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  1. moonslav59
    Agreed. I'm also not so sure about the "improved D," but he had a long way to go to just get to barely acceptable. I do know our 2B fWAR has been 29th since the start of 2023. We need Grissom to come back and just be decent.
  2. moonslav59
    I don't think Valdez is a sub .500 hitter, and I still have hopes he can be a .725+ hitter, but even that is not good enough to offset his D, improved or otherwise. He likely will never hit well enough to be a DH, and platoon DH's are not in high demand.
  3. moonslav59
    Sox fWAR Leaders: Pitching: 1.1 Crawford & Houck 0.5 Slaten 0.4 Whitlock & Pivetta 0.3 Bello 0.2 Bernardino & Winkj 0.1 Martin, Jansen, Criswell, Anderson, Kelly Everyday: 0.9 O'Neill 0.8 Abreu & Wong 0.6 Duran 0.5 Casas 0.4 Refsnyder & Devers 0.2 McGuire Team rankings: T 20th in everyday player team fWAR Our C and OF are carrying the O... 1st LF 1.8 T3rd RF 1.2 T5 Catcher 0.9 29th CF -0.6 T 23rd DH -0.1 Our IF is awful... T12th 1B 0.2 29th SS -0.4 29th 2B -0.6 30th 3B -0.5 SP: 2nd at 3.6 (o.8 ahead of 3rd place) RP: 12th at 0.7 2nd overall at 4.3 (PHI is 4.4 and WSH is 3rd at 3.6)
  4. moonslav59
    At least you are consistent with your FIP useage, and don't go shopping for debbie downer stats just to be a contrarian.
  5. moonslav59
    He's really looking good. I remember many eyes were on Valdez, when the trade was made, but a few baseball insiders said Abreu was the real prize of the trade. He may have some difficulties, going forward, and his defense is not great, but it seems okay, for now. 48 games is a small sample size, but it's hard to not get excited about his future with the Sox.
  6. moonslav59
    No. If we signed them, they'd get hurt.
  7. moonslav59
    One night sure boosted some OPS numbers. Our leaders: 1.375 Refsnyder (1 PAs) 1.096 O'Neill 1.053 Wong .954 Abreu .857 Casas (Injured) .846 Devers .708 Yoshida .704 McGuire .696 Duran .617 Story (Injured) .553 Hamilton .506 Rafaela .439 Valdez .422 Reyes Sox ERAs (listed in order of most IP) 7+ IP only 1.65 Houck (33) 0.66 Crawford (27) 3.04 Bello (27) 1.96 Whitlock (18) 4.20 Winkowski (15) 0.63 Slaten (14) 2.77 Anderson (13) 2.38 Criswell (11) 0.82 Pivetta (11) 4.50 Rodriguez (10) 1.86 Weissert (10) 4.00 Martin (9) 1.08 Bernardino (8) 2.35 Jansen (8) Our top 14 pitchers and only 2 guys at over a 4.20 ERA (Wink at 4.20 & Joely at 4.50) Only 3 of 14 are over 4.00 (add Martin) Only 4 are over 3.04 (add Bello) 10 are under 2.77! 9 are under 2.38! 8 are under 1.96 7 or half are under 1.86! .206 Dalbec (This is OPS not BA)
  8. moonslav59
    Remember when I pointed out how Cora said he wanted to get Abreu more playing time, and the man "in front" of the curtain said, "Why, so we can watch him kick the ball around RF?" (BTW, it's the same guy who bashed our GM for trading 2 months of Vaz for Abreu & Valdez.) Cue sound of crickets.
  9. moonslav59
    Don't lie. You went to this game, didn't you? (We won't tell your boss.)
  10. moonslav59
    I don't want to be right.
  11. moonslav59
    If loving Wong is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
  12. moonslav59
    No, my point was we should have signed every pitcher who got hurt after signing.
  13. moonslav59
    Good stuff. I also think GMs, managers and pitching coaches are looking at spin rates as well as velocity. Just watching Pivetta and Crawford pitch, it just looks like the ball is breaking way more than in the past. Just my take.
  14. moonslav59
    There has always been a revolving door of these type of players that seem totally washed up to one team. I have very few regrets about anyone we DFA'd in the last 5 years or so- maybe longer. We've done pretty good with some of the guys we've picked up from waivers- sometimes just for a short period, but sometimes for a few years. Here is a short list of some, off the top of my head: Waivers: Bernardino Schreiber Arroyo Phillips Valdez MiLFA Refsnyder
  15. moonslav59
    Why not?
  16. moonslav59
    You really don't remember?
  17. moonslav59
    Criswell and Gutierrez was it for acquired depth. It was clear, they wanted to get long looks at the 6 we had, 5 after Gio went down. It's hard to imagine they didn't expect some injuries and missed starts. Thinking only Criswell & Gutierrez would be enough is painfully similar to past blunders. I guess they viewed Wink ar starter depth, or felt pen games were such a success, last year, we should plan on more for this year. These aren't even expensive deals to make. Some add no salary to the budget, at all. This is plain stupidity.
  18. moonslav59
    That certainly has been the talk, but remember, "Houck can't get beyond 18 batters and doesn't have a 3rd pitch." Also, when have Houck or Crawford gone 28 starts?
  19. moonslav59
    I was actually thinking of SS, at the time, but maybe both.
  20. moonslav59
    Sox looking into CJ Cron https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/04/red-sox-considering-c-j-cron.html
  21. moonslav59
    I remember a poster, maybe it was the always right Red, who said we should add him to the 40 as IF depth, and you said he wasn't hitting well. (He did right after that.)
  22. moonslav59
    We shoulda signed every one of 'em.
  23. moonslav59
    We shoulda signed all the hurt guys!
  24. moonslav59
    Somebody claimed Jacques- oh yea, the NL Champs did. Somebody claimed Braiser, last year. You never know, but who cares. Nobody will miss Bobby Dee.
  25. moonslav59
    I agree. I'd be okay with Casas to the 60, Copper added to the 26 and Dalbec sent to AAA, but I do think he is toast, so just cut ties. Add Westbrook in his place, or even Kavadas.
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