Take a bow Mr Breslow

[Old Red]

My first name is Craig, and my last name ends in Low.

i was picked 12th to run the big show.

I’m not very good at what I try to do,

But I just love to talk with everyone of you.

[illinoisredsox]

On 10/3/2025 at 3:14 PM, dgalehouse said:

At that time the Red Sox strategy was to focus on drafting the so called  " best player available " . Evidently, that pretty much disqualified pitchers from consideration.  I think they have changed that strategy in the past year or so. Unfortunately, too late for Schlittler. 

Schlitter was a 7th round pick out of Northeastern meaning roughly 200 guys were picked before he was.  He was undrafted out of high school.  He’s a late bloomer and nobody foresaw him turning into what he has, including the Yankees.  

[notin]

28 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Schlitter was a 7th round pick out of Northeastern meaning roughly 200 guys were picked before he was.  He was undrafted out of high school.  He’s a late bloomer and nobody foresaw him turning into what he has, including the Yankees.  

Schlitter was good but not great at Northeastern.  His senior year, he wasn’t even their best pitcher, hetting out pitched by a kid two years younger named Wyatt Scotti who went on to never get drafted.  But Schlitter was 6’6” tall, unlike his teammate, and that undoubtedly contributed to his late round selection.  But everyone passed on him at least 6 times.  

He wasn’t some hidden gem; he was a project that fit the size requirements…

[mvp 78]

10 minutes ago, notin said:

Schlitter was good but not great at Northeastern.  His senior year, he wasn’t even their best pitcher, hetting out pitched by a kid two years younger named Wyatt Scotti who went on to never get drafted.  But Schlitter was 6’6” tall, unlike his teammate, and that undoubtedly contributed to his late round selection.  But everyone passed on him at least 6 times.  

He wasn’t some hidden gem; he was a project that fit the size requirements…

It was also a Chaim Bloom draft. Maybe Craig Breslow sees a 6'6" guy in the 7th round and takes him? 

[mvp 78]

[southpaw777]

11 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Dude can not admit he created a very unbalanced roster relying mostly on 1-2 year young men.

[vegasbob]

7 minutes ago, southpaw777 said:

Dude can not admit he created a very unbalanced roster relying mostly on 1-2 year young men.

He probably also relied on players like Anthony, Crochet, Story , Oviedo, Sandoval, Crawford, Romy G. etc contributing to something other than dead money  weak performances, then failure to recover from those injuries. 

Not defending nor a Breslow fan but he got caught with a roster that was OK on paper but performed poorly on the field,  had a breakup with Cora and coaches  , and cannot get significant players healthy.   

I still think he will survive the season but not the post season depending on JH's assessment of the CBA negotiations.

[southpaw777]

2 hours ago, vegasbob said:

He probably also relied on players like Anthony, Crochet, Story , Oviedo, Sandoval, Crawford, Romy G. etc contributing to something other than dead money  weak performances, then failure to recover from those injuries. 

Not defending nor a Breslow fan but he got caught with a roster that was OK on paper but performed poorly on the field,  had a breakup with Cora and coaches  , and cannot get significant players healthy.   

I still think he will survive the season but not the post season depending on JH's assessment of the CBA negotiations.

They’ll have to win at a 590 % the rest of the way just to get to 500. They should have absorbed the injuries better if the team was constructed better. Pitching has been fine without GC, but the offense was too reliant on returning injured guys, replacement level players and young and unproven “kids” mostly. That’s a terrible game plan. 
he will have a very short leash at the deadline, but He may not survive the offseason. 

[moonslav59]

Told ya.

Brez will be back- like it or not.

[Bellhorn04]

51 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Told ya.

Brez will be back- like it or not.

Probably.  But John Henry has only slightly more patience than us. 😂  

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Probably.  But John Henry has only slightly more patience than us. 😂  

Everybody gets 3-4 years.

[vegasbob]

Brez's comments about having to present his recommendations on trades to ownership (Theo? or LeBron??) was telling to me.  Unless the trades involved significant money allocations (+ or -)  then I would think the CBO is empowered to make those moves on his own based on player performance projections.

If Henry now needs to OK a trade of Weissert for Mason Miller with the Padres , it will never get done timely.

[moonslav59]

How many Brez trades are clear losses now?

Sale? Yes.

Harrison & Drohan? Err....

Priester? Err.... maybe....

Early? ..... TBD......

(Weird how his flagship Crochet trade is the only one seeing the stock go sideways.)

[JoeBrady]

Always interesting to see comments from about 1-2 months back.

[JBontheMonstah]

49 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Always interesting to see comments from about 1-2 months back.

Hahaha yeah this thread aged great. I loved reading the team going on a run comments

[JoeBrady]

57 minutes ago, JBontheMonstah said:

Hahaha yeah this thread aged great. I loved reading the team going on a run comments

I was being serious.  I saw the thread and hadn't noticed it before.  So I thought some Red Sox fans were nominating Breslow for Executive of the Year award.  I thought it was a bit premature, but I wanted to see the comments about his off-season acquisitions, and they didn't sound so positive.

[moonslav59]

The 22-23 Red Sox were ranked:

8th in Runs, 8th in OPS and 16th in wRC+, so maybe barely top 10.

30th in OAA, 23rd in DRS and 26th in fangraphs, so easily bottom 5 or 10.

23rd in pitching fWAR, 23rd in ERA-, and 18th in xFIP-, so bottom 10.

He was handed this farm:

1. Anthony

2. Mayer

3. Teel

4. Rafaela

5-10. Bleis, Yorke, Perales, Abreu, Wikelman, Cespedes

11-15: Zanetello, Meidroth, Castro, Jo Garcia, Drohan

Others: 21 DHam, 23 Dobbins, 24 ERC, 30 Arias