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  1. moonslav59
    Ref started 6 games in Fenway's RF, last year. I'm not the one saying he should play more RF in Fenway. And, yes, I fully understand why some changes have not been made. I'm not for moving Devers to 1B, unless we add Bregman or Arenado, which has not happened. The thing you keep saying about "bats overcoming" poor fielding, in the case of Devers moving to 1B/DH and Casas to DH/1B, the idea does not change the bats. The bats stay equal and don't have to overcome the poor D. The only change on O would be who's bat does Bregman replace? If that is a plus or equal, we lose nothing or improve on O, but gain on D. Of course, if the equation does not work out that way, then I would not be for the plan. I'm not for signing Bregman to play 2B. Hell, a DHam-Romy platoon might his .795, and we gain nothing on D.
  2. moonslav59
    Only because they won't give Devers a 1Bman's mitt. IMO, I keep Romy over Grissom, because he can play SS way better.
  3. moonslav59
    I saw an article that showed us spending something like 40% of our revenue on payroll, and 3-4 teams that spent less than us, so this looks about right. Sad, but hey, this is a business.
  4. moonslav59
    Ref started 6 of his 20 games in RF, at Fenway. He could start 20-25, this year, but wouldn't that "be a change from last year?" We had O'Neill, last year, but had Rafaela play SS, a lot. Hopefully, he won't be needed there in 2025, but a lot has changed from 2024 to 2025, concerning the OF and who plays where. I could see just doing a strict Ref-Abreu RF platoon- home and away. I'd prefer having bad fielders play LF in Fenway- not RF. I love Rafaela in CF, but Duran is very good there, too. This is a better defensive OF: Ref LF, Duran CF and Rafaela RF than Duran-Raf-Ref. It just is. We can keep playing inferior defenses just to "make it easier," or to stroke some fragile egos, or we can put the players where they do best, and actually try our best to win.
  5. moonslav59
    I don't stick Ref in Fenway's RF, just so Rafaela plays CF as much as possible, especially when Duran played CF pretty damn well, in 2024. (He did start 6 of his 20 RF starts in Fenway, last year, but I would like to see that at zero.) Moving Duran from LF to CF is no big deal. He started 89 out of 160 in CF, last season. I do see us adding someone like Grichuk or Laureano, which would force Ref to a DH platoon, and I'd bet Romy gets sent to WOO over Grissom. I'm just saying, in my book, I have Romy ahead of Grissom based on better SS defense than Grissom or DHam and his 2024 numbers vs LHPs, which is an area we need all the help we can get. If we start 3 guys on the 60 Day after opening day, there might be a chance Anthony and or Campbell make the 40, but they will not be added until they are to be sent to the 26. I could see Fulmer or someone like Nate Eaton added. Mayer would be added, if Story is on the IL. Instead of signing Grichuk or Laureano, we could just go with Anthony, despite him batting lefty. His splits should be much better than Abreu's.
  6. moonslav59
    My Kroger bills went way down due to self-checkouts. LOL!
  7. moonslav59
    I think Murphy & Sandoval start the season on the 60 Day IL. Perales is probable for the 60, as he will not be called up by June, anyway. That's 3. I think Whitlock should be ready within weeks of opening day. (ESPN says April 18.) ESPN has Giolito & Yoshida ready by Feb 1st.
  8. moonslav59
    Ro-BOUT time!
  9. moonslav59
    The only thing I might disagree with are these two things: 1. I do not see refsnyder playing RF, unless in an away game, where RF is the shorter field. I think we see Ref in LF vs LHPs, Duran in CF and Rafaela in RF. Vs RHP, it's Duran LF, Rafaela CF and Abreu RF. (We could also choose to platoon Ref and Yoshida at DH and maybe use Romy in LF- not Ref. Maybe mix and match the two.) 2. At 2B, I'm not as high on Grissom as some in the Sox seem to be, and you, too. IMO, Romy did more in 2024 to earn a 2B platoon with DHam than Grissom did, but of course that is and should not be the sole criteria uses to choose DHam's platoon partner. I do think DHam has the inside track on starting vs RHPs at 2B, unless and until he shows he does not deserve it, of someone else outshines him. Of course, Campbell could win the job, at any time, including opening day. (I think Murphy starts the year on the 60 Day IL and Guerrero wins the 8th spot in the pen. I have Criswell ahead of Fitts on the pen/starter call-up ranked list.)
  10. moonslav59
    Until he gets hurt... again.
  11. moonslav59
    As long as the Sox keep making them money, they don't see a need to invest more. It's hard to prove spending more to sign Bregman will help the team make more than if they don't sign him.
  12. moonslav59
    Besides, I ended up saying it should count, just put an asterisk.
  13. moonslav59
    Agreed. There was a marked shift in spending policy under Dan D. He also signed Offerman and Tom "Flash" Gordan.
  14. moonslav59
    142 games = 60?
  15. moonslav59
    I do not think Yoshida plays LF, unless we add a 3Bman and force Devers and or Casas to the DH slot. Even then, we may just cut ties with Yoshida or trade him and almost his whole salary. The loss of O'Neill should not force Yoshida into the OF, as long as the DH position is his. Rafaela should not be used at SS, so he can play FT CF/RF. The season could start like this: LF: Duran v R/ Ref v L CF: Rafaela v R/ Duran v L RF: Abreu v R/ Rafaela v L (until Anthony wins an OF job.)
  16. moonslav59
    Sox sign another Catcher to a minor league deal: Mark Kolozsvary. He will get an invite to the ML ST'ing camp. Apparently, he profiles as a no bat- strong defensive catcher who bats RH'd.
  17. moonslav59
    I'm almost certain we are done with our closer role. I'm not even expecting anyone else being added to the ML staff before opening day. I think we may add a RHB, like Grichuk and roll the dice, again.
  18. moonslav59
    I'd say no. Thanks to Machado.
  19. moonslav59
    Pedro joined the team in 1998. I think Dan D was around for 3 years before that, and we did okay- maybe about like now. From 1998 to when JH took over the team, we tried to win. We did finish in 1st in 1995.
  20. moonslav59
    I think they still win, but they also lost Holmes, Cortes, Torres & Verdugo. (They added Fried, Bellinger, D Williams and Goldschmidt to replace Rizzo.)
  21. moonslav59
    Let's see if losing Soto to free agency has the same outcome.
  22. moonslav59
    Yup, another winter sham.
  23. moonslav59
    The Pedro trade was a big part of that. The Manny signing was a clear sign we wanted to win. I agree.
  24. moonslav59
    Hope is not a projection.
  25. moonslav59
    I feel the same. Great job on building up the rotation and rotation depth, but nothing, everywhere else. Even the rotation was built on pitchers returning from injury and a trade for 2 years of a really good pitcher, recently converted to a SP'er.
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