A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part II

[Duran Is The Man]

25 minutes ago, dgalehouse said:

Yes. When you bunt, a lot can happen, both good and bad. Like I said, sometimes a bunt is a good move, but in general, I would rather see the batter swing away. 

if you have a speedy guy on second you bunt towards third (or at least make a serious attempt to) and steal third at the same time. even the batter pulls back on the bunt, most likely the third baseman is moving in and i'd say you have a very good chance at pulling off the steal. 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

2 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

if you have a speedy guy on second you bunt towards third (or at least make a serious attempt to) and steal third at the same time. even the batter pulls back on the bunt, most likely the third baseman is moving in and i'd say you have a very good chance at pulling off the steal. 

We actually have a sign for the fake bunt/steal third -- it works so good, sometimes there's nobody covering to take a throw (name of team withheld since we're still in the state playoffs).

[Duran Is The Man]

1 hour ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

We actually have a sign for the fake bunt/steal third -- it works so good, sometimes there's nobody covering to take a throw (name of team withheld since we're still in the state playoffs).

that's what i'm saying -great play when it works. and since the ghost runner rule began, i've seen it many times, though mostly just in AA and AAA games.

[Larry Cook]

Yankees got McMahon from Colorado ???

[Soxlover]

1 hour ago, Larry Cook said:

Yankees got McMahon from Colorado ???

If Brez did this,  some would be irate!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 hours ago, Soxlover said:

If Brez did this,  some would be irate!

If Brez does anything, it will be a surprise.

[Duran Is The Man]

4 hours ago, Soxlover said:

If Brez did this,  some would be irate!

i would. the Yanks are now on the hook for $16M for the next two years....and he's not that good. .717 OPS this year and leads the majors in strike outs. LOL...the Yanks can have him.

[moonslav59]

40 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

i would. the Yanks are now on the hook for $16M for the next two years....and he's not that good. .717 OPS this year and leads the majors in strike outs. LOL...the Yanks can have him.

Agreed.

[Bellhorn04]

2-5 in this tough stretch with 2 to go.  We're not getting blown out in these games but we're not scoring many runs especially in the early innings.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 hour ago, Bellhorn04 said:

2-5 in this tough stretch with 2 to go.  We're not getting blown out in these games but we're not scoring many runs especially in the early innings.

The difference in most was that the opponents hit more home runs. That's also how the Red Sox won their two games. 

Few of us are unhappy that Boston's selfish $300-millionaire is gone, but his power has been missed in a  batting order still loaded with swing and miss, and where hit parades are a rarity.

We all expected this to happen, and since there are too many weak contact hitters to replace at once, the priority in this week's trades is pitching, pitching, pitching.

[moonslav59]

39 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

The difference in most was that the opponents hit more home runs. That's also how the Red Sox won their two games. 

Few of us are unhappy that Boston's selfish $300-millionaire is gone, but his power has been missed in a  batting order still loaded with swing and miss, and where hit parades are a rarity.

We all expected this to happen, and since there are too many weak contact hitters to replace at once, the priority in this week's trades is pitching, pitching, pitching.

A cheap rental bat might help, but I agree: PITCHING!

[Bellhorn04]

3 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

A cheap rental bat might help, but I agree: PITCHING!

As of now they need a starter, a reliever and that rental bat.  Let's go Brez.

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

As of now they need a starter, a reliever and that rental bat.  Let's go Brez.

If we get a really good SP'er (hopefully not a rental) I'd be fine with no RP'er.

We could move Fitts or use Sandoval in relief.

[Bellhorn04]

11 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

If we get a really good SP'er (hopefully not a rental) I'd be fine with no RP'er.

We could move Fitts or use Sandoval in relief.

Sandoval has had the dreaded setback.  

[dannycater]

135 Plate Appearances this season combined between Wong and Yoshida = 4 doubles, 2 RBI
6 Plate Appearancers last night by Kurtz = 4 HR, 1 double, 8 RBI
Last 14 PA by Kyle Schwarber (35 plus HR last 4 seasons in a row for Phils) = 4 HR, 8 RBI
Last 14 PA by Raffy Devers = 2 HR, 2 doubles, 5 RBI 
 

[Bellhorn04]

7 minutes ago, dannycater said:

135 Plate Appearances this season combined between Wong and Yoshida = 4 doubles, 2 RBI
6 Plate Appearancers last night by Kurtz = 4 HR, 1 double, 8 RBI
Last 14 PA by Kyle Schwarber (35 plus HR last 4 seasons in a row for Phils) = 4 HR, 8 RBI
Last 14 PA by Raffy Devers = 2 HR, 2 doubles, 5 RBI 
 

Wong and Devers each had a double last night, since we're having fun with sample sizes.

