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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 19:30:49 GMT -5
Can't believe we got 6 years of control of Wong + 6 WAR from Verdugo + Fitts, Weissert, and that other guy I forget for just Mookie's covid season! Meh… I’d trade the whole package for “No, No Nanette”
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 19:10:13 GMT -5
Wong’s power never ceases to surprise me. He looks tiny, but he hits legitimate bombs.
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 19:08:59 GMT -5
Miss verdugo? 0%.
Love Wong? 100%
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 18:52:28 GMT -5
I’m going to pretend Raffy hit a sac fly.
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 18:51:06 GMT -5
Too late for Duran train. After this, only Johnny-come-latelys
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 18:43:09 GMT -5
Honestly, rehashing every bad trade might be more exciting than watching the 4-9 hitters tonight. Do you a moment for my Bagwell gripes….?
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 18:42:27 GMT -5
Serious question: Duran seems a fixture now. Rafaela is at least going to keep getting a chance because of his glove. O’Neil will be back soon and is good. So… if Abreu gets going a bit, is there any thought to having Masa ride pine? I’m not sure their is an arrangement that gives you your best lineup that he is in. Does Masa have options? I'd rather he get AB so he has a chance to figure it out Yeah, they’ll have to keep running him out there. And maybe he’ll get hot. But for now, I’m happier with Abreu in the lineup.
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 18:35:27 GMT -5
Dang we've gotta reset the Days Since Someone Complained About the Mookie Trade for no Reason counter Not no reason: answering the Verdugo question.
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 18:34:47 GMT -5
Serious question: Duran seems a fixture now. Rafaela is at least going to keep getting a chance because of his glove. O’Neil will be back soon and is good. So… if Abreu gets going a bit, is there any thought to having Masa ride pine? I’m not sure their is an arrangement that gives you your best lineup that he is in.
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 18:28:29 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Dugie? Has more WAR than any position player on the Sox outside of Tyler O'Neill (and tied with Duran). O'Neill/Duran/Verdugo outfield would actually be pretty solid Only thing I miss about Verdugo is my regular calculations of how he, Wong, and Downs are doing compared to Mookie. How is Duggie doing right now? 0.3 bWAR. Mookie… er…. 2.2 bWAR in 20 games. Is that good?
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 18:21:15 GMT -5
Does anybody else miss Dugie? Is this sarcasm?
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 18:00:53 GMT -5
The gambling lines in the broadcast really bothers me.
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 14:25:16 GMT -5
Alex Cora said Devers has a chance to play DH tonight Huh. What kind of a world is it that moving Raffy from 3b to DH likely makes the defense worse? (Unless they just bench Masa).
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 12:44:40 GMT -5
He has not been the problem (though 80% success rate as a closer *is* a problem), but he could and likely would be if the team were actually in need of a closer. Or, put differently, at 80% (and ever shaky), over a season what would he cost them? But fortunately for him, they are bad in ways that he can be bad but remain irrelevant. It's a 5 game sample. Last year he was 88% and you literally can't get closer to 88% over five attempts than 4/5 lol It is a 7 game sample. His WHIP is 1.8. You say he is not the problem, but he has been terrible. My point is he is not the problem partly because it is all relative, and others have botched things before he could.
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 10:04:05 GMT -5
On the subjects of killing the team… Masa is now at .3 fWAR for his Sox career. -0.3 fWAR and bWAR for the season.
Can’t hit. Unplayable in the field. Too highly paid to bench?
If Raffy can hit but is a little hobbled, can they DH him when they have a DH-only FA signing burning a hole in the lineup?
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 9:58:53 GMT -5
The thing I like about Jansen is how he complained about the team not being competitive, but then ended up being a big reason why they're not so far this year. He has blown exactly one save. He is not the problem.
And .500 over 18 games given the awful injury luck and winnable nature of many of the losses sure looks competitive to me. He has not been the problem (though 80% success rate as a closer *is* a problem), but he could and likely would be if the team were actually in need of a closer. Or, put differently, at 80% (and ever shaky), over a season what would he cost them? But fortunately for him, they are bad in ways that he can be bad but remain irrelevant.
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Post by manfred on Apr 17, 2024 9:26:58 GMT -5
That’s not open and shut for every fan. Would someone rather: (a) two titles since 2013, but more last place finishes than every other team in baseball Or (b) make the playoffs every year since 2013, win the division every year (except for one wild card appearance with 106 wins), but win only one title Winning the WS is definitely not everything. But I think *trying* to win a WS is everything …. If not in one season (not always possible), in a reasonable time horizon. I can live with a half decade of last place finishes. What is frustrating is not to have that time be used better to shrink the horizon to the next WS. I don’t believe this team is very close, and I don’t actually think Mayer, Anthony, and Teel are the last pieces. One related note: I love what we are seeing from pitchers, especially Houck and Crawford. But as we keep seeing… arms explode. I worry that we are getting good years from them while we are in the wilderness and 2-3 years from now, when our prospects are fully ready, then those guys become question marks.
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Post by manfred on Apr 16, 2024 22:14:51 GMT -5
“Garrett Whitlock said he was removed for precautionary reasons. He felt it during the third inning and doesn’t see it as something that will hold him back from his next start” (Via Chris Smith) Made of such fine glass that he may have to wait 5 days to pitch again But will he be removed early again? I like Whitlock, and this may be nothing. But he has had a spotty health record, and they can’t afford a guy who can’t get through 5.
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Post by manfred on Apr 16, 2024 21:57:20 GMT -5
Glad to see Bloom’s 3 biggest FA signings are leading to nothing but misery even after he’s gone. Does it help to think Verdugo is terrible also? At least Jeter Downs solidified our middle infield? We got a 4th rounder for Eovaldi?
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Post by manfred on Apr 16, 2024 21:51:03 GMT -5
Not sure our line up can handle such an ineffective DH. Does it help you to think about how this way he isn’t hurting them on D, too?
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Post by manfred on Apr 16, 2024 20:59:41 GMT -5
Hey! Who had great D potentially saving the game?
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Post by manfred on Apr 16, 2024 20:57:43 GMT -5
Who will make the bad defensive play to blow this Would it help if was just an old fashioned blown save? Then you are in luck!
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Post by manfred on Apr 16, 2024 19:43:05 GMT -5
I’m so happy they gave Duran time.
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Post by manfred on Apr 16, 2024 19:35:17 GMT -5
This is gonna be the hardest 85 win team to watch ever 85 wins might be hard, yes. Is that what you mean?
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Post by manfred on Apr 16, 2024 19:33:17 GMT -5
Clever. Develop a bad reputation for defense, then trick other teams into outs by faking errors. Or suck.
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