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  1. Hugh2
    Not with Wong catching. Bello will be fine if he calms down and finds the zone.
  2. Hugh2
    Good going Wong, running into an out. CUT HIM IMMEDIATELY
  3. Hugh2
    Who wants Wong off the team? He’s a great piece of this team
  4. Hugh2
    Bellow command has actually improved from where it has been, obviously this year we’ve seen it come and go. But he’s also on his second start after one rehab start and only 2 IP in spring training. From a certain perspective, compared to his peers, he’s on his last spring training start. I think the kid will be fine once he gets into a grove. It’s not like a Kluber situation where the guy just has nothing left
  5. Hugh2
    Right now it looks like everyone is good. But a lot can change in a week or month. Guys can regress, key players can get injured. It’s a long season and a lot can happen.
  6. Hugh2
    Well that’s why I think they a lot has to go wrong for them to move Winck out of that role. Right now Crawford/Paxton are ahead of him. Maybe not in skill, but in fit. Also depending on timing and performance, if they need another starter for a week or two and want to keep Winck in that role they could call someone up from AAA to do so. So yeah, I think a lot has to go wrong. I know you knew those guys aren’t starters. I pretty much agree with your whole take.
  7. Hugh2
    Could be the organization placing a higher value on speed. Which is fine, but speed isn’t worth as much if you can’t get on base. I think this plays into their love for drafting up the middle athletes. Which has been a focus in the past and returned this last year.
  8. Hugh2
    But Winck and Cutter aren’t starters right now, maybe in a swing role but cutter is probably first up. I think they really really like Winck in the bullpen and will try to keep him there. A lot has to go wrong for him to start. If Paxton looks good he’s going to add to the equation, he will be given his chance. At the very least he can replace Kluber if you wanna stay with the 6 man for a while and let things work out. Kluber is going to be given some rope here, and if he continues to suck that is unfortunate and heads will roll in here. But If that happens at some point the Sox are going to move on from him. Is that after his next start? Or after 10 more? I have no ideal.
  9. Hugh2
    You enjoy disagreeing with ME?!?!?!? Fair. I pegged the Sox around 87 wins. Good, but not good enough and I’m sticking with that. They’re certainly not the most talented team in baseball or even the division, but I think they’re much better than some think. If a lot breaks right for them, they could be a move at the deadline away from making a run. Not betting heavy money on that, but I remain optimistic.
  10. Hugh2
    It’s also another example of why we don’t use small sample sizes. Yet we all do it, but they need to be taken with context, supporting stats and the eye test can compliment too. For example. Chris Sale was dominant in his last start, but he passed the eye test in his prior start. His raw stuff was there, it returned, it was just his command that was off. It would have been a good bet at that point that at some point he’s going to shake the rust off and improve the command and return to dominance. Yes it’s just one start. Small sample sizes can be misleading when a guy goes 3-4 with two bloop hits and a weak infield single and the next guy can go 0-4 with 4 line drive outs. That’s baseball. But stuff is stuff, and Chris Sales was back. Yes, it’s only a few starts but stuff is stuff and if it’s returned that gives us every reason to be optimistic. If people are allowed to have their cups half empty, I’m allowed to have mine half full.
  11. Hugh2
    Yes but he gave up a 3 run homerun to Tellez, you take away that one mistake he didn’t look half bad. The long ball has been a problem for this pitching staff. But it’s not like the were squaring up everything he threw at them like Kluber
  12. Hugh2
    Sale looks like Sale. Houck looks good. Whitlock has been bad good ok (I say ok because he made a one pitch mistake). Pivetta has been good. Crawford and wonkowski have been good. Bello might be the most talented guy in the staff and Paxton is working his way back. And the bullpen is elite esq. This early in the season one bad start or one bad relief outing can be the difference between a 10.00 era and a 3.00 era. And some of those guys have been pretty darn good besides one bad (often the first week) outing. As I said earlier. How can you at least not be OPTIMISTIC about this team?
  13. Hugh2
    A lot of that ERA is inflated by first starts. Sale gave up 3 home runs his first start. Are we more or less optimistic about him? Whitlock 3 home runs his first start, Crawford 3 home runs his first start. All those guys look much better than their first starts. How much is on Kluber? With a 6 man rotation you think he stays in if Paxton comes back healthy. Addition by subtraction. At the very least. There’s a lot to be optimistic about with this rotation.
  14. Hugh2
    A little context would help. Before yesterday they would have been 2nd place in every other division in the AL and the NL west. So half of baseball. We are not even a month into the season and we are playing in the toughest division. Tampa is NOT winning 139 games this year. They will come back down to earth. ONE team aside they’ve played all last place teams up until now. We’ve played a lot of first place teams and we are hovering at .500 and the starting pitching is starting to look better. We are 3rd in runs scored with help on the way. The Red Sox may very well have a disappointing season, but damn….talk about throwing in the towel way too early. Going to be a lot of Randy Quiads in here come August.
  15. Hugh2
    But the bullpen looks legit, and there’s depth, and bullpen talent coming up on the farm, and it could get a boost from the rotation of everyone stays healthy. Jansen still looks elite, and if he’s elite for us for two years that will be…:we’ll just awesome
  16. Hugh2
    The starting rotation is looking much better now than those numbers
  17. Hugh2
    And Miguel is 5 for 5 in stolen base attempts too.
  18. Hugh2
    Keep in mind Bleis .719 ops comes with a .314 BA. Which alone doesn’t mean much but realize he’s hitting the ball and getting hits. As he physically matures and grows into some more power he could really start to move.
  19. Hugh2
    2016 and 2018 respectively
  20. Hugh2
    No. Espinoza topped out in BA/MLB at 19 and 39. Kopech topped out at 11 and 10.
  21. Hugh2
    Dave was also handcuffed and effectively didn’t have an international class two years in a row. We also didn’t have a first round pick in 2019. Ours dropped 10 spots because the luxury tax limit was exceeded. But it was totally worth it because we had just won the World Series.
  22. Hugh2
    Although Kopech is still only 27 and coming off of a good year. Off to a horrible start this year.
  23. Hugh2
    Kopech and Moncada were blue chippers, they just never amounted to much. The Tigers wanted Devers and Dave said no. That worth like…50 WAR right there
  24. Hugh2
    At this point you might have to send a prospect with him to get a team to take him or just swallow all the money. Maybe not if he can string together a few good starts. Not looking good
  25. Hugh2
    You might be surprised how horrible the average catcher is offensively
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