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Post by jimoh on Jul 19, 2022 10:16:29 GMT -5
A guy I think Bloom targets by the offseason is Ha-Seong Kim. Assuming Tatis comes back SD has a glut of middle infielders with Croneworth and also CJ Adams I can’t see them paying a utility guy $7M. You think Bloom wants good defense but little offense at SS, or do you think Kim will hit better in Fenway in his third year in the US? And is there an OF bat to acquire to make up for the loss of X?
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Post by manfred on Jul 19, 2022 10:38:57 GMT -5
A guy I think Bloom targets by the offseason is Ha-Seong Kim. Assuming Tatis comes back SD has a glut of middle infielders with Croneworth and also CJ Adams I can’t see them paying a utility guy $7M. You think Bloom wants good defense but little offense at SS, or do you think Kim will hit better in Fenway in his third year in the US? And is there an OF bat to acquire to make up for the loss of X? Won’t Story move back to SS next year?
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 19, 2022 10:39:39 GMT -5
Kim is a nice player, pretty similar to IKF in New York IMO. Pretty cheap contract. Gonna need to give something up for him
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Post by ematz1423 on Jul 19, 2022 10:45:33 GMT -5
You think Bloom wants good defense but little offense at SS, or do you think Kim will hit better in Fenway in his third year in the US? And is there an OF bat to acquire to make up for the loss of X? Won’t Story move back to SS next year? This would be my assumption as well if they let X go which I'm bracing myself for. If so Kim could be a good option at 2nd. Don't think the Padres would just give him away but they may want to shed payroll for a bigger fish so who knows.
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Post by jdb on Jul 19, 2022 10:51:56 GMT -5
[/quote] You think Bloom wants good defense but little offense at SS, or do you think Kim will hit better in Fenway in his third year in the US? And is there an OF bat to acquire to make up for the loss of X?[/quote]
I just think he will prioritize defense and they like Story and his elite level at 2B. The Yankees have improved there, gotten more athletic and improved behind the plate and it’s done wonders for their staff. I do think we need to upgrade LF and get more power there and Casas (fingers crossed) should improve the line up at first. Also it’s easier to sign Devers with improved range at SS.
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 19, 2022 10:56:10 GMT -5
I like the idea of being able to give Conforto a James Paxton type deal, but I don't really like getting Conforto. He's probably LF only for us and is projecting to be a below average starter at this point. We've already got two lefty OF that can't play CF. Maybe if they trade/give up on Duran they can go with Conforto in LF and Verdugo in RF.
They may also end up under the luxury tax this year after a fire sale, in which case the James Paxton type deal doesn't work
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Post by manfred on Jul 19, 2022 10:59:12 GMT -5
I like the idea of being able to give Conforto a James Paxton type deal, but I don't really like getting Conforto. He's probably LF only for us and is projecting to be a below average starter at this point. We've already got two lefty OF that can't play CF. Maybe if they trade/give up on Duran they can go with Conforto in LF and Verdugo in RF. They may also end up under the luxury tax this year after a fire sale, in which case the James Paxton type deal doesn't work I was interested in Conforto before he got hurt, but at this point I don’t see him as a great risk. If you sign him, you need a plan B — at which point you risk investing in 2 LFers. He seems like a potential Jason Bay… a really solid hitter who kust vaporizes after injury.
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Post by ematz1423 on Jul 19, 2022 11:04:05 GMT -5
I wouldnt hate the conforto idea but now that I think a little more if I'm going after any current or former NYM OF it'd be Brandon nimmo this offseason. He can play CF which is a huge key in my mind for this offseason and is a good hitter. He certainly wouldn't come cheap but the OF is in dire need of upgrading. As I've stated in a few other threads, if their 3 best OF next season are verdugo/Duran/the shell of JBJ/some sort of rhh platoon you can stick a fork on them before the season even starts.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 19, 2022 11:55:25 GMT -5
I was trying to think of a way to grab Soto without emptying the farm. One way is to pick up a bad contract guy, especially with DC looking to sell the team to a new owner. I wouldn't ever suggest snagging Strasburg (brutal dead money), but Corbin is signed until 2025 with an AAV of $23.3M. He does eat innings, although lately, he is no better than a #5 starter (current xFIP of 4.06). Take half of that, and it probably saves you a prospect. Take it all and likely saves you two, or maybe your best top 5 guy that is on their must-have list. Just a thought exercise, but outside the box.
