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Post by Guidas on Jul 19, 2023 15:28:16 GMT -5
Yeah, this is why that game last night was so frustrating. This A's team isn't even MLB caliber. Would suck losing 2 of 3 to a team that isn't even MLB caliber. Especially when Boston needs wins now and Oakland is playing for the #1 pick next year.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 19, 2023 9:42:03 GMT -5
Sox announced Bello, Paxton, Crawford for the Cubs series after the break. That means they expect Whitlock to pitch game 2 of the following A's series, on the day he's eligible to come off the IL, with TBD / Pivetta bulk going in game 1.
If Whitlock were not going to be ready, they would have split the two opener / bulk games: x + Pivetta in game 3, Crawford starting the A's series, and then x + Murphy. There are so many off days after the two road series that they can start the post-ASB rotation with 5 man, 4 man, 5 man while having almost everyone throw on 5 days rest. The exceptions would be Bello on 4 days to close out the A's series and Paxton on 4 days rest in his 3rd start post-break. I really hope they do that. Meanwhile, the Houck injury will give us a long look at Pivetta as a bulk guy. His xwOBA / wOBA (PA) breakdown by role so far, which has a way cool distribution of games and batters faced: .283 / .187 (33) short relief (8 G)
.288 / .252 (39) long relief (4G)
.174 / .243 (33) bulk (2 G) Note that his outing when Whitlock left after 1 inning is in the middle bucket.
Do we even know if Whitlock has been throwing since he was shut down? I hope you are right, but I am not sure. In the Story piece, it said Whitlock "played catch" on Monday.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 19, 2023 9:40:45 GMT -5
Buried at the end of this piece on Story: "Chris Sale (left shoulder) threw a bullpen session Tuesday." My guess is a sim game would come after a second successful bullpen, and then on to rehab games.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 18, 2023 16:57:11 GMT -5
Duran CF Verdugo RF Turner 3B Yoshida DH Refsnyder LF, Casas 1B Arroyo 2B Alfaro C Chang SS
Jacques P
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Post by Guidas on Jul 18, 2023 16:46:14 GMT -5
Once he starts is it 21 days until he has to come up or go back on the IL?
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Post by Guidas on Jul 18, 2023 15:41:35 GMT -5
Good piece on MassLive today. Bloom actually sounds like a buyer. Good positive vibes from him talking about guys competing despite adversity and being in a good place as compared to last year at this time. Also speaks about more “exciting players” reaching MLB “soon.” Cora is also upbeat, though this quote may indicate there’s (still?) a bit of a difference/friction between his vision or priorities and Bloom’s: “We’re in a good place. But at the end of the day, the place that we like is to play in October,” Cora said. “It’s not about how many prospects you have or where your farm system is. It might be No. 1 or 30th or whatever. The one that really counts is how many games you win in October and how many games you play in October. That’s what we’re shooting for.“ Huh... Is it lore for normie fans that the 2020 trade deadline went poorly because they merely got Nick Pivetta for Brandon Workman? They should've gotten more for Mitch Moreland?
Also, can we read this is saying that the veterans last season were... not ideal influences?
I guess some people can. Does this mean they weren’t ideal influences in 2021, too?
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Post by Guidas on Jul 18, 2023 15:33:41 GMT -5
Good piece on MassLive today. Bloom actually sounds like a buyer. Good positive vibes from him talking about guys competing despite adversity and being in a good place as compared to last year at this time. Also speaks about more “exciting players” reaching MLB “soon.” Cora is also upbeat, though this quote may indicate there’s (still?) a bit of a difference/friction between his vision or priorities and Bloom’s: “We’re in a good place. But at the end of the day, the place that we like is to play in October,” Cora said. “It’s not about how many prospects you have or where your farm system is. It might be No. 1 or 30th or whatever. The one that really counts is how many games you win in October and how many games you play in October. That’s what we’re shooting for.“ Huh... Is it lore for normie fans that the 2020 trade deadline went poorly because they merely got Nick Pivetta for Brandon Workman? They should've gotten more for Mitch Moreland?
