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  1. moonslav59
    Godbout went 3-4 in POR's loss. e's up to .899. Shaffner is over .800 with GRE after going 2-4. GRE is tied 2-2 late. Hull is 1-4 (.964) SAL won 11-4 as Salazar is red hot. 4-4 (.871)
  2. moonslav59
    Holobetz threw his hat into the ring with a nice game, tonight. 6IP 3H 0ER 3BB 4K Arias 4-6 (.860) Hickey 3-4 w HR, Cheng 3-5, Ward 2-6 w HR in 10-0 win. Woo won the delayed game, too- thanks to a 3 run R by Capra in the 10th.
  3. moonslav59
    I'd be okay with bringing Gray back, assuming he stays healthy to end the year. I'm not sure whatever options there might be, but I'm not sure we have the trade capital to get the next Gray. Another Oviedo maybe.
  4. moonslav59
    Whit with the lockdown DP.
  5. moonslav59
    This wasn't a prediction, but damn- it happened!
  6. moonslav59
    As of this very minute, MLB OPS leaders in last 30 days (20+ PAs) 1.554 Jones 1.495 Gasper 1.409 Anthony TOP THREE!!!! Drop the PAs to 15, and Story is 8th at 1.126
  7. moonslav59
    47 pitches. Can Suarez go 7 IP for once?
  8. moonslav59
    2028 SP: Crochet, Tolle, Bello, Suarez, ______, Bello, Crawford (Wehunt/Holobetz/Paez) RP: _____, Miller, Slaten, Moran, Weissert, Kelly, Rivera, Samaniego (Phillips, Mullins) C: ______, Wong (GasperJo Garcia) 1B: Contreras, Romy (Gasper, Casas, Gonzales) 2B: Mead, Seigler 3B: Durbin, Romero SS: Arias, Story (option)/Monasterio/Cheng LF: Anthony, Jones CF: Rafaela, White RF: Abreu (Gonzales) DH: _______ Gasper,Duran, Campbell (Brannon/Cespedes)
  9. moonslav59
    Okay, this is hyperbole, but how did Gasper become MLB's best batter?
  10. moonslav59
    Yup, and not all Brez;'s adds worked. We cycled through Watson (56 IP is 2nd on team in RP IP) and Coulombe (22 IP is 10th) Whodathunk Bello would lead the team in IP with Watson 2nd. Last year, Bernardino, Murphy & Kelly had 35+ IP. Some Sox pen numbers: 2024: 18t in fWAR/ 24t in ERA- (Kinda letdown seasons from carry-overs Jansen, Martin & Winck (153 IP combined) 2025: 2nd in fWAR/ 2nd in ERA+ to SDP 2026: 2nd fWAR to SDP/ 1st in ERA- 2025-2026 combined: 1st ERA- at 78 (next is 82 SDP) 2nd fWAR at 13.1 (SDP at 15.4) 3rd in FIP (3.66)
  11. moonslav59
    It seemed HOU knew Duran was too much of a gamble. I', kinda glad we got Durbin (and Suarez) over Breggie, but I suppose we could have gotten Durbin (3B) & Paredes (2B/1B/DH.)
  12. moonslav59
    I was kinda setting the bar at .790 with hopes he might do better but a liklihood he'd probably be .725-.775. I expected Narvaez to be .550-.600 and Wong maybe .625-.675, post trade. Combined, maybe .600-.650, so even .700 to .750is 100 points better plus very good defense.
  13. moonslav59
    If Paez gets rocked again, does Wehunt get added? He is Rule 5 eligible, so maybe... Last 3 starts: 15.2 IP 14 Hits 14Ks 7 BBs (just 3 in last 2 starts) 3 ERs 1.72 ERA
  14. moonslav59
    Time for Suarez to earn his pay. His IP last 3 years (Regular + Playoff) : 161 2025 165 2024 168 2023 124 this year, so far. He's never been a "horse," and we need one, now.
  15. moonslav59
    I'm worried about Bennet reaching his wall. Maybe Tolle, too.
