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  1. moonslav59
    I know exactly what we lost. I'm not misled on that. I clearly stated, I'm not sure what is true on the Campbell thing and who said and did not say what to each other. Devers did not play 1B, when we needed him to. He did great at DH and we lucked out by seeing the Toro-Romy platoon work at 1B. This does not change the facts. I have stated that our offense took a gut punch. Does that show I was misled? This whole think sucked and still sucks. I still think Devers had to go. I doubt any other team would take him without us paying a bunch of money or including other players. Our offense will be much worse for at least the remainder of 2025, even if we trade for Hoskins or some other rental(s.) Maybe by the time Devers told the Sox "I'll play 1B," it was too late. We'd already found a solution that was working. I'm not being misled in thinking he should have jumped at the idea of doing what was best for the team Day 1, Day 2, Day 3...
  2. moonslav59
    I said I wasn't sure if I can believe everything, and I'm not sure I believe Cora or the guy who claims Devers said he'd play 1B, if we promised his fragile ego, we'd not "jerk" him around- all the way from 1B to DH. Poor guy. I feel so badly for Devers, now that "the truth" has come out.
  3. moonslav59
    What's with the Sox and FA SP'er signings? You could throw a dart at a board of pictures of FA pitchers in your price range and do better than we have done. $21M/1 Buehler (looks like a disaster, so far) $39M/2 Giolito (even if he pitches like his last 5 starts, the rest of the way, he's still overpaid.) $10M/1 Kluber (plain horrible) $10M/2 Paxton (one brief stretch of usefulness) $7M/1 Wacha + $5M/1 Hill (worked out okay, but missed them down the stretch) $10M/1 Richards (plain horrible) $5M/1 + $6M/1 Martin Perez (did very well, as soon as he left BOS) Although I view the Nate FA signing as an extension, it was technically a FA signing. That was a decent signing, but he still missed about 30-40% of his available starts. The Price deal was not a good one. Conversely, look at our trades for SP'ers: A Miller for ERod Cespedes for Porcello A boatload of prospects for Chris Sale. A boatload of prospects for Crochet Beeks for Nate Workman & Hembree for Pivetta Even the Pomeranz & Wink trades were better than our FA signings. The recent Sale for Grissom trade is the counter on the trade front, but how many other major trades for SP'ers backfired?
  4. moonslav59
    Oh, then that makes it all so much better! I wouldn't call playing 1B and DH being "yanked around" or asked to "play every position." He certainly never said "I'll play wherever you want me to play," like he said to his new team. At this point, I'm not sure what exactly was said between Devers and Brez and Devers and Cora or between Devers and anyone else, including Campbell, when he asked to play 1B. I hate losing the guy's bat, and this is a big gut punch to our 2025 chances and maybe beyond, but I'm firmly in the camp, now, of being glad we traded him. I'm off the fence and across the yard.
  5. moonslav59
    I mentioned adding a prospect. I think, last winter, I suggested Casas and Abreu for Woo. I remember someone really wanted Miller. The Casas for Castillo deal was discussed more.
  6. moonslav59
    It's like Woo is pitching against WOO.... Oh wait, he IS!
  7. moonslav59
    Looks like our offense needs a big bat- like that guy Devers on the Giants! 🤪
  8. moonslav59
    Interest in helping SF but not the Sox- you know, the team that signed him to $313M.
  9. moonslav59
    Abreu went 1-4 w Woo, today. Fitts finally pitched well (5IP 0ER 2H 0BB 3K) POR lost 1-0, but Early pitched great. 6IP 5H 1ER 0BB 8K. The Sea Dogs got 1 hit. Arias homered and is 2-3 by the 7th. Zanetello has 2 hits. Jh Garcia is 1-4.
  10. moonslav59
    Buehler has proved to be yet another bad FA SP'er signing by the Sox. Geesh!
  11. moonslav59
    "I'm here to play wherever they want me to play," said Devers. He went on to say... “First of all, I just want to thank the Boston Red Sox organization for signing me at 16 and giving me the opportunity to become a big leaguer,” he said via translator, Giants’ director of Hispanic Communications and Marketing Erwin Higueros. “I’m happy to be here with the San Francisco Giants, obviously happy to represent Latin America, and also happy to be able to meet Barry Bonds.”
  12. moonslav59
    This was said at the Devers presser in SF, today, but he could not say this in Boston: “He told us, ‘I’ll play wherever you want me to play, I’ll hit wherever you want me to hit,’” said Melvin. “He’s going to DH today, hit in the three-spot. We’re going to work him in and get him some ground balls at first and make sure he’s comfortable before we put him over there. That’s pretty much the way we’re looking at it right now, a little bit of DH, a little bit of first.”
