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  1. moonslav59
    If he steals one base after any of those 3 singles, it might as well be .777.
  2. moonslav59
    I can't blame them, but unless we use any savings on a trade, why take on Abreu?
  3. moonslav59
    3 for 9 seems like something to keep trying.
  4. moonslav59
    Unless we spend the savings, which is not guarantee, I'd rather keep Yoshida and hope he improves.
  5. moonslav59
    Toshiba has better upside. Unless we save money AND use it, I wouldn’t do it
  6. moonslav59
    Rotation Red Sox starting pitchers stepping up with injuries WWW.MLB.COM This story was excerpted from Ian Browne’s Red Sox Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.
  7. moonslav59
    If he could bunt well, it might draw the corner IF'ers in and allow for more hits on well-placed grounders, too.
  8. moonslav59
    All the walks and the HBP loading them up for Jose was the biggest mistake.
  9. moonslav59
    Using an opener was bound to bite us in the ass. Chase was not the answer, today. Criswell has gotten the job done, but I fear it might just be smoke and mirrors. I'm not sure what other in-house options we have, except to hope and pray Whitlock and Pivetta can return, sooner rather than later, and be in form. Neither has started a rehab game, yet, that I know of, so we will likely have 1-2 more rotation cycles before one returns, at best. Now, with Bello out, we may have to use more opener games or try Wink as a SP'ers. We could maybe add Gambrel to the 40 and call him up. Maybe Fitts. Maybe the nice start Alexander for a wing and a prayer. This is not going to be easy.
  10. moonslav59
    Yuk!
  11. moonslav59
    All down to Ref and maybe Abreu. Strangely enough, it's not all that hopeless.
  12. moonslav59
    It gives new meaning to the question, "Did you see the Hamilton play?"
  13. moonslav59
    He did throw out the guy before him.
  14. moonslav59
    You had to say it!
  15. moonslav59
    They really stuck with Abreu a long time, last year, and it kinda worked out. This year, the leash was shorter, but I would not want Abreu for min wage, right now. He's probably got more upside than Dalbec, but we can do better (like Cooper or Cron.)
  16. moonslav59
    ..and O'Neill 5th, and...
  17. moonslav59
    Yes, I know that and respect it. I'm not as high on FIP as you and others, but it does show value and trends. It's better than using BAbip to determine the luck factor.
  18. moonslav59
    I'm not sure anyone wants Yoshida, even if we pay all but $2M a year, which is just $1.2M more than min MLB salary. I'd be willing to take back a high contract in return, if we will use the saved money. Abreu did do okay in the second half of '23, but he is likely toast. I think Yoshida has a better chance of improving than he does.
  19. moonslav59
    Agreed. I'm also not so sure about the "improved D," but he had a long way to go to just get to barely acceptable. I do know our 2B fWAR has been 29th since the start of 2023. We need Grissom to come back and just be decent.
  20. moonslav59
    I don't think Valdez is a sub .500 hitter, and I still have hopes he can be a .725+ hitter, but even that is not good enough to offset his D, improved or otherwise. He likely will never hit well enough to be a DH, and platoon DH's are not in high demand.
  21. moonslav59
    Sox fWAR Leaders: Pitching: 1.1 Crawford & Houck 0.5 Slaten 0.4 Whitlock & Pivetta 0.3 Bello 0.2 Bernardino & Winkj 0.1 Martin, Jansen, Criswell, Anderson, Kelly Everyday: 0.9 O'Neill 0.8 Abreu & Wong 0.6 Duran 0.5 Casas 0.4 Refsnyder & Devers 0.2 McGuire Team rankings: T 20th in everyday player team fWAR Our C and OF are carrying the O... 1st LF 1.8 T3rd RF 1.2 T5 Catcher 0.9 29th CF -0.6 T 23rd DH -0.1 Our IF is awful... T12th 1B 0.2 29th SS -0.4 29th 2B -0.6 30th 3B -0.5 SP: 2nd at 3.6 (o.8 ahead of 3rd place) RP: 12th at 0.7 2nd overall at 4.3 (PHI is 4.4 and WSH is 3rd at 3.6)
  22. moonslav59
    At least you are consistent with your FIP useage, and don't go shopping for debbie downer stats just to be a contrarian.
  23. moonslav59
    He's really looking good. I remember many eyes were on Valdez, when the trade was made, but a few baseball insiders said Abreu was the real prize of the trade. He may have some difficulties, going forward, and his defense is not great, but it seems okay, for now. 48 games is a small sample size, but it's hard to not get excited about his future with the Sox.
  24. moonslav59
    No. If we signed them, they'd get hurt.
  25. moonslav59
    One night sure boosted some OPS numbers. Our leaders: 1.375 Refsnyder (1 PAs) 1.096 O'Neill 1.053 Wong .954 Abreu .857 Casas (Injured) .846 Devers .708 Yoshida .704 McGuire .696 Duran .617 Story (Injured) .553 Hamilton .506 Rafaela .439 Valdez .422 Reyes Sox ERAs (listed in order of most IP) 7+ IP only 1.65 Houck (33) 0.66 Crawford (27) 3.04 Bello (27) 1.96 Whitlock (18) 4.20 Winkowski (15) 0.63 Slaten (14) 2.77 Anderson (13) 2.38 Criswell (11) 0.82 Pivetta (11) 4.50 Rodriguez (10) 1.86 Weissert (10) 4.00 Martin (9) 1.08 Bernardino (8) 2.35 Jansen (8) Our top 14 pitchers and only 2 guys at over a 4.20 ERA (Wink at 4.20 & Joely at 4.50) Only 3 of 14 are over 4.00 (add Martin) Only 4 are over 3.04 (add Bello) 10 are under 2.77! 9 are under 2.38! 8 are under 1.96 7 or half are under 1.86! .206 Dalbec (This is OPS not BA)
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