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  1. moonslav59
    Tiny Sample Size on WOO OPS leaders: 1.029 Anthony .825 Grissom .810 Eaton .776 Mayer .703 Sabol OPS Against (3+ IP): .000 Guerrero (3 IP) .243 Drohan (6.0) .380 Stock (8.1) .385 Fulmer (4.0) .722 Priester (4.0) .820 Mata (3.2)
  2. moonslav59
    No doubt. The Rice injury was huge. To me, the pitching staff was too overmatched by later teams to make it the very best of the best. Back in '75, the road to the WS championship was very difficult. The A's were still a great team (98 wins.) However, there were only 2 teams to beat. Taking the 108 win Reds to 7 was amazing without Rice. The 2004 team had to beat the 92 win Angels (swept them), the 101 win Yankees (4-3) maybe as good a team as the '75 A's and then a 105 win Cards team, who we swept. The 2007 team swept a 94 win Angels team, then beat a 96 win Indians team in 7 before sweeping the hottest team in perhaps MLB history- the Rockies. The 2018 team started off beating the 101 win Yankees 3 games to 1, then beat a 103 win Astros team that was near the start of a long stretch of AL dominance, 4 games to 1. The 2018 Dodgers (92-71) fell easily to the Sox in the WS 4 to 1 games. All 4 teams were great.
  3. moonslav59
    The mistake was not Turner. We needed corner IF depth, but with the ideA that Yoshida was a LF'er not a DH. I do agree with your point, although not known at the time. We signed 2 players better suited to DH. (Even then, Devers was better suited for DH, as well- Casas, too.)
  4. moonslav59
    We have the ESPN game on Sunday Night, so likely a day-night doubleheader. Pallante will be the 8th RH'd SP'er we have faced, this season. Mikolas, tomorrow night will make it 9 out of 10 games.
  5. moonslav59
    Drohan tossed a one hitter over 4 IP, as WOO won 7-1. Mata K'd 6 of his 8 outs, but walked 2 and allowed 4 hits in 2.2 IP. Grissom went 2-5. Mayer K'd 3 times but got on base 2 of 5 PAs. Anthony 1-4 w BB POR won 14-3. Uberstine was shaky. Romero homered while going 2 for 4. but he also made 2 errors. Jh Garcia walked 3 times (1-3) and Ferguson went 3-4 w 2 BB GRE won 9-3 as Mullins pitched 4 shut out innings. Taylor homered while going 2-4 with a BB. Brannon went 3-5 and Zanetello walked 3 times and going 1 for 2. SAL completed the complete Sox system undefeated day winning 12-1. Aita did not allow a hit and walked just 1 in 5 IP. Arias went 3-5, Encarnacion 3-5 w HR and Musett & Anderson had 2 hits. SAL had 12 hits and 6 walks. Clean sweep!
  6. moonslav59
    I'd say that '75 team had the best everyday line-up I've seen. While Tiant, Lee & Wise were a very nice top 3 SP'er core, none were under a 3.95 ERA, that year. Roger Moret has an amazing season, but Reggie Cleveland and Dick Pole helped to knock them down in my rankings. The pen was far from a top Sox pen over the last 50 years or so. Dick Drago (15 svs), Willoughby (8), Seguie (6) and Jim Burton. In my heart, they will always be #1. My brain says 2018, 2004 and 2007 were better.
  7. moonslav59
    We haven't even got through the rotation twice, and 3-4 of our expected rotation pitchers are on the IL: Bello, Gio, Crawford & Sandoval. I'm not defending the results: they are worrisome, but to me, our rotation consists of our depth chart #1, #2, #3/4, #8 and #9. (Newcomb had jumped in the chart over Fitts , Criswell & Priester, and might have been #1.1 or 12 at the start of ST'ing.) I'm cutting the rotation a lot of slack as I await the return of pitchers on the IL. My depth list: 1. Crochet 2. Houck (may drop with continued struggles) 3./4. Bello (IL) & Buehler 5. Dandoval (60 Day IL) 6. Giolito 7. Crawford 8. Fitts 9. Newcomb 10. Criswell 11. Priester 12. Fulmer 13. Drohan or Dobbins?
  8. moonslav59
    Youk held the bat almost horizontally over he head.
  9. 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.
  10. moonslav59
    Chump change when compared to their risky deals of late.
  11. 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)
  12. 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.
  13. 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.)
  14. moonslav59
    I want a name: who was he poster going on and on about us needing a lockdown closer? 😜
  15. 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.
  16. moonslav59
    Batting.... First 7 games: 75 Ks and 5 BB Today, so far: 2 Ks and 5 BB
  17. moonslav59
    Good to see Storyland's genre changing from "Horror" stories and "Fantasy" towards a "Thriller."
  18. moonslav59
    I see those articles, all the time on social media. I stopped clicking on the clickbait.
  19. 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!
  20. moonslav59
    Jansen & Martin were "good gets," too. Wink has been okay. Robles did well after the summer trade, but the next season, not good.
  21. moonslav59
    I thought there was a decent chance Narvaez could become our main catcher, and maybe it happens more quickly than anyone expected. Maybe.
  22. moonslav59
    Actually, 2B to OF to SS.
  23. moonslav59
    Wasn't Wong one of the "luckiest" batters in 2024?
  24. moonslav59
    I never understood those who said his skills do not traditionally age well.
  25. moonslav59
    Yup. The 12 years brings down the AAV a bit ($30M) which was ballpark to our 10 year offer AAV.
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