Again, this would all depend on getting a window to negotiate a long-term deal with Soto and walking away if that deal can't be reached.
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Post by alexcorahomevideo on Jul 20, 2022 8:07:13 GMT -5
I was trying to think of a way to grab Soto without emptying the farm. One way is to pick up a bad contract guy, especially with DC looking to sell the team to a new owner. I wouldn't ever suggest snagging Strasburg (brutal dead money), but Corbin is signed until 2025 with an AAV of $23.3M. He does eat innings, although lately, he is no better than a #5 starter (current xFIP of 4.06). Take half of that, and it probably saves you a prospect. Take it all and likely saves you two, or maybe your best top 5 guy that is on their must-have list. Just a thought exercise, but outside the box. Again, this would all depend on getting a window to negotiate a long-term deal with Soto and walking away if that deal can't be reached. Even still...Soto might be the best hitter in the game and this franchise probably won't take on any of their bad contracts due to the term left. I think Corbin has two years and Strasburg has a bunch left. People would flip if the Sox took on one of these deals if it meant using the money earmarked for Devers and/or Xander to pay that dead salary.
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Jul 20, 2022 9:27:38 GMT -5
In all fairness to Bloom, the Red Sox went to the ALSC with this offense:
Devers - HRs 38 - RBIs 113 Bogaerts - HRs 23 - RBIs 79 Verdugo - HRs 13 - RBIs 63 Hernandez - HRs 20 - RBIs 60 JD - HRs 28 - RBIs 99 Dalbec - HRs 25 - RBIs 78
…and he expected a full year of Sale. Bloom’s plan looked solid on paper. No one expected power outages from JD, X, Hernandez, and Dalbec to the extent that has happened. This 2022 team has most of the offensive players back from 2021, but they are not the same “players”. The Red Sox are close enough to try to make the wild card spots. The only question is if forgoing the return for JD, X, Wacha, Hill, Strahm, Vazquez, Hernandez and the help they will bring to 2023 and beyond worth it?? ….and the complaining next year of why the Red Sox aren’t even better…
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Post by manfred on Jul 20, 2022 9:43:55 GMT -5
In all fairness to Bloom, the Red Sox went to the ALSC with this offense: Devers - HRs 38 - RBIs 113 Bogaerts - HRs 23 - RBIs 79 Verdugo - HRs 13 - RBIs 63 Hernandez - HRs 20 - RBIs 60 JD - HRs 28 - RBIs 99 Dalbec - HRs 25 - RBIs 78 …and he expected a full year of Sale. Bloom’s plan looked solid on paper. No one expected power outages from JD, X, Hernandez, and Dalbec to the extent that has happened. This 2022 team has most of the offensive players back from 2021, but they are not the same “players”. The Red Sox are close enough to try to make the wild card spots. The only question is if forgoing the return for JD, X, Wacha, Hill, Strahm, Vazquez, Hernandez and the help they will bring to 2023 and beyond worth it?? ….and the complaining next year of why the Red Sox aren’t even better… But this team is not far behind that. Raffy is on a similar pace. Verdugo is on a 90ish RBI pace. Bogaerts is on about the same RBI pace. They lost Kiké, but Story will have far more HRs and RBIs than he did. JDM and Dalbec will likely not match last year. But of course this *time* last year, Dalbec had been brutal. So if we compare just first halves, he is about the same (2021: 10 HRs 36 RBI; 2022 7 HRs 22 RBI in 10 fewer starts). I don’t know what it means. They are 2nd in the AL in runs. So en masse scoring hasn’t been the problem. Maybe *when* they score is bad (less clutch, etc), but I don’t know. Add: one thing I keep coming back to is this: if thr plan was solid, if they are scoring runs, and if they have had a staff that gives up the 2nd fewest runs a game in the AL East… why aren’t they better? And that leads me to think… maybe it is Cora. I think his job should evaluated carefully at season’s end.
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Post by costpet on Jul 20, 2022 9:44:59 GMT -5
It's simply. What happens in the next two weeks will determine what he does. If we continue to lose, he will sell. If we start winning and have a good chance to get into the playoffs, he will buy or trade for a couple of pieces, like a 1b or RP. If we only play .500 ball, he will have a tough choice, but will listen to offers. Then it depends on what he can get.
Even if he loses some players, he can always bid up and get them back at the end of the season.
