moonslav59
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soxprospects says he has 3 options. I can see the reasoning on not having someone like him on the bench. He'd be a back-up DH, PH'er and emergency LF'er. That is not useful depth. The way our bench has been doing, unless there is an injury, I'm not for weakening it by sending DHam, Romy or Valdez down to accommodate a slot for Yoshi. (I'm assuming Dalbec gets demoted when Abreu is called up.) -
After #6 Cespedes, #7 Fitts and maybe #8 Zanetello, I would not be upset, if we traded Sandlin at #9. I would not trade #10 Campbell for any rental. After 10, I'd be okay.
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Also read Cora has said Yoshi is the FT DH, so that makes it Ref vs others, now- once he is healthy.
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Criswell was cruising through 5 with Woo, when the big club bug bit, and two errors have led to 3 runs in the 6th (so far.) Kavadas has homered twice. Meidroth is o-3 w no BBs- shocking! POR got swept in a DBLHDR by one run, each game. Game 1: Encarnacion let up 8 runs (7ERS) in 1.1 IP. Teel, Jordan & Sikes homered. Anthony 1-3 w BB Mayer 1-3 w BB Teel 2-4 Game2: Wikelman roughed up, again. Mata w 3IP 3H, 0ER, 1BB, 2K Anthony 0-3 w BB Mayer 2-4 Teel 1-2 GRE lost by 1, also. Sandlin 2 IP, 0H, 0ER, 1BB, 4K All of a sudden, SAL is scoring in bunches. Dean: 5IP, 2H, 2ER, 5BB, 6K Brannon 3-5 Anderson, Alcantara & Taylor all w 2 Hits.
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That 7th inning looked like the April Red Sox. Let's hope we don't go down that road, again.
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And all early in the game, leading me to think this might be a 13-9 final score.
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Every good player slumps. I'm not sure why every Devers slump or mini-slump needs to be brought up. It's a natural thing for even the best hitters. As for being the "ugly face," I don't think I'm alone thinking that is a response I "really don't get." With a .901 OPS, I'd wish we'd have 9 ugly faces.
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Ref on the bench vs a RHPs is one thing, but to me, vs a LHP, this is criminal. At least put Rafaela at SS and Ref in the OF, if you insist on playing Yoshida. Okay, I'm done ranting on Yoshi over Ref v LHPs.
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I just hope we don't trade a top 6 or 7 prospect for any 2 month rental, unless an extension is agreed upon.
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Valdez is in a groove. So much fun to watch.
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Most of the best hitters in MLB don't bat .900 every week.
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To me, if Pivetta does well until the deadline, he and Jansen would get the best return. Pivetta has been good for several years, but he has now gone a whole calendar year of pitching very well. Teams look to improve their rotations, going into August. Teams without a solid closer will be fighting over Jansen, too. There will be a few big bat rentals out there. O'Neill should get a decent prospect, but IMO, not as good as Pivetta & Jansen. Martin has something to prove, first.
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A look at the Sox beyond 2024 (w years of team control: ) SP: 5 Bello (+1 opt), Criswell, Murphy, Walter, 4 Crawford, Winkowski 3 Houck, 2 Whitlock 1 Giolito (+1 opt) Prospects: Fitts, Perales, Mata, Wikelman, Penrod, Dobbins, Gambrell E R-C, Early, Monegro, Bastardo, Portes, Mullins, Wehunt, Paez RP: 5 Slaten, Bernardino, Weissert, I Campbell, Kelly, Booser, Horn, Keller 1 Hendriks (+1 opt), Fulmer Prospects: Sandlin, Guerrero, Zeferjahn, Hoppe C: 4 Wong 1 McGuire Prospects: Teel, Jo, Garcia, Hickey, Brannon 1B: 4 Casas Prospects: Jordan, Kavadas (DH), Gasper 2B: 5 E Valdez, Grissom Prospects: K Campbell, Yorke, Paulino, Romero SS: 5 DHam 4 Romy G 3 Story (+1 opt) Prospects: Mayer, Cespedes, Zanetello 3B: 9 Devers 3 Dalbec Prospects: C Coffey, Meidroth, A Anderson LF: 4 Duran 1 Refsnyder Prospects: M Lugo, Castro CF: 7 Rafaela Prospects: Anthony, Bleis RF: 5 Abreu Prospects: Jh. Garcia, Sogard, N Taylot DH: 3 Yoshida
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Lucky you! Enjoy it!
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Speaking of IP, what's the current over/under on 2024 IP for these guys? EST based on about 2.16 x current IP: 205 Houck 180 Crawford 150 Bello 115 Pivetta 110 Criswell (80 for Slaten & Anderson)
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
moonslav59 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
My opinion is not based on Yoshida’s SSS in 2024. It’s based on others doing better and some on how Yoshida ended 2023. I think the league figured him out and he has yet to make the right adjustment. I don’t think he should be the FT DH or even 75%. I think Cora will start him 60-75% or more. -
I think Jansen and Pivetta can get an average team’s 10-18 prospect, and O’Neill a 12-22 one. Martin is unknown, as of now but could get a 12-22 or 18-30 depending
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It’s hard to have a strong opinion on Sandlin, but with such a lack of strong pitching prospects, I’m sticking to my no top 10 opinion. I would trade Wikelman and Roger’s for him.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
moonslav59 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
No doubt, my OCD kicks in, often on this site. Not making excuses, but I don't have many people around me who like to talk Sox with, so I come here and weigh in on just about anything and everything. Thank you for your understanding. -
Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
moonslav59 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
He can start here and there, PH some or wait until someone doing well declines some (more.) I've never said he should not play or never start.To me, it's also about benching players that are doing well more than Yoshi. (It wasn't long ago, I was trying to talk you off the ledge on Yoshi, so it's not like I'm a longtime Yoshi critic.) -
I have agreed this is a concern. I'm not sure what else I need to say.
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I'm not giving a top 10 prospects, but might give a couple 11-30 prospects. Yes, he'd fit into our line-up nicely, but he'd DH instead of Ref, who is our best better vs LHPs over the last 3 years. We do have room for Ref in the OF v LHPs, but with so many lefty OF'ers, we'd have to bench Duran, Abreu or Ref/Rafaela/O'Neill in the OF vs RHPs. Is the gain worth what we give up? I guess it depends on what we give up. Paulino & Hickey, sure. E R-C and Yorke? Maybe not.
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Agreed. 36 PAs is not a long enough time to radically change the plan. Now, if they were close to promoting him before this stretch, then maybe, but I doubt they were.
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Craig Breslow hired as Head Of Baseball Operations
moonslav59 replied to Tedballgame's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I should have known you weren't really jacked up over that idea. LOL -
The last place Reds might not be as bad as it looks. While they are 35-39, that is only 4.5 games worse than the Sox, and they have a +10 run differential, which is 13th best in MLB.
