Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

moonslav59

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    103,380

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    128

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by moonslav59

  1. moonslav59
    Nobody doubts Koufax was dominant in his time. The question is about transfering that dominance to this era. I'm not sure we can so easily say no players from back then could be dominant, now. That seems pretty unilateral. We'll never know.
  2. moonslav59
    Luis Tiant's delivery would be illegal, today.
  3. moonslav59
    Top Farm OPS (90+ ABs) 1.056 Kavadas AAA 1.031 M lugo AA .912 K Campbell A+ .846 Gasper AA .830 Mayer AA .823 Teel AA .816 Sogard AAA .808 A Lugo A- .807 Paulino AA .787 Ugueto A+ .781 E Alvarez AAA .775 Yuten A+ .756 Jordan AA .754 Westboork AAA .741 Meidroth AAA .739 Anthony AA .733 Bleis A- .727 Hickey AAA .711 Castro A+ .688 Yorke AA Notables w 50-89 ABs: 1.063 Jo Garcia A- .998 E Valdez AAA .911 Jh Garcia A- (out for the year) .879 Dalbec AAA Best Pitcher OPS Against (25+ IP) .550 E R-C A- .551 Penrod AA .591 Dobbins AA .609 Cohen A- .632 JD Encarnacion A+ .635 Bastardo AA .656 Duffy A- .669 Wikelman AA .688 Paez A- .704 Hagenman AAA .710 Early A+ .715 I Coffey AA .725 Dean A- .733 Gambrell AAA .745 Fitts AAA .751 Alexander AAA Some notables under 25 IP: .486 Brand A+/AA .491 O'Donnell A- .512 Wehunt A- .549 Luetge AAA .551 Olivarez AA .596 Carlson A-/A+ .634 Olds AA .646 Guerrero AAA
  4. moonslav59
    Ok. That's what I assumed.
  5. moonslav59
    I went from '72 to '04, and I was wondering if I'd ever see glory.
  6. moonslav59
    The murky middle might be 8-20 teams.
  7. moonslav59
    How many times have people discounted the Rays? Then, you look up, and they have 92 wins. (I do think this is the year, they don't win over 85 or 86 games.
  8. moonslav59
    Yes, and by 2.5 games. I do agree; they are not a good team, but they are about as good as we are, and about 10 other teams in the current ranks of about 9th to 18th in MLB.
  9. moonslav59
    I might have more posts, but you and Red lead the league in rips.
  10. moonslav59
    Agreed. I wasn't the one saying "We can't eat good teams." (or our own division teams)
  11. moonslav59
    Nice memory for such a young sprout! There were so many "what ifs" in that classic game. I really thought we had the better team, on paper, that year, but as so many Sox teams did for decades upon decades, we came up just short.
  12. moonslav59
    My penchant for good defensive SSs, I suppose.
  13. moonslav59
    When we lost to the Rays, we heard, "We can't beat the good teams." Now, we sweep them, and it's "The Rays are not a good team, anymore." (Okay, okay, this might be a bit fictionalized, but it does seem to be similar to what we've been hearing.)
  14. moonslav59
    That is the story of the year for the Sox and their fans. It's a top 5 or 10 story for all of MLB.
  15. moonslav59
    I get the value in adding a SP'er with 3-4 arbs remaining vs a trade like Luis Castillo, but I do think that trade was a very good one for SEA. Castillo was about as proven as proven can be. Point one. He was 29, when acquired, so maybe not as young as we'd like, but to get "proven," you do have to be good for a few years. The part that is an issue was his extension. I tend to think $108M/5 was an excellent deal for SEA. He'll be ages 30-34- not young, I know, but I like these types of deals. I agree, though, nobody is trading a Strider, although there were rumors Kirby was being shopped.
  16. moonslav59
    You did name a specific time frame instead of just saying long term. I responded to the criteria you established. I agree that Cease and Lopez were not long term additions. I agree with your point being made. Sorry for being a stickler for detail. BTW, word was that Cease and Lopez were on the market a year or two, before they were traded, but I guess they wanted more than what anyone would offer. You are right, the cost to get "proven" and young SP'ers with 2.5 or more years of control in very difficult, and it has not happened in a while. The days of guys like Sale being traded may be past us.