Reading various columns, he's under a lot of pressure to sign Devers. I think a 30/10 gets it done. Less than that, he's gone.
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Jul 20, 2022 9:56:02 GMT -5
In all fairness to Bloom, the Red Sox went to the ALSC with this offense: Devers - HRs 38 - RBIs 113 Bogaerts - HRs 23 - RBIs 79 Verdugo - HRs 13 - RBIs 63 Hernandez - HRs 20 - RBIs 60 JD - HRs 28 - RBIs 99 Dalbec - HRs 25 - RBIs 78 …and he expected a full year of Sale. Bloom’s plan looked solid on paper. No one expected power outages from JD, X, Hernandez, and Dalbec to the extent that has happened. This 2022 team has most of the offensive players back from 2021, but they are not the same “players”. The Red Sox are close enough to try to make the wild card spots. The only question is if forgoing the return for JD, X, Wacha, Hill, Strahm, Vazquez, Hernandez and the help they will bring to 2023 and beyond worth it?? ….and the complaining next year of why the Red Sox aren’t even better… But this team is not far behind that. Raffy is on a similar pace. Verdugo is on a 90ish RBI pace. Bogaerts is on about the same RBI pace. They lost Kiké, but Story will have far more HRs and RBIs than he did. JDM and Dalbec will likely not match last year. But of course this *time* last year, Dalbec had been brutal. So if we compare just first halves, he is about the same (2021: 10 HRs 36 RBI; 2022 7 HRs 22 RBI in 10 fewer starts). I don’t know what it means. They are 2nd in the AL in runs. So en masse scoring hasn’t been the problem. Maybe *when* they score is bad (less clutch, etc), but I don’t know. Yes, when and how much they score is way different. One day they score double digits and next they get shutout! The biggest problem has been the number of games they have lost in their last inning. I was never for having Whitlock as a starter. He has been misused all but his last outing. Two to three innings following Hill was stupid from the start. What would the Red Sox record be if Whitlock and Houck were used in high leverage from the start like they should have been. Regardless if the Red Sox had 6-10 wins more than they have, they are still in the playoff picture and the biggest question at the moment is who can they trade for that will help fix the holes they have (and how much will it cost them).
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Post by incandenza on Jul 20, 2022 10:02:28 GMT -5
In all fairness to Bloom, the Red Sox went to the ALSC with this offense: Devers - HRs 38 - RBIs 113 Bogaerts - HRs 23 - RBIs 79 Verdugo - HRs 13 - RBIs 63 Hernandez - HRs 20 - RBIs 60 JD - HRs 28 - RBIs 99 Dalbec - HRs 25 - RBIs 78 …and he expected a full year of Sale. Bloom’s plan looked solid on paper. No one expected power outages from JD, X, Hernandez, and Dalbec to the extent that has happened. This 2022 team has most of the offensive players back from 2021, but they are not the same “players”. The Red Sox are close enough to try to make the wild card spots. The only question is if forgoing the return for JD, X, Wacha, Hill, Strahm, Vazquez, Hernandez and the help they will bring to 2023 and beyond worth it?? ….and the complaining next year of why the Red Sox aren’t even better… But this team is not far behind that. Raffy is on a similar pace. Verdugo is on a 90ish RBI pace. Bogaerts is on about the same RBI pace. They lost Kiké, but Story will have far more HRs and RBIs than he did. JDM and Dalbec will likely not match last year. But of course this *time* last year, Dalbec had been brutal. So if we compare just first halves, he is about the same (2021: 10 HRs 36 RBI; 2022 7 HRs 22 RBI in 10 fewer starts). I don’t know what it means. They are 2nd in the AL in runs. So en masse scoring hasn’t been the problem. Maybe *when* they score is bad (less clutch, etc), but I don’t know. Add: one thing I keep coming back to is this: if thr plan was solid, if they are scoring runs, and if they have had a staff that gives up the 2nd fewest runs a game in the AL East… why aren’t they better? And that leads me to think… maybe it is Cora. I think his job should evaluated carefully at season’s end. Ehh? They've given up the most runs in the AL East, and the fourth most in the AL. Their run differential is fourth best in the division, and that's also their place in the standings. They're right in line with their pythagorean.
It's the pitching - and more specifically, it's the pitching injuries. I don't think there's a mystery here.
