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  1. moonslav59
    Casas has started 19 games. He's been horrible. We all agree on that. His defense has always been terrible. That hasn't changed. I think it's too early to pull the plug. I hope he's not the next Dalbec. He had a longer good stretch than Dalbec did, and his OBP blew Bobby Dee's away. Casas: first 222 games. .250 BA .357 OBP .473 SLG 125 OPS+ Dalbec's first 156 games (66 games smaller than Tristan's) .2423 BA .308 OBP .511 SLG 114 OPS+ I'm not sure Grissom & Romy are the solution, but maybe someday, we may have to try it out. Anyone want to find another Dom Smith type?
  2. moonslav59
    I've always maintained I'd trade any player for a better return.
  3. moonslav59
    Evidence of what? I can't think players will not continue what they have donover 3 weeks for the rest of their careers? I need to show evidence that players go through slumps and hot steaks? Or do you want evidence that our defense looked better on paper going into 2025? I'm not claiming we are playing better D. We aren't. Duran was off to a poor start, last April and had a great year. I can't think he might get better without having to prove it based on something I've seen in 3 weeks? Casas has been horrible. There is no "evidence" based on 2025 to show you why he might get better. I guess you need to show me evidence that proves that all players off to horrific 3 week starts are doomed to continue sucking.
  4. moonslav59
    More strawman. I never said after the Padre signing. I specifically mentioned "had we signed him for $200M/7 or $160M/6," as in an extension. You were front and center on bashing management for not extending him, although we never knew what it would have taken to get him to sign. My point was even if he accepted $200M/7 the year or two before he bolted, would we be sure that was a good deal to make?
  5. moonslav59
    We may disagree on what "going crazy" entails, but I stand by my comment. It was a red hot topic, where people were saying JH should go. It did not reach the Betts level, but because it was in conjunction with losing Betts, several posters were clearly irritate. Nobody is mentioning wishing he was back. Nobody.
  6. moonslav59
    Moving around the OF is no big deal, and it happens every year, including 2024. Yes, players can still improve. If you'd prefer playing Refsnyder in RF vs LHPs, or just play Rafaela there to avoid musical chairs, then you are advocating putting an inferior defense than is needed on the field. You are quick to criticize suggested solutions, but don't offer yours. 2024 OF Play by games Duran 105 CF & 83 LF O'Neill 70 LF & 50 RF Abreu 125 RF & 5 LF & 1 CF Rafaela 87 CF (82 SS & 4 2B) Refsnyder 46 LF & 37 RF I'm not suggesting anything radically different than what has been going on for years.
  7. moonslav59
    They are options. I do not think we DFA him, as someone would likely take him for $2-5M a year. I do think consideration is being given to keeping him in AAA as he rehabs and starts to show he can hit. He has options, so there is no limit to rehab timing. You, yourself have said Yoshida will not play OF, so what is your idea on where he plays? What options am I missing?
  8. moonslav59
    No. Maybe, if we just get one, it could be one of the best, but not both. We coudl also add Wong to sweeten the deal a little.
  9. moonslav59
    Story is really looking like the player we hoped we got day one. His arm is still a big question, but I hope he can keep this going for a full season. He had a couple short stretches of great play in previous Sox seasons. He could be the key to the 2025 season.
  10. moonslav59
    Exactly, and at the time we lost him, I pointed out that maybe even signing him to a $200M/7 or $160M/6 deal could actually not turn out to be the right thing to do. He was never a plus defender at a very important defensive position. His offense had begun to show some slight decline, especially his HR power. He was about to turn 30. Bogey 2018-2020: .907 OPS (136 OPS+) Bogey 2021-2022: .848 OPS (130 OPS+) with SDP '23-'25: .746 OPS (107 OPS+) Some posters were going crazy about losing Bogey, and their silence is deafening, now. I agree with Red, letting Betts go rivals the loss of the Babe. I'd have paid him $400M/14 and said so at the time, but sometimes letting stars go is the right thing to do (Pedro, Jake, JD, Beni, Bogey and several others.) Note: we got Campbell with the Bogey comp pick: nuff said.
  11. moonslav59
    I agree, totally. Except, we have been "considering" Yoshida for months (and years.) There is no fit for him, as long as Devers is the DH and we have 4-5 capable OF'ers, including Anthony. He stays in AAA as DH and deep OF insurance or gets traded to get some minor salary relief, as we'd pitch in $12-14M a year, unless we add a plus player to the deal. (This assumes we get nothing back.)
  12. moonslav59
    I would not trade Duran, Anthony or Abreu. I'm not sold on Rafaela remaining a FT CF'ers, especially since we already have a black hole bat at the catcher position. I don't think Anthony is "blocked." Rafaela could platoon with Abreu and back up 2B, SS and maybe even 3B to still be a useful part of the team. He could also PR and do some late inning defensive replacement duty. If we trade any OF'er, it would be Rafaela, IMO. Being a RHB does nat factor in, since he hits lefties just as poorly as Duran and is not much better than Abreu v LHPs. The "blocked" prospect is Mayer, for as long as Story stays healthy. If Bregman bolts after '25, there will be room for him, but some sort of positional shuffle will need to occur. If we trade for an upgrade, I'd look at top RP'ers and a all around good catcher.
