moonslav59
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We are one game away from going three times through the rotation- the one part of our team that has pulled its weight. 0.57 Crawford (3GS/15.2 IP) 0.82 Pivetta (2GS/11.0 IP, will not make his next start) 1.26 Whitlock (3GS/14.1 IP) 2.04 Houck (3GS/17.2 IP) 4.11 Bello (3GS/15.1 IP)
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You just blink, and we're 7 and 7. 4th place, now. 10-3 NYY +15 run diff 8-5 BAL +18 run diff 8-6 TBR -10 run diff 7-7 BOS +6 run diff 6-8 TOR -25 run diff
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The thing is, the Sox often finished 1st to 4th in runs scored for decades. The years we won, was when we had decent pitching and or defense, as well. The years we did not, we often had worse pitching and or D, or injuries to pitchers. 1967: Lonborg (Stange) 1975: Tiant (Lee) 1986: Clemens (Hurst/Boyd) 2004: Pedro (Schilling) 2007: Beckett (Schilling) 2013: Lester (Lackey) 2018: Sale (Price, Nate, ERod) It's really hard to win with just hitting.
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We are now just days away from the Savior's arrival: Grissom.
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There is no defense for this defense.
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4/12 Angels come to Boston
moonslav59 replied to vegasbob's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
O'Neill bats RH'd. Too bad he has gotten off to such a slow start. -
4/12 Angels come to Boston
moonslav59 replied to vegasbob's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
OPS after 13 games .713 RHB v RHP .663 LHB v RHP .729 RHB v LHP .695 LHB v LHP Our LHBs are hitting LHPs better than RHPs. Our RHBs are hitting both about the same, but LHPs better. Overall: .679 v RHPs .710 v LHPs -
You mean the guy who is third in batters faced in high leverage situations? To me, demoting Campbell makes sense. I'm assuming Criswell is promoted.
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I was thinking the same thing.
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Grissom would have been a top 5-7 prospect, for us, had he not been with ATL and recently graduated. He's done okay in over 220 PAs, and should start out at a defensive level that beats our 2B defense of '23. (I'm not sue this becomes anointing or "annoying," as you put it.)
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Most are somewhere in between.
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So far, we'd have a near top pen, if we never had to use Campbell or Joely. (I'm sure many other pens could be in the same boat.)
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I always chuckle when the game threads go off on Cora for bringing in this bum, instead of that one. Many times, the guy the poster wanted brought in was unavailable. Nobody says a peep, when the guy gets outs. Much is in hindsight.
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I agree on Wink. I just thought Cora had changed his role, and so far, he has used Wink less in high leverage than last year, when he led the team in RP'er innings in high leverage situations. My own idea was basically this: Jansen Martin Wink Close to a tie: Slaten, Campbell, Bernardino Weissert, Joely Long man: Anderson I thought Cora would start like this: Jansen Martin Close to a tie: Slaten, Campbell, Weissert, Joely Long men: Wink & Anderson I'm still not sure why this set off a firestorm.
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We added O'Neill and Grissom as starters, and when counting O'Neill in RF, I agree. I do see Grissom as an upgrade on D, at 2B, but nobody knows if he will end up being a plus, there. Cora did end up making Rafaela the starter, which was a plus, on paper. He moved Yoshida to DH and Duran from CF/LF to just LF, mainly. That was a plus. He left the worst 3Bman at 3B, the worst 1Bman at 1B and our catchers, the same. The SS situation is what it is. The subs have been horrible for years. (He did replace Bogey with Story as the starter, but injuries killed that plan.)
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Did you forget the green tint?
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Can Houck be "the stopper," tonight?
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Okay. Then look at it like who was #3 and 4 for "high leverage" on opening day? Maybe I should have worded it that way.
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Pen in high leverage: 2023 (PAs) 124 Wink 93 Martin 92 Jansen (80 Pivetta/ 73 Crawford, but some as SP'ers) 54 Schreiber 36 Bernardino 25 Bleier 18 Llovera 17 Ort So far in 2024 (no split roles, so far): 20 Martin 18 Jansen 16 Campbell 11 Wink 10 Weissert & Joely 5 Slaten
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To me, the focus needed to be on the starters, first, and since we didn't even fill all those roles, adequately, it's understandable some back-up roles were lacking. Certainly, defense was not a key to choosing our subs.
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I was very clear about how I was numbering our RP'ers. I was counting Wink as the long man and was wondering who our 2nd 8th inning guy was on opening day. I'm not sure what is so hard to understand. Disagree, fine, but I think I was clear. Call them "high leverage," instead of 8th inning guys, if it makes you feel better. BTW, I never even said campbell was or should have been the #3, just that many RP'ers were bunched up, and I saw Wink in another role, according to what I felt Cora was going to do with him. This debate has gone on way too long.
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Mayer needs to play a while longer. He would be a plus on D, now, IMO. Anthony and Teel might be the types that can jump to the bigs sooner than Mayer. Of course, I'd rather see all 3 than Reyes/Romy, Wong/McGuire and Rafaela/Abreu, but I also want to see them in their prime more years over watching them spend a year or two adjusting on the fly.
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I was wondering about our back-up 1Bman, all winter.
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I'm not sure how the debate switched to the start or most of ST'ing. I was looking at opening day. Yes, at the start, we had Gio, Schreiber and many of us had Bernardino higher than Cora's 9th slot on an 8 man pen. I'm fine with Wink 3rd, but if he was in another role, was Campbell really viewed much differently than Slaten, Weissert and Joely? (I'm fine with anyone putting him behind all those 3, but it's not a clear choice.) Many times, pitchers are used in other innings, depending on the situation and who is coming up to bat. Campbell looked pretty good with SEA, last year and had about as many IP as Weissert. Joely had way more IP, but he has largely sucked.
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I've said it 3 times. I viewed Wink as our third best RP'er on opening day, but he was inCora's long relief role, which I did not equate to the traditional "8th inning guy." We were talking about who our 2nd 8th inning RP'er was or should have been. Yes, I like Wink, but if he's pitching 2 innings, I don't see that as the clear 8th inning guy. My order would have been similar to MVPs, but with Slaten 4 and Campbell 5, behind Wink at 3, but I thought Cora would not have Wink as the 8th inning guy.
