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  1. moonslav59
    Who said we needed Ranger more? I'm not sure anyone even mentioned his name, and not as an alternative to Bregman. Once Bregman signed with the Cubs and we signed Suarez and traded for Durbin, several posters made points like "there are other ways to win- like with better pitching and defense over defense." A lot of posters said they did not want to sign Bregman at that money, we fine with the moves made, but felt we still needed a bigger bat beyond Contreras. Also, what kid were people saying should play over Alonso or Breggie? We didn't have any kids at 3B/1B/DH.
  2. moonslav59
    100%. My wishes will not be met. I'd be okay with Story at 2B, but not for Arias at SS. That's two weak slots in the line-up. Trade Arias plus for a know, big-bat SS and Story at 2B and mead at DH is fine. Otherwise, trade Story for the most salary relief as possible ($4-7M saved?) Add a prospect to save $7-10M, maybe? Add a higher priced RP'er to offset Story's salary but fill a need we have?
  3. moonslav59
    Am I the only guy okay with his launch angle and against messing with successful batter's approaches?
  4. moonslav59
    I am 100% against having Duran or a Duran-Jones platoon in LF for 2027. (I will say Duran is better on defense than Anthony, so as I pointed out, if Duran is in LF, Anthony is the DH.) I am not for Anthony at DH. Take him away, and we still have 5 players who can DH or platoon DH, not counting Brannon. None would be our worst batter in the line-up, and maybe not 3rd worst either. (SSArias/Story & 3B Durbin should be worse) Next point: I'd rather not have any of those 5 DH or platoon DH, and if we add a SS, Mead DH's and Anthony plays LF. This is my number one wish/suggestion.
  5. moonslav59
    I agree. (I do not think Mayer will turn out good, but he's the only top prospect we've had in the last 4-5 years than I have pretty much given up hope on.) Okay, in 2023, soxprospects.com had Bleis 3rd (summer '24 he was 4th, somehow) but several lower ranked players look better now.
  6. moonslav59
    Maybe, but how would we know? While his 5th and 6th innings numbers are bad, he has a .387 OPSA in the 7th inning (SSS of 19 PAs) Career: .615 in 7th (59 IP) .676 in 8th (21 IP)
  7. moonslav59
    Story often gets off to real bad starts, so maybe he gets benched by mid May.
  8. moonslav59
    Agreed. I guess that would mean Story at SS, whoi sucks on D at a more important position.
  9. moonslav59
    They thought he could play OF. They thought he had a little more power. I think they expected a 120 wRC+. But, hey, for those who hate high K guys, he's your man.
  10. moonslav59
    Agreed, and both were under the league average in pitches per IP. To me, pitch counts matter more than IP.
  11. moonslav59
    Another reason Paredes will be much cheaper is the one year of control. I've been high on Paredes, but the one year is scary. (Where does he play? DH? 2B?)
  12. moonslav59
    Our defense is real good, so I think we can get by with a bad defensive 2Bman, but I do agree, Mead would be better at DH. One issue is that we have about 6 DHs or platoon DH players on the 40. Anthony (ASSuming Duran in LF) Yoshida Gasper- Romy Sogard-Jones (Maybe we add Brannon before Rule 5.) If we simply have to play Story, I could see Arias at SS, Story at 2B and Mead at DH. (Trade Duran and White- keep Jones.)
  13. moonslav59
    Too many pen games. Too many injuries in September. I think we need to start letting Suarez go 6 IP. It's weird how he went 6-8 IP 3 times in April, then zero in May, July and August. (Just 6 out of his last 22 starts- only 2 at 7 IP and none over 7.)
  14. moonslav59
    2 years of Duran plus a decent but not great prospect might get us one year of Paredes. Maybe we go for broke and try to get Pena on his one year left contract. Not sure what the Astros are thinking, but they should trade away 1-2 year players, now. (Yordan has 2 years.) I'm looking for someone better than Paredes. I doubt we get DLC or Abrams, and it seems LAA wants too much for the high K Neto. I still think trading Arias and adding a known and solid SS should be explored. I'm really high on Arias, so I'm not handing him away, dumping him or "giving up on him." I expect a great return, and no, not for 1 year of Pena. I would not go Arias straight up for Neto either. Arias, Duran and Gonzalez or Primera for DLC? Arias, Duran, Soto & Delzine for Abrams?
