Yankees (Gil) vs Red Sox (Early): 4/21/26, 6:45pm

[mvp 78]

38 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

How about Gasper the friendly ghost and Delay?

Gasper and Delay both haven't done all that much with their MLB experience. If people believe in Narvaez's glove, you stick with him. If Wong is hitting, there isn't room for another catcher. 

[mvp 78]

37 minutes ago, Old Red said:

He hit one of his ping pong grounders over a drawn in infield the other day, and you were touting Masa for Mayor.🙈

Mayor for a day, grounders for a lifetime. 

[mvp 78]

36 minutes ago, notin said:

Bear in mind the suggestion was originally made before Arias did that and while Cheng’s OPS was over 1.300…

It is ok to change your mind! 

[mvp 78]

41 minutes ago, Hitch said:

Screw it, it can't get worse. I say lets do it! 

7.03(b)

"A game shall be forfeited to the opposing team when a team is unable or refuses to place nine players on the field." 

[mvp 78]

30 minutes ago, notin said:

And no one wanted Ryan O’Hearn (.936 OPS)….

He was a potential at the trading deadline too. 

[Hitch]

1 minute ago, mvp 78 said:

7.03(b)

"A game shall be forfeited to the opposing team when a team is unable or refuses to place nine players on the field." 

Can't catch a break.

[drewski6]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

They have fewer promising choices at SS, 3B and 2B than OF/DH.

It use to be 2b are your 2b and your ss are your ss and every player can only play the one position

Then like LF/RF became interchangeable, as well as 2b/ss and maybe even some 1b/3b

Now its 2b,3b,ss (interchangeable) but not interchangeable with lf,cf,rf (who are all interchangeable with each other)

And even though the trend is towards positions are dead and optimized defense is for the birds....We are still talking about 2b vs 3b , oh if you play a ss at 2b or trade a lf for a 2b 

Or talking batting order

Its all tiny potatoes stuff.

Positions are dead.  Best 9 hitters.  We just dont have enough good hitters.  Its not about swapping positions.  Like MVP told you we are 2-9 in games Masa starts.  And the problem is Duran should have been traded for Paredes, right? Well we are like 2-9 in games Duran doesnt play and Paredes aint a star.

What we need is star players. Big contracts. Proven studs. 

Paredes is not.

[moonslav59]

59 minutes ago, Old Red said:

He hit one of his ping pong grounders over a drawn in infield the other day, and you were touting Masa for Mayor.🙈

Not sure why those shows of enthusiasm bother you so much.

[drewski6]

Paredes has a 0.1 WAR, thats not exactly moving the needle.

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

What we need is star players. Big contracts. Proven studs. 

Paredes is not.

He's light years better at bat than Durbin, Mayer and Story.

Let's revisit this in October.

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Paredes has a 0.1 WAR, thats not exactly moving the needle.

-0.3 Story (102 PAs)

-0.2 Monasterio (31)

-0.1 Durbin (80)

Okay, IP was not going to replace Story. Hell, Cora won't even move him to 2B, but how about giving him Durbin & Monatserio's 110 PAs?

That's a +0.4 fWAR swap.

+.4 is third best on the Sox (Rafaela)

[drewski6]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

He's light years better at bat than Durbin, Mayer and Story.

Let's revisit this in October.

Story is a much better player than Paredes.  Mayer was a top prospect waiting in the wings but certainly could be sent down.  Durbin was a reactionary move in an offseason full of them.  I dont understand why any of this matters.

Its like you are 1/2 accepting positions are dead by lumping all these guys together, and then fall back to we needed to make a trade because positions.

Mayer and Durbin, Durbin and Mayer oh nooooo.

The Red Sox have enough versatility where they can fit in a stud hitter almost anywhere.  Cuz guys can and do move around. Cuz positions are dead.

[drewski6]

1 minute ago, moonslav59 said:

-0.3 Story (102 PAs)

-0.2 Monasterio (31)

-0.1 Durbin (80)

Okay, IP was not going to replace Story. Hell, Cora won't even move him to 2B, but how about giving him Durbin & Monatserio's 110 PAs?

That's a +0.4 fWAR swap.

+.4 is third best on the Sox (Rafaela)

But why is Paredes your daydream?

[drewski6]

Just now, drewski6 said:

But why is Paredes your daydream?