  13. moonslav59
    Three more prospect updated scouting reports: https://news.soxprospects.com/2025/04/scouting-report-updates-justin-gonzales.html
  14. moonslav59
    I don't disagree, but there are cases where high BB pitchers end up fixing the issue, sometimes later in life. This year, he has 17 Ks and 4 BB in 10.2 IP.
  15. moonslav59
    Defense is supposed to be the easiest part of the game to project. I don't get it. I'm not worried about the bats. I think Devers, Casas and Duran will come around, and in a big way. I just hope Story, Abreu and Campbell keep it going. I'm worried about Houck and Buehler to a lesser extent. If one or both don't come through we need some borderline promises to step it up (3 or 4 from Bello, Gio, Fitts, Dobbins and maybe Crawford or Sandoval, later on.)
  16. moonslav59
    Teams would die to trade for Duran, right now. His stock has not dropped that much. hIS HARD HIT % HAS DROPPED FROM 34% TO 29%, but the season is young. His line drive % is nearly the same. Remember this, on April 26, 2024, Duran's OPS was .680. He's at .621, now. I hope we keep Duran, but if we do trade him, we need to get something very nice- like maybe a catcher and a closer.
  17. moonslav59
    You shoulda just posted it right after Saturday's game.
  18. moonslav59
    They are young, so improvement is possible, including significant upticks in velo. I would like to see us with more nationally ranked pitching prospects, but we have a large base of pitchers showing varying levels of promise. I'm hopeful a handful improve enough to open some eyes. Hell, even a guy like Mata might surprise us.
  19. moonslav59
    11 of 15 AL teams are within 4 games of .500. 8 of 15 NL teams are.
  20. moonslav59
    I'm wondering when he'll be promoted to AAA. (Maybe when Anthony moves to MLB.) I'd like to see Romero & Early in AAA, too. Maybe YRod & Mullins to AA and Arias to A+.
  21. moonslav59
    Current Pitching prospects by ranking on soxprospects.com 5. Perales (IL) AA 7. Valera A+ 8. Sandlin AA 10. Early AA 11. Fitts (IL) MLB 12. Dobbins AAA/MLB 13. Tolle A+ 16. Paez A+ 19. Clarke A- 22. Reyes XST 23. Conrad XST 24. Guerrero AAA pen 25. Wehunt AA 28. Monegro AA 29. Mullins A+ 30. Delzine DSL 32. Tygart A- (IL) 36, Ingrassia A+ 39. Penrod AAA/MLB (IL) 40. Aita A- 41. Fajardo XST 42. Rivera A+ 43. Dean A+ 45. Mata AAA 46. Drohan AAA 50. Carlson A+ 51. Neely A- 27 of the top 51 are pitchers
  22. moonslav59
    Having 8 man pens help out a little, and I'm thinking we are getting further along in the season, where starts will start going one more inning. It doesn't help that we have been using out 8-9-10 depth starters, but they have pitched well- just not 6-7 IP. When Bello and Gio return, we wont be seeing 7 IP games from them, too, so we need Crochet, Buehler and Houck to start going longer into games. I wish we had added one more solid pen arm, but we did spend way more than I expected, and thankfully some on rotation depth and front line starters. The old man Chapman and Wilson signings, along with the Hendriks deal from last year, have become the standard fall back on decent pen additions.
  23. moonslav59
    Drohan continues to look sharp for WOO. 4 IP, 3H, 0ER, 1BB, 5K. Woo won 7-0. Mayer went 2-5 w an HR (up to .684) Grissom 2B'd again (2-4 and at .975) Koloz. hit a granny. POR lost 3-1. Gio got the start: 5IP 6H, 3ER, 0BB, 4K and Early pitched 3 innings of one hit ball. Jh Garcia went 2-2 w 2 BB and Romero walked twice. GRE won 8-7 as Paez went 4 IP w 4H, o ER, 0BB, 5 K (4 unearned runs) Brannon homered twice (.766.) SAL lost 5-2. Encarnacion 2-4.
  24. moonslav59
    We seem to have a few pitchers like Mullins. Many show promise but need to show it at higher levels. Good to see an increase in promise.
  25. moonslav59
    We are only 14% through the season, but some high need areas are already apparent- most were apparent back in March. 1. Catching: While Narvaez has looked good on D, and sometimes that's all a team needs, but with a blackhole in CF, we can't support two. 2. The pen: We knew it was deep with mediocrity, but way short on quality, especially at closer and set-up men. Chapman has looked good, but we still need more top quality. 3. Rotation: We have to hope 5 of the ones we have rise to the top and do enough to get us there. Maybe Anthony can add a spark. Maybe Buehler and or Houck get it together. Maybe Casas & others catch fire, soon. Maybe, maybe, maybe....
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