moonslav59
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At the time of the trade, how would you have felt, if we extended him like ATL did?
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I think many felt he could be or maybe someday would be. I'm not sure anyone felt he'd start off like that, for sure.
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As Joe Walsh would croon... "Just turn your pretty head and walk away..."
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We were looking at extending Betts to 8+ years. Many of us were counting down the days left on Sale's contract. Night and Day in that area, but yes, both were stars, years ago. One kept being one. One is trying to get it back.
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IMO, linking judgments made over two 40 PA sample sizes if a lot different than linking two guys traded. The only thing I linked was sample sizes, not production value.
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Maybe he will become one of those guys that comes out of nowhere. The kind of guy we hoped Bloom would find several of.
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soxprospects says 2 options remaining. Of course, he will be sent down, if this continues for a couple more weeks or longer, but I see no reason to think it will. He has hit the ball hard for outs, and I'm thinking some will fall for hits, pretty soon. If Romy and DHam keep doing well, the leash might be shortened, but I think he will be given a pretty long leash, especially since he just got off rehab.
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A very confusing statement.
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It's not even close to the Betts deal, IMO. Calling it "lite" doesn't take away from the fact that you linked the two together. BTW, it takes two to argue. You are pretty good at it.
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The deal is 7 weeks old. Sale is not Betts. Nobody wanted us to extend Sale. I never heard you suggest it. That is the truth, and it feels fine. No pain.
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Never, unless for short rehab assignments over the next 5 years. Better than 50% odds on this.
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I hope you meant this as gross hyperbole.
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No. I felt devers deserved a chance to improve at 3B, and he actually looked like he was for a stretch, here and there, and for one pretty solid season, but I did discuss the chance of him moving to 1B back then, yes. His issue is mainly arm accuracy, not his glove or quickness. His footwork can be a problem, and maybe that hurts his chances at 1B, but for most of his career, he has been a negativa on D at 3B. Keeping him there, just because he makes $30M has always seemed hollow to me. I'm not torn up about him staying at 3B, and I do think Casas can improve his D at 1B, if he can stay healthy long enough. We also still have Yoshida at DH, so I can understand the reasoning for keeping Devers at 3B. If Grissom turns out to be a bust, this is fine with me: 1B Casas 2B Story SS Mayer 3B Devers
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Replacing Smith with Kavadas has nothing to do with his 2024 small sample size. There is nothing to explain. I've laid it out at least twice.
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Certainly, the money saved was what JH liked, and if the budget was a set one, probably Brez, too, but I really think they thought Grissom might outplay (in both senses of the word) Sale in 2024. So far, that has not happened.
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I agree. 2025 template 1B: Devers/Casas (by "resting" at DH, they can start more games and maybe avoid some injuries) DH: Casas/Devers 2B: Grissom (Story) SS: Mayer (Story/Rafaela) 3B: Story (Devers) C: Wong, McGuire (Teel) LF: Duran/Refsnyder (Abreu) CF: Rafaela/Duran (Anthony) RF: Abreu/Refsnyder (Anthony) Utility: Romy/DHam (Yorke/Valdez)
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I've answered this, already. I'm looking at those two guys last 500-100 PAs and they direction they are trending, along with one of them's age.
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Sample size judgments, yes.
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Agree. The SSS are not worth worrying about. Same with Devers 40 PAs w RISP in 2024. BTW, in 2024, Devers has a .720 OPS and 11 RBI in 41 PAs w RISP, which projects to over 150 RBI per 615 PAs
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111 Pitchers have 115+ IP, since May 25th, 2023. Here are some of the ERA rankings: 1. Snell 2.03 5. Senga 2.59 6. Cole 2.67 7. Lugo 2.75 9. Burnes 2.97 10. Pivetta 3.05 11. Monty 3.11 13. S Gray 3.16 27. Crawford 3.44 31. Houck 3.59 36. Wacha 3.64 48. Paxton 3.85 65. Bello 4.22 FWAR 12. Crawford 4.1 55. Houck 2.2 56. Pivetta 2.2 79. Bello 1.5
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5/19 SOX @ Cards 1:05PM ET
moonslav59 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Pivetta has really become a very good pitcher after his poor start in 2023. ERA Leaders since May 25, 2023 (101 pitchers with 120+ IP:) 1. Snell 2.03 5. Cole 2.42 6. Lugo 2.75 8. Burnes 2.97 9. Pivetta 3.05 10. Monty 3.11 12. S Gray 3.16 26. Crawford 3.44 34. Wacha 3.64 61. Bello 4.22 If you go down to a 115 IP sample size, Houck places 35th with a 3.56 ERA. -
O'Neill was another trade, and another trade for a player Randy disliked.
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"Everyone?"
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Fixed this for you.
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I haven't quit on the season. Although I do think giving him a look, now may help us know more about the future DH/back-up 1Bman options, I think Kavadas might be better than Smith as a platoon with Cooper. If not, we can find another Smith-type, very easily. BTW, I do not think even a thirs of the Woo/Por rosters are better than Kavadas, and certainly not the ML ones.
