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  1. moonslav59
    You think this team is worse, "on paper," than the past few years teams? No doubt, on the field, they have not looked very good. "Better" is a relative term, and I can understand thinking they look worse than 10-10, but it sounds like you are trying to have it both ways. For years, you always claim the record is all that matters. If that is true, then this team is better than '22, '23 and equal to '24, as of now.
  2. moonslav59
    The homegrown players were a vast improvement over the post Betts roster of 2020. The farm is leaps and bounds better. The Houck, Bello & Crawford trio, while not looking so good, right now, has been the best SP'er trio from in the system in a very long time. Guys like Whitlock, Slaten and a few other pen arms are nice, too.
  3. moonslav59
    I don't think Rafaela's RHB situation matters much, since his splits are pretty even, and he's been so bad, the lefty bats on the team are about as good or better. vs. LHPs 2023-2025 .906 Romy .867 Refnsyder .858 Casas (LHB) .731 Devers (LHB) .720 Wong .669 Yoshida (LHB) .660 Duran (LHB) .619 Story & Grissom .618 Rafaela .519 DHam & Abreu He only beats out 2 guys vs lefties. Rafaela is .665 v RHPs, which barely beats out refsnyder at .643. (He's much better than Romy .564 and Grissom .425, but they play IF.)
  4. moonslav59
    It will suck, bigtime, but at least I won't blame management for not really trying hard to build a winner. I know that doesn't ease the pain, but I think we have turned the corner and are now on an upswing. I've been wrong, before, so we'll have to see how "on paper" translates to reality and how the "suspects," as youcall them, pan out.
  5. moonslav59
    While Theo still has a lingering "presence," I'm not sure I give him any credit or blame for today's executive situation. In the last 7 years, we've seen Dave D, Bloom & Brez at the helm of personnel decisions, but to varying degrees Kennedy, JH and others have had their hand in financial and other choices made over the years. The big blunder was Betts, but the Sale extension and other bigger moves and non moves have been troublesome (Story, Yoshi & the Bogey situation to name three.) The big plus has been the rather rapid improvement of the farm and the more recent years with pitching upgrades. I like how our roster is set up. We have the everyday positions, seemingly locked up for many years- most at pre-arb and arb costs. Only Devers, Story and Yoshi cost a lot for 2+ years more. The pitchings is much more unknown, but we have some good young and younger pitching and no long term commitments, except for Crochet, who is pretty young.
  6. moonslav59
    We gotta take 3 of 4 vs the CWS.
  7. moonslav59
    Indeed, then we beat the tougher teams. Same with scrub pitchers vs good ones.
  8. moonslav59
    Call him up, the minute he can have the extra year of team control.
  9. moonslav59
    OPS Leaders (30+ PAs) 1.015 Alcantara .941 Anthony .935 Arias .920 Grissom .917 Encarnacion .872 Anderson .810 Jh Garcia (Other notables: Romero .748 & Max Ferguson w a .395 OBP and 6 SBs)
  10. moonslav59
    Even if he gets $175M/7 not $200M/8, next winter, he's made out well. I think he may get $200M/7, next winter, after an explosive year with the Sox. Maybe we give it to him, after we realize what a great clubhouse guy he is.
  11. moonslav59
    On paper, I think we look better, while several AL teams who finished ahead of us look worse or the same. We've played 7 one-run games and are 3-4, so maybe with a little luck, we could have been 11-9 (projected 88 win team) or 12-8 (projected 96 win team.) We are 2-1 in extra inning games. We have a stretch where we should do better than .500: 4 CWS 3 SEA 3 @ CLE and 3@ TOR 3 MN & 3 TX 3@KC & 3 @ DET Mid May, the real fun begins: ATL, NYM, BAL, MIL, ATL, LAA then 6 of 6 gms vs NYY.
  12. moonslav59
    Maybe, we work on extending him beyond the opt out.
  13. moonslav59
    Wonder what we could have gotten for Houck?
  14. moonslav59
    Who sits when Yoshi plays?
  15. moonslav59
    It's very hard to project promotions, but I do think Arias will be promoted, soon. It might take Anderson and Cespedes longer to rise to Greenville, and maybe Encarnacion will get promoted before the season is over, too. That's the whole Salem infield! This also begs the question, who moves into their slots and who is "crowded out in Greenville? I could see Alcantara taking Ferguson's 2B job in POR, and I've never been high on Zanetello at SS, so maybe he moves to 3B or OF? (De Leonis at 3B and A Lugo is at 1B, now in GRE.) Could it be time to trade Jordan or Hickey? (They could DH.) I could see Romero going to Woo, when Mayer gets the promotion to the bigs. Eventually, Jh Garcia will go to WOO (after Anthony promotion?) and Y Rod can move up to POR.
  16. moonslav59
    A rare Sox 1-0 win. Gotta keep this Jad mojo risin'!
  17. moonslav59
    I was really counting on him to be a solid #3 with hopes he could pitch like a #1 or #2. Now, I wonder if he can keep the 5 slot.
  18. moonslav59
    Gotta say it: it's a bit surprising that as poorly as we have played over the first eighth of a season, being at .500 and just 2 GB is not bad, at all.
  19. moonslav59
    You called it, early.
  20. moonslav59
    Bello pitched tonight of POR. He did not do well. Hendriks went another scoreless IP.
  21. moonslav59
    Like Crochet?
  22. moonslav59
    The man has nothing in Sir Isaac.
  23. moonslav59
    I couldn't put it in green.
  24. moonslav59
    I just can't see a fit for Yoshida. I spent half the winter seeking anything and everything possible to try and find a way to unload him, without totally writing him off. I found nothing. As with Anthony, who goes? Not Devers. Not Casas (Devers to 1B) Not Bregman (Devers to 3B) Not Campbell or Story. Not Duran. Not Abreu vs RHPs. It comes down to Rafaela, again and or REF vs LHPs.
  25. moonslav59
    Just make Anthony the 1Bman.
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