Article: Episode 4: PECOTA Hates The Red Sox

[Alex Mayes]

The Red Sox improved a lot this offseason but in the AL East, is it enough?

Alex, Adam, and Maddie break down PECOTA’s projected standings for the AL East and the discrepancies in the front office regarding the team’s current needs. They also discuss their expectations of player performances for this year and review their potential travel plans to see the Red Sox.

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[Bellhorn04]

PECOTA says we not only didn't get better, we're gonna be worse.  That'd be a revoltin' development.

[moonslav59]

TOR & BOS got better over the winter, IMO.

NYY- slightly worse

BAL & TBR- worse

[mvp 78]

1. Baltimore slander is tired. Ravens slander is fine.

2. Spring Training games are great to watch. I'll try to go to a few.

3. Rusney was only good enough to be called up to be a 5th OFer so I don't really feel all that bad about it. 

4. Thinking that if things break right for the Sox that they will win the division is WILD to me. Even if Roman and Kristian start off strong, I think they still won't be 4-5 WAR game changing type guys this year.

5. Even if Grissom is getting jacked, he should just be pushed to the OF. If so, does that help with the RHB out there? 

6. Bloom did a great job of building an offensive farm system. However, he struggled building a pitching infrastructure and could not keep the MLB team competitive. He dragged his feet on making trades (had an offer to move Sale that would pay 100% of his salary and didn't pull the trigger), signed some bad FA deals (Story/Masa), went over the CBT on a last place team and those issues hurt the Sox in the long run. If he was running the Rockies, he would be commended. For running the Sox, he gets fired. The Sox need to at least be in playoff contention and not last place 3 out of 4 years. 

[Bellhorn04]

No worries, the SAMKEN projections system says the Sox have 90 wins in the bag!

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

31 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

No worries, the SAMKEN projections system says the Sox have 90 wins in the bag!

The secret to deciphering this anal yst is to take his words literally. He says the offseason has been "incredible" and we should believe him... because incredible literally means "impossible to believe."