Schwarber is a regret for sure.

[FredLynn]

50 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

As of now they need a starter, a reliever and that rental bat.  Let's go Brez.

There are way too many holes on this team to be able to fix to make the FLOPS competitive this year. I don't want to see them trading away anyone significant in some futile attempt to make a deep Oct run which will never happen. It would be much better to just write off this year like they did the past 3-4 years and spend all that money they saved when they got rid of the malcontent Devers. Maybe then they can try to be competitive in 3-4 years.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm excited about September. That's when Spinal Tap II is being released.

[Duran Is The Man]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

If we get a really good SP'er (hopefully not a rental) I'd be fine with no RP'er.

We could move Fitts or use Sandoval in relief.

he's not coming back this year. another idiotic rehab signing by the Sox. between him, Paxton, Hendricks, etal, they could have spent money on an actual healthy pitcher. this is just insanity. and they're getting exactly what they deserve.

 

[Duran Is The Man]

43 minutes ago, dannycater said:

135 Plate Appearances this season combined between Wong and Yoshida = 4 doubles, 2 RBI
6 Plate Appearancers last night by Kurtz = 4 HR, 1 double, 8 RBI
Last 14 PA by Kyle Schwarber (35 plus HR last 4 seasons in a row for Phils) = 4 HR, 8 RBI
Last 14 PA by Raffy Devers = 2 HR, 2 doubles, 5 RBI 
 

another fun fact: Kurtz had more total bases last night than Wong has had all season. 

[Bellhorn04]

5 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

another fun fact: Kurtz had more total bases last night than Wong has had all season. 

"The horror, the horror."

[moonslav59]

22 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

he's not coming back this year. another idiotic rehab signing by the Sox. between him, Paxton, Hendricks, etal, they could have spent money on an actual healthy pitcher. this is just insanity. and they're getting exactly what they deserve.

I missed the injury update.

Typical Red Sox move.

[moonslav59]

37 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

another fun fact: Kurtz had more total bases last night than Wong has had all season. 

Wong, Casas, Campbell, Jh Garcia, Valera & Early for Kurtz & Miller

[Hugh2]

The majority of deadline deals happen on the actual day of the deadline, with the vast majority of all deals happening on the deadline and the days leading up.

 

whatever move the Sox do or do not make, I suspect we won’t see it until at least the middle of next week.  
 

Buy, sell, regardless I’ll bet we don’t see it until at least Wednesday 

[Hugh2]

2 hours ago, Duran Is The Man said:

he's not coming back this year. another idiotic rehab signing by the Sox. between him, Paxton, Hendricks, etal, they could have spent money on an actual healthy pitcher. this is just insanity. and they're getting exactly what they deserve.

 

That’s works out bad too, lots of people wanted DeGrome a few years back who has been nothing but a basket of injury.  Lots of people wanted Montgomery two years ago and he’s been hurt and pitching awful.  Lots of people (including me) wanted Burnes last year and that would be an absolute disaster right now.

your list would have included Giolito, but I see it does not because he’s pitching great this year.
 

someone once said, there’s almost no such thing as a bad one year deal. 

[Soxlover]

1 hour ago, Hugh2 said:

That’s works out bad too, lots of people wanted DeGrome a few years back who has been nothing but a basket of injury.  Lots of people wanted Montgomery two years ago and he’s been hurt and pitching awful.  Lots of people (including me) wanted Burnes last year and that would be an absolute disaster right now.

your list would have included Giolito, but I see it does not because he’s pitching great this year.
 

someone once said, there’s almost no such thing as a bad one year deal. 

Goo wasn’t hurt when we signed him, unlike the others listed by Duran, and he only listed a few

[Duran Is The Man]

3 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Wong, Casas, Campbell, Jh Garcia, Valera & Early for Kurtz & Miller

where do i sign?

[Soxlover]

40 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

where do i sign?

Just get the A’s GM drunk.

[moonslav59]

Sox are 4th in wins in the AL (T6th in fewest losses.)

56-48 NYY

55-49 SEA

56-50 BOS (1GB NYY and T w SEA)

55-50 TEX (-0.5 GB SEA & BOS from WC)

[moonslav59]

Updated Sox OPS

.906 Bregman

.861 Romy

.834 Refsnyder

.808 Abreu

.791 Anthony

.778 Narvaez

.768 Duran

.762 Rafaela

.723 Toro

.695 Story

.674 Mayer

.664 Campbell

.581 Yoshida

.505 DHam

.392 Wong

Before tonight's game- last 52 games (half our games played)

.920 Romy

.879 Rafaela

.789 Story

,764 Duran

.760 Abreu

.758 Anthony

.744 Ref & Toro

.726 Narvaez