Red Sox Ace Garrett Crochet Heads To Injured List With Shoulder Inflammation

[Old Red]

35 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

One bat isn't winning them a WS. One bat isn't winning them the division. 

Would 1 bat helped them against the YANKEES last postseason? Let’s see where the Red Sox are come the end of JULY, and then go from there. It’s way to early to decide what to do now , and either way I don’t trust Brez to do the right thing anyway.

[notin]

40 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

The only way they are going to win a WS is through the prospects turning into legit players. That's how they won in 07, 13 and 18. 

And most of those prized prospects in 2018 weren’t rookies with 150-200 career plate appearances.   Even Devers entered the year with 240 PA.   Bradley took quite a while to become a well-rounded player.  But Benintendi came on strong as a rookie and was great in 2018, but really hasn’t been the same player since…

[JoeBrady]

8 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

One bat isn't going to fix this team. They need several bats to turn their season around.

I'd prefer two, but if we replaced Durbin with Paredes, and Paredes delivered his career-average OPS, that would then generate 86.2 wins.  That would make us the #2 WC.

[moonslav59]

33 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

I'd prefer two, but if we replaced Durbin with Paredes, and Paredes delivered his career-average OPS, that would then generate 86.2 wins.  That would make us the #2 WC.

I think Paredes, without giving up any useful MLB talent would be enough to get us to the dance, but not as a top favorite.

This could be the year, anything goes once the dance begins.