  16. moonslav59
    I think we are set up pretty well. We have 2 major slots to fill for next season and 2 for 2028. We have a solid bench. The pen always will need infusions, but that is true for every team, and Brez has done an admirable job for 3 years- often with no names or reclamation projects that work out. We don't even lose than many big players after 3 years. We have some slots looking solid for 4-5+ years. Granted, some may go south or sideways, but with the depth we have, we should not get burned at any position. (Catcher could get scary. Closer, too. We'll need a SP'er but look to have decent depth, if Houck, Crawford & Oviedo return and Bello loses the yips.)
  17. moonslav59
    True. Maybe 1 or two work out okay or well, but there are only 4 slots needed in 1-2 years.
  18. moonslav59
    Yup, and Crochet, Tolle, Bennett & Suarez have 5 years of control. We have 7 of 9 line-up slots filled for 1-2 more years and 4 rotation slots filled for 5. Those are the high priced slots. We'll need a SP'er next year (Houck/Crawford/Oviedo?), a closer (Whitlock?) and catcher after 2027 (Jo Garcia/Wong?) and 1Bman after 2028 (Gonzalez/Casas/Romy/Brannon/Jo Garcia?) That's not much.
  19. moonslav59
    Great points One reason I'm not overly concerned is the years of control we have for our very best pitchers, especially starters. Only Gray, Chapman and to a lesser extent Houck, Sandoval, Guerrero & Oviedo need to be replaced after this year or next. 2 yrs: Whitlock & Crawford 3 yrs: Slaten, Weissert, Kelly & Moran 5 yrs: Crochet, Suarez, Tolle & Bennett (THIS IS AWESOME!) Does anybody else have 4 SP'ers like this locked up for 5 years? (Valera, Wehunt, Paez, Holobetz, Delzine and others.)
  20. moonslav59
    Brez has done a lot to improve the pitching on the Sox, but right now, the farm is way out of balance with the offense having a commanding lead in promising players. 1 Arias, 2 Gonzales, 3 Primera, 4 Godbout, 6 Schaffner, 8 Hull, who may jump in the next rankings. 12 Mataczynski, 14 Shelar & 15 Soto are just getting started. Countin #13 Cespedes, there are 9 bats in the top 15. Some of the top ranked pitchers may be over-ranked. 5 Valera could be for real but had major surgery. 7 Delzine is 18. 9 Holobetz, 10 Wehunt, 11 Phillips and others don't impress me.
  21. moonslav59
    Changing criteria when judging the Sale trade and his injury history vs future expectations and these other guys. Granted, these guys weren't Sale quality, but many had very nice ERA+s over the previous 1-2-3-4 years, and we could use just a 100 ERA+ guy or two right now.
  22. moonslav59
    Add to this the Belloyips and that's 5 guys with only Houck known to be out all or most of 2026. Crochet was our clear ace. He turned 27 this year. Houck was the ace before Crochet arrived. He just turned 30 and is younger than Crawford. Crawford was the 2024 team leader in IP and had a 102 ERA+ from '23-'24. He turned 30 to start this season. Bello gave us 486 IP in the previous 3 seasons with a 106 ERA+, including 123 last season. He's just 27. Oviedo was the unknown and is only 28. soxprospects often slotted him as our #5-6 starter early and mid winter. He had a 110 ERA+ over the previous 4 seasons but just 274 IP. Also, Sandoval missed over half the season after bein expected back at the end of 2025. Early went on the IL before we traded him: he's still on the IL. Count their time missed and we are over a combined 5 SP'ers missing all their starts.
  23. moonslav59
    It's not "unable to adjust," IMO: he tries to adjust too much.
  24. moonslav59
    While I agree they need some rest, Abreu is far from struggling. He's been our best batter post ASB (qualifying PAs) He's at 1.007 since the start of the Yankee series (8 gms) 1.006 last 30 games We do have Sept 10th and then quickly the 14th off. (The 21st is our last off day before the Sept 27 final game. 3 days off in the next 24 days.
  25. moonslav59
    Don't be thinking I'm moving on from 2026, just because I'm drooling over next year's line-up: 1. L Antony LF (Jones/White) 2. R Meas 2B (Story/Sogard/Seigler) 3. L Abreu RF (White) 4. R Contreras 1B (Romy) 5. S Rutschman C (Gasper/Wong) 6. R Rafaela CF (White) 7. S Gasper/R Jones DH (Story/Romy) 8. R Durbin 3B (Story/Sogard) 9. R Arias SS (Story)
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