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  1. moonslav59
    I'm liking how Narvaez has looked at the plate over a very small and early sample size. I was worried about his decent minor league OBP transfering over to the bigs, but so far, he seems to be working the count, very well. I hope he keeps it up. In other early numbers, Wong is placed very highly on the fangraphs defense page.
  2. moonslav59
    Chump change when compared to their risky deals of late.
  3. moonslav59
    Here is how many times each batting slot got on base, today: 1: 2 times (Duran) w SB 2: 4 times (Devers) brought OPS up to 5.24 3: 3 times (Bregman) w 2B 4: 2 times (Casas) w 2B 5: 2 times (Story) w HR & 3 RBI 6: 3 times (Abreu) w HR 7: 3 times (Campbell)w SF, SB and 3 runs scored 8: 4 times (Narvaez) w 2B & 2 RBI 9: 2 times (Rafaela)
  4. moonslav59
    Pretty amazing how Devers is the only everyday starter from the 2021 team still on the 26 man roster. Duran and Wong played some, but were not starters. Houck pitched in 18 games, starting 13, and of course Whitlock had a very nice season in '21. Kutter got in one game. That's it: 6 players with 3 of them later season players.
  5. moonslav59
    I'm doubting Story can ever have a season like he had (several) with COL, but I'll take near GG defense at SS and maybe a .775 OPS. (I'd be fine with .725, but I also think he could go over .800.)
  6. moonslav59
    I want a name: who was he poster going on and on about us needing a lockdown closer? 😜
  7. moonslav59
    Top 3 OPS in MLB, as of right now... 1.691 Abreu 1.603 Judge 1.308 Campbell It's interesting to see Nolan Arenado at 1.062.
  8. moonslav59
    Batting.... First 7 games: 75 Ks and 5 BB Today, so far: 2 Ks and 5 BB
  9. moonslav59
    Good to see Storyland's genre changing from "Horror" stories and "Fantasy" towards a "Thriller."
  10. moonslav59
    I see those articles, all the time on social media. I stopped clicking on the clickbait.
  11. moonslav59
    The only "good" he did with farm pitching was NOT trading Houck, Bello & Crawford. Adding Whitlock & Wink was nice, too, but in 4 years, geeesh!
  12. moonslav59
    Jansen & Martin were "good gets," too. Wink has been okay. Robles did well after the summer trade, but the next season, not good.
  13. moonslav59
    I thought there was a decent chance Narvaez could become our main catcher, and maybe it happens more quickly than anyone expected. Maybe.
  14. moonslav59
    Actually, 2B to OF to SS.
  15. moonslav59
    Wasn't Wong one of the "luckiest" batters in 2024?
  16. moonslav59
    I never understood those who said his skills do not traditionally age well.
  17. moonslav59
    Yup. The 12 years brings down the AAV a bit ($30M) which was ballpark to our 10 year offer AAV.
  18. moonslav59
    I agree, and I have not given up on his bat, just yet, but I think his higher than COL K rate is here to stay.
  19. moonslav59
    On top of this, he focused the farm building on everyday players, too.
  20. moonslav59
    Indeed, even with some sort of restriction on long term spending on pitchers, he still could have spent more on pitching than everyday players. (Story got even more than Yoshida, but together the Sox will spend over $340M.) The Devers extension was further spending on non pitchers. His largest pitching contracts were: $32M/2 Jansen '23 RP $19M/2 Barnes extension '22 RP $18M/2 Martin '23 RP $10M/1 Richards '21 $10M/1 Kluber '23 $10M/2 Paxton '22 $8M/2 Diekman '22 (traded for McGuire) RP $7M/1 Wacha '22 $6M/1 Perez '20 $5M/1 Perez '21 & Hill '22 Many of the higher paid pitchers were pen arms (top 3.) Bloom spent more on Yoshida than all his SP signings combined. Bloom spent more on Story than his top 10 pitcher signings combined. He spent more on Devers than all his pitching signings and extensions- maybe even arbs, too.
  21. moonslav59
    Ummm, he's very athletic and SS range involves the same skill sets as 2B range. Plus, I only said I felt he "seems" to be better suited for 2B than 3B, since range seems to be his biggest defensive asset. In his short time at 2B, his metrics showed his fault was turning the DP, so that might be an issue. IMO, he'd make a better 2Bman than 3Bman, but I'm not saying he should or will be moved, anytime soon- or traded. In the context of where Mayer can play, the talk has gotten speculative and imaginative. I'm just rolling with the talk. I'd give the odds of a Story trade at 1,000:1 by opening day 2026, but if he builds value, and Mayer shines that could lower.
  22. moonslav59
    To me "the bottom line" involves a lot of context, but he did fail to do better than 78-84 with a budget more than most teams.
  23. moonslav59
    It's nice to see Devers smiling.
  24. moonslav59
    The lost time due to injuries is a big part of that, and maybe he keeps getting hurt. Many of his PAs with the Sox have come while returning from long times off. I'm not sure we use those numbers as projections of what he will do, if he has a 500+ PA season. I hope we get to see it happen.
  25. moonslav59
    Story still has plus range, so 2B does seem better than 3B, IMO. What are your views on Campbell at 3B? We could also see Campbell in the OF with Mayer at SS and Story at 2B.
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