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You ... errr, I mean your friend.... prefers Grissom to DHam?
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Walking Soto on 4 pitches. Kelly & Booser We deserved to lose. -
Coffin, meet nail.
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His first start wasn't bad, either. 2 GS 10.2 IP 8 Hits 0 ER 4BB 4K .523 OPS Against
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Nice to see Story get a couple hits, including the dinger!
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I was surprised to look and see it wasn't Skubal pitching.
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Yoshi has had two pretty big HRs, this season.
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Grissom with a 2 of 3 and 1 BB night, so far. He's up to .786. Makes me wonder, if he gets a call-up when Woo's season ends on Sun the 22nd... Maybe earlier.
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When I suggested Mayer to SEA, you acted like they had no need for a middle infielder.
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This isn't the Realistic thread, so here it goes... To SEA: 4 yrs of Casas, E R-C and Yoshida (no money, but we pay CWS a lot to take Haniger and Garver off the books for SEA.) To BOS: 2 yrs of Crochet and 5 yrs of Bryce Miller To CWS: M Mayer (Prospect,) DHam and 1 yr of Mitch Haniger ($15.5M) plus 1 yr of Mitch Garver ($12.5M) and $20M from BOS to pay for these two. CWS pay each $3M for the year.
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Why not? Maybe for Chris Sale! LOL
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Do you see them as #3's? Because, if they are, then you now think he's worth more than many #3's. Remember, I did not include some I felt were much better and would not be traded for Abreu. The contract, age and years of service make other deals a mismatch, but the concept of 5 years of Abreu for cheap for a #3 with 3 years of control and a moderate or cheap cost seems doable, in theory. How about one of these deals: 5 yrs of Abreu for... 3 years of arbs on Nick Lodolo 5 years of S Woods-Richardson (doubt Min even answers the phone, but he's a #3 type.) Same with Bryan Woo w SEA. 5 years of Ronel Blanco 4 years of Ryan Feltner or 4 years of Bailey Falter (more like a #4's) I'm sure there are more.
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Fully realizing baseball is not all about stats, it is interesting to see how many highly ranked batters the Sox have, right now. If you set the bar at 300 PAs to get near 9 players per 30 teams and a sample size near 270, here are our rankings: 15. O'Neill .897 (just below Harper, henderson & Betts) Only 13 batters have a better OPS and more PAs than Tyler. 17. Devers .887 (Only 8 batters have more PAs and a higher OPS.) 24. Duran .845 (Nobody has more PAs than Duran, so you know where I'm going.) 31. Refsnyder.833 (His 306 PAs barely qualifies him for my list.) 37. Abreu .818 (Only 28 players have more PAs and a higher OPS.) 66. Yoshida .779 (376 PAs) 67. Wong .778 (49 batters have more PAs & a higher OPS.) That's 7 pretty good bats.
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I could see that being the case, and it is a good way to add quality pitching to the big club, over the long haul, but I hope to God, this is not the plan. 1, Houck 2, Giolito 3. Crawford 4. Bello 5. Fitts, Priester, Criswell (Whitlock) If we just add a #3, I'll be steaming pissed. Even if we add a solid #3, a top closer and decent set-up man, I'll be upset. To think we can bring back the same staff with these differences only and be much better is lunacy: Pivetta> Gio Jansen> Hendriks Martin> Fulmer Plus Fitts, Priester and more from Whit & Slaten.
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I totally get it. It's a business. I have said, for a while, I do not expect JH to open his wallet, this winter, and maybe never again, like he did before. I do think he had a history of spending more than he needed to spend to make money or more money, and that winning might have mattered more to him, then than now, but who knows what he's thinking. He may be looking at the farm infusion we have had and are about to have and decide it is splurge time, but again, I do not know, nor do I expect it to happen. If I had to guess on the best splurge year for maximizing ring potential, I might say before 2026. I just hope he spends up close to the line, at this point, but anywhere from $10-30M under would not surprise me. $30-40M under would be a mild surprise and tick me off. I'm not sure how much they have their finger on the pulse of Sox Nation, or even if it matters to them, but I think a big chunk is on to the scam, and will be watching closely, this winter. Just my take.
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Here are some big differences between 2024 and 2023: Pitching and D: 2024: 4.13 ERA (105 ERA+) but 90 unearned runs allowed (99 per 162) 105 errors counted 2023: 4.52 ERA (100 ERA+) but only 58 unearned runs allowed in 15 more games. (102 erros counted) _________________________________________ Timely Hitting: OPS RISP/ Men on Base/RBI RISP 2024: .755/ 475 in 1493 PAs (would be 528 over 1661 PAs) 2023: .767/ 553 in 1661 PAs ________________________________________ Together, these add up to 41 more unearned runs allowed and 23 less runs batted it, for a total of 64 runs.
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Last season, we were 73-72 before splitting a doubleheader with the Yanks on Sept 14th. (74-73) We ended the season going 4-11. In 2022, we won 6 of our last 9, but were out of it by then at 72-81 after 153 games. (We lost 6 in a row, just before that stretch.) We went 9-12 after Sept 13th.
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Yes, and our spending went up- not down. Our ranking went down, yes, but not spending.
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Do you have the name or link? I googled it and got nothing.
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He's "athletic" enough, but I'm not sure how close to decent ot plus he is at any one position.
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I have no idea what team would do it, but I count pitchers ranked from about #61 to 90 as #3 SP'ers. These might be pitchers like these: by fWAR (1.7 to 2.0): jake irvin, J Tailon, Nick Pivetta, R Blanco, K Crawford by ERA (3.85 to 4.25) Mitch keller, A healey, K Crawford, Gausman, jake Irvin, Bassitt by xFIP (4.05 to 4.25:) Heaney, Bassitt, Taillon, Wacha, Blanco, Gausman Some names are on 2 or 3 lists. You think Pivetta is better than Abreu? (Now, the Sox need pitching, so we would probably not trade 3 years of Pivetta for 5 years of Abreu, and the gae and years of control matter, too, but I think many names I listed seem about even in value. I did lis those who look much better or worse, but look for yourself: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&type=8&season=2024&season1=2024&ind=0&pageitems=100&month=0&sortcol=19&sortdir=default&qual=80&pagenum=1
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I can't remember who said it, but it was just recently. He said it was reported by some paper. Was it Randy?
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I don't either, but it would not surprise me to see further budget cuts.
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One could claim they spent the $10M saved on Sale on Hendriks and O'Neill.
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The payroll went up by $20-30M from 2021 to 2022, depending on looking at the start or end of the year totals. Others passed us, so yes, we kept dropping in ranking, steadily, but not because we have always cut salary. We also spent more in '23 than '21.
