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  1. moonslav59
    In general, it's much less costly to make winter deals- not deadline ones. I had wished we had done more, but I'm more than okay with the full body of work from Brez. We had about 10-12 SP'er depth and needed every one of them, including the one he traded away (Priester.) We could have used a 1Bman and a better pitcher(s) than M & M, but gross overpays are just that. BTW, SEA has traditionally had very good pitching staff, and their home field makes them look even better, but this year, they do not. 19th in fWAR, 16th in FIP & 18th in ERA-, all behind the Sox. How can their GM be that short-sighted????
  2. moonslav59
    i'm not for giving top prospects for a rental, but 1B rentals are not very costly. We didn't need to get the best- just a platoon 1Bman who can hit .725 and play decent D. No top prospect was needed. On Yoshida, I think we'd have to have paid $12-14M out of the $18M for nothing in return. We could have added someone like Mullins and maybe saved a few more millions. Now that he has just 2 years left, maybe a taker can be found for Yoshida. We could also take back a high priced pitcher with a little hope left in his arm.
  3. moonslav59
    He did get Gio, last year and Crochet, Chapman & Bregman, this year. $21M on Buehler blew up, so of course that is all you see and write about. Not many GMs go 10 for 10.
  4. moonslav59
    Tolle had a rough first start with Woo. 5 IP, 7H, 5ER, 1BB, 3K (2 HRs) Mata pitched well in relief, but you have to wonder, if his days are numbered with the Sox. Campbell homered in the 6-3 loss. He had 2 hits and a HBP. POR lost 3-1 to drop 3 games under .500. Mullins pitched well (2.28 ERA) Castro is heating up and had 2 hits. GRE won 2-1, as Sansone pitched well. They are 2 over .500. Jo Garcia had an RBI. Mussett had 3 hits. SAL won 8-7 but has no chance of reaching .500. Martin went 4-5, Salazar 3-3 and Gonzales & Azocar each had 2 hits.
  5. moonslav59
    Once Max says it's okay to DFA Toro, Brez will comply. Max? You there?????
  6. moonslav59
    Who are these "some fans?"
  7. moonslav59
    Cut the leash on Toro loose.
  8. moonslav59
    We gotta say good bye to Toro. Period.
  9. moonslav59
    It would make more sense if the mistake was this and not a mix up in names.
  10. moonslav59
    DHam has two useful skills and neither lead him to a starter, even vs RHPs: 1. He may be one of the top 3 base stealers in MLB. 2. He plays plus D at 2B- a position we have sucked in (D & O) for over 5 season. If he is going to be on our 26, that is the only two ways we should use him: PR'er and late inning D at 2B.
  11. moonslav59
    He's trolling. Just ignore, and hopefully he'll go away.
  12. moonslav59
    Since I use OPS for batters, despite its flaws, I like OPS Against for pitchers.
  13. moonslav59
    ERA is not a good indicator for a RP'er effectiveness, as they often come in with 1-2 outs. Slaten's OPS Against shows he's much better than Alcala and most other RP'ers on our staff, when healthy.
  14. moonslav59
    I hate the idea or moving Rafaela out of CF, but with our loaded OF and Rafaela a plus defender at 2B, too, I think he should play 2B FT. Maybe Romy can play 2B to give CR a day off, but I'd use Romy at 1B FT, or call Campbell up to play 1B v RHPs.
  15. moonslav59
    PR DHam, have him steal 3B and give the team 2 chances for a fly ball or correctly placed ground out and 3 chances for a hit or WP/PB?
  16. moonslav59
    I'd swap Abreu with Yoshida in the line-up, but Cora seems to get things like this right more than wrong. L Anthony R Bregman L Duran R Story L Yoshida R Romy (no Toro- thank you, Cora!) L Abreu R Rafaela R Wong
  17. moonslav59
    I realize KC was hitting worse than Toro has been for a couple months, but I think we should roll the dice. 2nd option: play Romy at 1B full time.
  18. moonslav59
    Top Sox OPS over the last 50 games (2 months) .961 Romy (BAM!) .874 Duran (Who is the clown wanting to trade him!) .867 Bregman (glad you're back) .863 Story (Finally!) .828 Abreu (Steady Wilyer) .826 Anthony (for real) .811 Rafaela (growing sample size of competence- take not, Fred!) .771 Ref (if this is your slump, come back, next year!) .707 Yoshida (leash loosened, recently) .653 Mayer (IL) .611 Narvaez (injured) .557 Toro (5th most PAs is killing us) .453 Wong (doing better on D) .449 DHam (looks like a great PR)
  19. moonslav59
    We are 33-17 since June 10th (2 months.) Pitching in these 50 games: 7-1 Giolito 2.43 (IP leader at 67) 6-4 Bello 2.26 (2nd in IP at 64) 7-0 Crochet 2.09 (60 IP) 3-2 Buehler 5.61 (51) Pen 2.08 Whitlock 22 IP 3.10 Murphy 20 0.49 Chapman 18 2.65 Bernardino 17 (demoted) 3.46 Wilson 13
  20. moonslav59
    Great post, oldtimer, as always. I had wished we traded for a 1Bman, too, but I keep wondering why we keep playing Toro, when Campbell should be ready, by now. Even going with Romy FT seems like a better option. We also keep playing Yoshida, but at least he has started to show some life in his bat. I'd swap Abreu for Yoshida in the last few line-ups, but WTH...
  21. moonslav59
    Maybe he really thought it was "Tolle."
  22. moonslav59
    He has yet to play a game there in 2025, so he has not advanced to that point, yet. Campbell has played some 1B, so he seems like a possible 2025 solution. BTW, I see Romy starting at 1B over Toro vs a RHP. ABOUT TIME! Romy is hitting RHPs okay (.729) and does even better when he starts games vs RHPs (.931 v .889 when he starts v a lefty.) I'd demote Toro, call up Campbell and try a Campbell-Romy platoon at 1B for a while. Romy could play 2B, a few games, too. (Very nice play at 2B by Rafaela, last night.)
  23. moonslav59
    All inclusive. I'm sure the Padres had their Alcala. Guess what? As good as the Sox pen has been, this year, and surprising, too, they have 10 RP'ers with worse ERAs than Alcala (and 3 had more IP in the pen): ONE IS SLATEN! 6.59 Hendriks, 5.56 Kelly, 5.40 ICampbell, 5.25 Hicks, 5.06 Criswell, 4.15 Guerrero, 3.86 Wink, 3.47 Slaten, 3.38 Dobbins & Newcomb. (I did not count Bello's 3.60 in 5IP, so it's really 11.) Slaten has brought down the team ERA more than Alcala! Here are our OPSA leaders w 70+ PAs Against. (Matz is at .298 in 14 PAs) .403 Chapman (171 PAs Against) .465 Slaten 90 (IL) .530 Guerrero 72 (IL) .565 Whitlock 220 .566 Bernardino 185 (demoted) .614 Murphy 87 (had a rough time, last outing) .649 Weissert 204 (2nd most- thanks DUGO!) .694 Wilson 148 .788 Kelly 103 (IL) .791 Newcomb 85 (traded) (Alcala has 66 PAs Against and is at .886- pretty much the worst on the team, except for 4 guys with 4-15 PAs against.) We are right: he sucks!
  24. moonslav59
    We also got Fitts & Weissert for Dugo.
  25. moonslav59
    That is amazing! Here is how our two pens compare: IP SDP 11th & BOS 13th fWAR: SDP 1st (6.2) & BOS 5th (4.5) ERA-: SDP 1st (76) & BOS 2nd (79) OPS Against: .630 SDP .643 BOS
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