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Post by manfred on Jul 20, 2022 10:05:08 GMT -5
But this team is not far behind that. Raffy is on a similar pace. Verdugo is on a 90ish RBI pace. Bogaerts is on about the same RBI pace. They lost Kiké, but Story will have far more HRs and RBIs than he did. JDM and Dalbec will likely not match last year. But of course this *time* last year, Dalbec had been brutal. So if we compare just first halves, he is about the same (2021: 10 HRs 36 RBI; 2022 7 HRs 22 RBI in 10 fewer starts). I don’t know what it means. They are 2nd in the AL in runs. So en masse scoring hasn’t been the problem. Maybe *when* they score is bad (less clutch, etc), but I don’t know. Add: one thing I keep coming back to is this: if thr plan was solid, if they are scoring runs, and if they have had a staff that gives up the 2nd fewest runs a game in the AL East… why aren’t they better? And that leads me to think… maybe it is Cora. I think his job should evaluated carefully at season’s end. Ehh? They've given up the most runs in the AL East, and the fourth most in the AL. Their run differential is fourth best in the division, and that's also their place in the standings. They're right in line with their pythagorean.
It's the pitching - and more specifically, it's the pitching injuries. I don't think there's a mystery here.
Ah, yes… misread that. Right.
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Post by manfred on Jul 20, 2022 10:09:34 GMT -5
But this team is not far behind that. Raffy is on a similar pace. Verdugo is on a 90ish RBI pace. Bogaerts is on about the same RBI pace. They lost Kiké, but Story will have far more HRs and RBIs than he did. JDM and Dalbec will likely not match last year. But of course this *time* last year, Dalbec had been brutal. So if we compare just first halves, he is about the same (2021: 10 HRs 36 RBI; 2022 7 HRs 22 RBI in 10 fewer starts). I don’t know what it means. They are 2nd in the AL in runs. So en masse scoring hasn’t been the problem. Maybe *when* they score is bad (less clutch, etc), but I don’t know. Add: one thing I keep coming back to is this: if thr plan was solid, if they are scoring runs, and if they have had a staff that gives up the 2nd fewest runs a game in the AL East… why aren’t they better? And that leads me to think… maybe it is Cora. I think his job should evaluated carefully at season’s end. Ehh? They've given up the most runs in the AL East, and the fourth most in the AL. Their run differential is fourth best in the division, and that's also their place in the standings. They're right in line with their pythagorean.
It's the pitching - and more specifically, it's the pitching injuries. I don't think there's a mystery here.
I think you are right overall… but don’t you think it is more than injuries? Or put differently, when you sign Rich Hill, for example, don’t you view that as a high injury risk? The only starter injury that surprised me was Eovaldi. It seems like the Sox went in with a weak billpen and a predictably fragile staff. So I’d call that a failure in roster building.
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 20, 2022 10:20:40 GMT -5
Ehh? They've given up the most runs in the AL East, and the fourth most in the AL. Their run differential is fourth best in the division, and that's also their place in the standings. They're right in line with their pythagorean.
It's the pitching - and more specifically, it's the pitching injuries. I don't think there's a mystery here.
I think you are right overall… but don’t you think it is more than injuries? Or put differently, when you sign Rich Hill, for example, don’t you view that as a high injury risk? The only starter injury that surprised me was Eovaldi. It seems like the Sox went in with a weak billpen and a predictably fragile staff. So I’d call that a failure in roster building. The odds of one or two guys getting hurt at some point were high probably, the odds of everyone getting injured, including Sale re-injured multiple times, were probably not that high. There has to be some room for random variance to come into play. Of course had they say signed Gausman the staff would look much better, so I'm not trying to argue every off-season pitching staff decision was flawless.
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Post by incandenza on Jul 20, 2022 10:30:52 GMT -5
Ehh? They've given up the most runs in the AL East, and the fourth most in the AL. Their run differential is fourth best in the division, and that's also their place in the standings. They're right in line with their pythagorean.
It's the pitching - and more specifically, it's the pitching injuries. I don't think there's a mystery here.
I think you are right overall… but don’t you think it is more than injuries? Or put differently, when you sign Rich Hill, for example, don’t you view that as a high injury risk? The only starter injury that surprised me was Eovaldi. It seems like the Sox went in with a weak billpen and a predictably fragile staff. So I’d call that a failure in roster building. Whatever the collective injury risk of this starting rotation was going into the season (and it was fairly high), they've done worse than that.
