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  1. moonslav59
    Where do you get this psychobabble from?
  2. moonslav59
    Wow, what? Those words too big for you? They are tame for what goes on here, very often. You doubt that?
  3. moonslav59
    Yes, trade our best 9 bats for the best one in MLB.
  4. moonslav59
    That was what Fred meant when he said we "Need one big bat!"
  5. moonslav59
    Zero chance they contract. Baseball would be better, if they did.
  6. moonslav59
    We have 3 teams that suck, never spend and hardly anybody watches them play.
  7. moonslav59
    It's hypercriticism and negativism against the Sox. They look at the Sox under a microscope and see all the cracks and dents. What the hell did KC, HOU & TEX do to get even a tiny bit better? The Yanks winter refrain was "Run it back!" I mean, who brags and about standing pat? The O's made some legitimate moves, but there is room for 4 ALE teams making the dance. The schedules are not so lop-sided anymore. I like our chances of finishing 2nd more than 3rd, and that is more out of my dislike at what NYY and TOR did, this winter. I see 4th place as a 10% chance.
  8. moonslav59
    It was the one year of control vs 6, that makes me say NO! I do wonder, sometimes, if we didnt have Tolle and Early, would they have taken Witherspoon or Valera?
  9. moonslav59
    I do feel like playing 162 games needs to count for something more than picking the top 50% of teams, and you know the way the set up the format with 32 teams and 16 making the playoffs, a team with a losing record will make the playoffs too often. Why play 162, if a losing team makes it?
  10. moonslav59
    Agreed. The difference between the odds of making the playoffs from the 6th best to 7th best are... AL: 55% BAL & 38% KC (17%) NL: 43% PIT & 37% MIL (6%) The Sox, at 61% are 23% higher than KCR. That's pretty significant. I know it's basically the "field" vs BOS, but why have so much faith in... 38% KCR 36% TEX 34% HOU 27% MIN Easier schedules?
  11. moonslav59
    The Jays lost a pitcher (Bassitt) who gave them 170+ IP for 3 straight years. While a 3.89 ERA and 109 ERA+ are not earth-shattering, it's a significant loss. He turns 37, soon, so the choice to let him go is probably a good one, but they still needed to replace the loss. They signed Cease and Ponce, who should do better than Bassitt's numbers would have been, but will they improve on the numbers they lost? Cease had a 94 ERA+ in '25, 105 in his past 2 seasons and a 102 ERA+ over the last 3 seasons. That's not really close to Basstitt's 109. A lot of baseball people like Ponce, but he has a 75 ERA in his two seasons in MLB. Tyler Rogers was a real nice get for the pen. He's 35 but has shown no signs of decline. They basically replaced Bichette with Okamoto. Who would you think is more likely to have a real good 2026 season? Why don't posters doubt these moves like they doubt the moves made by Brez?
  12. moonslav59
    Tradition went out the window long ago. The DH. Teams switching leagues. 2 divisions to 4 to 6. Next, we'll be hearing about robots for umps!
  13. moonslav59
    Baseball would be a better game, if they downsized. Eliminate TBR, OAK/LV & PIT (or MIA?) Have a nice player dispersal draft or the 120 players on those 3 teams' 40 man rosters, where the bottom 9 teams pick first round, then middle 9 teams, then bottom 9 again, then top 9, middle 9, bottom 9. Repeat. (Bottom 9 get 6 picks each, middle 9 get 4, top 9 get 2 and the rest are free agents) How to divide up their minor league players would be interesting, too. 3 divisions of 9: TOR, BOS, NYY, NYM, PHI, BAL, WSH, ATL, MIA DET, CLE, CIN, CWS, CHC, MIL, MIN, STL, KCR HOU, TEX, COL, AZ, SEA, SFG, LAD, LAA, SDP Schedule: 4 games x 18 non div teams= 72 games 11 games x 8 div teams= 88 games 2 games vs ???
