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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 13, 2023 15:56:44 GMT -5
No help from the Cubs or Marlins today Not so fast my friend. WFAN gonna be a blast the next few days!
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 13, 2023 4:36:05 GMT -5
Verdugo sitting at .269 BA 8 HRs. “All Star” At least his arbitration number won’t be high😁
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 12, 2023 6:36:34 GMT -5
Unfortunately yes he does. Totally believe this though. After the guys I named I’d say the closest would be in order: Beckett, Schilling, Buchhoz. I vaguely remember a sequence in which Sox would win with Clemens, lose the next four, win w/C, lose the next four? or was that Pedro? Early in Roger’s career he pitched every 5th day. Not every 5th game. With rainouts and off days our pitching was great til Memorial Day. He literally carried the staff.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 11, 2023 8:30:54 GMT -5
Ya’ll know we’re signing Severino for 5m with a team option for 13m. That’s the way Chaim rolls. I feel Price and Sale contracts spooked the front office.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 11, 2023 8:27:58 GMT -5
Playoff odds 13% Sox, 9% MFY. We are on the rise. Gonna need 80-100 quality innings from; Sale, Whitlock and Hauck. Be nice if the offense woke up too. Might need a shot of Ceddanne.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 9, 2023 18:34:02 GMT -5
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 7, 2023 7:20:38 GMT -5
We don’t have the starting pitching. We used two openers in the biggest series of the season. We spent a lot of money to shore up the bullpen. Bullpen is showing signs of fatigue and using a reliever as an opener removes him from a possible key spot later in the game.
Zzz Duct tape doesn’t last 162. We don’t draft starters. We don’t trade for em. We don’t have em in MLB, AAA or AA. We have some nice young Latin arms coming along. But they’re a ways away and no sure thing. We better sign a good starter and trade for a good starter this off-season. It will cost $$$ and prospects. We’ve got a lot of young positional players in Boston. And, more on the way. Kinda similar to 2015. We traded for Porcello and signed Price. Then, traded for Sale the following year.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 6, 2023 15:08:16 GMT -5
Our payroll is going to be in good shape, just worried the Mets are going to outbid us for pitching this offseason lol Sox aren't going to be bidding on top end pitching such as Ohtani. Mets will. Playing in a different sandbox Ya just know we’re gonna sign Severino. Pedro helped him before. Now, he’s going to again😂😂
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 6, 2023 10:59:04 GMT -5
Trevor Story might be my least favorite Sox player since Pablo Sandavol. The Sox need him today and he'd rather get a few more reps in AAA? As Colonel Potter might say. He’s a rifle dropper.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 6, 2023 4:59:24 GMT -5
5 straight games with a HR for Rafaela he hit it 366 ft with an EV of 102 mph Greatest Living Human Being! Far be it from me to offer him any legal advice. But Chris Hatfield should probably trademark Sons of Ceddanne to eliminate any future competition.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 5, 2023 19:38:48 GMT -5
Blaze Jordan HR 411 ft and 105 EV Yeah, but he’s right-handed.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 4, 2023 10:33:26 GMT -5
I kinda wanted him to go to winter ball and play 2b. He’s doing so well in AAA. Would the Boston Red Sox be better with him at SS and Story at 2b?
Story is gonna end up at 2b anyway. Once Marcelo is ready. Probably 2025. We can move Ceddanne to RF then. Marcelo plays SS and Verdugo becomes a free agent.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 3, 2023 18:20:30 GMT -5
Another Rafaela HR (he goes back-to-back with David Hamilton). Lil Mook
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 2, 2023 13:53:38 GMT -5
Rafaela up, does he get a single pitch to hit? Edit: the answer is nope! If 4 k’s ina game is a Golden Sombrero. Is 4 bb’s Golden Zapato?
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 2, 2023 13:00:13 GMT -5
And there's a Rafaela home run. 3 walks and a HR. Just put Story at 2b and him at SS.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 30, 2023 20:44:53 GMT -5
Let's not throw out accusations of PED use. Duran was a guy that grew up through this system. Let's show a little respect. That should go for any player. Unless you have some evidence, what are you doing? Kick him off the tour, Doug Ironically, he bulked up last year to try to hit more hr’s. Streamlined his conditioning this year. More speed and less power.😂😂
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 29, 2023 15:11:01 GMT -5
More fun facts ... Casas since the ASB has a .597 xwOBA and .672 wOBA, in 44 PA. The runner-up, Kyle Tucker, is .485 / .546. On the season MLB pitchers are .324 / .323 vs. LHB. The pitchers Casas has faced since the ASB are collectively, on the season, .302 / .305.
