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  1. moonslav59
    Ref has earned more praise than he gets.
  2. moonslav59
    Devers come through vs the Yanks. Nothing new.
  3. moonslav59
    It just might be...
  4. moonslav59
    What? No weak grounder to 2B from Yoshi?
  5. moonslav59
    Dont let this opportunity pass.
  6. moonslav59
    You can't get much less consistent than Pivetta, this year. IP/ER G1-2: 11/1 G3: 4/5 G4-5: 11.2/3 G6: 6/1 G7: 3.1/5 G7-8: 12.1/2 G9: 4/4 G10-11: 11.1/6 G12-13: 8.1/8 G13: 7/0 G14: 6.2/4 G15: 6/0 G16:2.2/7 He has never given us 3 straight good starts.
  7. moonslav59
    To BAL: Zach Eflin (RHP) To TBR: Matthew Etzel (OF,) Jackson Baumeister (RHP,) and Mac Horvath (UT) To SEA: Randy Arozarena (OF) a RHB To TBR: Brody Hopkins (single A RHP) and Aidan Smith (OF) + PTBNL To PHI: Austin Hays (OF) To BAL: S Dominguez (RHP) & C Pache (OF) To BOS: James Paxton To LAD: Moises Bolivar (IF on DSL Blue) To AZ: AJ Puk To Mia: Deybison De Los Santos, Andrew Pintar To SEA: Yimi Garcia To TOR: Jonatan Clase (OF)
  8. moonslav59
    So, the whole no trades to division foes was not true. Big move by the O's. Word was that Eflin chose TBR over BOS, because he lives near Tampa. Oh, well!
  9. moonslav59
    It's no secret, I am a huge Cora fan. I'm glad we locked him up.
  10. moonslav59
    Another good RP'er traded: To SEA: Yimi Garcia To TOR: Jonatan Clase (OF, switch hitter, 22 y/o in MLB)
  11. moonslav59
    Some ERAs & WHIP in the lower minors: DSL-Blue 0.00 D Reyes 0.63 (4 GS) RP 1.96 E Carta 0.91 (11 gsm/23 IP) 2.01 Galvan 1.25 (11 gms 22 IP) DSL-Red 1.10 Ruiz 0.80 1.73 Payano 0.85 (2 gms as RP) 3.08 Frias 1.33 3.60 Morillo 1.53 RP: Bonaci 2.70/0.90 in 10 games/17 IP FCL: 1.79 Valera 0.77 (not counting 0.00 in 4IP w Salem) Salem 2.03 Ingrassia 0.99 (9 GS and 9 as RP) 2.16 Wehunt 1.05 (8 GS) 2.51 E R-C 1.18 (13 GS) 2.52 Paez 1.25 (5 GS/ 2RP) 3.43 Portes 1.52 (5GS/2RP) RP: 2.64 Sansone 0.92 (13 gms and 48 IP is a lot for a RP) Greenville: 3.50 Mullins 1.28 (14 GS) 3.72 Early 1.14 (15 GS)
  12. moonslav59
    Not bad for a $45K IFA signing bonus given by Bloom in 2023.
  13. moonslav59
    Yandy Diaz (RHB who plays 1B/3B- not very well) is reportedly on the trading block. (The Rays placed him on the restricted list, about a week ago, for an "Undisclosed personal matter," so there is concern about that.) He led the AL in BA, last year and had 22 HRs and a .410 OBP. His 133 wRC+ since 2019 is top 15, but he is 32 y/o. He is making $8M, this year, $10M next year and has a $12M club option for 2026 (no buyout.) Once Casas returns, he could DH, but what about Yoshi? I guess we could trade him, this winter (or Yoshi.)
