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Everything posted by notin
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I didn’t check, so I made a safe, accurate statement that just happened to be 100% irrelevant…
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Not really. His velocity declined steadily last year, cratering in July/August before a brief spike. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/corey-kluber/2429/graphs?pitchgraphs=true&statArr=&legend=1&split=base&time=daily&start=2021&end=2023&rtype=mult>1=15&dStatArray=SI&ymin=&ymax= Now he’s down at crater level already. If he continues this decline, he might soon be at the “Division I Softball” level velocity, but from 20 feet further away…
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Not sure why you brought it up…
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Alfaro is on that roster…
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Are they worried about Mata’s role just yet? They might just want him to rack up some IP. He’s only thrown 83IP in the last 3 years total, all of it last year…
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No but it is 12 bad innings. Like Sale, Mata has thrown much over the last couple seasons. There’s a chance he shakes off some rust and improves, possibly substantially…
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I’m fine if Winckowski never starts another game. The Sox need arms that can get people out in the bullpen, too…
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And with Sale there was probably/likely a fair amount of rust. Even before his last start, he was averaging over 93mph on his fastball, which is a good range for him and one in which he has had some success. Certainly that says nothing about his slider, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it took a few innings to get his feel back. Kluber on the other hand is clearly in decline. He’s always lived and died by command, but even that has been off. He’s basically throwing 88mph meatballs either off the plate or too close to the middle of it. He might not survive the season, especially if someone like Walter or Mata can emerge…
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Part of the 75-68…
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Not sure if you’re pro-CERA or anti-McGuire. Or for some odd reason, both. The only thing we know I’d you’re pro-Small Sample Sizes…
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The Sox only play Toronto 12 times this year. Last year, they were 3-16 against them (and 75-68 against everyone else).
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Injury to Ranger Suarez pushed him there…
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No. He was just activated this afternoon. His post was hypothetical about who gets demoted if EVERYONE was all healthy at once…
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He’s still owed about $35mill on his contract, which runs through 2024. I bet he clears waivers…
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They might like Wong’s glove. They probably won’t DH McGuire just in case Wong goes down mid-game. Catcher platoons are unlike other positions in the starter is often determined by your pitcher and not your opponents…
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You’re confusing DFA with a demotion. DFA is Designating For Assignment and is done to remove a player from the 40 man roster, often preceding waivers and release. Duran (and Ort) have options left and can just be sent to Worcester for the cost of a bus ticket and there’s no reason to remove him from the 40 man just yet…
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Unless they want Ort’s 40 man roster spot…
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If the Sox listened to me: C- McGuire, Wong 1b - Casas, Dalbe 2b - Never recommended much. Maybe Valdez/Arroyo platoon? 3b - Devers SS - DeJong (acquired for Barnes. St Louis definitely makes that move) LF - Verdugo CF - Kike RF - Gallo DH - Brandon Belt SP - Sale, Kluber (I was fully on board), Whitlock, Paxton, Pivetta, Bello, Ward (but not Song) RP - Houck, Schreiber, Winckowski, Taylor (I don’t pull the trigger if Mondesi is hurt), Kelly, Brasier, Fulmer, Crawford. I also liked Chafin, but probably settle for Reyes Moronta (big whoops) BN: Arroyo and an OF. (Tapia? I don’t hate him.) So… probably not much better. Except defensively…
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Making a big deal about CERA when not a single pitcher on the staff has 20 IP yet seems premature regardless of whether or not you think the star has any actual meaning…
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All six of them?
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Part of it is many fans didn’t like the struggles agaisnt the early, easy teams. Baltimore (11-7) and Pittsburgh (12-7) might be better than anticipated, and at the very least are playing that way early on. Tampa (15-3) certainly started off better than anticipated. Heck, so did Minnesota (11-7). But hey, Detroit!
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I prefer Wacha over Kluber this year. But Wacha is still a slight improvement at best, and the bulk of his track record still makes him a part time pitcher. Wacha hasn’t topped 130 IP since 2017. Even the oft-injured Kluber has thrown over 160 IP twice in that span…
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I could see Yoshida being a factor, but I doubt any GM/Pres of OPS/whatever for any team anywhere has been fired over a one year deal like Kluber’s…
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Kluber has an ERA+ of 55. Wacha is a baby step better with an ERA+ of 67…
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Lots of teams gambling with inexperienced shortstops while Didi Gregorius and Andrelton Simmons wait patiently by the phone…
