encouraging? .713 Swihart .707 Nunez .667 Beni .604 Moreland .510 Kinsler .499 Vaz .139 Leon
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That and not going with the cold hand.
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2017-2018 Sox GS'd and IP (ERA) 66 Porcello 395 (4.47) 59 C. Sale 372 (2.56) 47 Rodriguez 267 (4.01) 43 Pomeranz 248 (4.18) 41 D Price 251 (3.52) 18 Johnson 126 (4.20) 15 D Fister 90 (4.88) 11 Velazquez 110 (3.12) 11 N Eovaldi 54 (3.33) 9 S Wright 78 (4.40) Last 3 Years (No Sale in 2016) 99 Porcello 3.99 81 Price 3.74 67 ERod 4.21 59 Sale 2.56 56 Pom 4.27 33 Wright 3.69 21 Buch 4.78 18 Johnson 4.20
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BA 1. Betts 2. JD HRs 1. Davis 2. JD RBI 1. JD 12. Bogey SLG% 1. Betts 2. JD
