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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.)

One fact I never knew. In 1968, Bob Gibson started 34 games and had 28 complete games. He was NEVER taken off the mound, all season! (He was PH for 6 times.)

Run Differential +47 CLE +46 KCR +35 BAL +33 NYY +32 BOS NL +46 ATL +40 LAD +30 AZ (12-15 record) +24 MIL

If HOU wasn't playing in Mexico City, this weekend, I'd say maybe we could pass them, soon.

We are 10th in MLB is runs scored (134.) 2 away from 8th & 9th MIL & CIN 4 away from 7th CLE 6 away from 6th CHC We are 1st in ERs allowed 74 BOS 82 SEA 83 NYY 85 KCR (We are 6th in Runs allowed, thanks to 28 unearned runs allowed)

MLB.com has: .771 BAL .738 HOU .733 BOS .728 NYY

Game Logs for our SP’ers/Openers IP/ER/H+BB/K 5/2/5/2 Bello W 6/1/3/10 Pivetta L (left tied 0-0) 6/0/4/7 Crawford L (left with lead) 5/1/3/8 Whitlock W 6/0/3/10 Houck W 5/4/6/6 Bello W 5/0/6/3 Pivetta W 4.2/1/5/5 Crawford W (first GS under 5 IP) 4.1/0/8/4 Whitlock L (second game under 5 IP) left with lead 6/0/6/7 Houck W 5.1/1/5/3 Bello L 5/0/6/6 Crawford L (left with the lead) 5/1/6/4 Whitlock L (left with the lead) 5.1/4/12/2 Houck L 4/2/6/4 Criswell W (3rd game under 5 IP) 5.1/2/8/8 Bello W 5.2/0/2/6 Crawford L (left tied 0-0) 4/2/4/1 Whitlock L (4th game under 5 IP) 9/0/3/9 Houck W (shutout) 2/0/1/2 Bernardino L (opener, left with lead) 6/0/3/7 Bello W 6/1/10/6 Crawford W 3.1/1/4/1 Wink W 6/2/8/4 Houck L 5/0/3/3 Criswell W 1.2/5/6/0 Anderson L 6/3/10/4 Crawford L 3/0/3/1 Wink W 3 Bad starts/openings out of 28 games.

Game Logs for our SP’ers/Openers IP/ER/H+BB/K 5/2/5/2 Bello W 6/1/3/10 Pivetta L (left tied 0-0) 6/0/4/7 Crawford L (left with lead) 5/1/3/8 Whitlock W 6/0/3/10 Houck W 5/4/6/6 Bello W 5/0/6/3 Pivetta W 4.2/1/5/5 Crawford W (first GS under 5 IP) 4.1/0/8/4 Whitlock L (second game under 5 IP) left with lead 6/0/6/7 Houck W 5.1/1/5/3 Bello L 5/0/6/6 Crawford L (left with the lead) 5/1/6/4 Whitlock L (left with the lead) 5.1/4/12/2 Houck L 4/2/6/4 Criswell W (3rd game under 5 IP) 5.1/2/8/8 Bello W 5.2/0/2/6 Crawford L (left tied 0-0) 4/2/4/1 Whitlock L (4th game under 5 IP) 9/0/3/9 Houck W (shutout) 2/0/1/2 Bernardino L (opener, left with lead) 6/0/3/7 Bello W 6/1/10/6 Crawford W 3.1/1/4/1 Wink W 6/2/8/4 Houck L 5/0/3/3 Criswell W 1.2/5/6/0 Anderson L 6/3/10/4 Crawford L 3/0/3/1 Wink W 3 Bad starts/openings out of 28 games.

We could have used them in past game, too. We have 4 one run losses and 1 two run losses. Add 8 runs to the first group and 6 to the second group and we might have 6 more wins!

I guess it's still early enough in the season where one big game can move the needle, a lot. Here are some individual leaps... .463> .576 Rafaela +.113 .660> .730 Yoshida +.070 .268> .350 Dalbec +.082 1.137> 1.208 O'Neill +.071

It's not even close. 17 Rafaela 11 Abreu, Duran, Yoshida, Wong, O'Neill 10 Casas, McGuire, Valdez How about XBHs 10 O'Neill 9 Rafaela 9 Abreu 9 Duran 9 Casas

Wow, just got caught up live. What a show!

