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  1. moonslav59
    Agreed. Also, for years the argument went that we drafted and developed everyday prospects way better than pitchers to stockpile them for later trades for pitching. That time is now. I would not trade a top 8 prospect (K Campbell included) for any rental, and longer controlled pitchers are harder to find and more costly, but biting the bullet is what it takes to get our staff over the hump.
  2. moonslav59
    Our bottom 4 batters accounted for all 5 runs which highlights the Yankee weakness of having just 2 bats in 9 slots.
  3. moonslav59
    All 5 runs and rbi were from out bottom 4 slots in the batting order. Nice to get the win while giving Houck a bit of a rest. Cora has proved all of us wrong enough times, already. (Like me on benching Yoshida)
  4. moonslav59
    Then pick a DD pitcher or Slaten.
  5. moonslav59
    You may disagree with this methodology, but here is one way to categorize our SPers by slots: 1-30 #1 31-60 #2 And so on… (by fWAR) There are about 150 pitchers with 30+ IP as a SPer. Here are our slot rankings: #1 Houck 3.3 ((T2nd) #2 Crawford 1.7 (34th) #3 Criswell 0.9 (79th) #3 Pivetta 0.9 (79th) #4 Bello 0.6 (101st)
  6. moonslav59
    Agreed. While we still seem to be lacking that extra RH’d bat, we have some flexibility and unsung players that have taken up the slack in a very balanced way. We’ve improved our D since April. We’ve added speed on top an already upper tier speed team. The pen has been taking up the slack as our rotation has come down from that great start. The middle IF has 2 RHBs: Rafaela & Romy. The middle IF has 2 LHBs: DHam & Valdez. The OF has 2 LHBs: Duran & Abreu (Yoshida) The OF has 2 RHBs: O’Niell & Rafaela Not many teams have a L-R catcher set-up. Our rotation is 8th in fWAR & our pen is 4th. Pretty damn balanced.
  7. moonslav59
    Yes, teams nearly filled with AAAA player can win on any given day and split or win a series, here and there, vs the very best of teams or teams like the Sox. It doesn’t mean they are much better than a AAA all star team.
  8. moonslav59
    You seem really hung up On how Casas hurt himself. You hated us trading Sale who hurt himself riding a bike. Am I missing something?
  9. moonslav59
    1. I wasn’t saying I wanted to trade DHam, but why would trading DHam plus Meidroth bring back a worse SS?
  10. moonslav59
    Of course. We may still see Grissom, instead.
  11. moonslav59
    At some point??? Criswell> Horn Grissom> Romy G Casas> Smith Hendriks > Anderson Mata is out of options> DFA or trade or replace a new IL pitcher?
  12. moonslav59
    No pitcher can return to the mound once removed or moved to another position.
  13. moonslav59
    Bad teams beat good teams often enough, but there are some teams that are loaded with Bobby Dalbec and Chase Anderson types. I think the AAAA term fits, sometimes but may be overused/misuded, at times. Every season has examples of series lost that should have been won and surprise sweeps or series wins, by teams that suck. We are playing well, and the sample size is growing to a point where we might be able to begin to think this is not a fluke. Of course, a lot can happen. While I was worried about having to face the Astros after tge opened h the he season sucking, we now APPEAR to be facing the Yanks while they look to be struggling. Usually, these things tend to even out, but sometimes it seems they don’t.
  14. moonslav59
    No pitchers have broken out?
  15. moonslav59
    The Bailey hire, alone, cannot make Brez “awful.” Then, there is Slateb, O’Niell, Weissert w Fitts, Criswell, Romy and others. I will say, like Bloom, his bigger deals look the worst, so far: Gio and Sale>Grissom.
  16. moonslav59
    The Sale trade looking bad after a half season should not make any GM bad. Was he supposed to know Sale was going to be great at age 35 and Grissom would be out most of the time and suck the rest of the time? Was he supposed to know Gio would get hurt?
  17. moonslav59
    Bloom selected him in minor league rule 5 in’23.
  18. moonslav59
    Could very well be, but I’m enjoying this season, regardless! I was liking a lot of what I was seeing while we were fluttering around .500 for weeks and weeks. We have several exciting players and some surprises. We’ve had some let downs and key injuries, but to me, the good has outweighed the bad, especially the last few weeks.
  19. moonslav59
    For an off season with budget cutting and just one major trade, here is a look at Brez’s additions to the team and farm: (Note, nota complete list) O’Neill Slaten Criswell Weissert Romy G Anderson & Keller I Campbell Booser, Horn & Uwasawa Smith & Cooper (gone) Westbrook Grissom Hendriks Giolito & Fulmer 7. Fitts 9. Sandlin Judi r
  20. moonslav59
    Two teams are needed for every trade, and one team might want to wait it out for a desperate team to offer more.
  21. moonslav59
    Lugo and Arias might earn honourable mention, for position player break out half seasons. Who ate your pitcher break outs? Perales, Penrose and Early?
  22. moonslav59
    The “other prospect” with DHam in the JBJ for Renfroe trade. With the one year additions of Duvall then O’Neill, losing Renfroe seems diminished over time. Of course the JBJ addition, errr I mean subtraction hurt that season and the budget, but DHam is helping right a trade that looked god-awful just months ago. The Beni for Wink trade looks better, now, too.
  23. moonslav59
    Sox are 4 down in the loss column to the Yanks, now. Thanks, Cincy! With some games still pending, the Sox are currently 9th in win% in all of MLB. Is it okay to have fun watching these Sox, now?
  24. moonslav59
    A strong Pivetta would make a huge difference for the Sox going forward. The Sox record when he pitches, career: 48-46
  25. moonslav59
    Sweet win, although made harder than it should have been. In recent years, we lost most games like these. Keep it rolling!
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