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6th pitcher of the night for the Sox. We better win, cause we'll have nobody for tomorrow night's game.
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With 2 dogs, we've never had a critter come in. We started closing it at night, and when I get up to go pee around 6 am, I open the door and go back to bed- sometimes to 11 or 12 on SAT. That's when the dogs wake us for feeding time is overdue. What kind of dog do you have? We have two rescue mixes. One has Blue Lacy and maybe some pitbull. The other looks like a Dalmatian-greyhound mix. We lost our 19 1/2 year old Shpepherd-Yello Lab mix a couple years back. Best dog ever.
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WOO was down 7-1 going into the 8th and scored 4 and 5 runs to win 10-7. Mayer had a big 8th inning 3 run blast. POR keeps getting rained out. GRE is up 4-2, late. Ed Rivera pitched 5 innings of no hit ball (2 BB- 6Ks) Y Rod 2-3 w BB and Arias 1-4. SAL lost 5-0, as Aita struggled (5.2, 4, 4, 0, 6) The FCL Sox fell to 0-7.
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At one time, Houck and Whitlock looked to have the nastiest stuff on the staff and appeared unhittable for some pretty long stretches. Now this...
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It was weird how he had looked awful at SS, then looked very good at 2B, last year, and then this year like a different player. The guy has shown some power, but speed is his strength. I think he averages about 15 HRs per 650, career. Not great, but not awful.
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I have to agree.... at least top 10.
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Dee Ham Da Man!
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Depends how you look at what year 2 is. This is not Wink's 2nd year. Casas came up in '22 and improved in '23, then got worse. Wong came up briefly in '21 and '22 and played 126 gms in '23. He did better in 126 games in '24- much better. DHam played a little in '23 and did better in '24. Duran sucked in '21 and '22 (335 PAs combined) then did well in '23 and '24. Rafaela played a tiny bit in '23. He's got about the same OPS now as '24. Abreu is doing better, and he too played a tiny bit in '23. Wink pitched 70 innings in '22 and 84 in '23 (better than '22) and then did worse, last year. he's hardly pitched in '25 but has a better ERA. Slaten is worse, and this is truly year 2. Kelly pitched a tiny bit in '22 and '23 and 57 IP in '24. He has sucked, this year, but is this year 2?
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Just get that sneaky feeling, we will look back at this bases loaded- no runs scored time of the game and shake our heads.
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No win for Bello, tonight.
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I'm sure you are against a suspect foundation. LOL.
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I like Mayer at SS, Story at 2B and Campbell at 1B. Don't mess with Mayer. Story is our best defensive 2Bman. Campbell has yet to win any position, so it makes sense to switch him. (He's taller than Story.) Mayer would be my last choice for 1B, of the three. (I'd almost rather have Bregman at 1B and Mayer at 3B.... ALMOST.)
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Just get a dog door & a fenced in yard and sleep as long as you wish.
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I think Brez has done a very good job trying to fix the issues he inherited, but the Bregman signing did muddle things up for Cora, who had different ideas than Brez. It squeezed Yoshida, once Devers went to DH, so in that sense, it didn't ease the roster construction issue, at all, but building up rotation depth was a good idea, as we have already started our 10th or 11th SP'er on the winter depth chart. I still think the pen construction was rather weak, and once again, we left our 1B depth thin by trading away Meidroth and Gasper, while seemingly being a bit overloaded in the OF and middle infield, if you count Anthony and Mayer as 2025 pieces. It's not easy getting everything just right, and most teams will start the season with a few positions that are weak and or have weak looking depth. If by "3rd option" you mean trading for a 1Bman, I'm not sure what is out there in mid May- maybe not much. Only 1 AL team is more than 5 games out of the WC. (4 NL teams are 7+ games back.)
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We did and will lighten those rosters a bit, and beyond those you mentioned. Some of these not-so-promising guys were not AA/AAA, but some might have been in 2025: Meidroth & Wikelman with Teel & Monty. Elmer Rodriguez (for Narvaez) & Gasper (for J Moran) Yorke (for Priester) Lugo, Kavadas, Zeferjahn & Vargas (for L Garica) Paulino, C Coffey & G Batista (for Jansen) Portes (for Sims)
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I'm not sure how many good defensive 1Bman are in the league now. It's interesting that I have to drop the innings played in 2015 to 160 to even get 30 players. That's less than half what many FT 1Bman have in innings, so far. There are 7 1Bmen who already are at -3 DRS or worse. (Casas was at -4 in just 235 innings. Like I said, low bar set.) 16 are at zero or negative. Only 10 1Bman have plus OAA, which highlights how many bad ones there must be, since OAA is about what is average. 10 are above average. 4 are at average. 16 are below average. My point, all along has been that casas set a low bar, so even just a plain bad 1Bman might be an improvement. I happen to think Devers could become decent or even average, over time, but I don't assume he would be. IMO, the topic has been beaten to death 10 times over: just move Campbell to 1B, call up Mayer, and let's watch devers have a career year at the plate.
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I'm all for leaving Devers at DH forevers, including short term. I'd put Campbell at 1B and call up Mayer for some FT middle infield action. I'd call up Anthony, too. Just my opinions- not predictions.
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I don't see the harm in trying one- or both.
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Yup on Yuck.... Everyone batting 4th seems to yick it up. I think Story might be the only guy who does better 4th than elsewhere, but still did not do well.
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Maybe. I guess it's okay for you to assume. BTW, who "assumed" Devers would be okay or good at 1B? The strawman? Some said he can't be worse than Casas. Some said they think he could be okay after a short while and maybe average or plus after a while. I don't recall anyone saying he'd be good or knowing he'd be good.
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No Refsnyder vs the LHP hurts. The bottom 4: Sogard, Narvaez, DHam & Rafaela... OH MY!
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Well, Dobbins has been good, and Fitts was good before going on the IL. Dobbins 2.78 (1.19 WHIP) 3.37 FIP is respectable Fitts 3.18 (1.12) 3.99 FIP Bello has a nice ERA (2.01) but his 1.34 WHIP is scary. His 5.57 FIP is awful. Buehler's 4.28 is not bad for a 4/5 SP'er, but we may need him to step up into a 2 or 3 slot. (He had a 2.59 ERA over his last 4 starts and a 3.48 FIP) Good starters+ Crochet 9 GS, Dobbins and maybe Bello 4 each and Fitts 3. That's 20 GS out of 43. Last 28 Days: 2.01 Bello (4 GS) 2.40 Crochet (5 GS) 2.55 Dobbins (3 GS) 2.61 Newcomb (counting 4 RP games and 2 GS) 3.00 Buehler (3 GS) 5.51 Giolito (3 GS) 7.20 Houck (5 GS)
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I'd say his one plus at 3B was his quick reaction time. His range was limited by his speed, but he looked quick. His "footwork" was not great for getting into the right position to throw accurately, IMO, but to field hard shots, he seemed okay on that. Footwork is important for fielding throws to 1B, so maybe he'd have a hard time on that. He could be awful at 1B, but think he'd be okay at fielding hard shots and throws. I'm not so sure he can keep his foot on the base or be in the right position to field a bad throw. I kinda hope we won't find out, especially, if this is about getting Yoshida playing time.
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He's having a pretty good year: best career OPS+, so far.
