A Realistic Look at the 2026 Red Sox: Part I

[moonslav59]

How many of us mentioned these outcomes over the winter?

Fangraph projection and outcome (so far)

 

.826 Murakami .947 (+121)

.804 Contreras ,894 (+90)

.772 BLowe .904 (+132)

,768 NLowe .912 (+144)

.748 Donovan .839 (+91)

.775 O'Hearn .827 (52)

.727 Arenado .809 (+82)

.647 IKF .766 (+119)

Funny how one GM traded or signed two of these guys.

[JoeBrady]

7 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

897 OPS in May. He'll be fine if he keeps hitting. 

Mar/Apr is historically his worst OPS month. Dude doesn't take his offseason seriously. Then he mashes in May - end of Summer. 

I expect him to revert to his his historical hitting numbers, mostly.  But his career 1st half OPS is higher than his 2nd half.

[notin]

4 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

No, that happened directly after the John Henry/Devers meeting in KC. I don't know what Devers did, but that was the tipping point for Devers and the franchise. 

Wasn’t that meeting due to his reluctance to move to 1b and cover for an injured teammate?