This is huge news. If he heals as slowly as Buch, he's done for the season.Originally Posted by SoxSport
This is huge news. If he heals as slowly as Buch, he's done for the season.
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I think they are deep enough to withstand a loss to Moore, even if they lost him for the season. His peripherals suggest he's been a slightly above average starter this year. I think there would be a loss, but not that significant. What's the drop off between him and Hernandez ROS? 6 or 7 runs?
Might be enough to catapult Boston over them, but that's only if he misses the rest of the season.
Jesus Christ...I just read that with Norris traded, Erik Bedard is the highest paid player on the Astros at 1.15 million.
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It's not about the season. It's about the playoffs. The two sure things the Rays would have in their playoff rotation are Price and Moore. Hellickson is inconsistent, Archer unproven, and Carmnandez is not that good.
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Although they didn't get a reliever, I feel Workman could be their RH reliever they were looking for. He throw strikes with quality stuff, and not many free passes.
Hellickson's FIP and xFIP are virtually identical to Matt Moore's. They're also getting Alex Cobb back in a few weeks. Price-Cobb-Hellickson-Archer is a downgrade, but I don't think it's cataclysmic. However, this is assuming Moore misses the rest of the year. Maddon thinks he will be ready by the next Rays homestand, so there hasn't been any indication that the injury is serious.
Matt Moore's FIP is so high because of his out-of-control BB/9. But he and Hellickson really aren't in the same universe production-wise. Archer is unproven, Cobb is inconsistent.
That doesn't suddenly makes them a pumpkin, but they're clearly a tougher team in the playoffs with Moore than without him. There's no argument. We'll see what's the actual extent of his injury.
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I think the key thing here to remember is that you really want to avoid that coin-flip play-in game. The division means a LOT right now. So with the Sox adding Peavy and the Rays losing Moore, that's a major SP talent swing in favor of the Sox for the forseeable future.
From all the information available, it appears that Moore is going to miss two weeks. Losing Moore for two weeks isn't a major swing. I agree that there is a swing, but it's pretty minor.
When I posted this I was going on the speculation that Moore was going to be out for longer.
In case you missed it, Lyon got released by the Red Sox on August 1st. Contreras currently has a 9.00 ERA at Pawtucket.
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The Rays have gone 2-5 in the last seven games since Matt Moore went on the DL. Even if it only costs them one or two wins, these weeks are the wins they need. Once they hit August 23rd, their schedule gets insane.
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