I think a conservative guess is that it's cost them two wins. Imagine they were 50-43. They'd be on an 87-win pace and tied for the last wild card. If one of those extra two wins came against the Jays or Rays they'd be in even better shape.
As always, I would also ask, if the starting rotation was a "failure in roster building," how could they have done better without spending more money? Yeah, Rich Hill is an old ass dude, but that's why he cost $4 million. I don't think you can complain about what they've gotten out of Wacha for $7 million, injury or no. I guess Sale was a failure in roster building, given that he was signed to a big deal despite considerable injury risk, and Eovaldi was a big gamble too, though there was nothing to be done about those guys this season. I guess you'll say they shouldn't have signed Paxton but for his $5 million AAV who else could they have gotten that would have been any good?
On the other hand, I'd say the fact that they've consciously built pitching depth in the farm system has to go on the good side of the roster-building ledger; if not for that depth the pitching staff this year would be looking like the one from 2020. (Thank god for those prospects in the 10-20 range!)
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Post by incandenza on Jul 20, 2022 10:37:40 GMT -5
I think you are right overall… but don’t you think it is more than injuries? Or put differently, when you sign Rich Hill, for example, don’t you view that as a high injury risk? The only starter injury that surprised me was Eovaldi. It seems like the Sox went in with a weak billpen and a predictably fragile staff. So I’d call that a failure in roster building. The odds of one or two guys getting hurt at some point were high probably, the odds of everyone getting injured, including Sale re-injured multiple times, were probably not that high. There has to be some room for random variance to come into play. Of course had they say signed Gausman the staff would look much better, so I'm not trying to argue every off-season pitching staff decision was flawless. Wacha/Hill/Paxton combined have an AAV of $16 million I think, and Gausman alone is $22 million. But even setting aside the $6 million difference, imagine them getting Gausman instead of those othere guys and going into the season with a rotation of:
Sale Eovaldi Gausman Whitlock Houck
No depth in the bullpen at all, and once Sale got injured they'd already be digging into the AAA guys.
I think their only options were to spread the money around on starters like they did, or else not sign Story.
(Of course my big offseason plan was to just re-sign Eduardo Rodriguez, so I'm not claiming any prescience here.)
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Jul 20, 2022 11:03:03 GMT -5
I think you are right overall… but don’t you think it is more than injuries? Or put differently, when you sign Rich Hill, for example, don’t you view that as a high injury risk? The only starter injury that surprised me was Eovaldi. It seems like the Sox went in with a weak billpen and a predictably fragile staff. So I’d call that a failure in roster building. Whatever the collective injury risk of this starting rotation was going into the season (and it was fairly high), they've done worse than that.
I think a conservative guess is that it's cost them two wins. Imagine they were 50-43. They'd be on an 87-win pace and tied for the last wild card. If one of those extra two wins came against the Jays or Rays they'd be in even better shape.
As always, I would also ask, if the starting rotation was a "failure in roster building," how could they have done better without spending more money? Yeah, Rich Hill is an old ass dude, but that's why he cost $4 million. I don't think you can complain about what they've gotten out of Wacha for $7 million, injury or no. I guess Sale was a failure in roster building, given that he was signed to a big deal despite considerable injury risk, and Eovaldi was a big gamble too, though there was nothing to be done about those guys this season. I guess you'll say they shouldn't have signed Paxton but for his $5 million AAV who else could they have gotten that would have been any good?
On the other hand, I'd say the fact that they've consciously built pitching depth in the farm system has to go on the good side of the roster-building ledger; if not for that depth the pitching staff this year would be looking like the one from 2020. (Thank god for those prospects in the 10-20 range!)
I agree 100% and would add that the Red Sox wanted to get the AAA some major league experience this season to get an idea of what they have for 2023 and 2024. I would also say like 2021 Perez and Richards were only factored in the 2/3 of the Season then turn the starting job over to Sale and AAA depth. IMO the roster has been constructed to anticipate injuries and build from them, but there were too many to anticipate this season. The bullpen construction was a mistake from the beginning as they needed another high leverage arm wish I would argue should have been Whitlock plus another FA.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 20, 2022 11:05:08 GMT -5
In all fairness to Bloom, the Red Sox went to the ALSC with this offense: Devers - HRs 38 - RBIs 113 Bogaerts - HRs 23 - RBIs 79 Verdugo - HRs 13 - RBIs 63 Hernandez - HRs 20 - RBIs 60 JD - HRs 28 - RBIs 99 Dalbec - HRs 25 - RBIs 78 …and he expected a full year of Sale. Bloom’s plan looked solid on paper. No one expected power outages from JD, X, Hernandez, and Dalbec to the extent that has happened. This 2022 team has most of the offensive players back from 2021, but they are not the same “players”. The Red Sox are close enough to try to make the wild card spots. The only question is if forgoing the return for JD, X, Wacha, Hill, Strahm, Vazquez, Hernandez and the help they will bring to 2023 and beyond worth it?? ….and the complaining next year of why the Red Sox aren’t even better… In all fairness, did we all expect that Verdugo, Hernandez and Dalbec would repeat career years?
