moonslav59
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Gotta love the rebound by Houck and some other starters. We need them to be solid, going forward. Duran is really on fire! good to see Wong have a nice night. good game! -
Current fWAR Leaders 9.8 Judge 9.4 Witt 7.4 Soto 6.7 Lindor 6.6 Duran & Gunner 6.3 Ohtani 5.8 de la Cruz 5.6 Sale 5.4 K Marte 5.0 J Ramirez 4.8 Skubal 4.5 Devers & Ozuna Other Sox fWARs 3.4 Houck 2.8 Abreu 2.0 O'Neill 1.7 Crawford 1.6 DHam 1.5 Bello 1.3 Pivetta, Slaten, Jansen 1.1 Criswell & Ref 0.9 Rafaela & Yoshida 0.8 Booser 0.7 Casas 0.6 Wong
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The worst troll we have now is MADSTORK, but compared to some I've seen here and at the old BDC site, he's pretty tame (qand lame.) I don't think many posters have been banned in the last couple years. All I can think of is Swihart's Ghost, but I'm probably forgetting some.
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This would be a nice weekend to pick up some ground. We play at DET (We are better on the road.) KCR is at HOU, a hot team. MIN plays TOR, who we just helped get kinda hot. BAL is at COL and NYY hosts STL. We are 3.5 behind MIN, 5.5 behind KCR and 7.5 from BAL.
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He had 189 GS in the 6 years from 2010-2015, before we signed him. That's over 31 per season. He had 1300 IP, which was 216 per season. 2.97 ERA (130 ERA+) 3.05 FIP and 1.11 WHIP (4 K/BB) If he had an after 30 career like Scherzer or Verlander, he'd be a cinch. BTW, Scherzer from 2010-2015: 32 GS/yr and 207 IP/yr 3.38 ERA/ 3.22 FIP/ 1.15 WHIP and 4 K/BB Is Scherzer HOF?
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And that doesn't always work out, either (see Price.)
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The DSL Sox lost 2-0, today, in the championship series. It's their first playoff loss. Next game decides the champs.
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Nailed it. Apparently being mildly in the race near the end of August is now called "competitive."
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Yup. While some want to minimize the defensive aspect of runs allowed, here is something to ponder: Our staff is... 10th in xFIP at 4.03- just 0.01 from HOU and 0.03 from STL. 13th in ERA- at 96- just 1 behind CLE and 2 behind 4 teams for 8th place. (Note: I'm not praising our pitching or saying they are not a big part of our current standing, but our D has sucked, badly.)
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We need pitchers ready for day one, or I'm with MVP: we might as well just plan for 2026.
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Yes, that was a big part of the Vaz trade criticism, but some were pissed that it sent a message to the team, we were punting, despite taking two forks, at once. It was mostly the "must win now" crowd. All-in-all, McGuire and Pham did okay to good, and Abreu was a great get. EValdez may someday be a decent MLB hitter, but a platoon DH does not have much of a future. The year Bloom traded for Schwarber and added Robles, Davis, Iggy and Shaw was a very good mid season job. IMO, Bloom did not do enough in the mid-season, either buying or selling, but he did fine in 2020 (Pivetta), 2021 (Schwarber, Robles, Iggy & Shaw,) okay in '22 (Abreu) and nothing in '23. Brez has had a terrible deadline record in his one try (Jansen being the only good move.) He did okay getting Dom Smith, mid season.
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Top Farm OPS (200+ PAs) 1.017 Gasper AA>AAA 1.014 Campbell A+>AA>AAA .918 Jh Garcia A->A+.AA .895 Arias FCL>A- .886 Anthony AA>AAA .876 Meidroth AAA .852 Westbrook AAA .850 Mayer AA>AAA (IL) .835 Sogard AAA .835 Romero FCL>>A+>AA .827 B Gonzalez A+ .804 Dalbec AAA .801 E Alvarez AAA .801 Binelas AA .793 Teel AA>AAA Notables: .769 Castro A+>AA .699 Jordan AA .557 Zanetello A- Under 200 PAs .913 Drew Ehhard A+>AA .908 Ju. Gonzalez DSL .904 F Jimenez FCL .834 Asencio FCL .811 Brito DSL .800 Pinto DSL .798 Bolivar DSL
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I was shocked we got anybody to take Diekman off our hands with no cash involved. Getting McGuire, who actually played very well for us, that year, was the best move for that year. The deal that got the most criticism was the best one: Vas for Abreu & EValdez.
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Maybe, our best hope id they alternate time on the IL, and never are hurt, at the same time.
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I'm only talking about how I viewed the trades. Also, I actually liked Max Fergusen more than Hosmer, in that trade. We needed a 1Bman from May on, that year. I think that was why he "talked up" Hosmer. I don't think a single person here fell for it.
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Brez is going to have to connect on his winter moves. No more Gios. He'll have to do better on his deadline deals, if he doesn't, and again, no more Paxton Sims & Garcias. He did well with O'Neall and Criswell, and maybe the Dugo trade, but we need a real good success rate, especially if JH if tight-fisted, again.
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I'm not for trading Rafaela.
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Gio was the one guy we signed without an injury history, but it made little difference. I do admire the effort.
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Bieber may get back to Cy Young form, and being only 29 is nice. His Cy Young season was his 12 start 2020 season. He placed 4th in the voting in 2019 and 7th in 2022. That's an impressive 4 year stretch: 2.91 ERA/ 2.95 FIP (149 ERA+ and 1.05 WHIP with 11Ks to 2 BB per 9) 92 GS out of maybe 110 available starts is a decent 84% mark, but not great. He's had 23 GS out of 65 in the last 2 years. This worries me to no end. I'm worn out looking at our long pitching IL list, every year.
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I don't like to have to always keep an eye on the budget, whenever suggesting moves to improve the team. I agree, we should not have to be this restrictive, but facts are facts. Of course, if JH is going to pocket the "saving" we might get by trading Yoshida for someone like Taylor, then I'm firmly against the idea. If Brez is handed a budget and told, if he cuts here, and can spend that much there, then I'm looking at ways to improve pitching without taking a big bite out of the O. If we can replace Yoshida's bat with Anthony or Campbell, and play Abreu-Ref at DH and 4th OF, there is a chance the O improves or stays even.
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Any way to view the scores before it's closed?
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Yes, indeed. However, if go by the idea that JH is setting a firm winter spending budget, I would think any money Brez saves would/should be added to the net balance. (I don't think they did with Sale, since they ended up spending less in '24 than '23, but maybe that was part of what Brez had to work with on day one.
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I never viewed Hosmer as the big get, but they did talk him up. Pham was bigger and I liked the Abreu/Valdez trade most.
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Hopefully we add the "savings" to the existing winter budget and do better. Better luck might help, too.
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The DSL Sox won the first game of the championship series, today, 3-1 in a rain shortened game.
