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  1. moonslav59
    I'd have preferred singing a durable SP'er to any of these guys, and with Bogey bolting, we did need a SS, but I can't disagree with your opinion.
  2. moonslav59
    Indeed, and the point is, it is not easy finding competent players in mid May. Teams are generally not looking to trade away good players, at that time. It can and does happen, but it is rare. A certain person and others were upset when we played Schwarber at 1B, out of desperation, and that ended up working out okay, and they went silent on he matter. Throwing things at the wall, sometimes works. More often than not, it does not. HRam in LF Swihart in LF. Arroyo in RF. AGon in RF. Turner at 2B. Kike at SS. Rafaela at SS. Wong at 2B. Mookie in CF/ RF GG'er Yaz at 1B Devers at 1B... ooops, that slipped out. Some work: some don't. Bloom chose to roll the dice with Cordero & Arroyo for way too long. Maybe he expected Casas to return earlier. Maybe few options were open, and none were good ones. May his indecision got the best of him, once again. This wasn't his worst choice made, but it clearly failed.
  3. moonslav59
    Remember, Casas was in AAA and healthy, at this time, that year. He got hurt May 17th. I'm not sure they knew how long Casas would be out, but the issue should be about from about May 20 to the Hosmer trade. GS at 1B in 2022 64 Dalbec (coming off a very nice final 4 months of 2021 and a career OPS over .800, at that time.) 3 T Shaw (had a nice finish to the 2021 season) 47 Cordero (a failed experiment, to say the least) 22 Casas (after returning from injury) 14 Hosmer (after trade) 6 Arroyo, 5 Vazquez and 1 Chang (trying anything) It was about a third of a season (59 games.)
  4. moonslav59
    I've never been a fan of quantity over quality with building pitching staffs and farm systems, but we seem to have a lot of pitchers who are not considered top prospects but who have some hopes. Maybe some will turn into the next Crawford or Criswell. (I would have mentioned Wink, but he's in AAA, now.)
  5. moonslav59
    More... Run Support per IP 6.4 Criswell 5.8 Bello 4.1 Wink 4.0 Houck 4.0 Crawford (3.9 league avg) 3.3 Whitlock 1.8 Pivetta When you figure Houck and Crawford have ERAs in the low 2's, we should be than 7-11 in their starts, with them having 4 run support per IP. (Unearned runs and pen letdowns hurt.) Whitlock and Pivetta have been hurt more than Houck and Crawford, although their sample sizes are much smaller. Game Score. Team W-L% 60.6/.444 Houck 59.2/.333 Crawford 58.2/1.00 Criswell 56.3/.250 Whitlock 55.0/.500 Pivetta 54.8/.833 Bello 53 league average 52.7/.667 Wink Amazing how nearly all our SP'ers are above the league avg, except Wink, who has 3 GS and missed by 0.3! IP/GS 6.4 Houck (96 pitches per game) 5.8 Crawford (91) 5.3 Bello (89) (5.3 league avg) 5.2 Pivetta (78) 4.7 Criswell (79) 4.6 Whitlock (80) 3.6 Wink (50)
  6. moonslav59
    The good news from thos games: Whitlock: 4.2 IP 2H 0ER 1BB 5K Wink 2.1 3H 1ER 1BB 2K (not too bad) Bastardo 5IP 3H, 1ER 1BB 8K (3.60 ERA) Liu 3IP 0H 0ER 1BB 5K (0.00 ERA) GRE lost 6-3 as Perales did not do great. K Campbell 2-4 w 2B (I hope he gets the call to POR, soon.) SAL was the only winning team in the org, yesterday (4-1) Paez 4IP, 5H, 0ER, 0BB, 4K Bleis 2-4 and up to .730, after a poor start to '24.
  7. moonslav59
    We should just play Ref at 1B, even near FT. Maybe give Wong a rest as a catcher, somedays and play him there. They should DFA one of Cooper or Smith, and try something else. I doubt Ref will be as bad as Cordero was.
  8. moonslav59
    I know Schwarber was not a May or June addition, but many complained about forcing him to play 1B, at first. You just can't win.
  9. moonslav59
    There is a reason they cost just a dime, each. Look, I think Bloom should have tried something. I forget the guy, but some FA 1Bman signed in June, that year, once Casas went on the IL. He should have tried, and he probably made a bunch of calls, but the reality is, these are the usual results of trades in May and June: scraps.