  14. moonslav59
    How about 3 x 10 team divisions? EAST: TOR, BOS, NYY, NYM, PHI, BAL, WSH, ATL, TBR, MIA CENTRAL: PIT, DET, CLE, CIN, CWS, CHC, MIL, MIN, STL, KCR WEST: HOU, TEX, COL, AZ, LV, SEA, SFG, LAD, LAA, SDP 4 games vs non div teams (4 x 20=80) 9 games vs div team (9 x 9= 81) 1 game vs closest record previous season.
  15. moonslav59
    They have us above TOR, which I agree with. The AL has 6 teams at 55% or greater, while the NL has 5 teams at greater than 43%, Major difference, there. (NL has 5 at 62.6% or more.)
  16. moonslav59
    They could go 3 games for the first two rounds, 5 games for the championship round and 7 for the WS. YUCK! Did I just say that?
  17. moonslav59
    Touche, but it doesn't fit the Chicken Little anaology.
  18. moonslav59
    I'd like to see 3 home and 3 away vs every team in MLB, minimum. 6 x 29=174, so that ain't happening. 3 H and 2A or 2H and 3A, alternating years is 5 games x 29 teams= 145, so that would allow 4H and 4A vs 4 division foes to bring it up to 157. I'd do away with AL & NL and reginalize the league into 5 divisions of 6 or 6 divisions of 5. Here is my 5 division set up: EAST: BOS, NYY, NYM, PHI, BAL, WSH SOUTH: ATL, TBR, MIA, CIN, HOU, TEX NORTH: TOR, PIT, CLE, DET, CHC, CWS CENTRAL: MIN, MIL, KCR, STL, COL, LV WEST: AZ, SEA, SFG, LAD, LAA, SDP 6 x 5 team divisions: East: TOR, BOS, NYY, NYM, PHI South: BAL, WSH, ATL, TBR, MIA, North: PIT, CLE, CIN, DET, CWS Central: MIN, MIL, KCR, STL, CHC South West: HOU, TEX, COL, LV, AZ West: SEA, SFG, LAD, LAA, SDP
  19. moonslav59
    YES! I failed to mention our top utility guy is all about defense. We won't see Ref in the OF anymore, either. It remains to be seen if KC plays 2B, but I like the Mayer/Romy/Durbin choices. DHam was good defensive 2Bman, but not anywhere else. Sogard, Eaton and some of our past infielders were not known for defense.
  20. moonslav59
    Yes, we've heard your point and reasoning many times. There will always be tougher and easier divisions, but adding PHI and NYM would be too much, for me. I'm fine with the way it is now, since they balanced the scheduling more.
  21. moonslav59
    Getting two out of three home games means something, too, but I'm okay with all 3.
  22. moonslav59
    If Romy begins the year on the IL, maybe Mayer gets his chance at FT play on day 1. To me, Romy is like Ref: he needs to start every game vs LH'd SP'ers. If Duran is at DH, I'd rather he platoon with Mayer at 2B. If Masa is at DH, maybe DH not 2B.
  23. moonslav59
    I think we should be a better defensive team, this year than 2025. Durbin may be a step down from Bregman at 3B, but we should be better at 1B (Willson), 2B (Mayer) and the OF (no Ref & less Duran.) Maybe Narvaez gets even better. Maybe Story takes another step down.
  24. moonslav59
    Better for you, fine, but some of what you wrote is just not true. There were many years where an ALE team, not just the Sox, were more than "good enough" to move on, but were snake-bitten by the quirks of the playoff structure and/or scheduling unbalances. Weaker teams make the playoffs often. To me, that's not really fair.
  25. moonslav59
    Putting the Yanks and Mets in the same division/league makes sense, as does BAL w WSH, KC w STL, LAA w LAD, CWS w CHC (MIL) and maybe a couple others like CLE w CIN (DET?), but having TOR, BOS, NYY, NYM & PHI in one division would not be fair.
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