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  1. moonslav59
    We'd need 3-4 players on the roster to step it up over .750 plus 2 additional players to even have a shot, IMO.
  2. moonslav59
    How has the Sox luck been on significant FA signings? How many over 30-31 year old FA signings work out for other teams? Figure the odds. Is this the solution to all our problems?
  3. moonslav59
    I totally agree. Stay healthy and do good then okay.
  4. moonslav59
    We could see that from 2 of our current players- from today to October. It's not enough.
  5. moonslav59
    It doesn't matter what we think.
  6. moonslav59
    Clean farm sweep (assuming GRE holds on to its 10-2 lead.)... Gamboa went 4 scoreless in relief in Woo's win. Seigler had 2 hits to quietly go over .800. Eyanson looked human but still K'd 8 in 4 IP. Brannon with 2 more hits (1.073.) Welcome to GRE for Heyman and Azocar- they went 4-8. Heyman is making us ask Alex Hoppe who? Godbout hit his 7th. Cespedes is turned me back into a believer. (He's at .967, now.) Morgan pitched well again for SAL. His ERA is now 1.98. Tucker homered, again. The minors are more fun to watch.
  7. moonslav59
    Even asking if the girl is wrong exposes a fatal flaw in your thinking.
  8. moonslav59
    GRE was hyped to start the year based ona rotation that included Valera, Witherspoon, Eyanson & Phillips, but the offense has been amazing, and they just added these two: Azocar .875 at SAL Heyman .803 at SAL 1.054 Ro Hernandez .942 Cespedes .892 Gonzales .872 Ma. White .865 Godbout .853 Winnay .825 Hu. White .766 Encarnacion .760 A Guzman (was sent down to SAL) Louis Andujar was promoted from FCL to SAL Uberstine to rehab at GRE, while Erik FRivera was activated off the IL w POR.
  9. moonslav59
    I fixed it for you. Note" not a single person in the organization of fan on this site had all those guys penciled into any "plan." Of course teams plan on a certain percent of top prospects to help out. Good team provide veteran depth, in case they struggle. One of the biggest arguments this winter and even last winter was why we failed to trade from our OF depth. Not trading Duran or Abreu sort of proves "the plan" was not for KC, Rafaela and Anthony to be the FT OF for 2026. We traded Teel & Montgomery for Crochet and though Narvaez would be "good enough." That's more evidence he was not in the so-called plan. We traded one infielder (DHam) for 3 (Durbin, Monasterio and Seigler) and then signed IKF to $6M. That sounds like they had doubts about Mayer (and Story/Durbin, too.) Sure, fans and the organization had high expectations for a farm ranked #1-3 by almost everybody, but nobody expected all of them to be playing like studs, let alone all in year 1 or 2.
  10. moonslav59
    One reason it would be a joke is that Narvaez was highly regarded on defense and his batting seemed very promising. Many here disliked Wong, who had improved his defense, but had a horrible season at the plate in 2024. Another reason might be that Thaiss and Delay were viewed as AAA catching depth. Our offense is so bad, this is how desperate we've become. Yes, it's a joke. The conditional tense has become the present tense.
  11. moonslav59
    Realistically, how many major or significant players do we need, right now, to get us near top contention. If it's more than 2, is it really worth going for broke in 2026?
  12. moonslav59
    It's very rare to see big trades made like this in May and early June. You'd think you'd get way more for 4 months of Chapman and Gray rather than 2 months each, but it's hard to judge. I'm not for selling, right now, despite seeing almost zero hopes we can advance in the playoffs, let alone make or win the WS. Normally, that's enough for me to say "sell," but again, kit's just too early. I'm light years away from thinking we should be major buyers.
  13. moonslav59
    It's not the time to sell, but if the deadline was now, I would.
  14. moonslav59
    A lot of recent "sell trades" are for more ML ready prospects or young players not yet proven. I'm not saying selling off gets us to glory in 1-2 years, but Chapman, Duran & Gray aint winning us a ring in 2028.
  15. moonslav59
    Gasper catching his third game.
  16. moonslav59
    Agreed. In hindsight, after 2008, but he did well from 2001 to 2008. It is strange that his two worst seasons in those 8 years were 2004 (99 ERA+) and 2007 (100 ERA+.)
  17. moonslav59
    Anybody who struggles out of the gate is now said to be "rushed."
  18. moonslav59
    I'm not arguing being the last WC is a prize or feather in the cap. I won't be dancing if we make this dance. I'm not even arguing we have a better chance at winning a WC slot than other teams. My point is, having 6 teams ahead of us can be solved in 10 games. There is 110 games left.
  19. moonslav59
    I think the Sox & their fans would have been happy with his results, too. (Ring or no ring.) Not many 30+ pitchers do that.
  20. moonslav59
    Of course. We need and ace, and MAYBE a $50M/5 pitcher would have given us more than $10M/1 x 5 pitchers did. Maybe. It's just a theory.
  21. moonslav59
    To me, the six teams is not the issue. If we can win enough, it won't matter. The "if" is the issue.
  22. moonslav59
    Maybe- there were some reasons to spend elsewhere, when your budget is tight. It was our best chance, yes.
  23. moonslav59
    Agreed. I brought up Cheng to highlight how hot hands don't always stay hot, especially after a promotion. Maybe Capra gets a shot at some point, but he has to keep hitting well, and someone needs to slump or get hurt.
  24. moonslav59
    LOL. Getting Alonso + Contreras should have forced a Duran, so Yoshida could be the 4th OF'er and back-up DH. Had we been able to get Paredes for Duran, that would have looked nice on paper, but I doubt Brez was allowed to sub Alsono fo IKF.
  25. moonslav59
    I never said ace. You don't get an ace at $10M x 5 years, but it's more likely you get a better pitcher than 5 x $10M/1 yr guys. That's my theory. It's not a sure bet.
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