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While Jovan Moran has not been great this year, he is currently 6th in IP (18.2) His 10 BB jumps out, but he's only allowed 10 hits, too. His 4.58 FIP is better than Early's 4.62, Bello's 7.62, Watson's 5.63 and Weissert's 5.57. His 2.41 ERA looks nice, but with RP'ers ERA is not really a good stat. One interesting factiod: we traded Gasper for him and then got Gapser back via waivers.

Yes, but my opinion was based more on Duran being inconsistent and erratic with a noodle arm. Anthony has looked much worse than I expected and worse than what we saw in 2025, although he DH'd mostly in '25.

Okay, how about last 14 games? .336 Wong (19 PAs) .438 Masa (21) .471 IKF (17) .495 Duran (41) .567 Story (50) .631 Monasterio (26) Anthony is right in the middle (7th best out of 13) at .643. .933 Mayer (just 30 PAs) .933 Narvaez (just 27 PAs) .804 Contreras (56: Mr Steady) .739 Abreu (55) .677 Ceddanne (47: been more consistent in '26) .670 Durbin (maybe turning things around?)

Maybe to keep Anthony ready to play defense, in case he's needed more. Maybe to rest Duran without sitting him out. Before the year started, I felt Anthony would be the better LF'er. I was wrong.

Yup. As we all know, fangraphs spring projections tend to be on the conservative side, but here are their projections vs current actuals: .797 Contreras .861 (+64) .784 Abreu .828 (+44) .780 Anthony .673 (-107) .763 Yoshida .716 (-47) .746 Duran .511 (-235) .742 Romy N/A .723 Durbin .528 (-195) .721 Rafaela .711 (+10) .703 Story .546 (-147) .700 Monasterio .678 (-12) .697 Mayer .685 (+12) .634 IKF .499 (-135) .680 Narvaez .609 (-71) .683 Wong .712 (+29) ___________________ Of the batters expected to get a lot of playing time, these are the 3 killers: -235 Duran -195 Durbin -147 Story These are 3 that have not been helpful -105 Anthony -71 Narvaez -47 Yoshida These are 3-5 that have done well: +64 Contreras +44 Abreu +12 Mayer/ +10 Rafaela/+29 Wong

I don't think anybody did, but with questions surrounding Mayer & Durbin, and Story's health records, we did think he might be used even more than he has been, so far. I also think the .499 OPS was a bit unexpected, although .599 would not have been, so maybe that's a bit overblown. The sign Bregman crowd might have felt Bregman> Suarez+ IKF. (not me)

Or Alonso vs Suarez & Durbin? Or Alonso & Bregman vs Contreras, Suarez & Durbin? Or Alonso & Bichette vs Contreras, Suarez & Durbin?

Agreed, but eventually a BB rate like that will come back to bite us in the ass.

We have 3 batters under .550 in just about every line-up we put out there. There aren't really any better choices, so we have to hope they snap out of it. Maybe some have already started snapping... 9th Durbin (.851 last 6 games) 5th Story (.619 last 11 games) 1st Duran (.550 last 9 games)

LOL, and so many of us were screaming "Dubon, Dubon, DUBIN!" "Brandon LOWE!" "MURAKAMI!"

Before the season started, most baseball experts raved about our rotation outlook and decent SP'er depth. Some argued we focused too much on pitching and could have spared one or two of the SP'ers and used their value to improve the batting. It's hard to argue against that idea at the 20% mark of the season, but as it turned out, we have needed all the SP'er "decent" depth and have actually dipped down to the #10 or 11 slot on the depth chart. Three of the SP'ers from #6 to #10 or 11 have done very well (Early, Tolle & Bennett,) and in hindsight, we could claim we should have started some of them over Oviedo and Bello to begin with, but we didn't spend a lot to get Oviedo. We didn't really spend a lot to get Gray, either. We did spend nearly all of the Bregman offer money on Suarez, but he's done well. Most of the winter talk about adding bats focused on players like... Bregman and or Bichette Alonso and or Schwarber Trades for KMarte and or Paredes, Hoerner, Shaw and or Donovan and gamble signings like ESuarez, Polanco or Murakami/Okamoto. If you add all these most-discussed player up, a large percentage have not done well. If we wanted 2-3 of these guys, instead of Suarez, Gray & Contreras, how can we justify we were right and Brez was wrong or worse than us? Sure, we can cherry-pick and hindsight this to death: we shoulda traded for BLowe (or Donovan) and signed Schwarber, Murakami & Ranger Suarez, but not one of us suggested that combo.

