moonslav59
-
Posts
104,699 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
129
Content Type
Profiles
Boston Red Sox Videos
2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking
Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
News
2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by moonslav59
-
Nice game, again. One more game, and we will have gone through the rotation 6 times. We've had, basically 3 bad starts out of 29, including openers. We should start getting our starters back, but it may take a while for them to get back in a groove. Big win. The Yanks are back in first. We are 3 back from first and 2 back from BAL in second. We are now 2 up on TOR & 3 on TBR. We are 6th best in the AL: 0.5 from DET 1.0 from KCR We are 11th in MLB. Run Diff +47 ATL +46 CLE +43 NYY +43 KCR +38 LAD +34 BAL +33 BOS -
I’m at the Stones concert and will catch the end of the game, later. Go Sox!!!!.
-
Starting Wong can never be wrong.
-
Bobby Dee- feeling the loud Cooper footsteps from behind.
-
He's doing okay with the staff, too. (As of now, McGuire is doing better, but both are doing well with our pitchers.) He needs to work on blocking bad pitches. Framing, too. His pop time and arm are pretty good.
-
At the risk of "reporting" on Grissom, he went 4-4, today. Kavadas homered and walked twice. Rosier went 3-4 w a homer. POR got killed, but Wikelman did well: 5IP, 1H, 2ER, 1BB, 8K Anthony 0-5 (.664) Mayer 0-3 w 2 BB Teel 1-4 w BB Jordan, Paulino & Yorke had 2 hits
-
3rd in AL OPS. Not last in defense.
-
I'm hopeful. You don't have to be.
-
I agree. Some might have felt 2023 was a fluke, but that season was better than anything Joely ever did. They must have saw some hope in Joely, just as someone did in Bernardino, last season. I get the feeling had Joely done well, and Weissert s*****, we might be saying the same thing about him and Bernardino, despite him being RH'd. These kinds of choices are made every spring- right or wrong.
-
I was with you back on opening day. I also felt like Bernardino should have been on the 26. I do remember someone talking about options and keeping as many pitchers on the team as possible, but Joely was a huge bust.
-
Can't argue with this, but you hit on some and miss on some. Jacques and Joely were big misses. Campbell might be, but he deserves some time in AAA to earn a shot again. Slaten looks golden. Weissert has been okay. Criswell has looked good, so far. Anderson looked okay, until his last game. Bernardino was a steal (2023)
-
So, here is my guess on who gets demoted when these guys return to the 26: Grissom > DHam Pivetta> Uwasawa Whitlock> Booser Bello> Anderson (maybe Kelly) Romy G > Dalbec or Valdez (or Romy goes to AAA) Casas > Dalbec Hendriks (August) > ???
-
Sox OPS in the last 14 Days: 1.370 O'Neill 1.283 Refsnyder 1.052 Casas (IL) 1.036 Abreu 1.036 Wong .989 Devers .977 Yoshida 1.538 last 7 days .600 Rafaela .849 last7 .573 Duran .551 McGuire .929 last 7 OPS Against Last 14 Days .154 Kelly .380 Houck .467 Slaten .492 Bernardino .513 B Bello .517 Criswell .624 Whitlock .649 Crawford .650 Reyes .667 Jansen .718 Martin .744 Booser .785 Wink .896 Weissert .943 Anderson .944 Jacques (DFA'd) 1.050 Joely (DFA'd)
-
I'm really hopeful Grissom will end the merry-go-round we've had at 2B for too long.
-
But, he had a great career, so no criticism is allowed.
-
The 2024 Valdez bat certainly looks replaceable. I do think DHam is better on D and base-running. Close call, but neither is likely to be an overall plus.
-
I think Valdez is a much better hitter than he has shown, so far, this year, and better than all of these guys on the list, but his defense is so bad, he'd have to be a good enough hitter to win the DH job. This is doubtful. I have no issues DFA'ing Dalbec, but I'd like to see who the back-up 1Bman is. (Ref makes sense.) Romy might be the best of the bunch, which isn't saying much. I do not think DHam plays good enough defense, even at 2B to be worth keeping. Reyes looked okay, last year: this year, not so much. They all look like they could be DFA'd, but replacement infielders are not likely any better.
-
Yes, my bad. Maybe they will add a middle IF'er or someone who can back up 1B and 3B. (LOL)
-
That list included Rafaela, who is better in CF. That list includes Grissom & Romy, who are on the IL. I'm fine with DFA'ing someone like Dalbec or DHam, but it does leave us short at 1B and 3B depth, if Dalbec and SS depth, if DHam. I guess with Devers back, Reyes can play SS just as poorly. I guess Wong, Reyes or Refsnyder can be the back-up 1Bman. How would you rank the value to this team for these guys (assuming Grissom returns and Romy is healthy?) Reyes Romy Valdez DHam Dalbec (I assume this is your order with the most valuable on top.)
-
If we DFA an infielder, I'd want an infielder added, too. We still have only Dalbec backing up 1B. We still have just Dalbec & Reyes backing up 3B. We have nobody I trust backing up Rafaela at SS. Once Grissom returns, we'll have plenty of back-up 2Bmen: Reyes, Valdez, DHam and maybe Romy when he returns. (I forgot to add DHam to my DFA list.)
-
The count could easily go to 5 or 6, maybe 7 or 8. Here is my new DFA list: Gutierrez Booser Uwasawa Dalbec Walter Heineman Romy Gonzalez Anderson Mata
-
Uwasawa added and called up.
-
Our offense has certainly been inconsistent, perhaps way more than most other teams with winning records. The second place Yanks have been shut out 4 times and held to 1 run, twice. The Sox have scored these runs in games: 3 x zero runs 5 x 1 run 1 x 2 runs 1 x 3 runs (10 x 0-3 runs) 4 x 4 runs 4 x 5 runs (8 times 4-5 runs) 2 x 6 runs 2 x 7 runs 3 x 8 runs 1 x 9 runs 1 x 12 runs 1 x 17 runs (10 x 6 or more runs)
-
If he can hit .750 as compared to the .350 Dalbec was hitting, plus .400 is a major improvement. It's all relative. (Also, our 1B OPS for the season is .763.)
-
Other teams have lop-sided wins, too. If you take away ours, then take theirs away, too. Of course, most teams don't have a 17 run win, but some have large ones. (Our biggest loss was 7-0.)
