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  1. moonslav59
    To BOS: Joe Ryan, Mitch Keller and David Bednar To PHI: Jarren Duran & Walker Buehler (and cash) To MIN: Andre Painter, David Sandlin & Allan Castro To PIT: Wilyer Abreu, Vaughn Grissom, Franklin Arias & Hayden Mullins ________________ C: Narvaez & Wong 1B: Campbell/Toro & Romy 2B: Mayer SS: Story 3B: Bregman LF: Campbell/Garcia & Refsnyder CF: Rafaela RF: Anthony DH: Yoshida SP: Crochet, Ryan, Keller, Giolito, Bello, Fitts>Sandoval RP: Chapman, Bednar, Whitlock, Wilson, Weissert, Hicks, Bernardino
  2. moonslav59
    When you pick a fight with ownership like that, you gotta know you numbered your days.
  3. moonslav59
    Payton Tolle For whom the bell Tolles.Jhostynxon Garcia Can't forget this passwordFranklin Arias Gonna make a lot of Benjamins with his glove.Hunter Dobbins The hunters gets his kill.Luis Perales Gotta stay healthy long enough to make the jump.Brandon Clarke I'm probably too high, here.Kyson Witherspoon Just a hunch.Connelly Early Maybe turns into a great RP'er.Johanfran Garcia I've always been high on this kid.Mikey Romero He's regained my trust.Juan Valera Hard to know.Marcus Phillips Throw a dart and see where he lands.Richard Fitts Looks like a 4/5 SP'erJustin Gonzales Kid is looking good!David Sandlin Thinking pen, here.Dorian Soto I rate younger prospects high, perhaps too often.Yoeilin Cespedes Still not giving up on his bat.James Tibbs III Don't know enough, here.Conrad Cason 2 way moves him up.Miguel Bleis Last gasp to stay top 20.
  4. moonslav59
    I think 3 more years of Duran is worth more than 1 of Bubic. I think KC wins the trade, but if we extend Bubic, we do. From BOS side, it looks like an even deal, since we need a real good pitcher and have a really good OF'er on the bench, every game, as it is, now. (As long as Yoshida DHs.)
  5. moonslav59
    The video replay was pretty clear, to me. It was C I. Sad way to lose a game, where Buehler finally looked good.
  6. moonslav59
    Hill is tied for the record for most teams played with (14.) That's nearly half. I think he's been on 17 different stints, including 3 with BOS (all for just 1 season.)
  7. moonslav59
    There were rumors Nomar was pouting. He was no longer a decent defensive SS. He may have injured himself in a non baseball incident, and the Sox went along with it. He refused to sign the offered extension and was rightfully traded. As it looks, Devers was rightfully traded, too, but the other side has some legit points.
  8. moonslav59
    I agree. I think we agree we should not trade top prospects for a rental or two, but marginal prospects for a couple useful pieces might be fine. We disagree on trading from OF strength and depth for a controlled pitcher, but I'd rather we stand pat than trade Duran for a rental or controlled 1Bman.
  9. moonslav59
    .700 to .720 encompases the MLB avergae OPS for 2025 (.717.) The 2025 MLB OPS for CF is .695. He might be at .710 and be better than the MLB CF average OPS and be GG caliber on D, and that's not "good enough" for you? Of course, the MLB in CF could go up above .720 going forward. It has been this, the last 5 years: .721 in '21 .688 in '22 .730 in '23 .697 in '24 .695, so far in '25 Of course, I'd like better than .720, and that is your high end, but Rafaela's D and baserunning makes up for his possible mediocre O. He'd be a firm plus, IMO at .705 or .720.
  10. moonslav59
    Devers to start at 1B, tonight!
  11. moonslav59
    Please, NO! I'd rather bring Sandy Leon back.
  12. moonslav59
    I agree. Devers is not toast.
  13. moonslav59
    To think we are where we are w/o our #1 SP'er, last year is pretty telling.
  14. moonslav59
    Yes, his career is .705 and you expect that to decline to .700 as he nears then enters prime, despite showing significant (yet still much more to go) improvement on K and BB rates. Let's revisit this in 5 years and when his contract expires. I'd predict .740, so I'm not way more optimistic than you are. I think there is a decent chance he hits .775 from 2025 to the end of his contract. I expect you put the odds at that happening as less than 5%. I'd put them at 25-33%.
  15. moonslav59
    Exactly, and "eating" half of JD's salary would essentially add the other half to Schwarber's cost. I'd love to have kept Schwarber, and we can argue all day & night about JH coulda, shoulda spent more, but the fact was he would not and did not.
  16. moonslav59
    How could we trade JD?
  17. moonslav59
    Wow, Annie Anthony and Mary Mayer are doing about the same as Kristina.
  18. moonslav59
    You aren't getting any offer close to Painter for Chapman, IMO.
  19. moonslav59
    Duran to PHI, Bubic to BOS, Abel & Romero to KCR.
  20. moonslav59
    He's really slumped badly. Have his splits vs RHPs been real bad, too, because Romy is not good vs RHPs. Who else plays 1B vs R? Until we get someone, maybe a DFA is not the best idea.
  21. moonslav59
    This was rather shocking to me. + Narvaez at C (one of the best in MLB) + Story at SS (replacing below avg D at SS in '24) + Bregman at 3B (replacing the worst in MLB) + a mix at 1B (replacing the worst in MLB) + Rafaela in CF full time + Duran in LF full time 2B remained a mess, but it was horrible in '24. I'm confounded.
  22. moonslav59
    I'd offer Chapman $12M/1 with a team option for 2027 at $12M with a $2M buyout. He gets $14M/1 or $24M/2.
  23. moonslav59
    Park factors make our hitting look better and pitching look worse than it is. BOS is 10th in wRC+ (105) BOS is 5th in ERA- (but our D allows many runs to score) The Sox are 8th in xFIP. (13th in SIERA)
  24. moonslav59
    Long ago, I wondered how Lynn and Rice might have done, had they been opening day players in 1974. At age 19, Rice hit .861 in A+, then he hit .987 in AA+AAA in 1973. He was killing AAA in '74 at .971. At age 21, Lynn hit .863 in AA (first prof level) That was 1973. I can see why he was not jumped to MLB the next April, but he did hit .857 in AAA in 1074. (He also had played college ball at USC beforehand.) I seriously doubt we'd have ruined them, had they joined the club in April 1974. I'm not sure they'd have led us to the playoffs, either.
  25. moonslav59
    The one more erb year factor gets my attention. He turns 28, soon, so I'd kick the tires and hope we can extend him for 2-3 more years. The issue is the cost.
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