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Post by kwodes on Jul 20, 2022 11:10:41 GMT -5
Would it be the worst thing in the world to trade Xander to the Cards for a package headlined by Gorman (assuming cards would do that)? Slide story over to short and Gorman is your 2B plus pick up prospects.
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Post by manfred on Jul 20, 2022 11:14:58 GMT -5
I think you are right overall… but don’t you think it is more than injuries? Or put differently, when you sign Rich Hill, for example, don’t you view that as a high injury risk? The only starter injury that surprised me was Eovaldi. It seems like the Sox went in with a weak billpen and a predictably fragile staff. So I’d call that a failure in roster building. Whatever the collective injury risk of this starting rotation was going into the season (and it was fairly high), they've done worse than that.
I think a conservative guess is that it's cost them two wins. Imagine they were 50-43. They'd be on an 87-win pace and tied for the last wild card. If one of those extra two wins came against the Jays or Rays they'd be in even better shape.
As always, I would also ask, if the starting rotation was a "failure in roster building," how could they have done better without spending more money? Yeah, Rich Hill is an old ass dude, but that's why he cost $4 million. I don't think you can complain about what they've gotten out of Wacha for $7 million, injury or no. I guess Sale was a failure in roster building, given that he was signed to a big deal despite considerable injury risk, and Eovaldi was a big gamble too, though there was nothing to be done about those guys this season. I guess you'll say they shouldn't have signed Paxton but for his $5 million AAV who else could they have gotten that would have been any good?
On the other hand, I'd say the fact that they've consciously built pitching depth in the farm system has to go on the good side of the roster-building ledger; if not for that depth the pitching staff this year would be looking like the one from 2020. (Thank god for those prospects in the 10-20 range!)
I’m not sure they’ve done worse than anticipated for injury, and if so, it is probably exclusively because of Eovaldi. Pivetta has 19 starts. Hill has 15, which is one less than the Yankees’ 5th starter. So they are basically on track. Whitlock has bounced around, so there was injury but also uncertainty as to his role. If Wacha is healthy in the second half, he is on pace for more starts than he’s made since 2017. Eovaldi has missed 5-6 starts, and that is tough to deal with. Anyway, I would have guessed Wacha and Hill would be 40 starts tops. They are at 28. What would I do differently? I don’t know. I know at the time I was against signing Paxton and Hill. Who to sign instead? Not sure. So you can take this not as some fire breathing criticism, but I think mostly the health has been predictable. Now, Sale getting hurt again was a bad, fluky thing, so frighteningly it may be in the *second* half where injuries exceed expectations. If he misses most of the season and some of the hurt guys don’t come back for a while… then I definitely agree you’ve lost far more starts than anticipated.
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Jul 20, 2022 11:15:43 GMT -5
In all fairness to Bloom, the Red Sox went to the ALSC with this offense: Devers - HRs 38 - RBIs 113 Bogaerts - HRs 23 - RBIs 79 Verdugo - HRs 13 - RBIs 63 Hernandez - HRs 20 - RBIs 60 JD - HRs 28 - RBIs 99 Dalbec - HRs 25 - RBIs 78 …and he expected a full year of Sale. Bloom’s plan looked solid on paper. No one expected power outages from JD, X, Hernandez, and Dalbec to the extent that has happened. This 2022 team has most of the offensive players back from 2021, but they are not the same “players”. The Red Sox are close enough to try to make the wild card spots. The only question is if forgoing the return for JD, X, Wacha, Hill, Strahm, Vazquez, Hernandez and the help they will bring to 2023 and beyond worth it?? ….and the complaining next year of why the Red Sox aren’t even better… In all fairness, did we all expect that Verdugo, Hernandez and Dalbec would repeat career years? No, but not have a drop off to the extent that they did!
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