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    3/28/24 - Opening Day 2024 - Red Sox at Mariners

    27 other teams at 0-0, 2 teams at 1-1. Win today and then win another 95 times this year so I can win RR's fabulous no-prize.
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    I can see the 3 last place finish thing, but the second is kinda paradoxical, no? The act of signing him would be the opposite of spending the off-season "doing zero." Of course, zero is subjective considering they traded for O'Neil, Campbell, and Grissom among others. They didn't literally...
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    Red Sox acquire right-hander Naoyuki Uwasawa from TB for cash considerations

    Murphy or Hendriks can be moved to the 60-day IL.
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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen (What we actually have - no trade speculation.)

    If that's the case, it makes sense. I couldn't see the Sox acquiring him if they were forced to add him to the 26-man. But they do have 40-man spots to spare since they can still move Hendriks or Murphy to the 60-day IL. I still think he's Worcester rotation filler for the time being though.
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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen (What we actually have - no trade speculation.)

    It does not. He was on a minor league deal with the Rays (same as Cron and Joely with the Sox). All the assignment clause does is allow him to ask/opt out of the Rays organization. Presumably he has another opt-out around the end of April that he can exercise on the Red Sox.
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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen (What we actually have - no trade speculation.)

    Unsurprising he didn't make the TB roster. His spring stats: 4 appearances, 9.2 innings, 13.03 ERA, 2.379 WHIP. 30 years old. Worcester rotation filler. Nothing more.
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    Will Smith signs 10 year, 140 million extension with Dodgers

    Locking up even an All Star caliber catcher through his age 38 or 39 season is bold. But at $14M per year, it shouldn't be a burden in the back half. He hits well enough to slide over to DH eventually. Of course, Ohtani will still be under contract too. That's a future Dodgers problem though.
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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen (What we actually have - no trade speculation.)

    Stathead can do that. That's the subscription side of B-Ref. You need a sub to use the tools and see the full results. But you don't need a sub to see the results of a search shared by a subscriber (which I am). So here's the Red Sox starting pitchers for all of 2023.
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    2024 Rotation and Bullpen (What we actually have - no trade speculation.)

    Well, presumably the bullpen will cover most of that 625. Last year, relievers accounted for ~42% of innings pitched, so roughly 600 innings per team.
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    Again, I'll point out that nearly every pitcher tends to be better as a reliever than a starter, so I don't find it to be a persuasive argument that Whitlock's 130 relief innings are more instructive than the 90 innings thrown as a starter.
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    Because 150+ innings from a starter with a 4.17 ERA is more valuable than a multi-inning power reliever (70-80 innings?) with a 2.65 ERA. Houck posted his highest fWAR in 2021 (2.3) and 2023 (1.2). The thing those two seasons have in common is he started in 34 of his 39 appearances in those...
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    90 innings is barely a half-season's worth of data. Hardly definitive of anything. And 198 innings at a 4.17 ERA would be a pretty solid starting pitcher in today's environment (right around league average). Derek Lowe was abysmal as a starter (ERA over 5.00) over ~90 innings and great (an...
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    Pretty much every pitcher pitches better in a bullpen role. That's not really enough incentive to put guys in the bullpen when they have the potential to be effective starters (which clearly the Sox believe they have). And these guys have gotten hurt relieving too, so moving them to the bullpen...
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    Assuming Montgomery comes to Boston for exactly the same deal as he agreed to with the D-Backs, of course. And I don't mean that in a "no one wants to come to Boston" way. I mean that in a "why are we conceited enough to think that all the Sox have to do is make the same offer" way.
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    Jordan Montgomery signs with Arizona

    It could be the medicals. It could also be a concern that without a proper spring training, his conditioning is suspect. Not that he wasn't keeping himself in shape over the winter, but that he might rush himself and cause an injury that costs him even more time. He's already 4-6 weeks behind...