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  1. moonslav59
    Ted also played before they added the bullpen in RF at Fenway. This might have helped his BA but hurt his HR totals.
  2. moonslav59
    He had a 103 ERA+ with the Sox, career and in 2014. That means he was better than average. I don't get the bad part of "bad to mediocre." (He had a 108 ERA+ from 2023-2024.) Only 52 pitchers had more IP than Pivetta, since 2023. His 93 ERA- beats Pablo Lopez, Nola, Manaea, Bassitt, Cease & kikuchi. It's almost as good as Bryce Miller, Nate and Castillo. One could argue he's better than mediocre.
  3. moonslav59
    Certainly, the high K rate hurts anyone's production, and it seemed to hurt his, this year, more than the norm, but the guy had a good O and S, despite the high Ks. Here are some more numbers: The team had a .746 OPS with Men on Base: O'Neil was second on the team at .820 (4th if you lower the PAs to include Yoshi & Ref.) He was 5th in PAs with Men on Base and 5th in RBI w Men on Base. The team was .744 w RISP, and O'Neill was first at .866 (50 points ahead of #2 Yoshida.) He was 7th in PAs w RISP and 7th in RBI w RISP. He should have had more RBIs. The K's were part of the reason.
  4. moonslav59
    It's not too late to get Nick to accept an extension at something like $35M/2 or $48M/3.
  5. moonslav59
    Severino got a QO, too, so that tells you something. The Athletic projected Nick Martinez would get $13.3M x 3, and he got a QO, too.
  6. moonslav59
    I like Pivetta, maybe more than most, but $21M is a lot. Maybe we trade him and spend more on a better SP'er.
  7. moonslav59
    I agree, our AAA pen should be 8 guys that pitched for the BOS club, this year: Guerrero & Penrod Weissert, I Campbell, Bernardino, Kelly, Booser & Shugart. The MLB pen could be... (w minimum of 2 additions) __ Closer TBD___ Hendriks, Whitlock, Slaten (set-up) __LH RP TBD___, Criswell, Wink, Fulmer (mid/long men)
  8. moonslav59
    While a .333 OBP is not great, these days it is significantly plus. The league OBP was .312. As for the SLG% of .511, that has always been a very good number. The league average was .399, this year. Only 14 players in MLB had more PAs and a higher SLG than .511
  9. moonslav59
    He got a QO. He is past arb years.
  10. moonslav59
    If you're asking me what I want, yes indeed, along with 2 major pen additions. If you're asking me what JH allows Brez to do? Pivetta might be it for the rotation and maybe there is hope we add one big pen arm and a couple hopes and prayers types. While I've wanted two rotation additions, I wasn't sure we'd add one, since Gio replaces Pivetta. Now that Pivetta looks like he's back, I doubt we add another SP'er, unless Brez tries to find the next Criswell. My hope now is Tanner Scott and one from Estevez, Hoffman or Holmes. That could be a pipedream.
  11. moonslav59
    O'Neill came real close to leading the team in S and 19 points over the team O.
  12. moonslav59
    Interesting to note that all 4 of these guys projected the Sox get one of the top 2 SP'ers (Burnes 2 and Snell 2.) All four projected a top RP'er (Scott 2, Hoffman 1, Holmes 1) Let's see...
  13. moonslav59
    If our winter budget was $40-45M, we may have just spent half of it to keep our 3rd/4th SP'er. I like Pivetta, but he is not going to improve the team, on paper. He may do better in '25, but we can't count on a plus over 2024.
  14. moonslav59
    Makes Pablo Lopez look better and better. So, Pivetta says yes, and that likely means we spend nothing more on the rotation, right? Let's hope we spend on the pen. As bad as our pen was, this year, it did look like Brez made an effort to build it up- more for 2025 than 2024: Hendriks and Fulmer. Young pitchers like Slaten, Sandlin, Fitts, Criswell, Judice and others like I Campbell, Weissert and later, Priester. Some did not work well. Some did so poorly, I did not list them, but he made an effort. Bloom made a big effort in 2023 with Jansen & Martin. We need a big investment for 2025's pen.
  15. moonslav59
    Gotta think Pivetta will be back with the Sox. Maybe we try to work out a longer and lower AAV deal with him,
  16. moonslav59
    I agree, that is what happened. I also think Wacha liked KC and being on a winning team. Pivetta ended up getting the QO from BOS, so I have to think he'll take the $20M/1, try to have a big year and then there can be no QO, next year, as a FA. No QO for O'Neill. I never felt he was worth it, even if we did not have Anthony beating down the door.
  17. moonslav59
    Pivetta is post arb. He's a FA.
  18. moonslav59
    Nick Martinez gets a QO, so a comp pick will be attached to a deal for him. The Athletic suggested he might get $13.3M x 3. $20M/1 seems high. Severino got a QO, too. Maybe Pivetta will, if this is the trend. Geeesh!
  19. moonslav59
    I would say Duran is an excellent defensive player. I am not worried about Anthony's splits, right now. I am worried about Abreu's splits. Rafaela's splits are close together, but neither is good.
  20. moonslav59
    Trading for Ober or Ryan makes more sense.
  21. moonslav59
    Agreed. Trading for Lopez to save $5-10M a year on a similar FA pitcher seems like a lot to give up to make happen. This kind of begs the question, just how much should any team give to get Lopez, if they can just spend $5M or so more per year to get a FA pitcher as good as he is? I'd prefer to trade Abreu for a cheap and solid RP'er with 3-4+ years of control, and then trade DHam for a one year catcher. Just sign a SP'er and Closer.
  22. moonslav59
    His contract is better than a FA contract, but is the "savings" worth trading good players for, when we can just pay a bit more and get an equal or near equal pitchers as a FA?
  23. moonslav59
    Wacha signs with KCR for $51M/3 (almost what the Athletic projected.) There are a few incentives. One less SP'er for the Sox to pursue.
  24. moonslav59
    He turns 35 in August
  25. moonslav59
    You are correct. While he did stay with the same team, it was not on the original contract.
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