  17. moonslav59
    I don't consider it long term, either, but the point was no proven starters with 1.5 or less years of control are traded, these days. The list of proven starters traded with 3+ years of control does involve going back several years. I agree with that point- just not the 2 year point. Also, maybe one one traded, recently, but they just haven't become an ace, yet. (I know, I know, then they are not "proven.")
  18. moonslav59
    Your point was set at 1.5 years. You changed your point. Of course, I want young studs with 3-5 years, too, but not many are "proven" and have 4-5 years left. Yes, those guys are hard to find. Guys like Pivetta seem to be the best we can do.
  19. moonslav59
    It's hard to fault that logic. That was amazing. We only needed 5 starts from others. Those who look at ERA might find several teams that were better or way better, but these numbers look better than their ERAs do: ERA Pitcher ERA+/FIP 3.26 Schilling 148/3.11 3.90 Pedro 124/3.58 4.03 Arroyo 120/3.82 4.87 Wake 99/5.08 5.42 Lowe 89/4.26 I still like others more, but GS and IP are of great value.
  20. moonslav59
    Cease and Lopez were 2 years guys. That's 2 in 2 years. Why don't you count them? (Did you move the goalpost from 1.5 to more than 2?) We extended Nate to $17M x 4. That beat FA market prices.
  21. moonslav59
    Here is my top 25 prospects list that changes almost everyday... LOL... 1. Anthony (1 soxprospects.com) 2. Mayer (2) 3. Teel (3) 4. Cespedes (5) 5. Bleis (4) 6. Zanetello (9) 7. Slaten (12) may graduate, soon 8. Fitts (6) 9. Jo. Garcia (16) out for the season 10. K Campbell (20) 11. Perales (8) 12. Yorke (11) 13. Arias (22) 14. Sandlin (10) 15. Meidroth (13) 16. E R-C (18) 17. Hickey (19) 18. Castro (14) 19. Jordan (17) 20. Paulino (15) 21. Dobbins (23) 22. Wikelman (7) 23. Romero (24) 24. Monegro (21) 25. Penrod (29)
  22. moonslav59
    It does help that being 2 games over .500 makes you 1 game behind the 9th best record in MLB, but I'm with you. We have a chance. To me, this team is showing heart and soul, along with good old fashioned grit.
  23. moonslav59
    Staff ERAs in order of most IP 1.94 Houck (10 starts) 2.17 Crawford (10 starts) 4.04 Bello (I hope he can move towards 3.25) 2.86 Criswell (Will match Bello's 8 starts next game) 3.04 Pivetta (5 GS) 3.12 Slaten (17 games, almost all of them good) 3.33 Wink (In AAA getting his act together) 4.98 Anderson (Had one really bad game) 0.89 Bernardino (Proving he was no 2023 fluke) 2.21 Weissert (Looking like a nice addition) 3.26 Martin (Really in a groove, now.) 1.96 Whitlock (On the shelf, again) 3.71 Booser (Storybook history) 3.24 Jansen (17 IP and not overtaxed) 1.98 Kelly (10 BBs in 14 IP needs fixing) Not counting Whitlock, that's a pretty nice group of 14 pitchers, going forward.
  24. moonslav59
    Something about watching this game really made me happy. It was more than just watching 8 runs score, and Bello getting his act together, after a bad pitch. It was more than just watching an errorless games that also had some very nice defensive plays made by an improving defense. It was more than just watching our pen come through, despite not seeming to have their best stuff. It was watching a full team effort, situational hitting and going with the pitch, and players coming through when we needed it. It wasn't just one guy out there. It was a TEAM! Now, if we could just bottled this up and open it up, every game, going forward.
  25. moonslav59
    The Cora-Bailey-Breslow combo seems to have gelled, nicely. We still have a ways to go, but the future looks brighter to those who allow some light to come in.
×
×
  • Create New...