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  1. moonslav59
    They might have made the deal, expecting (or hoping for only) 140 IP and a 3.80 ERA. Certainly Sale is in another class of pitchers like Richards and maybe Kluber, although Kluber had several great seasons, but without knowing the name, had someone said the Sox signed a pitcher for $10M who had this record since 2019, who would have been thrilled? 5 seasons 298 IP (avg 60 per season) 58 GS (about 12 per season) 17-18 record 4.16 ERA 3.56 FIP FYI: Kluber's previous 5 seasons before we signed him: 496 IP (99 IP/season) 88 GS (15 GS/season) 3.72 ERA 3.46 FIP Richards: 199 IP and 41 GS 3.53 ERA 3.86 FIP Paxton: 333 IP and 63 GS 3.98 ERA/3.59 FIP Weird how the best SP'er we signed had these previous 5 year numbers: 535 IP & 99 GS 4.51 ERA/4.49 FIP (Wacha)
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    D Smith DFA'd. He did pretty well for us. Thanks.
  3. moonslav59
    I lived in Milwaukee, when the Pilots moved to Milwaukee and became the Brewers. I lived a couple blocks from the old County Stadium and went to several games. I became a huge Tommy Harper fan, and when my family moved to Portland, Maine in the early 70's, the Brewers traded harper to the Red Sox. I switched to being a Sox fan and never looked back. (I'm still a Packer and Bucks fan.) Thanks for taking over and keeping this site active.
  4. moonslav59
    We do have numerous hopes- not just 1-2 promising pitching prospects, but it is worrisome we don't have nationally ranked pitching prospects. The one who was the highest was Perales, who was always hurt even before this latest TJS injury. We do need a lot to go right- maybe not everything, but a lot.
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    Devers began his contract, this year. It's the biggest contract in Sox history. Yoshida's began, last year. Story's began the year before. We've seen 3 big contracts in 3 years. The problem has been two-fold: 1. We don't spend big on pitching. (We've cut $40M from our rotation in 5 years, combined.) 2. Other teams have begun spending wildly more, and passed us in the rankings. It's not only about JH not spending as much. I'll add a third point: our spending has not worked well (Story, Yoshida, Gio, Kluber, Richards, Barnes, Kike II...) CB Tax numbers: 192 in 2017 239 in 2018 244 in 2019 185 in 2020 208 in 2021 236 in 2022 226 in 2023 (208 projected for 2024) This does not look like some sort of massive budget cutting, to me, but again, I'm not supporting what JH has been doing, recently. We could have and should have spent more. Maybe we will agaiun: maybe not. It does look like other will.
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    Are you encouraged by Dobbins and E R-C?
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    We've already seen a change in focus on the farm. I'm not going to dispute your claim about JH needing to go for real change to occur. I've seen him wobble between spending and cutting several times, before. This is, by far, the longest stretch of austerity under JH, especially with the pitching, but it's not like he has totally stopped spending- just with pitching. I'm not hopeful he will start, anytime soon, but nobody knows if he will or won't.
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    I'm always for obtaining a TOTR SP. I'm always for having plus SS defense. (2B and CF, too, and C & RF to some extent.) With our middle IF being our weakest area outside of pitching, I like the idea of keeping Mayer over Anthony and or Teel.
  9. moonslav59
    Thanks for taking over, when needed.
  10. moonslav59
    Isn't it easier to just trade for a .500 OPS SS with a great glove? They are a dime a dozen.
  11. moonslav59
    Well said, and since this is not the 5th year in a row where the budget prevented the upkeep and upgrade of the staff from happening, it's no wonder we are where we are, right now. Here is a look at the "net" rotation spending (rotation contracts lost and replaced in winters:) 2020: -$14.6M ($6M Perez-$20.6M Porcello) 2021: +$9M ($10M Richards + $5M Perez -$6M Perez) 2022: -$5.3M ($10M Paxton +$7M Wacha + $5M Hill -$10M Richards -$8.3M ERod -$5M Perez) 2023: -$25M ($10M Kluber +$4M Paxton -$17M Nate- $10M Paxton-$7M Wacha-$5M Hill) 2024: -$3.5M ($19.2M Giolito + $1.3M Anderson -$10M "saved" from Sale to ATL -$10M Kluber -$4M Paxton This is almost $40M cut from the rotation in 5 years.
