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Post by juanpena on Jul 29, 2022 20:58:33 GMT -5
I’ll duck after this comment, but I’m not kidding that Braiser threw some excellent sliders that inning. Once he allowed the run to score, he pitched fine. Let's hope the scouts in the stands appreciated that and they can get something for him.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 29, 2022 20:54:20 GMT -5
Alex Binelas really needs to pan out for that trade to be anything other than a disaster.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 24, 2022 13:10:08 GMT -5
Franchy is a 26th guy on the roster at best.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 23, 2022 18:07:57 GMT -5
No nice things for us this season. Let's pretend Sox fans can be optimists and just for fun look at some positives in a losing effort. Kutter was gritty. Schreiber was Schreiber With this line-up did anyone expect more At least they got one Dalbec could be mirroring last year At least Franchy didn't Spike himself Game is clean no bad news bears defenseWe now hate Menoa, this team needed an Enema ... I mean an Enemy.. to rally together Sanchez held the ball as a guy scored from first on a single. Throw him out at the plate and the Jays probably get one in the inning instead of three.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 18, 2022 14:25:41 GMT -5
23 walks in 37 innings is ugly. Bloom doesn't seem to prioritize strike-throwing, giving a two-year contract to Diekman, who has no idea where the ball is going. Diekman's career BB/9 is 5.2. It's 7.5 this year. 5.2 is still bad, especially for a high-leverage reliever.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 18, 2022 14:19:15 GMT -5
Ranked #361 by BA: A 5-foot-11, 172-pound lefthander, Rogers was a lights out reliever for Southern Mississippi this spring. He posted a 1.95 ERA over 23 games and 37 innings, while striking out 57 batters (37.7 K%) and walking 23 (15.2 K%). 23 walks in 37 innings is ugly. Bloom doesn't seem to prioritize strike-throwing, giving a two-year contract to Diekman, who has no idea where the ball is going.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 12, 2022 20:50:55 GMT -5
Bloom is in his third season as GM and Brasier is still on the team. No way that should happen.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 7, 2022 20:36:03 GMT -5
Let's see if Bloom is willing to spend 325 million plus to keep Devers. It's stunning he didn't try to lock him up before the 2021 season.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 4, 2022 15:31:56 GMT -5
They're letting Schreiber get a save for counting stats. Whatever. Anything is better than Robles. If Arroyo had gotten in the fifth run instead of the DP I think it would have been Robles.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 4, 2022 14:43:42 GMT -5
Christian Vazquez seems like the kind of guy who would give a middle innings solo home run ball from the Fourth of July prime real estate on his mantle for the rest of his life As a guy with a World Series ring and a walkoff homer from a postseason game -- if he got that ball back -- he's got better items to display.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 1, 2022 17:26:26 GMT -5
A package of Thaddius Ward and Jeter Downs should get a great reliever. Both of those guys are talented and young enough to get something. They're both facing 40 man roster trouble soon. Hard to carry Downs on there if you don't love him. Ward needs to be added or you lose him to rule 5 draft anyways. I'm sure Downs' value is WAY down with his struggles the last two years, and Ward has thrown eight innings above A-ball.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 1, 2022 17:07:26 GMT -5
This is no doubt the worst loss of the season. Up 4-0 vs a team 16 games under .500. 10 walks is atrocious vs a weak hitting team. Alex Cora has limited choices in the bullpen time for our GM to rectify the situation with Tampa and New York coming up. Not even close to it for me. The worst was the Saturday night game in St. Pete against the Rays, where the Sox were an out away from a win with a two-run lead. Dalbec couldn't handle a throw from Story that wasn't great but very catchable, and then Kiermaier hit the two-run walkoff. That stung a lot more. The common denominator for both losses: Robles.
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Post by juanpena on Jul 1, 2022 16:05:41 GMT -5
I realize I may be slightly misremembering, but I can't actually recall Diekman ever *not* walking a guy. I was in the ballpark for the best inning of Diekman's life: The third game of the season in New York, when he struck out Judge, Stanton and Gallo with a one-run lead in the ninth. That was a lot of fun. Nothing else about the Diekman experience has been fun.
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Post by juanpena on Jun 28, 2022 21:37:42 GMT -5
I wonder if they were watching. Seriously.
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Post by juanpena on May 13, 2022 21:59:18 GMT -5
Thoughts on Pivetta to the pen if he still is "off" tonight? He had great success in the pen last year and we need someone He was obviously "on" and I think this is why he needs to start. He can give them seven innings when he's right. I think Houck needs to be the guy in the pen, with Whitlock starting.
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Post by juanpena on May 8, 2022 15:34:16 GMT -5
gonna defend Bloom here, these guys have to do better. Their at bats aren't on him. Cora needed a LH pinch-hitter for Dalbec. The options were JBJ and Cordero. He needed a RH pinch-hitter for JBJ in the ninth and had Plawecki. Some of this is absolutely on Bloom.
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Post by juanpena on May 7, 2022 20:00:50 GMT -5
I know Franchy is very inexperienced at first base, but putting Dalbec, who's a butcher at first himself, in for defense really came back to bite them in the ninth.