  14. moonslav59
    Our 2B position has been so bad, for so long, maybe our expectations are set, too low, but a mid .700 OPS Against vs LHPs is of meaningful value for any team at 2B. It's the D that is in question with Westbrook (v L) and Valdez (v R) at 2B. The DHam-Romy platoon has been better than just capable, so far in 2024. .776 v RHPs (18 SB- 4CS) DHam .791 v LHPs (3 SB- 2CS) Romy G Together, this is about a .780 OPS with 21 SBs
  15. moonslav59
    The context is who should go to the pen. The concern over Criswell's IP total maybe going barely over his career high is less than Bello's production concerns and Pivetta's consistency concerns, IMO. We will have to bite the bullet on Houck and Crawford reaching career highs, and then maybe being asked to pitch more in the playoffs. BTW, Criswell pitched 117.1 IP in 2019 and 118.2 in 2021 (minors+ MLB) plus 70.1 IP in the AASO. Do those IP not count? He also had 117.2 IP, last year (MLB+AAA) He is at 90.2, now. Add 5 IP x 5 GS and he'll be at 115.2. This is a big concern to you?
  16. moonslav59
    It's hard to keep track of each posters' long-standing positions, and hence sarcasm related to those positions. I have not lost faith in Grissom, but I think Rafaela at SS allows a great OF alignment of Duran, O'Neill and an Abreu-Ref platoon. It also allows DHam to platoon with Romy (SS when Rafaela is in CF or 2B) or Westbrook (2B only.) This alignment is the best middle IF we have seen since Bogey-Story.
  17. moonslav59
    No, and of course 101 IP combined is a little concerning, but I'm less worried about his 101 IP than Houck's 123 and Crawford's 118. I think we can get 5 IP from Criswell for 5-6 more starts. That would get him to just over his career high.
  18. moonslav59
    I'm sticking with Criswell in the rotation. His 65 IP does not worry be, in terms of overloading him. He also has 13 IP in his last 2 GS'd, combined.
  19. moonslav59
    I'm not sure you have noticed, but other 2Bmen have been doing okay to pretty good for the Sox in the last couple months. Can we wait until they don't to try Grissom, again? Since June 1st: DHam is 6th in fWAR on the Sox Romy is 9th They make a nice platoon at 2B: .776 DHam v RHPs plus speed .791 Romy v LHPs (one of the best on the team) .732 career OPS since June 1st: .973 Valdez (in AAA and better than Grissom on O.) .749 Romy (not bad on D at SS and 2B, unlike all others) .688 DHam (16 SB/3 CS since then) .662 Westbrook (Career .852 v LHPs, a weak area for the Sox)
  20. moonslav59
    Red Sox Rotation, since June 1st: ERA 3.12 Wink (2GS) 3.89 xFIP 3.38 Crawford (9) 3.87 3.76 Criswell (5) 4.21 4.20 Houck (8) 3.77 4.81 Pivetta (9) 3.47 6.33 Bello (9) 3.63 fWAR(almost the reverse of the above list!) 1.1 Pivetta 0.6 Houck 0.5 Criswell 0.4 Bello 0.2 Kelly (4.2 IP in 2GS) 0.0 Crawford -0.1 Wink
  21. moonslav59
    I said a few extra batter, not a full IP, although that could happen, every few starts, if needed.
  22. moonslav59
    Buying teams often trade from strength on their 26 to fill another need on their 26. I've suggested we might trade LHB Abreu for a carbon copy RHB OF'er. If another buyer needs a LHB and is overloaded with RHBs, why not?
  23. moonslav59
    It might really help the pen, if Pivetta can eat 2-4 IP every 3-5 games.
  24. moonslav59
    In theory, going with a 6 man rotation should allow pitchers to go an extra few batters per game, so maybe it evens out. BTW, the Braves have used it a bit, this year. With 111 games played and some days off, one would expect 22-23 GS by all uninjured starters on the Braves. (Fried is on the IL, now, but I'm not sure others missed starts due to injuries.) GS by Braves pitchers: 19 Sale (-3 to 4) 18 Morton (-4 to 5) 18 Lopez (-4 to 5) 18 Fried (???) 9 Schwellenbach 8 Elder 2 Strider (on 60 Day IL) None of these starts were by "openers" as all averaged more than 3.1 IP/GS: 2 Kerr, Vines, Winans, Waldrep 1 Smith-Shawyer
  25. moonslav59
    Yup! For sure. Every year: the same thing. Since adding pitchers at the deadline almost always "costs" more, why not add them in the winter? If we end up with too much, we can trade some to desperate teams and get higher return value. It seems so simple.
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