Tigers (Mize) vs Red Sox (Harrison): 9/26/25, 7:10pm

[notin]

4 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

I know he hasn't played in many crucial games.  And I'm not knocking the guy.  I said I loved him.  

 

No postseason since 2014, which is a long time for a team thats had 4 MVP’s since then.

But that’s not on Trout, who himself has 3 MVPs and 4 MVP runner-ups.  How many players have 7 top two finishes in MVP voting?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

8 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Ryan or Naylor should have been targets. Naylor with Seattle has an OPS+ of 138. I haven’t checked but I bet that’s better than anyone we now have. 
As I said, I’d have only fired Breslow if the Sox didn’t make the playoffs. Obviously they did. But he still did a s*** job at the TD. 

Are you familiar with the term 'broken record?'

[notin]

9 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Ryan or Naylor should have been targets. Naylor with Seattle has an OPS+ of 138. I haven’t checked but I bet that’s better than anyone we now have. 
As I said, I’d have only fired Breslow if the Sox didn’t make the playoffs. Obviously they did. But he still did a s*** job at the TD. 

Ryan has been horrible since the trade deadline. 20 starts, 51 IP, 5.05 ERA.

Sometimes the best trades are the ones you don’t make..

[notin]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Are you familiar with the term 'broken record?'

Especially since he lives in a fantasy world where the GMs only job is to improve the team at the deadline…

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, FredLynn said:

Ryan or Naylor should have been targets. Naylor with Seattle has an OPS+ of 138. I haven’t checked but I bet that’s better than anyone we now have. 
As I said, I’d have only fired Breslow if the Sox didn’t make the playoffs. Obviously they did. But he still did a s*** job at the TD. 

I'm pretty sure that you said he should be fired for the lack of moves at the deadline with no qualifiers attached. Maybe I'm wrong.

[Yaz Fan Since 67]

 

2 hours ago, FredLynn said:

Ryan or Naylor should have been targets. Naylor with Seattle has an OPS+ of 138. I haven’t checked but I bet that’s better than anyone we now have. 
As I said, I’d have only fired Breslow if the Sox didn’t make the playoffs. Obviously they did. But he still did a s*** job at the TD. 

He tried to be active but could not work out a deal.  To me that means he was not willing to overpay for a few players who were most likely never have going to have the impact to make this the team that wins the World Series.

I'm cool with that.

 

[moonslav59]

15 minutes ago, Yaz Fan Since 67 said:

 

He tried to be active but could not work out a deal.  To me that means he was not willing to overpay for a few players who were most likely never have going to have the impact to make this the team that wins the World Series.

I'm cool with that.

 

I still think we coulda-shoulda, but not knowing the asking prices makes it hard to make have a clear position, for me.

The Matz trade worked: the May trade did not.

The Lowe pick-up worked.

The call-ups (Early, Eaton, Sogard and others) and returning injured players (Slaten, Yoshida and others) have helped, too.

[FredLynn]

2 hours ago, notin said:

Especially since he lives in a fantasy world where the GMs only job is to improve the team at the deadline…

Are you falsely claiming that improving the team at the deadline is NOT one of the jobs of the GM?

[FredLynn]

2 hours ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Are you familiar with the term 'broken record?'

Yeah

Its basically your script here

[FredLynn]

24 minutes ago, Yaz Fan Since 67 said:

 

He tried to be active but could not work out a deal.  To me that means he was not willing to overpay for a few players who were most likely never have going to have the impact to make this the team that wins the World Series.

I'm cool with that.

 

To me it means he failed 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 hours ago, FredLynn said:

To me it means he failed 

The only things that have failed are your inane predictions.

[FredLynn]

22 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The only things that have failed are your inane predictions.

I couldn't be happier that you enjoy reading them so much!

[Yaz Fan Since 67]

On 9/27/2025 at 6:36 PM, FredLynn said:

To me it means he failed 

I guess you would have preferred they trade 2-3 top prospects for a marginal rental.  

[Kimmi]

I didn't get to watch this game live, thanks to stupid Apple TV.  I watched it the next morning, having already known what happened.  Rafaela's walk off triple brought tears to my eyes.

IMO, there should be nothing but joy for the players on this team.  They played their hearts out.