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  1. moonslav59
    Did you word this as intended, or am I missing something?
  2. moonslav59
    He is pretty streaky. .324 OPS in his previous 23 PAs .519 in the 43 PAs before that. .456 combing the two (last 66 PAs) He was at .694 the 28 PAs before those 66. .529 last 94 .980 his first 140 PAs
  3. moonslav59
    He is only responsible for the losses.
  4. moonslav59
    Maybe Abreu DHs some as he returns from rehab, but Anthony and Abreu are better on D than Duran and Refsnyder. I think Duran and Ref get most of the DH time. v R LF: Anthony CF: Rafaela RF: Abreu DH: Duran v L LF: Duran CF: Rafaela RF: Anthony DH: Refsnyder
  5. moonslav59
    The NL is much better, at least with their top 4 teams and probably their next 5 or 6 are as good as the AL's. COL & PIT are really bad and MIA & WSH are pretty bad, but so are the CWS. The O's and As might be better than the worst 2-4 NL teams. The AL has 2 teams tied for the last WC slot (BOS & CLE) but also has 5 more teams within 2.5 games of the playoffs and BAL is just 6.5 back, as bad as they have played. That shows how bad, mediocre or balanced the AL is. Choose your term. The NL is more defined. 4 teams are 9 or more out and another is 5.5 out (ATL seems better than BAL at 6 games out.) They have 4 teams either tied of within 3 games of the last WC slot. (The AL has 7.) This alone gives us a shot, IMO. I'm no smarter than you for believing this to be true.
  6. moonslav59
    Combining two injury reports... Bregman underwent testing Wednesday and the results will determine the next step. (Out until at least July 1st. I gotta think after ASB) Houck is currently rehabbing. (July 4) Crawford threw a pen session Tuesday and will again on Friday. (July 10) Hicks will throw to live batting practice, today. (June 24) Yoshida has been throwing from LF to 2B since Thursday. Not sure what this has to do with being a DH. (JUN 30...LOL) Slaten has not begun throwing, yet. (July 1, but no way.) Hendriks is playing catch (6/27?) , while Burdi will begin rehab, this week. (6/19?) Murphy (June 28) Wink (July 18) Sandoval (Aug 1)
  7. moonslav59
    No. It means Duran/Ref will DH (maybe Anthony and Abreu, some.)
  8. moonslav59
    There is no need to stretch the truth. Citing the .495 OPS is plenty. He's still a plus on D at 2B, something we have not had at 2B for years. He's still a plus at baserunning. Why does someone have to totally suck at everything to not deserve a roster slot?
  9. moonslav59
    Word is Abreu is getting the call. That was quicker than I expected. I think we all like KC more than DHam & Eaton, but if he wasn't going to play more often than not, then this was the right thing to do.
  10. moonslav59
    Fair enough. I see it like this. The AL sucks, this year. We had a shot, and yes, it depended on how well our pitching does. Most of us thought our pen would suck, and it has done better than suck. Most thought our rotation was stronger and deeper than years past and that the D was better and O about the same. Certainly, our chances get lower without Devers. He wasn't blocking any prospect or better DH in our system. Maybe we would not have made it with Devers. We'll never know, now. I'm thinking he had to go, too, but I'm not going to sugarcoat the loss by saying he didn't help us over the last X amount of games, or that some rookie just homered, so all is good. It's not. We are not as good as we were 3 days ago. Can we still win? Yes, the AL still sucks, and we still have some talent and some upside younger players. I do think adding Hicks and Harrison helped our pitching in 2025. Maybe it will be by just enough to squeak us into the dance- maybe not.
  11. moonslav59
    For those of you who like to play down platoons, where would we be without these 2 sets> .792 Abreu/.900 Refsnyder in RF .835 Toro/ .819 Romy at 1B If you combine the two as one, our OPS leaders would be: .938 Bregman .905 Devers (gone) ~.840 Abreu/Refsyder ~.825 Toro/Romy .814 Narvaez (.751 Mayer) .724 Duran .681 Rafaela .638 Story
  12. moonslav59
    The problem is, we have nobody else even close. Our closest players are all platoons: Abreu-Refsnyder Romy-Toro. Bregman counts, for sure, but when is he due back? Narvaez has done the job, but he still has to show he can do this over a full season (or more.)
  13. moonslav59
    Anthony has a .416 OPS. I have a lot of faith in him, but please don't imply he is winning more games than losing, so far.
  14. moonslav59
    No. I was showing how your way of showing a player's value is faulty. The Bregman and Narvaez examples are proof of that. You claimed the team did worse after we lost Bregman and implied Devers was partially responsible.
  15. moonslav59
    The time he played injured knocked him down a few slots, but maybe other players could say the same.
  16. moonslav59
    I agree. We could maybe trade for a 1Bman, 2Bman or DH that could give us more than we can expect, now. That could help take a chunk out of the replacement pie needed from those already on the roster. Either way, the task is daunting.
  17. moonslav59
    I mean more than net +2 games.
  18. moonslav59
    LOL. I brought the sample size down to where each team averages 6 qualifying players, when 9 are in each line-up. I don't think my point was a big reach. Going down just 20 PAs is hardly a deceiving ploy. At 210 PAs, NYY and BOS both have 3 guys over .770 and .790.
  19. moonslav59
    True. fangraphs has his hitting at 16.7 (16th best in MLB)and his defense at -8.1 due to the positional -8.1 for being a DH. I get how they come up with the 2.1 WAR for Devers, but to me, he won more than 2 games for the Sox, this year.
  20. moonslav59
    I'm glad the trade improved our pitching and that it was doing better before the trade. I do agree that our pitching needed to be better, even with Devers, but the trade barely changes that fact. Yous till haven't answer my question about why you are still high on Toro, when his poor sample size equals the sample size of our better pitching.
  21. moonslav59
    I agree, and I never said I expected 25% less runs, going forward. We can't minimize that Devers was a huge part of our offense. The players in front and behind him benefited from him being in the line-up. He had a .401 OBP. We may replace that with .300 to .330-- maybe. Then, there are the RBIs and HRs. I think it's more than 2 games difference, going forward. It's also not 25% less runs, and I admitted not 15%, either.
  22. moonslav59
    Max, we were 26-26, when Bregman went down. We are 13-11 since. While Devers did not do great in those 24 games, it's not fair to act like he wasn't a factor, but we scored 94 runs and Devers scored 13 and knocked in 11 (minus the 3HRs and that totals 21 out of 94 runs he had a role in.)
  23. moonslav59
    Apparently, he talked to him, but Cora didn't or wouldn't.
  24. moonslav59
    DHam had a 17 game stretch in 2024 where he hit .816. .139 OPS in first 9 games. .191 OPS in last 23 games. He got on base 95 times in 2024 and stole 33 bases. I think that is why we kept him around. He also played plus defense at 2B, where we have hurt badly on O & D for many years.
  25. moonslav59
    They must have felt KC would not be playing enough to further his growth. I didn't see this coming, until Bregman returned. They have not announced who will be promoted. To me, the WTF is keeping Eaton over KC. I have DHam>Eaton.
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