  12. moonslav59
    Garcia and Sims looked like decent RP'ers- not real good, but decent. Once on the Sox, they became "scary" like the rest of them. The rotation has actually settled down a bit. Last 4 weeks: 1.98 Criswell (1GS & 4 RP) 3.86 Bello (3.38 last 2 starts) 4.85 Houck (4.58 last 3 GS) 5.40 Pivetta (4.66 last 2 starts) Not great, but better than early to mid July numbers.
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    If he's in a lot of pain, I'm thinking shutting him down for a couple months and having him play winter ball might be the best plan.
  14. moonslav59
    It has been a long time, and when you couple this with the fact that our recent graduated pitching prospect list is also better than it's been in a long time, maybe we should be more hopeful than it appears we are, right now while watching our staff implode over the last month. 2021: Houck & Whitlock 2022: Bello, Crawford & Wink 2023: Kelly, Bernardino & Murphy 2024: Slaten & Booser Maybe 2025: Fitts, Guerrero, Penrod & Shugart Big drop off from '21-'22 and '23-'24, but not a bad list, compared to any other 4 year stretch since the Lester-Buch days.
  15. moonslav59
    Nobody thought this was a great staff, to begin with, but this bad? The shock of April got our hopes up, but this has become frightening.
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    The idea includes the "must go on IL," if a pitcher comes out due to injury.
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    Stunning news!
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    I agree he is better than DHam, but he belongs in CF.
  19. moonslav59
    And SLG% .583 Jh Garcia .581 Campbell .559 Gasper .551 Kavadas .538 Romero .515 Arias .492 B Gonzalez .489 Anthony .480 Mayer .471 Dalbec .452 Teel OBP .458 Gasper .453 Campbell .438 Meidroth .424 Kavadas .421 Arias .385 Teel .382 Sogard .370 Mayer .367 Anthony .367 Jh Garcia .551 Ka
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    Some Sox Pitchers on the farm: SAL 2.51 E R-C (61 IP) 3.18 Duffy (79) 3.21 Blanco (63) 3.65 Cohen (79) 3.96 Dean (61) GRE 3.06 Paez (50) 3.18 Monegro (51) 3.59 Sena (48) 3.72 Early (68) 4.28 Mullins (69) POR 3.36 Dobbins (99) 3.46 Kwiatkowski (55) 3.62 I Coffey (87) 4.21 Webb (68) WOO 4.09 Gambrell (84) 4.41 R Fitts (100) 4.79 Alexander (98)
  21. moonslav59
    Casas should be called up. I think he has to the 20th, but WTH? He went 2-3 with a 2B. Meidroth continues to impress at the AAA level by going 1-2 w a BB (.834.) POR won 5-3 with Bolden going 4IP w 2H, 0ER, 2BB 7 5Ks Hickey went 2-3 w two 2Bs, after the demotion. Jh Garcia went 2-5 and Campbell 1-5. GRE won a tight one. Dean went 4 IP allowing just 1H, 1BB, while K'ing 7 (oER.) Ehrhard went 2-4 (.825.) SAL won 6-4 w Arias going 3-5. Yuten 2-4.
  22. moonslav59
    Gotta wonder if last night's loss took the last wind from our sails. Maybe not, this team has shown a lot of grit, and our rotation has actually seen some improvement over the last few starts. Now, we just need the pen to just approach mediocrity.
  23. moonslav59
    Agreed. He has had a much longer stretch of hitting well, than not, and pitchers have adjusted to him, and still can't figure him out. .586 first 203 PAs .810 last 242 PAs, including .845 last 202 PAs
  24. moonslav59
    I liked that idea, too. I think he has even hit pretty well, after the deadline.
  25. moonslav59
    I wondered about why DHam was at SS and Sogard at 2B, but figured they knew who was better on D. DHam is pretty bad, but Rafaela is no great SS, too.
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