Is it becaus of the position(s) he plays (poorly)

[drewski6]

F all this positional alignment.  The sox did not go out and get stud hitters.  Change your mentality.  Paredes is not going and getting a stud hitter.  Its more of the same.  Oh , we have Masa so we cant get Schwarber.  Oh we need 3b/ss that dude is more of a 2b. Noooo the problem is the batting order, yeah, thats it.

The problem is a lack of elite baseball players.  And we have enough versatility that we can fit an elite baseball player at really any position (even DH).  Look up the top 15 baseball players and daydream going after them.

Paredes is closer to Durbin than he is Schwarber.

[mvp 78]

4 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

F all this positional alignment.  The sox did not go out and get stud hitters.  Change your mentality.  Paredes is not going and getting a stud hitter.  Its more of the same.  Oh , we have Masa so we cant get Schwarber.  Oh we need 3b/ss that dude is more of a 2b. Noooo the problem is the batting order, yeah, thats it.

The problem is a lack of elite baseball players.  And we have enough versatility that we can fit an elite baseball player at really any position (even DH).  Look up the top 15 baseball players and daydream going after them.

Paredes is closer to Durbin than he is Schwarber.

Daydream going after a player. What good is in that? 

[moonslav59]

22 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Story is a much better player than Paredes.  

I went out of my way to state that Paredes would not be replacing Story.

[moonslav59]

21 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

But why is Paredes your daydream?

He was not my first choice.

He seemed like the most attainable. That's the only reason.

I do think he'll do better than he has recently. I'm not so sure about Durbin and Mayer.

[moonslav59]

23 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Is it becaus of the position(s) he plays (poorly)

He's a better bat than Durbin, Mayer and others. Even as he slumps.

[Old Red]

39 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Not sure why those shows of enthusiasm bother you so much.

Because as I’ve stated many times before when you get giddy things usually turn s*****. It’s a curse, and not a gift.👋

[drewski6]

20 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I went out of my way to state that Paredes would not be replacing Story.

And I typed my comment in between your 2 haha

[FredLynn]

3 hours ago, notin said:

Smallish budget?  Sox are top six in payroll.  Questionable stretching of the “ish” suffix…

How are we doing at percentage of revenue spent? Last I checked we were around 23rd. So yes-smallish budget.

[FredLynn]

49 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

F all this positional alignment.  The sox did not go out and get stud hitters.  Change your mentality.  Paredes is not going and getting a stud hitter.  Its more of the same.  Oh , we have Masa so we cant get Schwarber.  Oh we need 3b/ss that dude is more of a 2b. Noooo the problem is the batting order, yeah, thats it.

The problem is a lack of elite baseball players.  And we have enough versatility that we can fit an elite baseball player at really any position (even DH).  Look up the top 15 baseball players and daydream going after them.

Paredes is closer to Durbin than he is Schwarber.

Bingo! We just don’t have the talent to compete for the playoffs, let alone a ring. We could have had more talent if the cheapskate owner opened his wallet. He didn’t. And we stink.

[drewski6]

52 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Daydream going after a player. What good is in that? 

Because this team settles too much.  And trades backwards too much.  There are times to trade backwards (by that I mean identify the guy to be traded , not the guy you are getting first).  So like, hey this isnt our year, lets circle our upcoming free agents and see what we can get = fine.  

But enough of this , I think we should have traded Duran! For what? Well, I dont know - maybe Paredes.

Go the other way, circle the best infielders. Go get them. Overpay if you have to.  Take a big salary if you have to.  Be the driver.

Paredes only makes sense if you work backwards.  I think that passive approach is the problem.  

[drewski6]

Stars and studs change teams all the time.

[drewski6]

Paredes is neither a star nor a stud.

[drewski6]

I do not sit here, wishing we had Paredes.  Pick a sexier name.  CJ Abrams? Seager? Schwarber? 

[notin]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

7.03(b)

"A game shall be forfeited to the opposing team when a team is unable or refuses to place nine players on the field." 

You coach softball.  Borrow one from the other team…

[notin]

15 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

How are we doing at percentage of revenue spent? Last I checked we were around 23rd. So yes-smallish budget.

When was the last time you checked?

[Duran Is The Man]

7 minutes ago, drewski6 said:

Stars and studs change teams all the time.

and this team has none.