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  1. moonslav59
    Agree. The SSS are not worth worrying about. Same with Devers 40 PAs w RISP in 2024. BTW, in 2024, Devers has a .720 OPS and 11 RBI in 41 PAs w RISP, which projects to over 150 RBI per 615 PAs
  2. moonslav59
    111 Pitchers have 115+ IP, since May 25th, 2023. Here are some of the ERA rankings: 1. Snell 2.03 5. Senga 2.59 6. Cole 2.67 7. Lugo 2.75 9. Burnes 2.97 10. Pivetta 3.05 11. Monty 3.11 13. S Gray 3.16 27. Crawford 3.44 31. Houck 3.59 36. Wacha 3.64 48. Paxton 3.85 65. Bello 4.22 FWAR 12. Crawford 4.1 55. Houck 2.2 56. Pivetta 2.2 79. Bello 1.5
  3. moonslav59
    Pivetta has really become a very good pitcher after his poor start in 2023. ERA Leaders since May 25, 2023 (101 pitchers with 120+ IP:) 1. Snell 2.03 5. Cole 2.42 6. Lugo 2.75 8. Burnes 2.97 9. Pivetta 3.05 10. Monty 3.11 12. S Gray 3.16 26. Crawford 3.44 34. Wacha 3.64 61. Bello 4.22 If you go down to a 115 IP sample size, Houck places 35th with a 3.56 ERA.
  4. moonslav59
    O'Neill was another trade, and another trade for a player Randy disliked.
  5. moonslav59
    "Everyone?"
  6. moonslav59
    Fixed this for you.
  7. moonslav59
    I haven't quit on the season. Although I do think giving him a look, now may help us know more about the future DH/back-up 1Bman options, I think Kavadas might be better than Smith as a platoon with Cooper. If not, we can find another Smith-type, very easily. BTW, I do not think even a thirs of the Woo/Por rosters are better than Kavadas, and certainly not the ML ones.
  8. moonslav59
    Fixed this for you.
  9. moonslav59
    soxprospects.com has been pretty volatile with some rankings, lately. I'm not so sure this is as telling as it looks. They ranked him 20th in DEC 2022, which is not that long ago. He struggled in about 100 PAs at AA in 2023, and for that he dropped to 57th. (BTW, he still had a .366 OBP that summer w POR.) I'm not saying he will work out, but I think he deserves a chance in the bigs. We suck at 1B, so why not give the 25 year old a look-see?
  10. moonslav59
    While part of brining up Kavadas might be for "discovery," and he is Rule 5 guy, this winter, I also think he might have the same chance of doing something good as Cooper-Smith. Keep one hire gun (Cooper, the RHB,) and let's see if Kavadas can help us, this year. It's not like we can't pick up another Smith type, if Kavadas fails.
  11. moonslav59
    It's easy to equate Kavadas with Dalbec, but I think that is unfair. He may very well be just like him, but you never really know. He walks more than Dalbec. Fine. Keep Cooper the RHB. Replace the LHB Smith with the LHB Kavadas and play him some at 1B but more at DH. We've been using Smith and Cooper at DH, too much. REF should DH vs LHPs and some RHPs and Kavadas vs more than half of the RHPs. Our recent DHs, since Yoshi went down: 4 Smith 4 Cooper 3 O'Neill 2 Ref 1 Wong, Devers, Grissom
  12. moonslav59
    I'm not as angry about the JBJ trade as some, but it was a bad one. At the time, I called it a headscratcher, which caused a week long debate. I also said that Bloom must see something in DHam and or Binelas that others weren't seeing. Maybe DHam helps others get over their anger.
  13. moonslav59
    He has options, but he's going to get a longer look. He hit the ball hard for an out or two, today.
