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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 15, 2024 12:59:42 GMT -5
Obviously being a Sox fan and Yankee hater I'm not going to claim to not be bias but what really is the hype with Jones? 23 YO in AA wRC+ of 99 so far this year, as a 22 year old in A+ 114 wRC+. Not to mention a K% hovering around 30% in his minor league time to boot. That doesn't really scream top prospect to me? He’s tall He’s got that going for him. #caddyshack
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 15, 2024 9:17:43 GMT -5
I consider 3 consecutive seasons a pretty good sample. He started 9,10 and 4 games before getting hurt. He stayed healthy in 2021 when uses exclusively as a reliever. His first year back from TJ. Breslow is a lot smarter than me. We have to trust him at this point. Just my .02
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 15, 2024 8:48:10 GMT -5
I’d keep Criswell in the rotation. Martin is getting hit hard. I think Whitlock can help win more games by being a 2 inning set up guy. Winck is getting stretched out if we need a spot start. Maybe, Fitts can also do that if needed.
Whitlock misses too much time to be a starter IMO. Some pitchers bodies/arms just don’t hold up with heavy usage. With a good rotation and deep pen, Cora can get the most out of Whitlock. We’re going to be in a lot of tight games after 5-6 innings. I feel that’s where he can be a tremendous asset.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 15, 2024 8:13:30 GMT -5
The farm is flourishing cant’t wait for the draft to add more impact players. Big 3 with a night. Wait til it warms up! Great to see Lil Miggy heating up too.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 11, 2024 18:51:49 GMT -5
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 11, 2024 18:47:40 GMT -5
Any word on Zefferjahn? Nice debut. Faced 7 batters. No hits. 1bb and 3 k’s. Thanks for info. Straight gas honey😂 #moss
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 11, 2024 15:02:08 GMT -5
Any word on Zefferjahn? Nice debut. Faced 7 batters. No hits. 1bb and 3 k’s.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 6, 2024 12:25:27 GMT -5
Looking forward to Vaughn Grissom batting against Chris Sale. I am still a Chris Sale fan. I hope Grissom gets two homers and six rbis while facing Sale. Me too. Him stomping out to the mound and closing out the Dodgers will always be a memory we cherish. Making Machado look foolish will always be the the cherry on top of the sundae. www.facebook.com/share/v/vZ6SyHhAai8keDsc/?mibextid=0VwfS7
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 3, 2024 17:07:24 GMT -5
Pivetta had a very rough rehab start, but if he has another, that's actually better regardless of how well he just pitched. All the talk about his being ready for the Braves series turns out to make no sense. Right now we're set to have Crawford on 5 days rest and Houck on 4 -- if we insert Pivetta in there, Houck ends up pitching on six days rest, at home against the Nats rather than on the road against the Braves. Give Pivetta another rehab start, on Tuesday, and he returns to MLB on the 12th. Bello has been reported to be having a rehab start on Tuesday and that seems to be a "why not?" decision given the two off-days in 4 days coming up; there's just no room for five pitchers. If Bello starts on Monday, that would fit perfectly: Houck opener TBD and Anderson Criswell --off--- Crawford (5) Houck --off --- Criswell Bello Pivetta (Nats)
Crawford (5) Houck (5) Criswell (Rays at hone)
... continuing on 4 days rest. Sox have 13 games without a break here, all against teams that are at present below average. If Bello starts on Tuesday, Winck gets one more start and Crawford and Houck get 6 days rest, which is questionable.
There aren’t minor league games on Monday any longer. Agree about Pivetta not starting in Atlanta. Not optimal. Will be glad to see him and Bello back.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 3, 2024 14:10:13 GMT -5
From 4/21 through 5/5, the Red Sox will have started Winckowski, Anderson, or Criswell in 8 of 13 games. So far they're 6-4 in the first 10 of those. If they can win one game in this series they'll have made it through two weeks with that ugly mess of a rotation with a winning record. I'm no longer entirely sure Criswell and "mess" should be in the same sentence. He just might be a legit starter, and what a pleasant surprise that is/would be. I’m considering Criswell as our 5th starter. IF he’s pitching well. When, Pivetta, Bello and Whitlock are healthy. Love Garrett. But, his body/arm don’t seem to hold up as a starter. Better suited as set-up guy. IMO.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 30, 2024 19:37:34 GMT -5
Why would you have McGuire sacrifice? A RHP vs a lefty. To get you to a RH batter hitting .198. No comprende
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 28, 2024 19:27:35 GMT -5
Houck is just a treat to watch right now What do we have with this guy? Has he gone from a solid starter to elite?
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 27, 2024 6:39:40 GMT -5
Can’t be easy for a kid from Mississippi to start the year in Maine. Anthony is a Florida kid and Marcelo from SoCal. Real curious to see what they do once it warms up.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 25, 2024 8:31:54 GMT -5
Yup
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 20, 2024 18:06:17 GMT -5
I was hopeful that the Breslow/Bailey thing would improve the pitching. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect anything like this. I have my fingers crossed that it continues. They’ve been spectacular. If it looks like it’s going to sustain. We really owe it to team to get a MLB shortstop and play Ceddanne in CF to keep OF defense up. Hope Pivetta and Whitlock get healthy
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 20, 2024 6:01:45 GMT -5
The team is stacked with young pitching but can't field a competent SS to save their life. Need to go SS in the draft to balance out the system. Hahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahaha Was he cereal?
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 18, 2024 14:13:04 GMT -5
"This draft is really atrocious after the top tier or two — there’s a very strong group of eight college players who should be the first eight picks in some order, then a decent second tier of guys from the college and high school ranks that maybe gets us to about pick 20, and then the position player group and the college pitchers just kind of fall apart. There are certainly interesting players beyond that, and if you are willing to swim in the high school pitching pond there are plenty of those guys to sign, but this year’s draft is going to have a lot of first rounders who wouldn’t go nearly that high in a typical draft." I'm a broken record with this, but I definitely think if you had to choose an optimal strategy in a vacuum it would be whatever college player in that tier you feel will go underslot and then high school arm in the second. How is 2025 Draft? We should have a Top 10 pick.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 14, 2024 14:33:55 GMT -5
Is Nero fiddling? #romanempire #dayoff
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 12, 2024 19:23:47 GMT -5
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 12, 2024 15:48:50 GMT -5
Worrying about the floor is why we drafted Yorke and Romero. Draft some GD power arms early and develop them. I think if they were so concerned about floor they would’ve gone college player, I think they picked them because they liked them as prospects Nope. We picked them because we could sign them to under slot deals Chaim was always looking for a bargain.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 12, 2024 15:22:58 GMT -5
Worrying about the floor is why we drafted Yorke and Romero. Draft some GD power arms early and develop them. Fun fact - there is more than one round of the draft! Zackly. You can draft power arms 2-5 too!!
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 12, 2024 14:27:38 GMT -5
Worrying about the floor is why we drafted Yorke and Romero. Draft some GD power arms early and develop them.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 12, 2024 4:23:35 GMT -5
You have to tip your hat to the Orioles and call them your daddies. #pedro
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 11, 2024 20:30:48 GMT -5
Feel bad for our pitchers. Absurd
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Apr 10, 2024 7:55:39 GMT -5
Orioles are about to be insane when Kjerstad also comes up. It’s basically setting up for them to trade for another Ace because there simply isn’t room for some really high quality guys that are either MLB ready or already on the MLB roster They’re 20 games better than us. If they keep Burnes, I don’t see how we can hang with them for at least 3 years.
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