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  1. moonslav59
    Let's not forget, Devers was at a 167 wRC+ on 8/2/24 (6th in MLB. His .992 OPS was 5th best and was on pace for a career high. That was not that long ago, folks. His previous career highs: .916 OPS in 2019 140 wRC+ in 2022 I'm not so sure a 29 game sample size should be reason to go drastic on him.
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    It is wicked frustrating. One has to think there is something wrong with the shoulder, despite no signs when examined. Maybe it has become a mental issue as he is thinking about the shoulder and holding back. His swings don't look like he's holding back, though. The guy can hit. I just hope we can see it, soon.
  3. moonslav59
    I think I'd put Campbell up 5th and Story 6th, but no biggie. As expected, Refsnyder is in the line-up vs the lefty. Talk of giving Abreu a chance vs LH'd SP'ers was just that- talk. I do wonder how long we keep Devers up 2nd, and going against a lefty, today might have been a good day to move him to 6th. Now, watch him go 3 for 4. Gotta win these division games. They count just as much in April as in September.
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    Ooops.
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    LOL.
  6. moonslav59
    From 8/3 to 8/18, he hit .771, so I'm not sure I'd include those dates that were dragged down by later numbers. It's really about 25 games to end 2024, while playing hurt and 4 games to start this year. If you want to count ST'ing, fine. He has looked lost. I don't disagree, but I'm not sure batting him 9th is the best idea. Maybe give him a day off and bat him 6th for a while- maybe 7th vs lefties.
  7. moonslav59
    The Sox had a 104 wRC+ in 2024.
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    Can Thompson ever do enough to get the call over Anthony?
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    I know C ampbell's success has nothing to do with Anthony and Mayer, but I do wonder what those two might be doing in the bigs, right now. I don't see an easy guy to bench for Mayer. I do think we could play Anthony over Rafaela, but I do not think Sox management wants to bench him. I see an Abreu-Refsnyder platoon in RF, so Rafaela would not even get to platoon. Anthony would play LF (maybe RF in Fenway) and Duran in CF. I doubt we make this call, so early, but I dom wonder if we are missing out on something very special bby holding off their promotions.
  10. moonslav59
    Even 25 games is a rather small sample size, but I do share your concern that something is still wrong.
  11. moonslav59
    By season's end, I think we will have better offensive numbers than 2024.
  12. moonslav59
    Like Devers and every other good player has never had a bad 3 games in a row, before.
  13. moonslav59
    Another tough loss. Let's hope we start hitting vs the O's.
  14. moonslav59
    Ouch! That K b y KC hurt. It was ball 4.
  15. moonslav59
    WOO wins 12-0 Fulmer: 4 IP 0 ER 2H 0BB 5K Thompson 3-4 w HR & 2B Anthony 2-3 w HR & 2BB Mayer & Sogard 2-5 Grissom 1-4 w BB
  16. moonslav59
    Campbell batting 5th, today. DHam at SS batting 8th. Story sitting this one out.
  17. moonslav59
    Wow, 3 game sample size and all this....
  18. moonslav59
    As expected.
  19. moonslav59
    Agreed. Let him learn 1B over the winter. If he really wants to play in the field, he should be the one asking to try 1B.
  20. moonslav59
    DHam vs a RHP is probably a better bat that Rafaela, and DHam can defend 2B pretty well. Cora likes to get everyone playing time.
  21. moonslav59
    We might as well wait on Anthony and Mayer to add a year of control. I'd be fine calling them up at any time, before or after that date.
  22. moonslav59
    WOO game rained out.
  23. moonslav59
    I think his ceiling is higher than that, but I can see not expecting more than that. The thing is, Wilson is not our 8th RP'er, so I do think he has a real good chance at sticking in the pen, when starters start returning. With Hendriks in doubt, he could end up being our 4th or 5th slotted RP'ers and see some high to mid leverage innings from the pen. It will be interesting to see how much pen time Criswell, Fitts and Priester get. Also, if and when all our 6 SP'ers are healthy (not counting Sandoval) will one of them get a meaningful pen role? Lord knows we have slots for all of them in our current pen.
  24. moonslav59
    Yes, the O's are still good. They have a young team that should see growth, but losing Burns and Santander did not make them better. I think they look worse, even with expected youth-related growth. They did win 91 games in '24, so 91-95 is still possible, but I'm expecting 87-91. I know the Yanks always find ways to stay above .500 and usually well above .500, but I think age and injuries will finally catch up to them. They just placed 8 guys on the IL, and that was after Cole, Gil and others were already on it. While we have a few older players in key roles, namely Chapman & Hendriks, the yanks have many more: 38 Carrasco 37 Goldschmidt 36 LeMahieu (IL) 35 Stanton (IL) & Tim Hill 34 Leiter Jr. 33 Judge & Stroman 32 Rodon & Reyes 31 Fried & Weaver I'm not writing them off, but I don't see a great roster, especially with no Cole, no Soto, no Cortes, Holmes and others lost from the '24 roster. Losing Gil was huge. I'm expecting 80-85 wins.
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