  14. moonslav59
    Sox ERA leaders (10+ IP/ under 18 noted) 0.89 Bernardino 1.54 Kelly 11.2 1.96 Whitlock (shut down rehab) 2.17 Crawford 2.17 Houck 2.41 Weissert 2.76 Criswell 3.04 Pivetta 3.33 Wink (AAA, now) 3.38 Booser 16 IP 3.38 Slaten 3.44 Martin (really turning it around after a horrible start) 3.45 Jansen 3.96 Bello 4.98 Anderson 6.55 Joely (AAA, now) Last 15 days: 0.00 Kelly & Martin 1.29 Bernardino 2.70 Booser 2.84 Houck (1.59 last 7 days) 3.57 Crawford 4.15 Criswell 4.60 Pivetta (bad first start back from IL) 2.31 last 2 starts 5.40 Anderson 6.00 Jansen 6.52 Bello (needs to find the groove) 7.36 Weissert 12.60 Slaten (got rocked, last game)
  15. moonslav59
    It's nice to see the Sox have 4 batters over.900, but one is 6th in team PAs (Wong) and the other just passed Reyes for 11th in PAs (Refsnyder) Updated OPS leaders .954 Refsnyder 11th in PAs .939 Devers 3rd despite missing time .932 O'Neill 4th despite missing time .916 Wong 6th due to being a catcher .857 Casas 8th and on IL (says he will be ready by June 21st) .822 Abreu 5th (did not play much, early) .791 Romy 19th (may end up near 13th by season's end) .784 Duran 1st (making an impression) .736 Yoshida 9th (on IL) .663 McGuire 10th (catcher) .620 Cooper 17th (should pass Dalbec & Reyes in PAs, soon) .617 Story (says he may be back, this year) .569 Rafaela 2nd (so many PAs for such a weak batter) .476 Smith 16th (not sure how much he plays going forward) .453 Vadlez 7th (may not get another look, this year) .305 Grissom 16th (should end up in top 12-24 in PAs, unless he never heats up)
  16. moonslav59
    DHam has a long way to go to prove he's a MLB player, and to try and make up a chunk of that bad JBJ for Renfroe trade, but his recent SSS stretch has been impressive: Last 11 ABs 5 hits 1 single 2 doubles 1 triple 1 homer
  17. moonslav59
    Wow! What a play by Rafaela!
  18. moonslav59
    Indeed. No 40 PA sample size should cause so much distress. Plus, it's not like he's at .450 w RISP in '24.
  19. moonslav59
    The announcers said Ref was a fine defender.
  20. moonslav59
    Good to see Pivetta looking like he found the groove, again. If Bello can get hot like he did last summer, we might have a solid 4 starters going forward. Need these bats to get more consistent.
  21. moonslav59
    Devers on a white hot streak.
  22. moonslav59
    Indeed. We've had too many black holes in our line-up, this year. 23 or more PAs: 7 players at .783 or higher. 4 players from .663 to .736 8 players below .618 The worst part is this: 5 players with 50+ PAs are between .337 and .464! (3 are in AAA, now: Dalbec, Reyes and Valdez, but still...) Feast or Famine
  23. moonslav59
    Nice interview with Bailey, during the game. He really knows his stuff. (Graphic shown: we were 15th in MLB in fastballs thrown from 2021-2023. This year, we are 30th.) He also expressed a lot of admiration towards Cora.
  24. moonslav59
    Rumors of O'Neill's demise seem to be greatly exaggerated.
  25. moonslav59
    More specifically, in l0 PAs in 2024. 2024: .918 OPS overall .749 RISP (40 PAs)/.880 RISP & 2 outs .865 Men on Base (81 PAs) .967 bases empty (81 PAs w pitchers not pitching around him) 2023: .851 overall .929 RISP (190 PAs, which is way more than the pace of PAs, this year)/.916 w 2 outs .887 Men on Base (318 PAs) .817 bases empty 2022: .879 overall .873 RISP (154 PAs nearly identical to overall)/.842 w 2 outs .938 w Men on Base (271 PAs) .835 bases empty Career: .856 overall .904 w RISP (much better than overall and w bases empty) .891 w 2 outs (better than carreer overall) .869 w Men on Base (better than overall & w bases empty) .844 bases empty This is about 2024 and a 40 PA sample size. Think about that.
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