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  1. moonslav59
    I fixed it for you.
  2. moonslav59
    I know rivalry games make more money, but I do think playing different teams would open up new revenue streams. Fans do travel to away games.
  3. moonslav59
    I'm not dead set on either way, but I do think getting the schedule as close to balanced as possible is fairer. Lessening rivalry games is a big downside, to me.
  4. moonslav59
    I'm sure I missed some missed chances, but this kind of untimely hitting seems to plague the Sox. Duran gets a lead off DBL and a 1 out 3B, but with men on base- nada. Devers walked and singled with no men on but K'd twice with men on. O'Neill almost got the big hit on that lineout (nice catch) but K'd and hit into a DP with other chances. Abreu walked a couple times, but fleew out when he needed a hit. Grissom just walked once and made 2 key out, when a hit was needed. I expected Cooper and Smith to do nada, and they complied. McGuire 1-3 w BB but made an out with man on 2B. Rafaela got the big hit and made an out with a man on 1B,
  5. moonslav59
    I like the 5 game series idea. That would take away some of the luck factor on which pitchers you face vs each team. It might complicate the days off on Mondays and Thursdays, but maybe they just take a day off from time to time, in the middle of a 5 game series to get thye cycle back to playing every FRI, SAT & SUN.
  6. moonslav59
    Career Devers is an .855 batter. .911 RISP .892 RISP & 2 outs .872 Men on Base .882 High Leverage
  7. moonslav59
    Lowest Starting Pitcher ERA after 32 Games in MLB History 1.58 LAD '72 (Did not make playoffs) 2.03 BOS '24 (TBD) 2.12 LAD '81 (Won WS in short season) 2.16 CLE '72 (Did not make playoffs) 2.21 CHC '85 (Did not make playoffs) Then... Game 33: 3 ER in 6.0 IP (Houck) Game 34: 0 ER in 1.0 IP (Bernardino) Game 35: 1 ER in 4.1 IP (Criswell) Game 36: 2 ER in 6.0 IP (Crawford) That's 6 ER in 17.1 IP (3.12 ERA)
  8. moonslav59
    Agreed. .488 Smith .377 Dalbec .274 Cooper
  9. moonslav59
    Sox OPS in order of most PAs: .759 Duran .611 Rafaela 1.023 O'Neill .839 Abreu .906 Devers .453 Valdez (in AAA) .736 Yoshida (on IL) .857 Casas (on IL) .950 Wong .742 McGuire .451 Reyes (in AAA and not on 40) .377 Dalbec (in AAA) .608 DHam (in AAA) 1.089 Refnsyder .617 Story (on IL) .488 Smith .274 Cooper .385 Grissom .000 Short We have 9 guys abobe .735, with #5 Casas and #9 on the IL (Yoshida.) The problem is 2 are catchers and only Devers plays the IF, and not very well, at that. We have to hope Grissom can get to respectability on O and be decent on D. First base is still a mess. Finding dime-a-dozen 1Bmen in May and June is not always a winning move. With Rafaela moved to SS, we seem to have the D covered, but he has a ways to go to get over .735. He is at .611. Best hitting team? C McGuire .742 1B Wong .950 2B Grissom .385 (SSS) SS Rafaela .611 3B Devers .906 LF O'Neill 1.023 CF Duran .759 RF Abreu .839 DH Refsnyder 1.089
  10. moonslav59
    Sox have 13 pitchers with an ERA under 3.50. Too bad, 3 are on the IL (Pivetta 0.82, Whitlock 1.96 and Bello 3.04) The Active ones: 0.61 Bernardino 1.17 Weissert 1.69 Jansen 1.74 Criswell 1.75 Crawford 1.80 Slaten 1.99 Houck 2.25 Uwasawa 2.45 Kelly 3.47 Winckowski Others: 3.72 Booser 4.86 Anderson 5.11 Martin
  11. moonslav59
    Somehow we are still holding onto 3rd place. Big game, tomorrow.
  12. moonslav59
    Seemed like a snake bite game.
  13. moonslav59
    Everyone got their hits at the wrong times.
  14. moonslav59
    It does improve the odds of one of the best teams by record being left out, but it's not easy knowing who might be better or not, due to vastly different schedules. BTW, SEA won 88 games, last season, yet the 87 win Twins made the playoffs, instead.
  15. moonslav59
    Cant seem to get that "BIG HIT."
  16. moonslav59
    Nice to see.
  17. moonslav59
    If they tried to create a totally balanced schedule, it would mean changing the number of games per year: 5 games vs 29 teams= 145 games 6 games vs 29 teams= 174 games You could try and get it close to balanced by having teams play: 5 games vs 12 teams (60 games) 6 games vs 17 teams (102 games) Maybe the league could divise a way to decide what teams play 5 vs 6 games by using the previous year's schedule. It would not be perfect, but it would be way more balanced than now. The league could also try to create more parity by having the bad teams from the year before play 6 games vs the worst teams and only 5 vs the best, and vice versa. It would mean a big cutback on rivalry games. If the league expands to 32 teams: 4 x 8 team divisions 6 gms vs 7 div teams=42 gms 5 gms vs 24 other teams- 120 gms 4 division winners + 4 wild card winners (or have 2 more wild card team that have a play-in game.)
  18. moonslav59
    He's never pitched in MLB, until this year, despite being 26.
  19. moonslav59
    Rafaela, Abreu and DHam graduated from prospect status on soxprospects.com, so we saw some attrition on their rankings for May. Zanetello jumps 4 spots (really just 1.) He humped over Sandlin Fitts jumped over Wikelman to #6. Yorke stayed at 11, but others passed him (Sandin & Zanetello) Paulino jumped from 19 to 15, passing Jordan and Hickey, who both fell, despite higher ups coming off the boards.. Slaten jumped. a lot (20 to 12) Others: Zeferjahn from 46 to 31 Early 47 to 33 Jh Garcia 49 to 35 Benitez 54 to 44 Lugo NR to 50 Gambrell from 32 to 28. Troye 34 to 41
  20. moonslav59
    Where are the posters poo-pooing Devers, earlier?
  21. moonslav59
    Lugo did have a .500 SLG in his longest season of his career (2022.) Yes, he has to keep hitting well up to the deadline to have real value. That is over 2.5 months away.
  22. moonslav59
    I don't have a problem with it either. It seems like most sports have expanded the playoffs about as far as acceptable. MLB was a little late to the party, but when money like this is involved, it's a no brainer. Itis here to stay. Maybe someday, we see 4 WC, especially if MLB expands to 32 teams. The 162 game season seems to negate the need for so many WC teams, but money wins over just about everything, and when more teams and cities are in the race, it generates more interest and excitement over baseball
  23. moonslav59
    It seems MLB teams want ML ready players, yes, but they also prefer players 6-18 months away over 18-36 months away. I'm not saying Lugo has high trade value, but a team looking to trade a 2 month guy might take him, or Lugo could be included with another player like Paulino or Jordan to improve the return value.
  24. moonslav59
    Agreed. Higher than 25 might be a stretch. He was 12th in spring of '23.
  25. moonslav59
    I was just assessing who might or might have value to trade at the deadline. Meidroth might have some value. He may be ML ready, soon. Lugo might have some value, now. I agree on those you think have no trade value.
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