To give you some perspective, Shane McClanahan is .304 / .300 and Pivetta, after his great stretch, is down to .300 / .304.
His average opponent is in the 63rd percentile.
But that includes what Casas just did to them. Max Scheczer was .278 / .298 when Casas faced him recently, and was .296 / .321 when Casas was done with him. I may or may not do the match to make that adjustment. But how much more astonished can we be? ? for ya Eric. I was listening to WFAN last on my drive home. Ricky Ricardo was doing their rain delay show. He casually threw it out there that teams are telling hitters to not try to work count as much as they used to. Look for a fastball to hit. And , rip. It does seem like pitchers throw many more off speed pitches in hitters counts(3-1,2-1) than they used to. Have you heard this?
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 29, 2023 14:41:00 GMT -5
Verdugo for Blake Snell. Who says no? Boston - I use Duvall/Ceddanne to play of. And, Snell gives us a chance to win it all. He’s a free agent. But we get a few months to negotiate with him. I’d try to pick up a 2b if this happened. SD - Get Verdugo for 1yr 2 months instead of Snell for two months. Allows them to trade Soto for as much pitching as they can get. Keeps this season alive if they get hot. While, making next year much more manageable. Can we actually afford to trade Duggie if Raffaela is not ready? DRS: Verdugo = +12 Duvall = -1 Refsnyder = -2 Duran = -3 Yoshida = -5 I’ve never seen Ceddanne in person. Those who have say his of defense is great. How many runs saved does Snell give you?
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 29, 2023 14:39:25 GMT -5
Verdugo for Blake Snell. Who says no? Boston - I use Duvall/Ceddanne to play of. And, Snell gives us a chance to win it all. He’s a free agent. But we get a few months to negotiate with him. I’d try to pick up a 2b if this happened. SD - Get Verdugo for 1yr 2 months instead of Snell for two months. Allows them to trade Soto for as much pitching as they can get. Keeps this season alive if they get hot. While, making next year much more manageable. I love this trade proposal, have literally no idea if I would agree to it if I were the Red Sox, and I think it would break my brain if it actually happened. (Fwiw, SD could just move Soto to DH in this scenario. OF defense of Verdugo, Grisham, Tatis would be insane.) If SD wanted to keep Soto, they wouldn’t do this. My assumption is they don’t want another mega deal for Soto.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 29, 2023 14:00:55 GMT -5
Verdugo for Blake Snell. Who says no?
Boston - I use Duvall/Ceddanne to play of. And, Snell gives us a chance to win it all. He’s a free agent. But we get a few months to negotiate with him. I’d try to pick up a 2b if this happened.
SD - Get Verdugo for 1yr 2 months instead of Snell for two months. Allows them to trade Soto for as much pitching as they can get. Keeps this season alive if they get hot. While, making next year much more manageable.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 28, 2023 8:37:44 GMT -5
When he said that he feels like a difference maker over a month ago. Before he really was. I’ll admit that I had reservations about his ego getting on the way of his development. He sure has appeared to turn the corner into being a difference maker. 2 bombs off Scherzer and a moon shot off Strider who couldn’t get him out. No longer worried about 1b for a long time.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 27, 2023 17:43:41 GMT -5
Do we eventually bat him 2 or do we bat him 4? I’m leaning 2 I can’t wait til we roll into Yankee Dog(Taxi joke) Stadium with all lefties in the lineup. Duran Yoshida Meyer Devers Casas Verdugo Anthony Teel Romero
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 26, 2023 20:18:59 GMT -5
Schreiber again. I'm not sure about this. Bizarre choice. Wink on two days. Or, Martin. He faced one batter last night. Cora got lucky there.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 26, 2023 16:44:46 GMT -5
Obviously, not comparing the players. But, Nomar walked 35 times 734 pa’s his roookie year. And, 33 in 654 pa’s his second year.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 26, 2023 15:16:57 GMT -5
Line-upage: Duran LF Turner 2B Yoshida DH Devers 3B Duvall CF Verdugo RF Casas 1B Wong C Chang SS Bello P When Story comes back. That’ll be a helluva lineup. Not bad now.
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