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  1. moonslav59
    No, I said ONE OF THE LAST guys I'd trade- not THE last guy. I just moved Vaz ahead of him, because of years of team control and the value I place on catcher defense. If you take away the money and years of control, and go just by value today and next year, here's my order: 1) Betts 2) JBJ 3) Beni 4) Devers 5) Vaz 6) Bogey 7) Pedey 8) HRam
  2. moonslav59
    It's been a lock for about a week now. Today, I'd view it as a dead bolt lock.
  3. moonslav59
    Bogey's been bringing up the rear in Sox OPS (8th out of 8 top PA players) until last night. He's now 7th, but he's about one more big game away from moving to 4th or 5th- assuming those above him don't also have big games.
  4. moonslav59
    I live just southwest of Houston. I've been waiting for Peacock to come down to earth all year. It begins tonight.
  5. moonslav59
    He can't help it: he was born that way.
  6. moonslav59
    It would be great, if the offense many of us thought would be top 3 to 5 in MLB this year, would hit like they did tonight from here on out.
  7. moonslav59
    He is in a horrible slump right now. Luckily, he did get an RBI tonight. That being said, to look this bad and for so long and still have a .733 OPS speaks to doing something good for a long enough stretch at points during this year to keep his OPS from not being all that bad. He's a couple big games from being in the middle of the pack on this team. For that, we should trade him? 2 big games? Really? We shouldn't need stats to see how silly the idea is.
  8. moonslav59
    Sounds doable. That's really how you view it?
  9. moonslav59
    Calling a HR a Porcello is the funniest thing I've seen on this site in a long time. It's funnier to extend metaphor to say one of this team's biggest weakness is that we don't have enough Porcellos!
  10. moonslav59
    I'll trade anybody and everybody "for the right return", so I'm not sure what that means, until you name a name. All I know is that he's one of the last guys I'd consider trading. He's low cost. He has 4 arb years not 3 like some. We have a tricky CF in our park and a lot of room to cover out there. He's worth a ton on D. He rarely makes base-running mistakes. His arm can be a little erratic at times, but it's a strong plus nevertheless. He keeps runners from even trying to take an extra base. There's a lot of things he does that do not show up in the box score. Considering years of team control, contract cost and overall skill set, I'd rank our top players something like this: Everyday starting players only 1) Betts 2) Beni (One could argue his extra years make him more valuable than Betts, but the D tips the balance.) 3) Devers 4) JBJ 5) Vaz 6) Bogey 7) Pedey It's hard to know who I'd choose to trade, if I had to. If I could get way more for Devers than JBJ, then I'd do] it.
  11. moonslav59
    Yes, and hopefully he gets hot when others are down and we need a win. Every time anyone slumps, the boo birds come out. JBJ will heat up again, and then the trade talk stops...again. Streaky players can be frustrating, but just give me the final numbers and I'll live with the hot and cold streaks.
  12. moonslav59
    Bogaerts has two problems. 1) he can't recognize a slider (this is not unique to this season, it's been a career long issue) 2) he gets tired You forgot #3: At worst, he's a slightly below average defender at a position where defense matters mightily. Plus, people talk about JBJ being a slumper. If you look at Bogey's ups and downs, he's worse.
  13. moonslav59
    The slumps are annoying, but the guy ends up with decent numbers year after year, since that bad start. His defense makes up for a .675 OPS and he's over .730 now, even with all the prolonged slumps. Speaking of OPS, with Bogey having the big game, and JBj slumping, they've passed each other on the top Sox OPS list: .800 Betts .788 Beni .767 Pedey .759 Moreland .749 HRam .747 Vaz .743 Bogey .733 JBJ Still just a .067 differential from top to bottom. Isn't "no black holes" wonderful? Sometimes, we need to be careful what we wish for.
  14. moonslav59
    Would you rather have him get all his hits tonight?
  15. moonslav59
    All the more reason to this year!
  16. moonslav59
    Don't blow this one Dick!
  17. moonslav59
    Actually, I didn't even know about the history of September drop offs, so I can't claim I'm smarter than them- not that I would anyways. A month or so ago, I thought we should have started lessening his innings per start or give him extra days off. I did not look so far ahead as to plan it so he wasn't slated to pitch game 162. A couple of weeks back, I suggested we start giving Sale at least 1 day extra before each start. I'd have given him 2 days off before that great start 2 games ago and timed it so he had 1 less start. He'd have started game 1 or 2 vs HOU as his last start. Overall, I estimate I'd have pitched him 12-18 less innings this year. I am fully aware the idea might not have made any difference, and if we need him game 162, I'd be throwing up somewhere as Porcello gives up a 3 run first inning HR in the clinching game.
  18. moonslav59
    He needs to just skip the first inning somehow.
  19. moonslav59
    He's one of the last guys I'd consider trading.
  20. moonslav59
    Yes, and two games should not make people get all huffy.
  21. moonslav59
    It doesn't necessarily have to be either or. When you spot an issue, there's something called "being proactive".
  22. moonslav59
    When you burn a bridge, there's no more crossing it. Had he rested Sale more, maybe he wins his last 2 starts, instead of going 2-1 or 1-2. We'll never know- either of us.
  23. moonslav59
    ...and theirs.
  24. moonslav59
    That trade was a dream come true. I've suggested trades like this for decades. I think I was more thrilled with this deal that the Schilling and Pedro trades from way back.
  25. moonslav59
    I have agreed that we don't know the real reason this pattern continues at the end of almost all his seasons. I'm guessing fatigue or endurance or stamina or whatever you want to call it MIGHT BE part of the problem. Then, I'm making an educated guess that more rest MIGHT help him stay stronger and/or sharper as the season goes along. It's just a guess. There could be multiple factors. The velocity charts do not show much of a change, and I agree, it's hard to see any change when watching him do well or poorly. He always looks good, but sometimes he gets hit. Back to the Velo charts. Looking at games where his velocity averages 95 or more, he had 2 of his first 14 games below 95. He had 11 of his next 18 below 95 with 2 right at 95. You might be right though. There may be no correlation. His game 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 and 21 some of his lowest. In those games, he let up these ER in these IP: 3 8.1 1 6.1 0 7.0 0 7.1 0 6.0 0 7.0
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