Also, can we read this is saying that the veterans last season were... not ideal influences?
I don’t recall anyone being upset that Workman got traded, or the day actually got something more than a bag of balls for him.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 18, 2023 15:28:32 GMT -5
Is the A’s starter actually starting tonight or is he following and opener again?
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Post by Guidas on Jul 18, 2023 13:18:36 GMT -5
Fun fact: by fWAR you Red Sox MVP to date is… Jarren Duran at 2,3 fWAR, despite having only 266 PAs. Right behind him is Rafi with 2.2 fWAR, albeit with 122 more PAs. www.fangraphs.com/teams/red-sox
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Post by Guidas on Jul 18, 2023 10:25:18 GMT -5
Good piece on MassLive today. Bloom actually sounds like a buyer. Good positive vibes from him talking about guys competing despite adversity and being in a good place as compared to last year at this time. Also speaks about more “exciting players” reaching MLB “soon.” Cora is also upbeat, though this quote may indicate there’s (still?) a bit of a difference/friction between his vision or priorities and Bloom’s: “We’re in a good place. But at the end of the day, the place that we like is to play in October,” Cora said. “It’s not about how many prospects you have or where your farm system is. It might be No. 1 or 30th or whatever. The one that really counts is how many games you win in October and how many games you play in October. That’s what we’re shooting for.“
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Post by Guidas on Jul 18, 2023 6:43:30 GMT -5
Anyone think we should trade Pivetta after that performance today 😂 Unfortunately, the Sox won’t be playing the As for the rest of the season.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 18, 2023 6:32:39 GMT -5
Meanwhile, Sox are…
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Post by Guidas on Jul 17, 2023 18:30:33 GMT -5
Every year, the MFY “win” the trade deadline by making the flashiest trades by getting the best pieces while giving up a bunch of their overrated prospects, radio sports shows phone lines in New England get submerged by angry callers, Guidas gets frustrated by the lack of Red Sox FO audacity, this very forum melts down and turns into ANGRYDOME…but in the end, they choke and get eliminated by the Astros/Rays/Sox… Well, they are making it to the playoffs, soooo…. My frustration often falls equally on who they get (although we’ve all ridiculed some of their pick-up) and the relative BS prospects they give up.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 17, 2023 15:33:46 GMT -5
Unfortunately does not include an additional 10,000 more seats or a retractable roof for the ballyard itself. Genuine question - is that what people in Boston want? Not a New Englander, so my Fenway experience is limited to the two times I've been, but I'd have figured that most local fans would want to keep the traditional elements intact as much as possible and avoid modernity. Actually I was just talking with a coworker today about that after he visited and took the tour (did not know Fenway had a garden). I'd be all for a retractable roof but with no AC/Climate control. Just something to keep rain/snow from cancelling games.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 17, 2023 14:52:15 GMT -5
Unfortunately does not include an additional 10,000 more seats or a retractable roof for the ballyard itself.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 17, 2023 11:36:00 GMT -5
What do we mean by competitive? Right now the Red Sox are tied with the Yankees and a couple of games behind the Blue Jays and the Astros. Are those teams not considered competitive? Are the Orioles competitive? They don't spend any money and had roughly the same preseason projection as the Red Sox. To me, the Red Sox are competitive now. They were even competitive last year in my opinion, with reasonable expectations of making the playoffs. They have not been the favorites, but that's something different. The rules are designed so you can't be the favorites every year, and being favorites isn't actually worth that much anyways as others have pointed out. Speier's piece was about being legit, repeat contenders for the AL East title/division lead.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 17, 2023 9:30:48 GMT -5
Two weeks until the deadline. Let the rumors fly!
