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  1. moonslav59
    Somebody sits, unless Rafaela plays SS (bad idea as a pre-season plan.) My point has been about the obvious overload we will have in the OF, next year, even with not replacing O'Neill! No way, I sit Ref vs LHPs. He is a top 25 batter vs lefties in all of MLB over the last 3 seasons, combined, and he doesn't seem to be slowing down. Duran needs to play FT. I believe Rafaela should be our FT CF'er. Abreu needs to play vs every RHB. How Anthony fits in is an issue. We might see Campbell (RHB) and Jh Garcia, sooner than we think, as well.
  2. moonslav59
    Jo Garcia did get off to a great start, before his injury, but the sample size was small. 1.063 OPS in 53 ABs.
  3. moonslav59
    Bello vs Seth Lugo RHP (Cy Young Award candidate) Keep it going! Go SOX!
  4. moonslav59
    We are tied with KCR in the loss column. (They have 3 more wins.)
  5. moonslav59
    Agreed. It's hard to play Duran, Anthony and have an Abreu-Ref platoon, while playing Rafaela in CF FT. I keep coming back to the idea of a trade of Anthony or Abreu.
  6. moonslav59
    Great win, despite some mistakes on D and the basepaths. Gotta win these games vs our closest competition. Paxton got the job done. Kudos.
  7. moonslav59
    We may be getting Slaten, then Martin & Hendriks, too.
  8. moonslav59
    I doubt we ever platoon Rafaela or plan on him playing much SS, going forward, but this could be one way we handle 2025: v LHP LF: Ref R CF: Duran L RF: Rafaela R v RHP LF: Abreu L CF: Duran L RF: Anthony L (Rafaela at SS or 2B vs some or most RHPs, of mostly a platoon?)
  9. moonslav59
    Being ranked in the top 60 by soxprospects,com does not guarantee greatness, but here is a look at just the pitchers on the farm and their rankings: 7. Perales AA (just has TJS) 10. Sandlin AA 14. Tolle draftee 15. Fitts AAA 16. E. Rodriguez A+ 20. Dobbins AA 21. Wikelman AA 22. Penrod AAA 23. Carson draftee (also a SS) 24. Early AA 25. Monegro A+ 27. Valera A- 28. Paez A+ 29. Mullins A+ 30. Neely draftee 32. Guerrero AAA 33. Wehunt A+ 34. D Reyes DSL 35. Bastardo AA 36. Dean A+ 38. Horn MLB 39. Gambrell AAA 44. Clarke draftee 45. Tygart draftee 47. Mata MLB/rehab 49. Carlson A- 50. Ingrassia A- 52. Hoppe AA 56. Drohan AAA 58. Rogers A+ 60. Duffy A- Only 2 of top 13 (7th &n 10th and 2/13) 9 pitchers from 14 to 25 (9/12) 20 pitchers ranked between 26-60 (20/35) 31 out of 60
  10. moonslav59
    We seems to have a lot of pitchers joining the rankings, although the vast majority are ranked below 13th.
  11. moonslav59
    I thought there was a chance, he'd pass his brother in the rankings, but they did jump him up quite a bit.
  12. moonslav59
    We needed to rest some of these starters a few weeks ago. I hope it is not too late, but is there even a plan to do it? (Pen games?) We also have the make-up game with TOR coming up (5 games in 4 days.)
  13. moonslav59
    Paxton vs Singer (a RHP) 1. L Duran LF 2. L Abreu RF 3. L Yoshida DH 4. L Devers 3B 5. R Wong C 6. L Smith 1B 7. S Sogard 2B 8. L DHam SS 9. R Rafaela CF Big game. Go SOX!
  14. moonslav59
    Is anyone surprised none of the big 3 have been promoted to AAA, yet?
  15. moonslav59
    Agreed, and IMO, Rafaela is so good in CF, I'd move Anthony to RF, even if he was a plus CF'er. (There may be times we want to "rest" Rafaela vs a tough RHPs and go with Anthony in CF and Abreu in RF.) I do think Anthony is a better CF'er than Abreu. If Rafaela is sitting, do you put Anthony or Duran in CF, and Abreu or Anthony in RF or LF?