  15. moonslav59
    Now that Murakami and Okamoto did fine, it's okay to go for Japanese batters again. (Kinda half sarcastic.) IMO, Suzuki will get way more money, so Sato might be out best bet/gamble/choice.
  16. moonslav59
    He wasn't building a juggernaut power team.
  17. moonslav59
    Best Full Season since 2023 (all over 129 IP, except Bennett at 113 IP) 2.59 Crochet (205) '25 3.03 Tolle (149) '26 3.12 Houck (179) '24 3.20 Suarez (157) '26 3.35 Bello (167) '25 3.65 Bennett (113) '26 4.04 Crawford (129) '23 4.31 Oviedo (178) '23
  18. moonslav59
    Best OPS since 2023 (300+ PAs unless noted) .901 Contreras '26 .859 Anthony '25 .856 Casas '23 .851 Mead '26 .834 Duran '24 .826 Romy '25 .809 AR '23 .786 Abreu '25 .783 Yoshida '23 .761 Rafaela '26 .758 Wong '24 .741 Story '25 .721 Durbin '25 DNQ .937 Jones 150 '25 .823 Gaspser 225 in '26 .755 Monasterio 135 in '25 .731 Eaton 90 in '25 .727 Sogard 277 in '26 .727 Seigler 173 in '26
  19. moonslav59
    NYY (Fried & Rodon have been mostly healthy & consistent since 2023) 320 IP Weathers (4.19) 431 IP Cole 3.09 (232 IP since '24) _______________________ TBR (Martinez & Peralta are FAs) 233 IP McClanahan (3.32) 395 IP Rasmussen (2.71) Who is their #3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8?
  20. moonslav59
    Well, if you win during the season and get the first round bye, you get 3 starters minimum.
  21. moonslav59
    Those very critical warm up pitches for Woo's final game of the 2026 season! Truth: September 2024 I'll add this: IP since 2023: 331 IP Houck (4.43) 313 IP Crawford (4.23) 222 IP Oviedo (4.26) Crochet has just 394 IP (3.27)
  22. moonslav59
    Our pen has outperformed expectations for the last couple years. The Jansen & Martin decline in Brez's first season kept it from being all three Brez years. I'm not saying that is reason to trust we keep the magic going, but with the limited budget I think Brez will be handed, it all needs to go to one elite bat- or the "best bat we can get for the money." Assuming we keep Houck, Crawford and Oviedo as SP'ers (hard to do if everyone is healthy,) he are the pen arms in consideration: Chapman & Whitlock Miller Weissert & Slaten Guerrero & Moran (no options) 7 is not enough. We'd need Houck, Crawford or Oviedo to join in. Othese without inspiration... Rivera, Kelly, Samaniego, Gamboa, Olds & Mullins Burgos, Paez, Wehunt, Holobetz, Ziehl (AAA SP> pen?) Bastardo, Song, Rogers, Carlson, Adams
  23. moonslav59
    When you look at other team's hopes and dreams, many of their pitchers were last good around 2022-2023. Same with Crawford & Oviedo. IMO, Crawford was a pretty good pitcher. I don't think I'm being a homer on that. I recall hearing Merloni gushing platitudes Kutter's way. Oviedo is relatively unknown, but his numbers looked okay 2-3 years ago. I fully realize "promise" often ends up and nothing more than a dream and even a nightmare. (I recall talking about how Sandoval used to be pretty good.) Sox fans have had many letdowns on pitchers with past glory trying to regain some semblance of themselves only to end up sucking or even worse. I think Houck is in a different class as these two. He clearly was a very good pitcher for a few years, some as a RP'er. With him it's not about age: it's about recovery and to what extent. (Crawford & Oviedo are not old, either.) Bello is fine as a #5. He might be better than 22-26 other teams' #5. As someone pointed out, #5s are not playoff starters, but we do need to make the playoffs, too.
  24. moonslav59
    I didn't say he was successful.
  25. moonslav59
    We may not spend an added cent on pitching, beyond minor league pitching signings. For the first time in forever, I'm not against that idea.
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