It's hard to know if Bregman's numbers would be better had he came back to BOS, or what his effect would have been on Anthony and other player's numbers. I think it's fair to bring up how other highly winter-discussed players are doing so far, if we are using the bad stats of players we did add as a way to criticize Brez & Co. I, for one am holding back being highly critical of Brez for adding Durbin, when many of the players I suggested we add are crapping themselves at big money levels. Sure, some of my suggested additions are doing well, but some of Brez's adds are too (Contreras, Suarez & Samaniego.) How many of us wanted us to move on from Wong (.712?) How many did not trust counting on young arms to fill key roles? While Watson has sucked and Oviedo is on the 60, Early, Tolle, Bennet & Samaniego have helped us in many of our 13 wins. As bad as we have looked, this year, one thing some of us pointed out last winter has rung true: the rest of the AL teams have serious issues, too. Only 2 AL teams are more than 2 games above .500, (21-11 NYY & 19-12 TBR) and I'm not sure the Rays even make the playoffs this year. Our best hopes might lie with us having less weaknesses than 10 other AL teams. Currently, 11 teams are withing 4 games of each other and between 17-15 (.531) and 13-19 (.406.) The current 5th best AL team is 16-16 (TEX.) Whodathunk the Rays (19-12) A's (17-15) Guardians (17-16) & TEX (16-16) would be the other 4 playoff teams with NYY at about the 20% mark of the season? My guess is several, if not all won't make the playoffs. The next 4 teams all looked more promising in March: 16-17 SEA & DET 15-17 TOR & BAL These 4 could easily replace the 4 I listed. The Sox are 2 GB TOR & BAL. They are 2.5 GB SEA & DET. They are 3 GM the last WC slot. Yes, it's way too early to talk WC slot and with 6 other teams between us and Texas, it might be harder than it looks, but all of these teams will go through some tough stretches. We might just need to limit any more like we just went through. We've won 4 of 6 vs BAL, TOR & HOU. Maybe we can keep this going, despite 4 of our 5 SP'ers being on the IL (Crochet, Gray, Oviedo) or sucking (Bello.)

Durbin is 5th in PAs (ahead of Duran, Rafaela & Mayer) Durbin + IKF combined would lead the team in PAs at 151 PAs. I kinda feel we could have gotten by with just one, since we have Gasper, Sogard, Eaton & Cheng in AAA. While none of these guys look great, are they really much worse than IKF? Together, they make less than he does alone. At some point, we might have to consider limiting IKF's & Durbin's PAs. .528 Durbin (5th in PAs) & .499 IKF (13th) More from...? .685 Mayer (8th) .678 Monsterio (11th) Gasper/Cheng or Sogard/Eaton? In defense of Durbin, he's hit .659 in his last 17 games, which is close enough to Mayer/Monasterio to keep letting him plug away. Durbin is also .679 in last 10 games and .851 in his last 6 games, so now is not "the time," it appears.

You are now free to move about the cabin.

Top OPS on the farm (70+ PAs) 1.196 Arias AA (leads system in HRS) 1.045 Capra AAA (.464 OBP) 1.013 YRod A+ (6 HRs is second in system) 1.010 Cespedes A+ (26Ks in 107 PAs but .385 OBP & 6 HRs) .931 Gasper AAA (Will he get a call-up?) .905 Gonzales A+ (Is the sky the limit?) .884 Opata A- (22 y/o) .864 Encarnacion A+ (21 y/o who busted out at AA) .859 Tucker A->A+ (24 y/o utility man) .856 Turner AA (23 y/o who changed his swing) .833 Azocar A- (only 19 y/o) .831 Eaton AAA (Needs a ML injury for a long call-up) .830 Sogard AAA (Needs a ML injury for a shot) .828 Godbout A+ (off to a nice 2 season start on the farm) .827 Cheng AAA (Not sure if he'll replace Durbin/Monasterio) .818 Mason White A+ (23 y/o catcher) .806 Heyman A- (Alex Hoppe trade) (Note: .994 Max Ferguson in 62 PAs)

A look at some minor league pitching eye-opener stats: K:BB 34:3 Eyanson (20.1 IP) 27:3 Eduardo Rivera (16) 20:3 Ziehl (19.1) 18:3 Futrell (17.2) 16:3 Bennett (21) ____________________ OPS Against (16+ IP) .304 Eyanson .354 Futrell .391 Bennett .420 Rivera .470 Mullins .514 Bickerstaff .540 Brown

Knowing who they are doesn't mean he knows they're good.

How about most our young pitcher numbers? 0.00 Samaniego (8.1 IP 4H 0ER 4BB 8K) 0.00 E Rivera (3.1, 1, 0, 0, 3) 1.80 Bennett (5.0, 5, 1, 2, 3) 2.84 Early (31.2, 24, 10, 14, 28) 3.38 Tolle (10.2, 6, 4, 5, 15) 3.38 Uberstine (2.2, 3, 1, 1, 2) Total: 2.33 ERA 61.2 IP 41 Hits 16 ERs 26BB 69Ks 3.8 BB/9 is scary 10.1 K/9 is nice 6 Hits per 9 IP is very nice.

Not much farm pitching to brag about, but E Rivera pitched very well out of the pen. 3IP 1H 0ER 0BB 5K Holobetz got drilled and saw his ERA more than double. Eyanson was a little wild (3BB in 3.2 IP but only 1 hit, 0ER and 7 Ks.) Neely got lit up. sALEM LOST 11-2, So no good pitching there, either.

He wasnt hitting anything before.

That was a nice win. While the young bats are off to a slow start, the young arms are keeping us from being even worse.

I have not followed hockey much, since leaving Maine. Maybe that's a good thing. I loved the Bruins way back when.

I was just asking for link as I found one site that stated he was highly regarded by other teams.

True. We may never know.

Duh. You missed the point once again.