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Post by juanpena on May 5, 2022 17:58:20 GMT -5
I recall bridges being bandied ‘bout in 2020. If that bridge is reset by a 2nd place finish and we are now bridging again to a potential 2nd place finish next year, I stand corrected. That sounds much better. Honestly, are you upset about 2020? The crap performance in that huge asterisk year got us MM and Whitlock. I wouldn't change it. Also, note that the bigger the river, the bigger the bridge that's needed. At the end of 2019, this organization had a bloated payroll and no prospects in the top 100. By the end of this year, the RS will have incurred $181M (!!!!) in AAV for Dustin Pedroia, David Price and Chris Sale since 2020. One reason the farm system was as bad as it was is the p revious head of BB Ops carelessly exceeded the LTT in 2018, costing the organization a first-round pick. An overblown scandal from that same year cost us a second round pick in 2020. CB deserves fair criticism and I have mine, but basic fairness also requires admitting that the house was on fire when he got here. It almost seems like you might be angry with him about something else. He did it by making deals during the season for a postseason pitching star, the World Series MVP and their starting second baseman in the postseason. Not ideal to go over the threshold, but if you want to win the World Series going through the sheer iron that was the 2018 Yankees, Astros and Dodgers, they had to add pieces.
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Post by juanpena on May 5, 2022 14:44:22 GMT -5
Davis gave up a solo homer to a guy on a $245 million contract. He also retired the other six guys, five by strikeout -- including a strikeout of Trout and a weak flyout by Ohtani. This guy has a ton of problems, but if Austin Davis is one of them he's at the bottom of the list. That's excellent news on Davis. So all they have to do is option Crawford and keep Barnes in mop up and the staff is solid I never said that -- or anything CLOSE to that. I'm saying Austin Davis, who you made at least two posts about getting rid of, is not the biggest problem on the pitching staff.
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Post by juanpena on May 5, 2022 9:37:23 GMT -5
Austin Davis is outright-able. Just sayin'. Schreiber is a year younger. He's cool. Davis gave up a solo homer to a guy on a $245 million contract. He also retired the other six guys, five by strikeout -- including a strikeout of Trout and a weak flyout by Ohtani. This guy has a ton of problems, but if Austin Davis is one of them he's at the bottom of the list.
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Post by juanpena on May 1, 2022 17:58:23 GMT -5
This team is embarrassing Semper you are belying your oath. I think this our Waterloo. The worse we are, the greater emphasis on and impetus for, change. That part could be exciting. Hey we have Franchy up...I suspect Duran and later Casas will augment us. It's presently broke. It will be fixed this year or more likely next. The best players this year have been Bogaerts, Eovaldi, Wacha and Martinez. Next year they'll all be gone. They could take a big step backward.
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Post by juanpena on May 1, 2022 13:53:32 GMT -5
I am not saying it is all Bloom’s fault, but how does escape criticism? He started Bobby last year, and he stuck with him. That’s his guy. This is his OF. Story was his big move in the off season. The depth — or lack thereof — that puts them in a hole with JDM? His doing. Franchy as next guy up? Him. There are two decent hitters in this lineup, and he was gifted them. Yes, you can say guys aren’t playing well, but a guy like Kiké had a career year last year… it was hardly inconceivable he’d return to Earth. Indeed, I’d ask: how unpredictable have performances been? CVaz has been in steady decline. Dalbec has shown a high potential for sucking. JDM is still decent but clearly has lost a step. Story is probably the surprise, and he’ll likely right the ship. I don't think he is escaping criticism. I'm generally in his corner because I like a long-term approach with a goal of sustained success, but I'm open about not liking the Beni trade, replacing E-Rod with Wacha/Hill (though E-Rod has been bad and Wacha is pitching great and could be a nice deadline piece), and other moves and non-moves. But while I'm glad that D-Dom ran the organization for a few years - we all loved 2018! - I also think there's no denying that digging out from a bloated payroll and no farm system takes some time. I know it takes time and more than two drafts for a new GM or head of baseball ops to totally remake a system, but the Nos. 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 on this site were all from Dombroswki's time, as is the guy probably generating the biggest buzz so far this year, Ceddanne Rafaela. Dombrowski didn't leave depth, but he left some good guys.
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Post by juanpena on Apr 30, 2022 21:43:49 GMT -5
The team looks pathetic, and a lot of it has to fall on Bloom. Way too many automatic outs on this team. Not enough reliable arms in the bullpen. Disagree. The biggest issue has been the offense, and it's almost the same team finished 5th in MLB in runs scored last year. wRC+ difference 2021 vs. 2022:
Bogaerts: +39 Bradley (NEW ADDITION): +10
Martinez: +10 Devers: -13 Verdugo: -25 Vazquez: -30 Story (NEW ADDITION): -32
Hernandez: -37
Arroyo: -66 Dalbec: -77 Plawecki: -122 Shaw: -178
Was Bloom supposed to anticipate almost every player on the team simultaneously starting the season like garbage?
Bradley has improved only because he was so godawful last year. Arroyo is a 26th man at best who NEVER walks. Vazquez stunk last year, so there was no reason to expect him to be good. And there is no depth at Triple-A (I know Casas is a great prospect, but you can't bring him up until he's ready). Refsnyder is not good, and they must think so little of him they picked up a guy the Giants waived and added him immediately in his place.
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Post by juanpena on Apr 30, 2022 21:22:24 GMT -5
The team looks pathetic, and a lot of it has to fall on Bloom. Way too many automatic outs on this team. Not enough reliable arms in the bullpen.
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Post by juanpena on Apr 26, 2022 19:40:15 GMT -5
They're chasing pitches everywhere and taking pitches right down the middle. This is pathetic.
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