I'll take the latter.Originally Posted by notin
I'll take the latter.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
How about
Eovaldi-Gray-Heaney-Dunning-Cody Bradford?
That’s what Roster Resource has the Rangers defending with…
Of course: Eovaldi-Gray-Heaney all won World Series games; Montgomery had a World Series loss -- who needs him.
As many questions as the Sox have in their rotation, I think you will find the rest of the AL has numerous teams in the same boat.
If we look at last years 6 post-season participants (Baltimore, Tampa, Minnesota, Houston, Texas, and Toronto) how many are worse than the team that ended the season? And what teams in the AL did enough to supplant any of them? (Maybe NY?)
Yes, the Yanks improved their offense, getting Soto and Verdugo. But they lost five starting pitchers from the rotation: Cole, German, Severino, King, Brito... and replaced them with Marcus Stroman?
Yankee fans know better than to count on full seasons of health from Rodon and Cortes, and nobody can reasonably expect Cole to return to Cy Young status after merely resting a bum elbow...
I must be missing something with the annual World Series favorites that never play in the World Series.
Verdugo: 550 OPS in Spring Training and still showing up late
It's going to be fun to follow his escapades this year. Reaping. Sowing. What have you. The NY media will get on him harder than the BOS clown show.
The Yankees are far from locks, and while Severino-German-Brito did combine for 50 starts and 289 IP, these were not mainstays in that rotation. They will need Fluke Health from Rodon and Cortes and a solid return from Cole. But if the Judge-Soto-Stanton lineup doesn’t position that 82 win team as one of the most likely to displace a playoff team, then who positioned themselves better? Maybe Seattle, who, like Boston, will rely on a lot of younger pitchers in their first full season? Surprise spender KC? They’ll be improved, but is Wacha and Lugo enough?
They will need fluke health from the Judge/Stanton lineup... Is Judge ready for Opening Day?
Same answer.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Not sure we should release our inner Schadenfreude since we're the ones who gave up Mookie for him.
"Fans have become more entitled than anything. So they're starting to question our motives for the game, or how we approach the game. The ones that do question -- like who are you? Just shut up and watch the game tonight." --Kevin Durant on players' lack of effort in regular season games.
It's a trend now though. AL East is historically strong, or something like that.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
If they have 77 win with two to play, do you root for one more win for them to get to 78 or do you hope they get to 79? Maybe hope they lose out and stay at 77?
Vegas has them at 77.5, so that 78th win would definitely be a biggie for a lot of people.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
It’s was a little easier for the 2023 Sox due to the balanced schedule. But that they did it twice while playing 76 games against the AL East is flat out crazy…
I had no idea what Vegas had them at.Vegas has them at 77.5, so that 78th win would definitely be a biggie for a lot of people.
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