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  1. moonslav59
    Or, Raffy 1B and Roman DH.
  2. moonslav59
    Agreed.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.)
  7. 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.
  8. moonslav59
    To me, Zanetello is zilch, until he shows me otherwise.
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. moonslav59
    I didn't even know Rafaela, when I liked JBJ so much.
  13. moonslav59
    Including me.
  14. 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.
  15. moonslav59
    A perfect post.
  16. moonslav59
    I think we expected to get nothing. Maybe this will pay the uber fare for an Anthony call-up.
  17. moonslav59
    Hickey is really heating up. He does play 1B, now, and could be an emergency 3rd catcher, but at age 25, you wonder if this is for real. He homered, tonight and is up to .777, after a pretty bad start. Anthony hit his 8th homer, but I guess he has to wait for an injury or trade to ever get the call. Eaton homered, too. Grissom went 2-4 w a 2B & BB. Jordan homered (.900) in the POR loss, and Romero walked 4 times (.820.) Wehunt K'd 9 in 6 IP (0BB, 4 hits & 2 ER.) GRE & SAL rained out and the FCL Sox lost 2 games 5-1 and 6-1. Buchanan Speaking & Writing Speak and write in complete sentences, all the time. Create situations where students prsent using complete sentences.
  18. moonslav59
    Yup, and the Narvaez one, too, in all likelihood. Maybe Weissert improves some and helps us for years to come, too.
  19. moonslav59
    Nice to see Fitts come back with a decent showing. Hopefully, we can inch up the pitch count and he can step into the 3 slot role. I never expected him to be one of our best hopes for that slot, but baseball is a funny game like that.
  20. moonslav59
    I agree.
  21. moonslav59
    Sox DFA'd Newcomb and reinstated Penrod from the 60 Day IL, sending him to Woo. 17 hits and 5 BBs in his last 13.1 IP gets you a ticket outta town. The A's sent cash to BOS to acquire Newcomb.
  22. moonslav59
    Maybe the best defensive Sox CF'er in the 5 decades I've been watching.
  23. moonslav59
    Manage to finish .500, again.
  24. moonslav59
    We all used to talk about what players are better than others, and many times it came down to, "This guy is a little better hitter, while that guy is a little better fielder, baserunner, or whatever...." or "one guy has more power, while the other walks more." It was always hard to quantify the different aspects of the game. WAR attempts to answer those questions, but it is no debate ender. They do attempt to take out the "subjectivity" as much as possible and base their values on scientific research that tries to quantify how much each event leads to a scored or allowed. I think they do a pretty good job, but there are flaws and some major variances between bWAR and fWAR that make us shake our heads and ask just how accurate they are. I like to look at this simple way: compile several lists of players by season, last 3 years, 5 years, 10 years using BA, HRs, Fldg %, OBP, SLG, OPS, wRC+ or whatever single stat or data point you wish and compare it to the top WAR players and ask yourself, which single list best orders the players by overall value? I think the answer is pretty clear, to me.
  25. moonslav59
    I didn't expect Abreu to be traded, but at least I make specific suggestions, instead of vague statements that no matter what happens, you claim "I was right." You throw crap at Sox management all the time, but rarely give specific ideas. "Get a 1Bman." Like they grow on trees. "Bloom is over his head." "Devers will never move off 3B." (Oh, yes, you did make one specific statement.)
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