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  1. moonslav59
    Here in Portland, I had a couple friends who had rinks in their backyards. We had a frozen pond about 200 yards from our house. Those were the days!
  2. moonslav59
    Knowing us, that might happen, someday. Bernardino, too. LOL
  3. moonslav59
    Despite b eing demoted to the pen for a big chunk of 2023, Pivetta has started 87 games since 2021. That ranks 38th in all MLB. His starts missed were not due to injury, except the few he missed, this season. His 6.3 fWAR in the last 3.3 seasons ranks T66th. (This includes some games in relief.) He's probably been better than most team's #3 SP and better than quite a few teams' #2. Ideally, he'd be our #4 or #5, but that is hard to arrange without adding another arm of two.
  4. moonslav59
    fWAR per IP .040 Slaten .035 Houck (Leads MLB in fWAR at 2.7) .032 Jansen .024 Bernardino .023 Crawford .022 Whitlock .016 Criswell .014 Pivetta .012 Weissert .010 Booser .007 Bello .005 Martin .004 Wink
  5. moonslav59
    I know. I said, it says more about who else is in the line-up. EValdez is 7th in team PAs. It is fair to compare Rafaela to other top 9 Sox players in PAs. It's not a feather if Rafaela's cap, but the fact is, he is not "the worst," for what that is worth. We have a lot of really bad OPS on this team. We have over 220 PAs in 4 guys below .451. Add Valdez and we are near 340 PAs with a combined OPS around .460.
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    fWAR per PA x 100 .95 Devers .89 Abreu .71 Wong .71 Duran .56 Casas .55 DHam .54 Ref .45 O'Neill .26 Romy .18 McGuire .00 Story & Yoshida -.01 Rafaela -38 Smith -.44 Valdez -.79 Dalbec -1.03 Cooper -1.03 Grissom
  7. moonslav59
    To me, it looks like Pivetta's "stuff" looks nastier than during other stretches where he has looked goo and even very good, prior to the end of 2023. Has he really changed? Is he better than before? More importantly, can he keep it going, without over-stressing his arm to the point of serious injury? We'd all like to see how this season plays out for him, but so would it be to other GMs. I'd offer him $30M/2 with some incentives, and a third year team option at $12M with a $2M buyout. It's a risk, but we can't afford to lose pitchers that are doing well, for us.
  8. moonslav59
    Me neither. Is placements says more about others in the line-up than him, but as bad as he has been, he's not the worst. Not even in OPS, unless you set the sample size above 113 PAs. (which is not a whole hell of a lot, but it is 7th most for this season on the Sox.): .367 Grissom 87 PAs .385 Dalbec 63 .443 Cooper 68 .451 Reyes 64 .576 Valdez 113 .597 Rafaela 222 .610 McGuire 109 .632 Smith 106 .736 Yoshida 89 .743 DHam 109 .773 Duran 280 .829 Abreu 189 .832 Wong 167 .847 O'Neill 176 .857 Casas 90 .919 Refsnyder 111 .956 Devers 221
  9. moonslav59
    Thanks for the update. I suggested we call him up, when Devers got hurt, but we did okay with Romy & DHam. Here is what sp's has to say about Chase... Potential fringe-bench player who brings solid contact skills and some defensive versatility. Ceiling of a contact-oriented utility player, Will always have to hit, but has shown strong contact skills and an advanced approach so far. Needs to show he can impact the baseball or advanced arms will challenge him since they know he is unlikely to make them pay. Young for the college draft class and combination of age, contact skills and approach grade out really well on models.
  10. moonslav59
    Correct. I think my page did not go down to 11 IP. My bad.
  11. moonslav59
    The Yankee pitching staff is amazing, and without Cole: All 8 pitchers with more than 25 IP: 1.37 Holmes 1.82 Gil 12 GS 2.52 Schmidt 11 GS 2.70 Weaver 2.73 Stroman 12 GS 2.84 Hamilton 3.08 Rodon 13 GS 3.46 Cortes 13 GS Only 5 pitchers have started a game! (Sox have 9.)
  12. moonslav59
    3 v PHI 3 v NYY 3 @ TOR 3 @ CIN 3 v TOR 3 v SDP 3 @ MIA 3 @ NYY 3 v OAK 3 v KCR All Star Break (4 days off)
  13. moonslav59
    100 games to go... We are 31-31 and tied for 4th in the ALE w TBR. WC Race 39-21 BAL 36-26 KCR 33-28 MIN 31-30 DET -2.0 31-31 BOS -2.5 31-31 TBR -2.5 29-32 TEX -4.0 29-32 TOR -4.0 28-35 HOU -6.0 4 games coming up vs the worst team in MLB. If we can't make a move, here, when can we?
