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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. moonslav59
    I did not call him the assistant GM.
  4. 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.
  5. moonslav59
    I'm not "mourning." either- just pointing out that we traded away what little and meager 1B depth we did have. I'm also wondering why we don't try Grandal. Maybe ebcause Toro has hit pretty well in the SSS.
  6. moonslav59
    Who plays 3rd? Story, KC, DHam, Romy or... gasp... Grissom? I could see a Mayer SS & Rafaela 2B combo, but not if some stiff plays 3B. I strongly doubt Cora moves Rafaela out of CF.
  7. moonslav59
    Hendriks is buying his ticket out of Boston.
  8. moonslav59
    I'm not sure what this means. Am I the only one?
  9. moonslav59
    Jh Garcia is showing just how lucky I can be with prospect rankings! LOL SSS, but he's at 1.143 in AAA. Sandlin went 7 IP, 3H, oER, just 1BB and 8 Ks. Tolle looked good for GRE : 4.1, 5, 1, 2, 5
  10. moonslav59
    I fully realize the dilemma.
  11. moonslav59
    Or, Raffy 1B and Roman DH.
  12. moonslav59
    Agreed.
  13. moonslav59
    I've been a big Cora supporter, as I was with Tito, but sometimes a change is needed, even if just "change for change's sake." I'm not saying I'm on the fire Cora bandwagon, yet, but I'm as close as ever, and the wagon is already weighted down with posters and fans.
  14. moonslav59
    Zanetello is so far down on my rankings list, I'm not sure why he gets so much attention. He's 36th on SP.com
  15. moonslav59
    It's interesting to see the numbers for our pitching staff. .654 OPS Against Pen (4.15 ERA) .738 OPS Against Starters (3.76) I know we can never all agree on anything, but to me these were out top 5 SP'ers going into the season (not counting Sandoval) .567 Crochet 2.04 in 12 GS .920 Houck 8.04 in 9 .702 Buehler 3.95 in 8 ,795 Bello 3.83 in 8 .799 Giolito 5.27 in 5 GS or N/A Crawford Our depth has not done all that badly, except Newcomb's last start or two: .603 Fitts 2.70 in 4 .765 Dobbins 4.21 in 7 ,836 Newcomb in 5 I realize rbis is a stat many do not value all that highly, myself included, but here are the numbers as we just passed the 1/3 mark to the season and approach 40%: 50 Devers (leads leasgue) 35 Bregman 34 Duran 29 Abreu 21 Story, 20 Rafaela, 17 Narvaez, 16 KC, 11 Ref
  16. moonslav59
    This pretty much says it all. (I will say, his bat is not worse than our 2B batters have been. He's at .639 and the 2B crew is at .622. Mayer at SS and Rafaela at 2B could be a boost to the offense, as well.)
  17. moonslav59
    I'm not giving up, just yet, but I don't see this team going anywhere but near .500, this season. It's very sad, because it did look like we made some significant improvements to high need areas, last winter. It looked like we had decent SP'er depth, improved defense and about the same offense, which was not bad, last year. Out pen was a known area of continued need, but that is the one area that seems easier to address mid season. OH well. I know many want heads to roll, but I find it hard to be hyper critical towards those that made deals I agreed with.
  18. moonslav59
    To me, Zanetello is zilch, until he shows me otherwise.
  19. moonslav59
    The tale of the 1 IP Openers, tonight... Penrod pitched another 1 inning scoreless in an opener role. Anthony 1-4 w BB & 2B. GRE is up 9-6 in the 6th, as Chris Murphy opened with 1 scoreless inning, too. Anderson is 3-3 and YRod has 4 rbi on 2 hits Song pitched a 1 IP scoreless opener, as SAL won game 1. The second game is scoreless after 4 with Ehrlicher going 2.2 scoreless. Little solace, when the big club is stinking up the city.
  20. moonslav59
    Cora has used Devers in the 4 slot (more often than the 2 slot in '24,) but I'm not sure he'll move him, this year. Without Bregman, maybe some tinkering is needed. I could see: L Duran L/R Abreu/Ref L Mayer L Devers L Anthony R Narvaez
  21. moonslav59
    You've said this over and over, and I wonder if you truly believe there was no chance Casas would turn his season around, as he had before. I'd much rather have a healthy Casas, right now, than a guy like Toro on a likely lucky streak.
  22. moonslav59
    I didn't even know Rafaela, when I liked JBJ so much.
  23. moonslav59
    Including me.
  24. moonslav59
    Seems this way, now. I agree. I still think we can turn it around, but I'm not seeing any spark. Losing Bregman doesn't help.
  25. moonslav59
    A perfect post.
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