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If we bring the sample size down to 170 PAs, so we can include Casas and Romy, we get just over 370 MLB players, which is about 12 per team. Here is where out batters rank in OPS: 17. Devers .897 22. O'Neill .871 24. Duran .866 35. Abreu .830 66. Ref .791 84. Yoshida .776 85. Wong .774 88. Casas .772 90. Romy .770 That's 9 batters in the top third tier of 270 batters (9 per team) and top 25% of all batters with 170+ PAs (372.) Others: .706 D Smith #183 (top 50%) .697 DHam #195 (top 55%) .684 Rafaela #225 (top 60%) .669 E Valdez #245 (top 65%)
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While I'm at it... Out until... TBD: Mata (any day, now) Mid Sept: Booser , Garica Late Sept: Sims (possibly DHam) 2025: Gio, Mayer, Whitlock, Fulmer, Murphy, I Campbell
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This is why I hate signings like Hendriks (and Paxton a few years back.) His ETA was supposed to be around Aug 1-15, then Sept 1, now this... RHP Liam Hendriks on hold after 'speed hump' Hendriks, the former All-Star closer who's coming off Tommy John surgery, made six Minor League rehab appearances from Aug. 18-Sept. 5, but the Red Sox aren't sure when he will pitch again. Hendriks felt some tightness and didn't bounce back as well after that last Minors outing.
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How about SIERA? (Takes the fielding away) 3.92 BOS & TBR 3.99 NYY & BAL 4.21 TOR ERA- has NYY 94, BOS 97, BAL 98, TBR 100, TOR 108 (park factor, defnse and strength of opp)
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I think many felt it was a coin toss between Stroman and Gio, with some not liking both. At least Stroman ate some innings with mediocrity.
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Article: Red Sox Week in Review: Throwing Fitts
moonslav59 replied to Bryce Whitlow's topic in Talk Sox Front Page News
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140 Donkey 120 Ass 100 ___hole
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It's hard to sweep any team, but we should not have put ourselves in this position of need, beforehand.
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The one year deal for Flaherty should have been on Brez's radar. I think once he chose Gio & O'Neill (via trade), the budget was all used up. In hindsight, the $25M AAV spent on those two could have almost gotten gotten us two of these guys: $16M x 2 Wacha $15M x 3 Lugo $14M x 1 Flaherty $13.25M x 4 Imanaga $14M x 2 Manaea Or, one plus.... $7.5M x 2 Fedde
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It shouldn't cost much to get a slight upgrade on Gasper/Heineman, but if the rest or the 13 everyday players look like this, I can live with either one.
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Maybe better than the last 2 months of Houck or before the first 3 months of 2024???
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He is Chris Freakin' Sale, again!
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Like the media couldn't talk to anyone else during that hour?
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If we find a way to move Yoshida, without paying a huge chunk of his deal, I think we talk Ref into one more year- promising him he will DH vs all LHPs and some righties. Platoon Ref and Abreu at DH. 1. Duran LF 2. Campbell 2B 3. Casas 1B 4. Devers 3B 5. Abreu-Ref DH 6. Story SS 7. Anthony RF (Abreu) 8. Wong C 9. Rafaela CF (Anthony) Bench: Gasper or Heineman at C, DHam, Romy and Ref/Abreu/Rafaela (whoever is not starting)
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And 6 HRs in 11 games! He was our first pick in '22, had some injuries and struggles, but maybe is coming into his own, now. Some of Bloom's head-scratcher moves are looking a little better over time. (Many are not or are already past the grading point.)
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I cut him some slack. You can tell this losing stretch is killing him. It's hard to be perfect.
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Does he care about flack?
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Tight budget.
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This was certainly one of the best winters for mid-level signings (under $15M AAV.) It happens to be the one year we go above $15M to sign Gio, which many would have considered a mid-level signing, too. $16M x 2 Wacha $15M x 3 Lugo $14M x 1 Flaherty $13.25M x 4 Imanaga $14M x 2 Manaea $7.5M x 2 Fedde Others: Lorenzen 0.6 fWAR Gibson 1.9 fWAR at $13M/1 Severino 1.8 fWAR at $13M/1 Montas 1.5 fWAR at $16M/1 Lynn 1.1 fWAR at $11M/1 We paid $19.25M x 2 for Gio
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2025 Unrestricted FAs at positions the Sox need: Burnes, Fried Flaherty, Kikuchi Heaney, Severino, Pivetta, Lorenzen, DeSclafani, Bieber, J Quintana Morton, Verlander, Scherzer, Cobb Player Option: Snell ($38.5M) & Wacha ($16M) Nate has vesting option of $20M based on IP Montas has a mutual option at $20M RP: I'm not sure what top RP'ers are FAs other than Jansen, Sewald, Graveman and a few others.
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Also... Flaherty ($14M/1) 3.0 fWAR (We could have signed him and not traded for O'Neill and been under the tax line.)
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It took 545 PAs for MLB pitchers to figure out how to get him out. That's a pretty long time. Bobby Dee could never adjust to their adjustment and hit .599 after those first two seasons of .891 batting.
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Soxprospects.com is usually pretty conservative, when it comes to saying "acquisition" in its projected roster for the next year. Right now, they have that designation for the #1 SP slot and the #2 RP slot. SP1 ___ SP2 Houck SP3 Bello SP4 Crawford SP5 Criswell/ SP 6 Priester (They don't list Gio, at all.) RP1 Hendriks RP2 ____ RP3 Slaten RP4 Whitlock RP5 Bernardino RP6 Kelly RP7 Booser RP8 Fulmer/ RP9 Winckowski
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Spent the day watching football, which I haven't done in a while. Texans played a tight game, and they look pretty good. Just watched the Sox game, and I gotta say, they look like toast. I'm still clinging to a thread of hope, but we wasted a nice game by Fitts. The D bit us again, but the pen has just been brutal for way too long, now.
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Yes, they were outplayed, but I also think they were out-coached/game planned. Obviously, they were over-rated. I was hopeful they might end up highly ranked due to a relatively easy schedule, compared to the past ones. I'm not sure what the solution is to fix their program woes. Maybe, it just can't be fixed, as long as they keep the rigorous academic requirements. Not many other can pull it off, either.