  14. moonslav59
    INT'L League leaders: BB T3 Meidroth T8 Kavadas T8 Sogard OBP 5. Meidroth .437 8. Kavadas .422 OPS 10. Kavadas .948 Eastern League OPS 1. Lugo 1.069 (.153 ahead of #2) 7. Teel .875 8. Gasper .861 9. Mayer .860 30. Anthony .779
  15. moonslav59
    Lugo and Hickey homered for Woo. Meidroth and Sogard w 3 hits. POR got blasted. Anthony returned and hit a solo blast & walked. GRE was shut out. Wehunt 4 IP 2 ER Salem bashed 9-1.
  16. moonslav59
    Its a 50-50 bet.
  17. moonslav59
    Can't make any predictions with this RED Sox team, but 3 out of 4 should be the over-under.
  18. moonslav59
    MLB Team ERA (after Sox game) 2.75 NYY 2.93 PHI 3.19 LAD 3.25 BAL 3.35 BOS (6th in WHIP at 1.15) 3.46 SEA 3.50 CLE 3.60 KCR & ATL 3.74 DET 3.77 MIL K/BB 3.6 MIN 3.5 SEA 3.4 BOS 3.3 PHI 3.2 DET 3.0 CLE, SDP, ATL, TBR
  19. moonslav59
    He has pitched like the teams #1 or 2 pitcher for some stretches longer than 2-3 months. He's pitched like a #3 for 2-3 month stretches, too. ERA/FIP 3.97/3.98 first 15 starts w BOS ('20-'21) 4.73/4.45 next 17 GS (to end of .21) 7.84/5.48 first 5 starts of '22 2.60/3.17 next 12 GS '22 5.67/5.39 last 15 GS of '22 6.30/5.73 first 9 GS of 23 (sent to pen) 3.16/3.27 end of '23 (8GS and 22 as RP) 3.40 ERA first 8 GS of '24 His bad stretches are usually not all that long, but sometimes they are and they can be really bad (below a #5.)
  20. moonslav59
    Best MLB ERAs w 42+ IP Blue= available, this past winter 1.70 R Suarez 1.82 Gil #3 1.85 Houck (8th in IP) 1.88 Imanaga 1.97 Skubal 2.23 Wheeler (3rd in IP) 2.13 S Lugo (1st in IP) 2.26 Burnes (5th IP) 2.27 Assad 2.37 T Anderson (10th IP) 2.48 Olson 2.63 Singer 2.71 Sanchez 2.71 Hicks 2.73 Stroman 2.78 Berrios 2.78 Blanco 2.70 Nate 2.84 Nola (2nd in IP) 2.90 Stone 2.93 Glasnow (4th IP) 2.93 Fried 2.95 Webb (6th IP) 2.96 Lorenzen 2.84 Lively 2.99 Castillo (7th IP) 3.06 Gomber 3.06 Sale 3.09 Rodon 3.11 Lodolo 3.12 Fedde 3.18 B Miller 3.21 Ragans 3.22 Flaherty 3.22 Falter 3.29 Gilbert 3.29 Paxton 3.32 Yamamoto 3.33 B Brown 3.35 B Wilson 3.38 J Ryan 3.39 Abbott 3.39 J Irvin #44. 3.40 Pivetta 8 pitchers @53. 3.51 Crawford 12 pitchers #65. 3.92 Criswell
  21. moonslav59
    When Pivetta is on, he looks awesome. I know you can say that about a lot of pitchers, but Nick has had a few very nice stretches in several seasons, along with some real stinker stretches. Since May 28th, last year, he has been excellent. 110 pitchers with 120+ PAs (before today's awesome game) ERA- 14. Houck 73 (ahead of Kelly & Verlander) 17. Pivetta 76 (probably up close to Houck, now. Ahead of Gray and Monty)) 41. Crawford 90 (tied with Nate & Nola)
  22. moonslav59
    "Salvaged something" not made the trade a good one, overall. It will always be a bad trade, unless DHam goes nutty.
  23. moonslav59
    DHam up over .750 with that double. If this is not fluke, and with his speed, we may have salvaged something from that "horrific JBJ trade."
  24. moonslav59
    He was ranked 10th by sp's back in DEC '22, dipped some, and should be top 7-9 on their next update. Here is their last summation on him: Potential back-end starter or multi-inning bridge arm. Ceiling of a mid-rotation starter. Wide variance arm with a high ceiling and low, but rising, floor. Size, delivery, and inconsistent command and control profile might push him into the bullpen, but has shown among the best raw stuff of any arm in the system and was identified by scouts as the top pitching prospect in the Florida Complex League in 2022. Will flash two plus pitches, with his changeup and cutter showing potential as well. All have shown bat-missing ability, and he shows comfort throwing all of them in most counts. Athletic and moves well on and off the mound. Next step in his development is finding consistency with his delivery and showing he can handle a full season’s workload. By staying healthy for the 2023 season, has gone a long way towards addressing the latter concern.
  25. moonslav59
    On Sox... 1st RBIs (9 ahead of 3rd place Duran) 2nd in games and PAs 3rd SBs 4th in XBHs (18) 4th TBs (6 behind Abreu and 2 ahead of O'Neill) 4th in Runs (1 behind O'Neill)
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