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  1. moonslav59
    I'm not all that worried about pitching match-ups, but surely Vegas looks at the SP'er when setting the odds, so it does count for something. It seems like the Sox go against expectations, too often to think it matters all that much. Just my opinion.
  2. moonslav59
    Maybe he felt he could back up 1B, too, but Romy looks like a nice platoon guy for Casas (for now, anyway.) I think Grandal will take Sabol's place on the 40 and 26, soon. Sabol will be DFA'd.
  3. moonslav59
    I agree. I think Cora has more patience (or loyalty) to his starters than some of us do. Maybe he does not want to put more pressure on Campbell by moving him up, and BTW- last 8 games: KC is at .510.
  4. moonslav59
    I think the rotation will be fine, and if Bello can improve on his last 2 years, we should be okay.
  5. moonslav59
    I realize offense matters, and some do not value WAR, but Rafaela is 5th on the team in WAR at +0.3. He's on pace for over 3.5.
  6. moonslav59
    I'm not sure that matters. Campbell won a slot after a pretty poor ST'ing. We called up Dobbins after a bad start or two w WOO. We promoted Wink after a 4.50 WOO start. That being said, I think Anthony's call-up is way more likely and helpful. I'm not sure where Mayer plays, unless Campbell moves to FT CF, but then why not just call up Anthony for the OF and put Duran in CF?
  7. moonslav59
    We are 8-9 out of the gate and lost to some bad team, so the sky is falling, ax the manager, trade or demote our best two 2024 players and we will surely win. Geeeeesh!
  8. moonslav59
    Sometimes a big change can spark a turn-around, but sometimes not. Change just for change's sake is rarely a good idea. I wonder what Cora is doing or not doing that is causing this small sample size near .500 stretch. I can see what Casas, Duran and a few others are doing. I can't see anything Cora is doing that I'd change all that much. He adjusted the line-up, almost exactly as one of my suggested moves. Maybe another adjustment is coming, soon. I think we are close to the time we can call up Mayer and/or Anthony and not lose a year of control. I'm not sure who should get demoted to the bench, but they better start hitting, ASAP. Cora has already benched Casas vs lefties and demoted him to 6th in the line-up- maybe he'll go to 7th, next. I've heard some say we should bench Devers or trade Duran. I'm glad they are not the GM/manager.
  9. moonslav59
    Devers has a plus OPS+ (105,) and these guys don't: 69 Duran, 60 Rafaela, 58 Refsnyder & Casas. Plus, I doubt we call up Anthony to DH. LF; Anthony v R/Duran v L CF: Duranv R/ Rafaela v L RF: Abreu v R/Anthony v L
  10. moonslav59
    Here is a wild idea..... C: Wong & Narvaez 1B: Casas v R/ Bregman v L 2B: Mayer v R/ Campbell v L SS: Story 3B: Bregman v R/ Mayer v L LF: Duran v R/ Anthony vL CF: Campbell v R/ Duran v L RF: Abreu v R/ Anthony v L DH: Devers Bench: Wong/Narvaez, Rafaela, Refsnyder, Romy
  11. moonslav59
    I gotta think the D will come around, but Geeeezzz!
  12. moonslav59
    Wow, benching our WAR leader in 2024.
  13. moonslav59
    Devers can hit. I see no reason to think that will stop or decline quickly. Not everyone is a Pablito.
  14. moonslav59
    OBP Leaders .524 Romy (21 PAs) .468 Abreu .409 Campbell .351 Devers .342 Bregman .328 Story SLG% .611 Romy .600 Abreu .491 Campbell .477 Story .464 Bregman .359 Devers TB 32 Bregman 31 Story 30 Abreu 27 Campbell 23 Devers 21 Duran ERA 1.38 Crochet 3.18 Fitts 3.60 Dobbins 4.41 Houck 4.97 Newcomb 5.74 Buehler Pen 1.29 Chapman 1.69 Bernardino 2.79 Whitlock 2.84 Weissert 3.18 Wink 3.60 Wilson
  15. moonslav59
    I'm not worried about Devers. I do see a risk of the contract becoming an issue is 4-6 years, maybe 7-8, but not for a while. The guy was on pace for his career year, in 2024, but the injury stopped that. He's just entering peak prime years for most players.
  16. moonslav59
    I totally agree, and from day one thought the trade was sketchy, if there was no extension.
  17. moonslav59
    I don't disagree, but fWAR says Rafaela is not our weak point. 1.1 Abreu 0.7 Campbell 0.3 Rafaela, Bregman, Story (before today) 0.2 Devers & Narvaez -0.2 Duran -0.5 Casas If we call up Anthony, he should play FT. We could platoon Rafaela & Abreu and play Rafaela at SS and 2B a few games, so he does not need to be totally phased out, but what about Refsnyder? I'm wonder if we have considered trading Ref or Raf.
  18. moonslav59
    I am very far from saying 2023 and 2024 were flukes.
  19. moonslav59
    Nice win. 14 Ks and 1 BB by the staff. Story is now telling thrillers not bedtime stories. Not a good game by the O, again, but enough for the win.
  20. moonslav59
    Agreed. The good thing about Rafaela is that he is still a plus on WAR, due to great D in CF. If he keeps struggling, no team in MLB has a better OF prospect who is ML ready. We may end up seeing: LF Anthony CF Duran RF Abreu-Refsnyder Rafaela can be the 4th OF'er, defensive replacement OF'er and back up middle IF'er. We can demote DHam for Anthony and have Rafaela take over his sub role.
  21. moonslav59
    He did shake it up, and he actually did my suggestion: bat Abreu 4th v RHPs. He moves Casas down to 6th (not even 5th) and kept Story up 5th, and it worked.
  22. moonslav59
    Yes. He was the right guy. It was the right choice. Not all right choices work out.
  23. moonslav59
    Dare I beg for some insurance runs?
  24. moonslav59
    Woo came back to win 8-5. Dobbins did not do well. Hendriks walked one, but pitched a scoreless inning, again. 2 hits each by Anthony, Grissom, Thompson & Eaton. Sogard 1-2 w 2 BB. Grissom & Eaton had a BB, too. Sikes got the big hit. Both POR games rained out. GRE lost 8-2. Paez went 3 (3H, 2ER, 0BB, 3K) YRod 2-4 w BB SAL down 5-4 in the 8th. Arias is hitless for the first time, this year, but has a BB . He is up now, leading off the top of the 9th.
  25. moonslav59
    Wow! FIVE! Damn, this team is on fire!
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