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  1. moonslav59
    If Bogey can hit like he did at the start of the season (before his injury), our line-up will be unstoppable. Nice to see JBJ continue his rise (up to .698 now). Johnson settled down. The pen finally went all zeroes.
  2. moonslav59
    This isn't the NHL.
  3. moonslav59
    Yes. The Sox are way ahead of pace to reach their best record ever. The Yanks are very tough and still have the second best record in MLB. The Astros are the defending champs and have the 3rd best record in MLB. The A's are the hottest team over the past 2-3 months. They have the 4th best record in MLB. Even the Mariners have more wins than any NL team (tied at 70 with the Cubs). The Guardians would be in 1st place in 2 of the NL divisions. The top 6 AL teams are very strong. We have 6 of the top 7 teams in MLB. I think the Rays, Twins and Angels would have much better records, if they played in the NL.
  4. moonslav59
    The Astros will be getting key players back from the DL before October rolls around. I fear them and their starters more than any other team (on paper).
  5. moonslav59
    He'll go on the DL any second, now.
  6. moonslav59
    Devers to the DL. Kinsler activated.
  7. moonslav59
    I'm hoping the A's sweep the 'Stros.
  8. moonslav59
    You mean acquire him in the off season to play 3B next year? Where would he play in the off season? (LOL- just razzin' you!)
  9. moonslav59
    Tommy Harper is the reason I am a Sox fan. I lived in the shadow of County Stadium in Milwaukee Wisconsin back in the last 60's to 1970. The Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee, and I used to pay a dollar to watch some games from the bleacher. (Imagine, I sometimes went alone as a 5th grader!) Tommy was easily the most exciting player to watch, and he quickly became my favorite player. He was something like the 3rd player ever to hit 30 HRs and steal 30 bases in the same season. We moved from Milwaukee to Portland, ME in the summer of 1971. In the fall of 1971, he was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Patrick Skrable, Lew Krausse and Marty Pattin to the Boston Red Sox for Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, Jim Lonborg, Don Pavletich and George Scott. I switched to the Red Sox that winter and started as a Sox fan in 1972. The rest is history. (I thought the Brewers were going to win it all (before the Sox) in 1982 vs the Cards. A guy I bet even paid me my "winnings", only to see the cards bounce back from down 3 games to 2 after a bad call.)
  10. moonslav59
    I agree, but adding Harper mean we almost surely lose two (JD & Sale).
  11. moonslav59
    Well said. I don't look at WAR first. I don't think anyone here feels it is the be all- end all. Harmony uses it more than anybody, and he's not even a Sox fan.
  12. moonslav59
    Keeping JD, Sale and Betts far outweigh the addition of Harper. If we get Harper, we are sure to lose one (or another one).
  13. moonslav59
    They might get more RBIs, but that's not really "protection" related.
  14. moonslav59
    Time to start a new winning streak!
  15. moonslav59
    Phillips & Castillo with 3 hits each. Travis & DeJesus (HR) with 2 each. Workman with 2Ks and 0H/0BB in 1 IP. Josh Smith with 7 IP 1 ER and 2 Hits. Denyi Reyes 7 IP 2 ER, 4 H & 0 BB.
  16. moonslav59
    Makes ours look like the Yankees...
  17. moonslav59
    Even if JD gets no credit for "protection" or coaching others to do better than they otherwise would have done, his offense has greatly improved our offense from what it would have been with HRam, Swihart and Nunez as our DH all year.
  18. moonslav59
    Great to see the Yanks lose to the Rays (again). I guess we wore the Phillies out as they lost to the Mets by 20 runs! WOW! Here's how many times the top 8 slots got on base vs Philly today: 4 3 3 3 3 5 4 6
  19. moonslav59
    I can believe it.
  20. moonslav59
    I always wondered why they didn't list this as an important stat.
  21. moonslav59
    He was banking on Smith or Thornburg to be capable "additions" and probably felt the SP'ers who did not make the rotation could bolster the pen. Our pen still ranks 5th out of 30 this year. Sure it would be nice to be #1 at every position, but we're up against the max penalty on taxes for spending way more than anyone else. We're 50 games over .500, and DD is being criticized for not making us the 2nd or 3rd best pen in MLB. Hmmm.....
  22. moonslav59
    I don't understand how WAA works, so it must suck.
  23. moonslav59
    Not longterm.
  24. moonslav59
    Agree. I have 2B ahead of 3B or 1B (hitter who can hit LHP'ers). I see Devers as a starter somewhere next year: 1B, 3B or DH.
  25. moonslav59
    Can anyone really say, with a straight face, our pen is doing worse than we expected? Same with last year. We have Kimbrel and then a bunch of hopes and prayers, but somehow, Leon & Vaz have gotten our pen to be ranked 2ns in Pen WAR from 2017-2018. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=rel&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2018&month=0&season1=2017&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0 Our catchers should be praised for getting the most they can from our RP'ers, even though lately, it has looked horrific.
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