  16. moonslav59
    You may be right... soxprospects.com... Defense: Red Sox believe he can stick in center field long-term, but others believe he ends up in a corner. Strong defensive instincts. Has played a strong center field so far, showing good reads off the bat and nice paths to the ball. Makes plays that a lot of center fielders cannot make. Ability to stay in center will depend on whether he can retain his athleticism as he matures. Potential above-average defensive profile.
  17. moonslav59
    For sure, but the GM can't spend what they don't give him, and the GM has spent most of the budget on everyday players (Devers, Story & Yoshida) and not pitching. That was my point.
  18. moonslav59
    So, the "set-up" for next year's everyday 13 might look like this: 2024 current OPS C: .806 Wong 1B: .857 Casas 2B: .702 DHam/.756 Romy (platoon?) Grissom? SS: ___ Story 3B: .989 Devers LF: .870 Duran CF: .705 Rafaela RF: .856 Abreu/ .887 Refsnyder (platoon) DH: .717 Yoshida It looks even more lefty orientated, than this year (no O'Neill,) but still looks solid. The 3 most impactful prospects that are near MLB ready are all LHBs: Anthony CF (Rafaela has one of our lowest OPS of the starting 9) Mayer SS (Story to 2B?) Story and DHam/Romy have one of our lowest positional OPS Teel © Teams always need two solid Catchers. Teel gives us a L-R option. The next two: Campbell & Meidroth are both RHBs.
  19. moonslav59
    The big thing we need to do is beat KCR and MIN, 2 out of 3, and then watch them play 6 vs each other. If we just keep winning series, we should be okay. Thanks to that rainout, we play a rare 5 game series vs TOR (in 4 days.)
  20. moonslav59
    It seems like everyday, 2-3 different players see massive jumps in their OPS. Today, DHam got back over .700, making our line-up all over .700, no matter who starts. (Jansen w Sox only.) Duran jumped to .870, and Abreu jumped to .856. Ref dropped to 20th best in MLB OPS (players over 220 PAs.) Duran moved up to 25th. Abreu moved up to 30th, making the Sox the only team with 5 players in the top 30. The team also passed the Yanks for second in team OPS at .772, and we are just .002 behind BAL. We are 5th in runs scored, but have played 2-3 less games than the top 4 teams. The Sox place... 1st in 2Bs 2nd in TBs 2nd in BA (.002 behind SDP.) 2nd in SLG (.010 behind BAL) T2nd in 3Bs 5th in OBP (.002 behind ARI.) 6th in SBs (2 behind PHI.) 6th in HRs (2 behind NYM)
  21. moonslav59
    The Yanks won, so we gained on nobody, except HOU & SEA. The Red color denotes a top 10 team, while the Blue is 11-20th. The Sox play 17 Red & 18 Blue with 17 Black (bottom third.) The KCR play 25 Red & 15 Blue with 9 Black. The MIN play 23 Red & 13 Blue with 13 Black.
  22. moonslav59
    Remaining Games: BOS: 7 BAL, 4 NYY, 3 MIN, 3 KCR, 3 NYM, 6 HOU, 3 ARI, 6 TBR, 3 TEX, 8 TOR, 3 DET, 3 CHW KCR: 7 CLE, 3 PHI, 3 NYY, 3 ATL, 6 MIN, 3 BOS, 4 HOU, 2 STL,3 SFG, 3 PIT, 3 CIN, 3 LAA, 3 WSH, 3 DET MIN: 8 CLE, 3 BAL, 6 KCR, 3 ATL, 3 BOS, 3 SDP, 3 STL, 3 CHC, 4 TBR, 3 CIN, 3 TOR, 4 TEX, 3 LAA, 3 MIA
  23. moonslav59
    It seems that many of the best teams in MLB by record are losing more than winning, since July 1st, but the teams we need to lose: KCR, MIN and HOU/SEA are winning more than losing.
  24. moonslav59
    KCR hit a 3 run HR in the 9th, to win 3-2. MIN & BAL are winning big. NYY and TOR tied in 8th- game delay.
  25. moonslav59
    Booser is the one guy not buckling.
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