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The team is now 6-1 in Criswell starts. His ERA remains below 3.00, despite some metrics saying he may be getting lucky. The run support and better pen, when he starts has been lucky, but this guy is getting the job done. Our staff has a 33% GS rate, which is below the 39% league average, but I'm pretty sure we have more nearmisses than almost anyone else. Some say the 3ER in 6IP choice of stats is flawed, and it does seem like a 4.50 ERA is not "quality,"but I feel like going 5 IP allowing 2 ERs is more "quality," especially these days. Hell, 4 IP w 1 ER allowed is better, too. Using this as a criteria, here are the Sox staff numbers: 4 IP 0-1 ERs 5 IP 0-2 ERs 7 IP 0-3 ERS 9 IP 0-4 ERS QS/GS Traditional/ Pitcher/ Modified QS 8/10 Houck 8/10 (add a 5.1, 1ER, subtract 6IP, 3 ER) 5/10 Crawford 8/10 (subtracting one 6IP, 3ER) 2/5 Pivetta 4/5 1/7 Bello 5/7 0/4 Whitlock 4/4 0/7 Criswell 5/7 (one game was 4 IP, 2 ER) You may disagree with my formula, and that's fine, but it's pretty amazing that these 6 SP'ers have these many modified QSs: 34/43 or 79%! If you count the 2 actual QS (6 IP/ 3ER) I took away, we'd be at 36/43 or 84% of our starts have been quality or good starts. Some of the remaining starts were not all that bad, too.

That was my point, when I said nobody was talking a further extension of Sale. Many were still yapping about the failure of the last one.

This year's injury was about as freakish as a bike accident, and it did happen as a result of lack of hustle and grit. I don't know what to think about Story. His book with the Sox is still full of blank pages. I'm not sure what to think about Whitlock, Gio and Hendriks, either. It's like the Yankee injury bug has mutated.

I get it. I loved Sale. I had high hopes he'd return, year after year. I waited 5 years, and I'm supposed to be pissed off we didn't wait 6. Sure, it sucks, but WTH. Story was really good just 3 years ago. It just wasn't with us, so it doesn't seem to count. I guess I'll wait 3 more years on Story, and he'll be even with Sale. Granted, Story at his best wasn't close to Sale at his best. Sale was the very best for a 4-5 year period... maybe longer. I'm still holding out hope for Grissom and wish Sale the very best. The trade made some sense at the time, and might still prove to ve a good or decent one. That Beni trade, almost everyone hated, looks a lot different now, right? I'm not hearing much about the Verdugo trade, anymore, but maybe he'll catch on fire, and that talk will start up, again. This is baseball... Ain't it great!

Woo ended up winning 20-4. KA-POW! 14 Hits and 12 BBs! POR split. Mayer homered in the gm 2 win. GRE raked 15-2 and Salem & FCL won, too. The farm went 5-1.

He really has picked it up on O and D. Hope he can do it for the whole year.

Excellent win!

It wasn't until Clemens that I really paid much attention.

Time for Grissom to hit a 2 run dinger.

Williams was great, but Dalbec sucks.

Glad we didn't trade Duran, this morning.

Wink might be earning his way back to the big club. 4IP, 5H, 1ER, 0BB, 4K Valdez has 2 dingers, so far. Hickey & Alvarez have homered once. Kavadas 1-2 w BB Woo is up 11-3 after 6 innings. POR is losing 8-5 2-3 Paulino 1-2 Lugo w HR, BB 1-3 Mayer 1-3 Teel GRE is up 9-0 as Perales has 12Ks in 5IP (1 hit, 2BB)

Even if he was 5-7.

Here are the top pitchers by fWAR from 2023-2024 and how they were acquired: Wheeler: Traded to Mets in '11/ FA '19 S Gray: Traded '17, traded '19, traded '22, FA '24 Z Gallen: Traded '17, traded '19 L Webb: Drafted Gausman: FA '19, FA '20, FA '21 Z Eflin: Traded '14 (twice), FA '22 (not expensive) Strider: Drafted Kirby: Drafted Lopez: Traded '17, Traded '23 Skubal: Drafted Cease: Traded '17, Traded '24 Cole: Traded '19, FA '19 Glasnow: Traded '18, Traded '23 A Nola: Drafted/ FA (re-sign) '23 Burnes: Traded '24 Steele: Drafted Castillo: Traded '16 (twice), Traded '17, Traded '22 (extended) Monty: Traded '22, Traded '23, FA '24 (1 year deal) S Lugo: FA '22, FA '23 (moderate deal) 6 out of 20 were acquired by trade in the last 1-2.5 years) 2 more were acquired by trade over 3 years ago 7 were acquired through Free Agency, some not at a high cost or long term. 6 were drafted Not many traded for were "young," but some were not old, and some are very good pitchers. 8 by trade 7 by FA 5 by draft and holding on I'd have traded Duran for Castillo and maybe Lopez. Cease? Maybe. Burnes? Not for 1 year. Glasnow? No.

Spending is one way, and one we both wish would be tried, more often, but trading some of this projected depth might land us a SP'er or two.

Making it sound like he's calling in sick is not a good comp, IMO. The connotation is he's choosing to not work.

I have very high hopes for Cespedes.

Sale had a worse injury track record than Story, and it wasn't even close.

I'm fine with that plan. We have some flex, if someone does not come through (Mayer) or gets hurt (Story or ____.) The OF looks solid and deep, too, especially if Anthony comes through. Our catchers look fine, and we have Teel looking like a good future catcher.

Not sure, either. Maybe, Mayer at 3B, Story at SS and Grissom at 2B. I'll leave to guess where Devers and Casas play.

In a healthy Sale, for sure. I don't think many of us had faith in his health for 2024 and or 2025. The 2025 option was in serious doubt, before this season began. Plus, it's not like 2B has been a great position for us. Not only were we ranked 30th in fWAR at 2B from 2022-023, we were at -2.0.

Don't tell me you don't know the rest of the story.

True, and if Story moves to 3B.... We also have the Mayer squeeze as a possibility next year or 2026.

True. You got me. That was not a fair statement and implied posters forgot his history. I did say "it's like..." not that people are saying he was never hurt or a question mark. It's just not being talked about by those gushing over a quarter season sample size of 2024. His 4-5 year recent history was why he was traded, and I will say, he was a still question mark, after last year, despite finishing the season healthy for the first time in over 4 years.

Anyone know why Teel has only played one game since May 16th?