moonslav59

We simply cannot afford another significant injury.

You know an ex-Sox player that also looked like he was having fun while doing great things? Devers.

It's fun seeing a kid enjoying himself while doing wonders on the mound.

My list was about 2027 and beyond. I had Arias on the list. Yes, right now Story is about #15, counting 6-7 pitchers.

Anyone jump out as someone you'd hate to lose? Monegro, maybe? Bastardo did not seem to progress this year.

Back on June 24th, we were 32-46, but Pyth had us at 38-40. (6 wins off) Now we are 82-68 with Pyth having us at 85-65 (3 wins off) It looks like Pyth was saying we were better than our record showed back then, and we were. All that winning and we only gained 3 wins back from Pyth. We're second best in the AL according to Pyth, yet some think we have very little chance at winning the AL. The Rays have the best record. The Yanks have the best Pyth. We have the best record in MLB since June 25th. That's 71 games. 49-22 BOS 45-26 TBR 44-27 MIL 40-29 CHC 40-30 ATL 38-29 LAD 38-31 AZ, PHI, SDP 10 more games and we'll be at an 81 game sample size or half a season. Will we still have the best record over 81 games? 3 at TEX 3 at TBR 3 v CLE 1 v CHC (then 2 more to end the season) If we go 4-6, we'll be at 53-28. The Rays would have to go 8-2 to tie us. Why are so many Sox fans down on our chances? Many who are down seem like they value recency factors. I know we can cherry-pick some recent sample size that has us near .500, but two can play that game... 49-22 in 71 games 27-17 in last 34 games 18-12 in last 30 games 14-9 in last 24 7-3 in last 10 games 2-1 in 3 games

Updated Sox ERA Leaders 2.76 Gray 3.02 Tolle 3.33 Suarez 3.69 Bennett __________ 1.95 Chapman 1.81 Whitlock 1.23 Miller 3.26 Guerreo

12 Games is kinda small to think this is who they are and will be. Go back to AUG 17 and we are top 12 in offense, ahead of all AL playoff teams, except NYY and CLE.

Run differentials: +125 NYY + 88 BOS +70 DET (-5.5 WC) +69 TBR +34 CWS (76-73) ALC leader -7 CLE (WC3 slot +1.0) and (-0.5 ALC) -31 TOR (-1 WC3) -35 BAL (-4 WC3) -44 TEX (-2 WC3) -53 HOU (Leads ALW) NL +195 MIL +170 LAD +138 CHC (WC1) +116 ATL +31 PHI (WC2) +26 PIT (-6 WC) +20 SDP (WC3)

OPS Since Returns .812 Story .883 Anthony .611 IKF Since trade: Rutschman .668 (Rogers gave us 1.389 in 3 games)

Some good signs, today. Nice win.

Duran, Yoshida, Story, Bello & Campbell for Devers more sarcasm.

Wasn't it about Anthony? If not, my bad.

96 pitches was more than I'd have allowed Tolle to throw. Maybe next game they ease up.

Yes, and you posted... Story has been hitting around .330 since his return. You know who hasn't been hitting since his return? He's at .814 since is return, so who is not hitting? IKF?

I thought no Ks from Roman was the goal. He has none today.

.814 is not hitting? (.263 BA)

.499 first 168 PAs (49 games) .866 in next 49 games (193 PAs) .722 in last 43 games (177 PAs) but .533 in last 85 PAs and 22 ms before today. Another view: .499 first 168 PAs .878 next 285 PAs .533 last 85 PAs In 2025... .667 in first 225 PAs .762 in last 281 PAs

Significant IL stints in 2026: SP'ers... SP1 Crochet missed 27 starts SP4 Houck missed 33 starts (was 2024 ace) SP5/6 Crawford missed 33 starts (was IP leader in 2024) SP6/7 Sandoval missed 2/3 season SP7/8 Oviedo did not start one game in 2026 Early missed time and was traded. Gray and Suarez missed a start or two. ____________________ RP'ers RP2 Whitlock missed a week or two. RP3 Slaten missed most of the season RP 4/5 Guerrero is out now RP9/10 Kelly missed the whole season RP15 E Rivera missed time and is out now. _____________________ Catchers AR has missed some time. Narvaez and Wong only missed a little time. _____________________ 1B: Contreras missed time twice. Casas missed the whole year & Romy missed a third of the season or more. ______________________ 2B Mead played 4 innings then poof. Mayer got hurt then traded. IKF, Seigler and others missed time with injuries. _________________________ SS Story missed about 2/3 and Mayer went on the IL afterwards. ________________________ 3B No significant injuries ________________________ OF Anthony may play about 1/3 of the season Rafaela is out now. White, too. ________________________ DH Yoshida was on a long IL stint, returned and now will miss the rest. Romy was out a lot.

Now that he's on the IL, maybe we should trade back for him. 🤪

Immaculate inning

9 pitches- 9 strikes- 3 K outs!

I think going to the the AL Championship round or WS is a legit expectation. Beating the NL team coupled with already getting that far seems like a very long shot. Playing at NYY and TBR will mean we will be underdogs, but I like our top 6 pitchers: SP: Gray, Tolle & Suarez RP: Chapman, Whitlock, Bennett That matches up pretty well with any team. Defense: 3rd in DRS (TBR is #2 & NYY 14th) Sox are 8th in OAA with no AL playoff team better. Offense.... Sine June 25th, the Sox are... #1 in Runs scored in the AL (3rd in MLB) TBR is #7 and NYY #27. #1 in OPS in AL (4th in MLB) TBR 6th & NYY 29th

The HR swing was the cause?

The roster turnover under Breslow is nothing short of stunning. The amount of holdovers is almost equal to the amount of players Brez both acquired and traded away... like Priester, Harrison, Hicks, Sandlin & others plus drafted players traded away. The remaining holdovers from the Bloom era are: Whitlock, Houck, Crawford, Bello & Kelly Abreu, Rafaela, Duran, Story, Yoshida, Wong & Casas Anthony, Campbell & Paez were added to the 40 but are from the Bloom era. That's only 15 players on the 40 with Casas, Kelly & Wong as dubious returnees. Paez is a bubble roster player. Duran, Yosida and Story have 1-2 years of control and could be traded, if the money can be balanced somehow. Only Abreu, Rafaela, Anthony & Whitlock look like key players for 2027 and beyond. Some top farm prospects are Bloom's: 1. Arias 4. Valera 10. Cespedes 13. Weunt 16. Paez (reacquired) 18. Bastardo 22. Romero, 23. Mullins, 24 Monero, 26 Rod