moonslav59

...good hitter. He is lacking instincts on defense and the base paths, so far.

Maybe even a week off- right after the Yankee series would do.

I still think the 'Stros have too much inexperience, but man-o-man, they look good on paper!

Agreed, but maybe avoid slotting him 4th for a while longer.

For argument's sake only, let's assume we sign Nunez as our utility-supersub next year and have to choose just one player from this list of players to add to the roster. Let's not get into how much money or years- just pick the choice you like best: A. Hosmer (1B) B. L Duda (DH/1B) C. L Morrison (1B) D. M Moreland (1B) E. Y Alonso (DH/1B) F. M Moustakas (Devers to 1B) G. Z Cozart (Bogey to 3B/Devers to 1B) H. Jay Bruce (DH/4th OF'er) I. J Upton (DH/4th OF'er) J. JD Martinez (DH/4th OF'er) K. Jake Arrieta (SP) L. Yu Darvish M. Lance Lynn (SP) N. Alex Cobb (SP)

The complaint most often made by this board is the lack of a power hitter. I'm not defending HRam. He's come up short when needed too often this year, but he's the best power hitter we have right now, and he might be one of the most likely players to carry us in the playoffs.

I believe Fister is the only starter in our current rotation with a playoff loss as well. All the others are undefeated!

29 year old, Jeremy Barfield hit his 27th tonight. Brian Johnson: 6 IP 5 ER on 7 Hits (1 HR and two 2Bs)

DD just has to take JF's toy away and that will force JF to play others. As long as we don't sign a DH only type player, I'm happy spreading the wealth to Marco H, Lin, Marrero and whoever we get as our next 4th OF'er. I'm also fine with us acquiring a very good clean-up hitter (1B) and then signing Nunez to take Holt's place as a jack of all (and no) trades. At least Nunez can hit. We may seek someone who can play LF better than Nunez or Holt. Maybe Lin can take that role. I've always been high on Marco, but he hasn't proven jack.

Exactly. We need a well rested Bogey for the playoffs.. . this coming from a guy who obsesses over premium SS defense.

We might try to bring Fister back. Beeks and Haley might compete.

I know it's crunch time 2017, but here's a look at some winter roster decisions to be made: 45 40 Man Roster plus 5 players on 60 Day DL (R Ross, M Hernandez, C Smith, Thornburg & Rutledge): http://soxprospects.com/40man.htm Free Agents to be (minus 7): Nunez Reed Young Moreland Fister Abad Boyer That leaves 38 Rule 5: The following players will be eligible for the December 2017 Rule 5 Draft if they are not added to the 40-man roster by November 20, 2017: (soxprospects.com current ranking) Victor Acosta, Yoan Aybar, Trey Ball (#38), Jalen Beeks #9, Danny Bethea, Jordan Betts, Ty Buttrey (#31), Rusney Castillo, Harrison Cooney, Jake Cosart (#42), Enmanuel De Jesus, Jhonathan Diaz, Willis Figueroa, Pat Goetze, Daniel Gonzalez, Justin Haley (#32), Juan Hernandez, Bryan Hudson, Dedgar Jimenez, Raiwinson Lameda, Isaias Lucena, Danny Mars (#33), Algenis Martinez, Kevin McAvoy, Daniel McGrath, Ritzi Mendoza, Mike Meyers, Mike Miller, Samuel Miranda, Joseph Monge, Jhon Nunez, Yankory Pimentel, Jordan Procyshen, Hildemaro Requena, Jeremy Rivera, Jake Romanski, Chandler Shepherd (#29), Josh Smith, Teddy Stankiewicz (#57), Cole Sturgeon, Aneury Tavarez, Carlos Tovar, Jantzen Witte Minor League Free Agents: The following players will become minor league free agents in November 2017 unless they are added to the 40-man roster or re-signed. Jeremy Barfield, Brian Bogusevic, Bryce Brentz (#22), Dan Butler, Ryan Court, Jacob Dahlstrand, Matt Dominguez, Conrad Gregor, Shawn Haviland, Williams Jerez, Kyle Kendrick, Deiner Lopez, Heiker Meneses, Edgar Olmos, Mike Olt, Mitchell Osnowitz, Tim Roberson, Steve Selsky, Jose Sermo, Aneury Tavarez (#24), Herny Urrutia, Elih Villaneuva, Marcus Walden, Jordan Weems I think Beeks is a sure bet add-on. That makes 39. We probably add one of these guys to the 40 man roster: Brentz, Barfield, mars and Tavarez. That makes 40. If we want to keep more or if any free agent signings will mean someone must go from the 40 man. Here's a list of possible trade candidates or even DFA candidates: Player (options remaining as of right now) H Owens (2 options remaining) Rutledge (0 options remaining) Hembree (0 options) R Elias (1 option) B Holt (needs permission to be demoted to AAA) Marrero (1 option remaining) H Velazquez (3) T-W Lin (3) M Hernandez (2)

We may have scored more! LOL!

DD's last 14 months: The good... Pomeranz Sale Moreland Fister Nunez Devers (call-up) The so-so Davis The not so good (so far) Thornburg

There were some fat pitchers back in the day.

I thought Owens would be gone by Rule 5 day anyways!

Who gets axed off the 40 man? Owens? Martin? Marrero?

Just because Beni is having a good year does not mean he is beyond reproach. He certainly leads the team in RIOBP or running into outs plus bonehead plays.

Pedey & Barnes activated. Swihart, Travis, Elias & Maddox called up. So far, Brentz has not been added to the 40 man.

Agree. When you see pitchers throwing at guys for "swinging too hard" something is wrong.

They bunted against Wake when he was having back issues and flopping all over the place.

We should have bunted 5 more times in a row, or at least shown bunt. The problem is, we don't know how to bunt. Total lack of fundamentals.

Yes, that's why I'm surprised JF never used DM in the 4 slot!

The only two guys hitting right now are Beni and Moreland- neither is a good lead-off hitter or clean-up hitter. 1. DFA Owens, add Brentz to the 40 man and call him up. 2. Put Price on the 60 Day DL, put him under the knife now and add Butler. Call him up. 3. Call up Smith, Travis, Lin, Maddox, Beeks and Marrero. Shake things up for a few games... Line-up vs RHPs 1. Nunez DH 2. Pedey 2B 3. Beni LF 4. Devers 3B 5. Moreland 1B 6. JBJ CF 7. Betts RF (Wake-up call) 8. Vaz/Leon C 9. Lin SS vs LHPs 1. Pedey 2B 2. Betts RF 3. Devers 3B 4. Brentz DH 5. HRam 1B 6. JBJ CF 7. Beni LF 8. Bogey SS 9. Vaz/Leon C

LOL. Good one. Maybe JF should have tried Marrero at clean-up five times...small sample size!