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  1. moonslav59
    I agree, totally. I will add that Betts signed during the uncertainty of COVID, and Devers signed after several years of rather high inflation, so it's not really apples to apples, despite both being around $310M.
  2. moonslav59
    Of course going 7-3 on a road trip that oftens kills us changes the mood towards brightness. We all knew once we lost 3 in a row or 5 out of 7 or something, the mood would shift on a dime. Just look at the game threads for minute by minute massive mood shifts. Losing 2 in a row sucks, especially how we lost, last night, but I'm still finding things to watch that brings me enjoyment, even when we lose. I loved watching Crawford's reaction, when he got the last out of the 5th. You can tell, it matters to him. I hope Romy can surprise me, some more. Some bonehead plays on D irked me, but I'm staying optimistic as long as I can.
  3. moonslav59
    To some, it's all part of the "eye test."
  4. moonslav59
    I'm not saying extend Houck at ace money or for 8 years.
  5. moonslav59
    Who is giving "unconditional love" to Grissom?
  6. moonslav59
    On the farm early results (15+ PAs) OPS 1.196 Romy G 1.117 Kavadas 1.059 Rosario .952 Hickey .937 Joh. Garcia .868 Jho. Garcia Notables: .885 Anthony (13 PAs) .839 Mayer (12 PAs) .743 Bleis .708 Teel (9 PAs) .554 Meidroth .538 Yorke OPS Against(5+ IP) .000 Brand .229 Bastardo .246 Benitez .261 Z Kelly .335 Alexander .367 Fogell .599 Criswell .653 Hagenman .767 Gambrell .776 Uwasawa Notables with 3.0 to 4.2 IP: .091 Guerrero .167 Dean .220 Early .282 Adams .498 Booser .511 Rogers .652 I Coffey .714 Fitts
  7. moonslav59
    If we wait until Crawford and Houck have great seasons, the extension cost will rise sharply. I'd like to see us extend Pivetta, but the injury might make that too iffy.
  8. moonslav59
    Oh, OK. I thought the talk was about Rafaela improving on his start to 2024. I guess his 74 wRC+ in 2023 needed improvement, as well, so I get your point, now. I think we all expect the rotation to come back down to earth, but we have differing opinions on it being better or worse than 2023's. It certainly has upside potential.
  9. moonslav59
    You think the rotation can improve?
  10. moonslav59
    Grissom and Rafaela have not done much.
  11. moonslav59
    A while ago, I mentioned how our farm has really missed the boat on finding and or developing fine pitchers, especially starters, but that the few we have graduated, recently have been better than the previous 6-7 years, combined. Maybe go back to 2010 and include Workman + Barnes (2010-2016) While the 2024 sample size is still very small, things do look brighter. Crawford Bello IFA '17) Houck (drafted in '17) Whitlock Winckowski Possibles: Slaten Sandlin Fitts Gambrell Some RP'ers like Guerrero The list of pitchers doing well in MLB from the Sox system, after Lester, Buch, Barnes ('11), Masterson, Workman ('10) & Papelbon is not as good as this list: Aro '11 Bautista & DHern '13 Espinoza, Beeks & Kopech '14 Lakins & Poyner '15 Shawaryn '16 Am I missing anyone good from 2010-2016? Can I go back more than 7 years and still find this last 7 year crop still better?
  12. moonslav59
    Time will tell. I still like both. Extending Casas, Crawford and Houck might be nice.
  13. moonslav59
    A full year from Duran and O'Neill might make a dent.
  14. moonslav59
    Yes, we effectively replaced Turner with Rafaela/Abreu, as Yoshida's OF was filled by them. That's a huge drop. Grissom> 2023 2B, an increase from our catchers and O'Neill over Duvall/Verdugo probably can't make up the difference. I was hoping for monster years by Devers and Casas, and an uptick at SS with Story, but that is not looking good after 2 weeks.
  15. moonslav59
    I'm not sure it was luck. When you lead the league in grounders, you get a lot of IF hits.
  16. moonslav59
    It looks that way, now. I expect Devers & Casas to step it up, but I doubt O'Neill keeps this up. Grissom is a big question mark, but he should be an upgrade from the .663 OPS at 2B, last year. O'Neill may do better than Duvall/Verdugo, but Rafaela/Abreu look scary on O, right now. I expect better O from our catchers.
  17. moonslav59
    The Sox were 28 runs from 800 in 2023. I doubt they hit 800, but they might come close to 772.
  18. moonslav59
    True, but .830 through 112 games is good. You can break it up many ways. .557 7/31 to 8/21 .734 8/22 to 9/9 This makes saying all of August sucked look not so true. He really had 3 bad stretches: First 13 games 18 games from 7/31 to 8/21 Last 15 games He had a 79 game hot streak at .905 (4/20 to 7/30) He had a meh streak from 8/22 to 9/9 at .734. I'm sure someone could split this into 6 or 7 "streaks," and show something different.
  19. moonslav59
    ...and apparently the selling not buying aspect of trades not made.
  20. moonslav59
    He hits the ball so weakly, I'm not sure loft would help.
  21. moonslav59
    He had a 112 game stretch at .830. That was an 80% of season, continuous "stretch." 112/140
  22. moonslav59
    It's interesting to note that our LHBs have a higher OPS vs LHPs than RHPs (.714 to .655) , so far, and our RHBs have a much better OPS vs RHP (.771 to .655.)
  23. moonslav59
    I'm just looking at improvements (or not) from 2023- even if just slight.
  24. moonslav59
    Knew it was bound to happen.
  25. moonslav59
    Thanks for the insights- always welcome. Do you watch their games?
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