Well, Dalbec is playing, so he's not DFA'd yet. I doubt we do. He is still the best back up 3Bman we have and has options remaining.

They didn't want the inconsiderate Joely, instead of cash?

Did they DFA Dalbec or send him to AAA? (They could move Casas to the 60 Day IL.)

He certainly gives us the impression it will finally catch up to him, but hey, they guy gets the third out, when needed, pretty often. That being said, he looked better, last year. OPSA .729 '23 .799 '24 WHIP 1.43 '23 1.80 '24

Indeed. While a .740 OPS at 1B is not great (Cooper's 3 year OPS,) it sure beats sub .300, like Dalbec.

We gotta keep O'Neal healthy.

Just as suggested. Note: it does not make us right, either.

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We know he can't be any worse on D. His ability to play 3B was likely why he stayed, so long, but now that Devers is back at 3B, maybe we'll try Ref at 1B, at least vs LHPs and maybe a few righties. Who plays vs most RHPs? Ref is a career .632 v RHPs, which is still double Dalbecs overall OPS, this year. Wong actually has a massive reverse split: .782 v RHPs .534 v LHPs (Career) Reyes? Add and call up Kavadas?

Our depth has been highly criticized for a long time, and rightfully so, but for a team that has been missing 4 of their top 6 SP'ers and 4-5 of their everyday players for much of the season, being 14-13 has shown that maybe it wasn't as bad as we thought. One could argue this has been with smoke and mirrors or some genius work by Cora, and certainly many of our subs have really stunk up the place- both on O and D, but several players have done better or much better than pre-season expectations. Here are a few of the good ones: Pitchers: 1. Crawford 1.35 ERA and #1 in IP on team. 2. Houck 1.65 ERA and #2 In IP on team. 3. Slaten 0.63 ERA and just 1 IP from being 5th on the team in IP. 4. Criswell 2.38 and 8th in IP. 5. Weissert 1.69 and 1 IP away from being 8th in IP. 6. Bernardino 0.92 in 9.2 IP. 7. Kelly 0.00 in just 4 IP. Everyday players (some were not viewed as subs): 1. Our catchers have a .906 OPS and are maximizing our staff's production. (Wong .998 & McGuire .751) 2. O'Neill is at 1.137, but has missed a lot of time. 3. Abreu is at .905, after a slow start. 4. Refsnyder is at 1.264 in just 28 PAs, mostly vs LHPs. Some players that have been disappointing on O and or D (or have done poorly but as expected:) Rafaela: poor O (.463)/ Good D, despite several errors (4th in PAs on team) Valdez: poor 0 (.444)/ Poor D but expected. Yoshida: poor 0 (.660) and hoped for .750 or better Duran: poor ) (.660, depsite starting off nicely. does have 8 SBs and 15 runs scored)/ D is as expected- near average for LF. Reyes: poor O (.433) wasn't expected to be good, but not this bad, either/ Poor D at 3B. Dalbec: awful on O (.268) and as expected on D (bad) DHam: .581 on O, bad on D Pitchers: Joely 6.55 (9th in IP) and Campbell (12.79 ERA on IL, now) Anderson (5.52) and Booser (5.40) not expected to do well.

Technically, Gio was 4.90 and 4.88 in '22 and '23. His 63 GS made him our #1 or #2 going into 2024- not because of his great ERA, but because he was viewed as dependable to take the ball every 5 days. Of course, he was the first to go down hurt, but before that he was our 1-2 slot SP'er. We weren't even sure who the 3-5 guys would be. Either way you look at it, 4 of our top 6 pitchers going into this season are on the IL. That is devastating. The same thing happened to the Astros, and look where they are.

Last 14 days: .825 Yoshida Last 7 days: 1.500 Yoshida

I did not want Gio as a one choice addition, but at least we tried to do better than the $10M/1 guys like Kluber & Richards, or $5-7M on Wacha, Perez (twice) and Hill. He was not thought of as an injury risk, but it seems to be something the 2024 Sox cannot avoid. Next year, we should have Gio, Hendriks and Fulmer.