  10. moonslav59
    Some WSP'er numbers: QS% 78 Houck (team 4-5 in his starts) 56 Crawford (team 3-6 in his starts) (38% league avg) 25 Pivetta (2-2 in his 4 starts) 17 Bello (5-1 in his starts) 0 all the rest, including openers If you modify the QS start to count 5 IP and 2 ER or 4 IP w 1 ER allowed, you get these numbers: QS/GS 8/9 Houck (one miss was 4ER in 5.2 IP- his 12 hit game) 7/8 Crawford (one miss was 4 ER in 6IP 5/6 Bello (one miss was 4 ER in 5 IP) 4/5 Criswell (team is 5-0 in his starts. His only miss was 2 ER in 4 IP) 3/4 Pivetta (one miss was 5ER in 4 IP) 3/4 Whitlock (1-3 in his starts. His only miss was 2 ER in 4 IP) Total: 30 out of 36 GS! (83.3%) All of these 6 SP'ers only had one start where they did not meet my modified criteria.
  11. moonslav59
    Houck's run support: 9 win 12 win 0 loss 2 win 1 loss 5 win (no decision) 5 win 2 loss 1 loss 3 loss Like the season as a whole, 21 runs were scored in those firsat 2 starts. 7 were scored in his 5 losses. (7 were scored in the team's other 2 wins.)
  12. moonslav59
    Agreed. Ref has been hitting RHPs, well. He should play FT, at least until he shows he should go back to platooning.
  13. moonslav59
    Even team record in GSd is deceiving
  14. moonslav59
    So much ch for the idea that GMs can find capable 1Bmen in May.
  15. moonslav59
    I feel the same.
  16. moonslav59
    And the infield is in or the 1Bman is holding the runner, sometimes
  17. moonslav59
    Indeed! He should have been on an IV. Where were the team docs? If he quickly gained back 10-12 of the 14 lost, it was obviously water.
  18. moonslav59
    Our OPS Against on the season is .622, and we've actually done better the last 4 weeks (.601). Last 28 Days: .386 Jansen .387 Bernardino .431 Kelly .463 Bello .464 Uwasawa .465 Houck .509 Weissert .599 Criswell .615 Martin .624 Slaten .646 Anderson .664 Winckowski .674 Booser .712 Crawford 1.018 Pivetta
  19. moonslav59
    Seems pretty random, to me. Players get hot and cold at any time or moment. Even the hitters we remember as being great "in the clutch," often have very similar numbers in clutch situations vs non clutch situations. Of course some do better and worse, but you'd expect that over a random sort among mostly small or smaller sample sizes. 2024 MLB OPS: .697 overall .727 with men on base .716 High Leverage It's been higher with men on base every year back to 2021, the last year I looked. Sox hitters never got the memo.
  20. moonslav59
    Back when I was in shape and playing sports day and night, I once lost 9 pounds from wake-up to after a Basketball game that night. (I played in a racquetball that afternoon.) I sweat a lot.
  21. moonslav59
    While recent trends and current numbers are not a reliable predictor of things to come, I do wonder if it makes sense to keep Duran leading off. OBP Leaders for 2024: .448 Refsnyder .387 Devers .381 O'Neill .375 Wong .373 Abreu .350 Romy G .348 Yoshida .342 McGuire .325 Duran .267 Cooper .238 Rafaela .206 Smith .135 Grissom I'm thinking Wong, but maybe some sort of platoon lead-off hitter might make more sense. Some batter seem to be having reverse splits over the first quarter of the season. Here are some meaningful OBPs of possible lead-off hitters: 2024 vs RHPs .469 Refsnyder (not his usual split) .396 Abreu (maybe not an ideal lead-off option) .344 Wong (R v R) .304 Duran 2024 vs LHP .425 Wong .423 Refsnyder .375 Duran (reverse split, this year) Maybe go with Wong first. (He might not be bad as the numbr 2 guy, either.)
  22. moonslav59
    Probably mostly due to dehydration.
  23. moonslav59
    His 5th inning, career, is worse, but yes. Good one.
  24. moonslav59
    Which of his 5 pitches is his worst? Which puts the most strain on his arm?
  25. moonslav59
    The report may be untrue, but... Red Sox second baseman Vaughn Grissom is trying to regain weight after losing 14 pounds while battling for the flu last week. “His breakfast today was very unhealthy,” Red Sox Manager Alex Cora said on Sunday after Boston's 9-2 win over the Twins
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