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Post by Guidas on Jul 17, 2023 8:47:48 GMT -5
Alex Speier in today's Globe asking " When will the Sox be competitive in the AL East?" Interesting that this is Speier, who has been mostly a Bloom advocate. Not that it's bad, but it does cast out more critical conjecture than praise (the gist seems to be that the solutions, especially in pitching are not coming from inside the house and they need to trade high value assets to get some, or buy it on the free agent market. Excerpt from an "AL Evauator" (no word if this is the same AL Evaluator who said Yoshida is a 4th outfielder): “I do think they’re on the right track. But with the status quo, I don’t necessarily see them being a top contender in that division in the foreseeable future,” said one AL evaluator. “They have to make a major acquisition or have an unexpected surprise. Even if Mayer becomes what you hope he could be, who else are you getting? What’s going to really set this team over the top? Especially, where’s the pitching coming from?”Lots more in the piece Eh, feels like you're reading the article with a selective slant. There's certainly some criticism there (although less from Speier and mostly from unnamed league sources and, interestingly, from Cora: "Are we where we want to be when I talked to Chaim [when interviewing to return as manager] at the end of ‘20? I don’t believe so. We still have some work to do, but we have made some strides,” said manager Alex Cora. “Last year we finished last and this year we’re playing .500. At the end, you have to be realistic where you’re at. Can we do it? Of course, but you have to very honest and very transparent, black and white, this is where we’re at and this is what we want. And then you look around and see if, yeah, we can pull this off and you make decisions based on that. If you don’t feel that way, then you have to make other decisions.”). But there's also a fair amount of cautious praise about the MLB roster and the farm system: Maybe I needed more caffeine. My take away was that Speier's saying they have some young talent coming but not enough to tilt the scales to be an AL East contender. Additions will be key, especially in pitching. Dealing from prospect depth and/or buying a top starter are the options. In other words, they're on their way, but they'll need help from the outside to get there.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 17, 2023 7:38:33 GMT -5
Alex Speier in today's Globe asking " When will the Sox be competitive in the AL East?" Interesting that this is Speier, who has been mostly a Bloom advocate. Not that it's bad, but it does cast out more critical conjecture than praise (the gist seems to be that the solutions, especially in pitching are not coming from inside the house and they need to trade high value assets to get some, or buy it on the free agent market. Excerpt from an "AL Evauator" (no word if this is the same AL Evaluator who said Yoshida is a 4th outfielder): “I do think they’re on the right track. But with the status quo, I don’t necessarily see them being a top contender in that division in the foreseeable future,” said one AL evaluator. “They have to make a major acquisition or have an unexpected surprise. Even if Mayer becomes what you hope he could be, who else are you getting? What’s going to really set this team over the top? Especially, where’s the pitching coming from?”Lots more in the piece
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Post by Guidas on Jul 16, 2023 19:43:25 GMT -5
A hell of a call, to boot So satisfying.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 16, 2023 16:57:39 GMT -5
1.5 away from last Wild Card
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Post by Guidas on Jul 16, 2023 16:26:58 GMT -5
Great Win!!
Needed that one
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Post by Guidas on Jul 16, 2023 14:31:31 GMT -5
MASA-SAN!!
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Post by Guidas on Jul 16, 2023 14:30:56 GMT -5
F-ing Duvall. F-ing.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 15, 2023 21:24:56 GMT -5
The 2004 Red Sox were down 3-0 to a superior Yankees team and the. won 8 straight. If that isn’t catching lightning in a bottle then I don’t know what is. I would also like it if the Red Sox were the best team in the league every year but I don’t know how realistic that is. But we had Pedro and Schilling I think that is my point earlier. I can’t think of a World Series team that had crap or untalented starting g pitchers Kansas City 2015 had meh starters after Cueto (Edinson Volquez and Yordano Ventura) but a killer pen that usually got to work in the late 5th or start of the 6th inning. In fact, game 4 of that series was a bullpen game for KC. Even Cueto, who was a 4.1 fWAR pitcher that year, was very good, but more of a #2 than #1. In fact he wasn’t even a top 15 pitcher in 2015 by fWAR. The Mets had de Grom (4.9 fWAR) and Harvey (4.0 fWAR), plus Syndergaard, who was a 2.7 fWAR pitcher on only 150 innings of work. It’s a coin-flip, more often than not. The data over the last 30 years at least bears this out.
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