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  1. moonslav59
    Agreed. Our 4 hole has really sucked. 1. L Duran 2. R Bregman (best hitter) 3. L Anthony 4. L Devers (best hitter w power) 5. L Abreu/ R Refsnyder 6. R Narvaez 7. L Mayer (or stick w Story a while more) 8. R Campbell 9. R Rafaela
  2. moonslav59
    That's a flaw, nonetheless. Anthony and Ref at DH is not ideal, either. I'm not arguing against the idea, unless it is to make room for Yoshida to DH (although he just went to the 60.) I'm not happy with the way he's pulling Cora's strings and not vice versa, at all. This is not what this team needs. We have been teetering on mediocrity for many years, and finally made some moves that gave us some hope we could take a meaningful step up, and distractions or worse, like this is a big bummer.
  3. moonslav59
    I always felt like a 27 or 28 man roster might be a nice compromise to give the players, along with a big spike in min wage, in exchange for some sort of soft or hard cap in MLB. Another compromise might be to set a pretty high minimum team spending budget that could allow more lower to mid roster players make more money, instead of the top guys making sick money.
  4. moonslav59
    If I hear Fldg % one more time... 🤣
  5. moonslav59
    I'm not for moving everyone around. I just presented a non Devers to 1B option. I do worry about defense, and focus on SS, a lot. I'm not sure what Campbell not looking all that good on D at 2B, out of the gate has to do with my ideas and opinions. We are in a jam with the Casas injury. I prefer the Campbell to 1B option over Devers to 1B, but both idea have flaws.
  6. moonslav59
    Fitts had a nice 3 inning outing. 4 Hits 0 ER 0 BB and 2 Ks (31 strikes in 38 pitches) Jordan stayed hot in the POR win (2-4) and is at .823.
  7. moonslav59
    Sox traded cash for Ryan Noda and placed Yoshida on the 60 Day IL. He can play 1B and OF. He has 17 career HRs in about 600 PAs. .713 career OPS but off to a really bad start in 2025. He's 29 and had an .855 AAA OPS with 53 HRs in about 1200 PAs. In 475 AA PAs, he hit 29 HRs (.904 OPS.)
  8. moonslav59
    I don't either, but they did move Rafaela off CF, when Story got hurt, last year, and now we have another injury and Campbell learning how to play 1B. (We could call up Mayer to play 2B and keep the inferior defender at SS, like we did with Bogey/Story.) I'm just giving alternative options, not saying we should or would, just we "could."
  9. moonslav59
    I've not given up, just yet, on Story's O or D, but I agree, he has not looked good, so far this year. I know the guy got hurt, but this is radical: 2022-2023: +8 DRS/ +8 OAA in 314 innings at SS 2024: +2 DRS/ +2 OAA at SS in 227 innings 2025: -3 DRS/ -3 OAA at SS in 418 innings
  10. moonslav59
    His issue at 3B was mostly errant throws (to 1B and 2B.) He was actually pretty quick with the reflexes and glove. It's hard to know how well any non 1Bman will learn the footwork and stretch plays a 1BMan needs to know. Scooping bad throws should not be a major issue, if you've been catching scorching line drives hit your way for 10 years plus. It's hard to know, but I think if he wanted to play 1B, he could be okay in a few short months, maybe average after a few months, and possibly on the plus side in about a year, but maybe not. Maybe he'd never reach even average.
  11. moonslav59
    Moving Devers to 1B might make it easier to find a slot for Anthony, but moving Campbell to 1B would open a slot for Mayer. I'd rather we move Campbell, at this point, but I still think there is a chance Devers could be okay or even better at 1B. (I would rather see him try 1B than Yoshida in LF, again.) I know you just love my big shuffle options presented, but... CF Duran LF Anthony 2B: Story SS: Mayer 1B: Campbell DH: Devers We could play bot prospects, without moving Devers off DH.
  12. moonslav59
    Quite a few people have been for years. The weird thing is, we finally don't have the two worst corner infielders in MLB playing, Story is healthy, Rafaela is back in CF, and we found a great defensive catcher, yet we still suck on D and are second in unearned runs allowed.
  13. moonslav59
    I think the idea is to trade an OF'er for a pitcher.
  14. moonslav59
    Last year, we let up 93, so we are not far from the same pace. Improving the team on paper does not always work well on the field.
  15. moonslav59
    Abreu is the only guy we can trade? What makes you think I'm happy with the staff? I doubt we get a top pitcher via trade in mid May, but sure, let's try. If I had to trade an OF'er, it would be Rafaela, then Duran, then Abreu. I'm not against trading a top prospect and a few second tier ones for another ace, but not a rental.
  16. moonslav59
    Going by OF importance order.... 1. Keep the Abreu-Refsnyder platoon in RF. 2. Keep Duran playing (LF or CF). Maybe rest him a few more times than the norm vs LHPs, but that's not enough to get Anthony playing at or near FT. 3. Rafaela's defense in CF. If Anthony does not DH (Devers at 1B), the best option is to have Anthony replace Rafaela (Duran to CF.) Rafaela could play half the games vs LHPs in CF (as Duran sits.) He could also play back-up SS and 2B, but his playing time would be severely reduced, unless we decide to play him at middle IF, a lot. I would not trade Duran or Abreu. I doubt we trade Refsnyder to get Rafaela a little more playing time.
  17. moonslav59
    I'd like to see him try 1B, especially if it fast-tracks him to the bigs. I'm not sure he's ML ready, now. I am a big fan of his, but I admit, I mostly just look at box scores and read the hype or criticism to get my opinions on prospects. I like his bro, too.
  18. moonslav59
    Yes, I just explained, I thought I was responding to your other post.
  19. moonslav59
    OPS Against last 4 weeks: (team .721) .154 Guerrero (13 PAs Against) .452 Chapman .480 Wilson .562 Hendriks .564 Slaten (.000 last 14 days) .565 Weissert .574 Bernardino .656 Crochet .720 Buehler (.364 last 14 days) .777 Newcomb .798 Bello & Dobbins .841 Whitlock .941 Houck .944 Burdi (9) .
  20. moonslav59
    OPS over last 4 weeks (team .760) 1.180 Devers 1.002 Narvaez .961 Bregman .904 Refsnyder (22 PAs) .802 DHam .783 Abreu .774 Duran .684 Rom (25) .666 Rafaela .626 Sogard (33) .538 Toro (26) .519 Wong (24) .496 Campbell .368 Story
  21. moonslav59
    I thought I was replying to your post about getting an ace (Crochet.) We finally got an ace.
  22. moonslav59
    It seems unlikely, but something like .740 and plus D is okay.
  23. moonslav59
    Finally, after like 5 years.
  24. moonslav59
    Nor I.
  25. moonslav59
    For sure. You don't finish near .500, every year, without having multiple weak areas or areas with little depth. You have to pick and choose, when you cut your budget or refuse to spend on quality talent while looking for bargain basement players to fill too many weak positions. 2B has been worse than 1B, since at least casas had some hopes. Ace was another neglected area.
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