  13. moonslav59
    Good to see you here, Thunder. The line-up tonight has Ref at DH vs a righty, DHam at 2B and 3 rookies 3-4-5 in the line-up. How much this team has changed since just opening day! On opening day, our rotation had Houck, Fitts and Newcomb as 3 of the 5. Casas was at 1B, Wong was our #1 Catcher, and of course Devers was the DH.
  14. moonslav59
    ...and Schmidt... OPS Against (PAs) .975 Cole (46 most of any pitcher) 1.588 Schmidt (17 is T33rd in PAs)
  15. moonslav59
    True. Anthony and Campbell might be 2-3.
  16. moonslav59
    Had we traded Casas for Woo or Castillo, we might be in 1st place, even if we had to add a prospect. The idea of forcing Yoshida on them was a good one, and maybe if we offered more money, we might have got to a yes. Woo is at a 3.39 ERA in 13 GS and 82 IP (.623 OPS Against) Castillo is at 3.29 in 14 GS and 79 IP (.700 OPS Against) Both have dropped off after nice starts to 2025. Last 4 weeks: .790 OPSA Woo (5.11 ERA) .809 Castillo (3.52 ERA)
  17. moonslav59
    Last 4 Week ERA 2.70 Crochet 33 IP/5 GS 2.89 Bello 28 IP/ 5GS 2.84 Giolito 25 IP/5GS 3.91 Dobbins 23 IP/3GS & 2 as RP 6.14 Buehler 22 IP/ 5GS __________________________ Pen ERAs in order of most IP 0.69 Whitlock 13 IP 2.13 Weissert 13 IP 0.75 Chapman 12 IP 1.86 Wilson 10 IP 6.52 Bernardino 10 IP 4.32 Guerrero 8 IP 2.84 Kelly 6 IP 0.00 Slaten 5 IP (on IL) 1.93 Criswell 5 IP 0.00 Burdi 3 IP (on IL)
  18. moonslav59
    Sox ERA in the last 6 games: 1.15 (2.38 FIP) The 6 before this? 6.27 (4.64 FIP) Let's hope this corner we turned is onto a long road.
  19. moonslav59
    Yes. The same replacement player, regardless of position, but position does matter when computing a player's WAR.
  20. moonslav59
    It may have, but at least Devers would have the winter and spring to prepare. This talk of his willingness to play 1B in SF, if true, really shows that this was all about posturing and making a statement than any real displeasure in actually having to play 1B. If it's true, I'm changing my blame pie chart to over 50% on Devers.
  21. moonslav59
    That's what I must have posted dozens of times, this past winter, and more in previous seasons. I also suggested Casas to DH, but that was when we thought Yoshida might be able to be an okay LF'er, and there was no OF logjam. In fact, we were trading for or signing one and done OF'ers from Renfroe to Duvall to O'Neill to "bridge us" to the current jam.
  22. moonslav59
    WAR gives positional value as well as defensive value (plus or minus.) DHs are not compared to other DHs in determining the WAR value. We do that. That is one reason DHs and to some extent 1Bmen are rarely WAR leaders, and SSs are often more highly ranked than their offense seems to indicate they should be. Take Bogey, for example, although he has never been a plus defender at SS, he was awarded value for playing such a tough position. On his value page for his career, these are his totals: +149 Offense (+122 hitting and +27 Baserunning) +35 Defense (-28 Fielding, but +62 "Positional")
  23. moonslav59
    I do wonder if I'm reaching for reasons to not be so upset about losing our best hitter, but I think there was more going on in the clubhouse that was not good, than we know of. I'm glad we got something for Devers, and we don't have to pay a penny. The Hicks deal is a little costly, but not by enough to think badly about the contract. If JH tightens the purse, again, we will back as square one, again, but I'm not as doubtful as I was when the last few winters began. I'm thinking we may even see a deadline deal or two that costs JH some cash. I'm not talking James Paxton, Luis Garcia and Lucas Sims cash, here.
  24. moonslav59
    I'm fine with Wong as the back-up, too. I'm hopeful Jo Garcia can stick at catcher and be our back-up in 2-3 years.
  25. moonslav59
    I'm encouraged by the minor league numbers by Narvaez, as well. Not great, but pretty damn good for a catcher, at least. OBP: .382 (.371 in AAA) SLG: .382 (but he improved to .400 in AAA and .451 in AA) In 627 AAA ABs, he hit 21 HRs and 33 2Bs. A MLB .350 OBP w 20 Hrs and 30 2Bs would be fantastic! His defense looks awesome!
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