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  1. moonslav59
    LOL. Not on a ledge, though, right? LOL
  2. moonslav59
    Jansen has become the beats he once was. Some of us were questioning his apparent declining trend, earlier this year, but man o man, were we wrong. This team has a lot of heart and soul. I'm not sure those are the best words. Maybe "grit" is better, but you gotta feel the shift in attitude and confidence. We are coming back in games, in series and overcoming some bad trends we saw earlier in the season and in May. We should all know, we will have a rough patch or two, at some point, but I'm feeling more and more confident we can keep those stretches short and the good ones, longer.
  3. moonslav59
    It would sure upset a lot of fans. This season, has a feel like 2021. Not many had high expectations going into either season, and a bunch of things went right that overpowered the bunch that went wrong. The Schwarber acquisition was a big part of the continued success and near ALCS championship. Lesser pick-ups like Iggy, Shaw and Robles helped, too. The highest ranked prospect we gave up, that year, was Aldo Ramirez. I could see Brez trying to do something along those lines, this deadline. Maybe we trade O'Neill and also acquire a couple key pieces. A couple weeks ago, I was feeling like we were at about a 90% sel chance. Now, it looks under 50-50.
  4. moonslav59
    Not even close to one. He's shown no sign of decline and is doing better in almost every category, except RBI-related ones. (BTW, I'm not one who believes that clutch is a sustainable skillset.) He's just now entering peak prime, so no, I do not expect or see any sign of decline. Ask me in 2-3 years.
  5. moonslav59
    He's having his career highest OPS+ season. His rbi's are low, okay, but he hasn't done real poorly with men on base (.792) or w RISP (.772.) He's still got time to right the rbi ship, this year. He's on his career pace of 33 HRs per 162. He's above his career OBP & SLG, His D has improve, a lot, since April. I'm not seeing a hint of a "curse" with Devers, yet.
  6. moonslav59
    He had a pretty good game, last night.
  7. moonslav59
    Also, I think Rafaela is starting to turn some heads and quiet some fans who wondered, if he might never hit well enough to stick. Ref has done very well for us vs LHPs for a few years, but he has improved his overall game, too. Abreu and Valdez have looked very good, despite Abreu starting out on the bench, and Valdez being demoted, after a rough start to 2024. We've seen a lot of growth from close to 10 young Sox players, this year... maybe more.
  8. moonslav59
    Just got caught up live, WOW! Nice game, so far. The pen has been a big plus for this team and has not gotten a lot ot props. Duran DA MAN! Ref, again, proves why he should NEVER sit vs LHPs and maybe not even most righties. Wong is no fluke. He's past the point of SSS wondering. Romy-DHam keep chipping in. Nice group effort,
  9. moonslav59
    While the Tax line shows about $218M ($18M under the first tax line,) the player 2024 payroll is about $171M. This number includes: 17 Sale 1.5 Cooper 1.0 Joely 1.0 Hosmer+Reyes+Jacques+ V Gutierrez In total, over $20M for players not on our rooster. and... 22.5 Story 18.6 Yoshida 18.0 Giolito 3.5 Whitlock 2.0 Hendriks This is almost $65M on the IL or just came off it (Yoshida.) Together, these two lists equal about $86M, which is almost exactly half of our 2024 payroll. Stunning!
  10. moonslav59
    Pittsburgh is a very nice place to live. I’d like to see a game in Cincy, someday.
  11. moonslav59
    I’m envious! Enjoy!
  12. moonslav59
    I have to admit: I had serious doubts we’d get the W, today.
  13. moonslav59
    That might be the best we can expect!
  14. moonslav59
    Left Maine, today. Back to my tiny corner in Texas. I’m off to Spain and Portugal on Monday, for three weeks. I probably will not be posting as much, so many of you will be happy about that. Go SOX!
  15. moonslav59
    I was really hoping he’d show he was back in the groove. Sadly, he was not.
  16. moonslav59
    One could go back to Pujols
  17. moonslav59
    BTW, I would not call you an apologist. I think you are dead on. I think it is more about this than JH going greedy. What good businessman would continue using a failing plan?
  18. moonslav59
    laa?
  19. moonslav59
    Cue someone calling you an apologist. Maybe that too big a word.
  20. moonslav59
    Lots of teams look for a power bat or a very good backup catcher/decent starting catcher. The return might not be good, but several teams will want those two, if healthy and available.
  21. moonslav59
    Agreed. O’Neill and McGuire would be next on the sell list
  22. moonslav59
    I agree. We might even buy and sell. I doubt anything major happens.
  23. moonslav59
    There is an issue with the 3 OFers you listed. Abreu should never start vs LHPs and maybe Rafaela might be needed or used at SS some days. O’Neill needs to play FT when healthy, and Ref v all lefties at minimum. With so much overloading, maybe we trade an OFer for a P or 2Bman
  24. moonslav59
    Maybe less. At least we could get a laugh seeing you in one. Dalbec makes me cry!
  25. moonslav59
    How long a leash would you give Yoshi to start hitting? A week? Two weeks? Three?
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