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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 27, 2024 18:40:25 GMT -5
I’m a cup is half full guy on this season. May have found 3 regulars in Duran, Avery and Wong. Tanner Hauck is looking like an ace. I’m not writing Ceddanne and Grissom off either. I’m already sold on Casas. Still have Devers. Easy to see a very good lineup once the Big 3 arrive.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 27, 2024 16:58:54 GMT -5
Any ideas when Perales starts this week? I’m about 2 hours from Altoona. Thinking of making trip. Likely Saturday or Sunday presuming he does his skip. Thanks. I’ll keep an eye on it.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 27, 2024 16:10:08 GMT -5
Any ideas when Perales starts this week? I’m about 2 hours from Altoona. Thinking of making trip.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 23, 2024 13:01:09 GMT -5
I was interested in Tatis. But, he was juicing during his great seasons. Has really come down to earth since. Not a coincidence.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 22, 2024 14:56:29 GMT -5
Let’s not sleep on Allen Castro. He’ll be 21 on Friday. Same age as college players in upcoming draft. OPS is good. Expect BA to come around. Good athlete.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 22, 2024 7:25:26 GMT -5
Why can’t we get guys like that? 😂😂😂
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 22, 2024 7:21:03 GMT -5
Especially, since he missed a full year.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 21, 2024 19:46:57 GMT -5
Duran Duran!!
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 21, 2024 18:34:59 GMT -5
Valdez wants that big league bag 💰. Grissom better start hitting.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 21, 2024 11:11:26 GMT -5
I swear I'm not second-guessing this trade, which I still think was the right thing to do, but I *note with interest* that Sale has a 2.6 WAR edge on Grissom so far this season. Sale has a 2.22 ERA and the peripherals to match; he is easily having his best season since 2018. Meanwhile, the workhorse the Red Sox got to replace the injury-prone Sale is out for the season and the young erstwhile healthy second baseman they traded Sale for missed a month with injury and then caught a flu that was perfectly timed to apparently ruin his swing for a major chunk of the season and currently sits at -0.7 WAR. The 2024 Red Sox in a nutshell.
I still think this was a trade you have to take a shot on. They need young talent and they don’t have a long term 2B so it was worth rolling the dice on Grissom. Obviously we all hope he turns it around soon, but either way it’s hard to hate the move. The only part I didn’t like was how much money the Sox ate, but that didn’t even matter because they weren’t going to spend the savings anyway. It’s getting harder and harder to pick who I think is the next 2B out of Grissom, Yorke, Valdez, Paulino, and Meidroth though that’s for sure. They all have their yellow flags. Story will be our 2b for the next couple of years.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 20, 2024 20:03:26 GMT -5
that is as clean a win as we have had down in Tamps in quite some time, it seems. Since Beckett’s one hitter. What else happened that night?
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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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