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  1. moonslav59
    I agree, and I have to admit, questioning the manager is valid, for this reason.
  2. moonslav59
    It's construction paper. So far the team on paper is not coming close to the team on the field, in terms of offense and defense. The pitching was always suspect, but the added depth was supposed to help. On paper, the line-up looks pretty solid and or hopeful for many years to come. Only Bregman and Refsnyder have short team control. That's not insignificant, but with the money we are paying Bregman, it's not going to cost much more to keep him (and Ref.) With Anthony, Jh Garcia, Arias, Romero & Co moving up on the farm and in the rankings, we look pretty set, "roster construction" wise outside of the pitching. Nick asked me to breakdown the pitching, and I have to respectfully decline. It's nearly impossible to know what any of these guys will do, going forward, except maybe Crochet. We know what some "can do," but again, it looks more like construction paper than solid flesh and bones pitchers.
  3. moonslav59
    I have to agree, but when you see our offense struggle, half the games, and implode one a big bat goes down, trading a top 3 offensive player on the team seems extremely risky. I get that Abreu is an offensive threat, too, and we often talk about him being a platoon, but Duran has sucked against lefties way more often than not. vs LHPs .600 in '25 .665 in '24 .749 in '23 .449 in '22 and .438 in '21 (about 80 PAs combined) We'd be banking on Anthony matching or exceeding Duran's 2023-2025 numbers (.817 OPS w 71 SBs or about 35 per 162.) Of course, one of the OF'ers could DH, if we could get Devers to play 1B with some effort to try and be a close-to-average one.
  4. moonslav59
    Good projection.
  5. moonslav59
    Sounds like you are. I like Cora and disagree with him on some minor things, like this. That's something you never grasp. Call that what you want, but it's you.
  6. moonslav59
    Aren't you breaking down who you think we are and how we think? I'm glad you are the one who decides what reality is... NOT!
  7. moonslav59
    Nobody thinks it's a top 500 problem. Can you try to think outside the box? A major problem is the #4 slot- the #1 RBI slot in the line-up. Bregman could have done fine in the slot. He had the .407 OBP Bregman ahead of him and has one more RBI than the leadoff guy, Duran. (35 to 34.) And again, I've said over and over, this barely makes a difference, and you act like I'm saying it's a top problem. Can you, just for once, understand someone else's point for what it is and not what you imagine it to be? You crack me up with all the nonsense, then act like others are the clowns.
  8. moonslav59
    What is "sounds like to you" makes your ear test as wrong as your eye test. It doesn't take a geeky nerd to see the truth. OBP by Sox .294 #8 .284 #9 .337 #1 Depending on who the bat instead of Devers #2 slot (maybe Bregman, then who bats 3rd?) .337 #1 ___ #2 (Maybe Ref .383 & Abreu .336) .375 #3 (mostly Bregman .385) This isn't some complex calculus problem. Most simple-minded people could work it out.
  9. moonslav59
    You know how many rbi opps will be in the 2 and 4 slots for the Sox the remainder of the year? Do you even know how many there have been for each slot, so far? Maybe your eye test has a count. LMAO
  10. moonslav59
    Well, I'd expect the best guy to be one of how ever many we do end up calling up.
  11. moonslav59
    Not if he's called up, too. This about the IF, unless Anthony wants to move to 1B...
  12. moonslav59
    The 4 slot has even more rbi opportunities. Hey, Magic Johnson played one of the best games of his career as a center. I guess they should have kept him there.
  13. moonslav59
    No surprise.
  14. moonslav59
    I'm in agreement. Plus, Story's defense does not appear to be what it used to be, either.
  15. moonslav59
    Don't you know? All players are doomed (or blessed) to repeat their last 81 games, forever and ever.
  16. moonslav59
    We have LF covered 5 deep, so yes, 1B or bust.
  17. moonslav59
    I've been saying Devers 4th from before Bregman's injury, when we actually had another top hitter to fill the all-important two slot. I still like the idea, but the change will not make much of a difference, and I'm fine with keeping Devers 2nd. Anthony 3rd or 4th works for me, too. Just bring the kid up. We could have a goldmine ready for discovery. Bring on the next GOLD RUSH!
  18. moonslav59
    Now, there is an idea. Give Jhostynxon a 1Bman's mitt, today!
  19. moonslav59
    The sample size is still small enough, that Story could have one his patented 10 day hot streaks and get to .725 or better. Not saying he will. No evidence exists that suggests he will get hot. I do remember 2022, when he was at .545 after 29 games, then hit 1.144 in 15 games, including a 5 game stretch with 17 rbi, and suddenly he was at .776. He eventually got up to .785, then hit .687 over the last 47 games (to 9/11/22.) The guy looks totally lost with no hope, at all. I'm not sure if Grissom or KC at 3B is a better option, and it looks like KC will be our next 1Bman, for a while, anyway. I do think Mayer should play SS FT, going forward, unless something happens.
  20. moonslav59
    It seems, we'll need to have one somewhere. I was just pointing that out.
  21. moonslav59
    That's my opinion. I was taking about a certain poster who ranted and raved about 81 games, when it fit his narrative. All those who wanted Devers demoted in the line-up, or worse, are awfully silent, now.
  22. moonslav59
    I have not disputed any of this. Again, you mistakenly assign opinions to me that I do not hold. I'd say "strawman" again, but you don't know what the means, either. For the record: I'm for KC at 1B, this year. I thought we should have asked Devers to try a 1Bman's mitt, years ago. I never demanded it or expected Cora & Co. to do it. There is a difference there that you never acknowledge or understand. People have the right to have an opinion that differs from yours over statements (perhaps poorly translated or out of context) Devers made about not playing 1B. My opinion is that if they ask him to, and I never assumed Cora did, he should play there. You can believe my opinion is not that, as you often do, but you are wrong, once again. I'm not sure he'd be a good 1Bman, but I think he could be, and the bar is set so low with Casas, anyway, that being an improvement is not saying much, at all. I'd rather they try to get him to play 1B in the offseason, not now. I'm not crying or whining or obsessed over this, despite what you assume, but as always you choose an alternative reality.
  23. moonslav59
    I'm not sure anyone is "happy" with our rotation results, to date. I will say, not everyone thinks what happened recently will always repeat itself going forward. The Sox are 17th in Starter ERA- at 100 and 14th in SIERA. Not great, at all, but not horrible for a team with so many SP'er injuries, and our 2024 ace with an ERA over 8. (They are 7th xFIP at 3.77.) I'd also like to say that Devers is hitting .816 over his last 81 games, but I never hear about that time frame anymore.
  24. moonslav59
    I did not call him the assistant GM.
  25. moonslav59
    You asked if he was getting "demoted" to a comment that was unrelated and not even hinting at a demotion. Anybody that sides with a player who refuses to do what his manager asks (if that is what is happening, here) does not understand how (successful) teams work.
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