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

[JoeBrady]

10 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

I just don't want an Adames that is heading downhill fast.

I see no evidence of that.  Adames has had a consistent 3.5 bWAR over the past four years, and is in line for another 3.5.  EV and FB% in line with career norms.  A slow start, but has hit well over the past 2 weeks.

[JoeBrady]

10 hours ago, UtahSox said:

Can you acknowledge at this point the entire reason I say bring on Willy Adames is he is a good player and he has a risky contract?

I see nothing wrong with that assessment.  Like I like to say, no one gets elegant solutions.  We aren't getting Schmitt; he is too valuable.  SF is not getting rid of Devers, Chapman or Adames; they are too expensive.

You need two teams trying to make the most of a tough situation.

[moonslav59]

36 minutes ago, notin said:

I think that attitude is surprisingly common among MLB executives…

It does seem that way, but it's not always easy to unload bad contracts.

[moonslav59]

15 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

I see nothing wrong with that assessment.  Like I like to say, no one gets elegant solutions.  We aren't getting Schmitt; he is too valuable.  SF is not getting rid of Devers, Chapman or Adames; they are too expensive.

You need two teams trying to make the most of a tough situation.

Agreed. We might trade for Adames, if they took Yoshida plus prospects, but then they lose the main reason for trading him-- saving money.

They'd still save alot.

[notin]

On 5/27/2026 at 3:09 PM, vegasbob said:

Whatever the malaise going through the bats now, especially at home , could easily look different in late June.  Reversion to the mean by players with talent and pro histories could easily improve the numbers.

Run scoring is actually on an uptick.   The BP has lost the more recent games.   The Sox have scored 4-6-2-5-6 over the last 5.   Remember,  when reliever takes a loss it means they entered the game tied or leading and gave up the eventual winning run.   Sox relievers have lost 14 of the 31 L's.

The bullpen has been horrific.  And the thing is - at least Breslow tried to improve the offense, whether you like his moves or not or expected more, at least he made moves..  He ignored the bullpen completely.  Teams pitch about 1,450 IP per year, with starters handling maybe 800 of them, leaving about 650 IP for the bullpen.  So in building a “pitching and defense” team, Breslow looked at the crew charged with handling about 45% of the pitching and thought “I’m sure it’ll work itself out.”

[JoeBrady]

9 hours ago, UtahSox said:

Narvaez cuz his trade value is higher than his WAR IMO. 
Rafaela batting 9 cuz we’d finally have a lineup teams would fear. 
 

@Moon if we were finally willing to dangle M Mayer they might take it. They aren’t going anywhere this year anyway. 

No way the Angels are trading Neto.

[notin]

10 hours ago, UtahSox said:

I watch Neto a lot. I think he’s a really good player. And this trade has just as good of a chance as Adames. I think you could trade masa get at least 5m in savings out of him. Let me go BTV this. 

While I don’t want Adames, at least he is not in the Fantasy Pipe Dream Trade Category like Neto and Yordan Alvarez

[JoeBrady]

5 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Hitting wise, yes.

Our DH sucks, so there, too, although he may be one of the few 1Bman better on D than Willson.

Masa & Phillips...?

When Anthony returns, then he probably becomes our DH.

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, Old Red said:

Except 1 HR, and 4 RBI speaks for itself, and why little Anthony was called a flop so far this year on Boston TV.

Tatis has -0- HRs this year.  Maybe we can pick him up cheap.  Acuna has 2,  Chourio has 1.  Vlad has 3,  Tucker 4.  I can build a WS team with guys totaling 11 HRs YTD.  Heck, I know he is a Yankee, but Judge has 1 HR in his last 15 games.  Add him on the cheap.

[JoeBrady]

14 minutes ago, notin said:

The bullpen has been horrific.  And the thing is - at least Breslow tried to improve the offense, whether you like his moves or not or expected more, at least he made moves..  He ignored the bullpen completely.  Teams pitch about 1,450 IP per year, with starters handling maybe 800 of them, leaving about 650 IP for the bullpen.  So in building a “pitching and defense” team, Breslow looked at the crew charged with handling about 45% of the pitching and thought “I’m sure it’ll work itself out.”

This was the one area where most of us agreed.

[JoeBrady]

9 minutes ago, notin said:

While I don’t want Adames, at least he is not in the Fantasy Pipe Dream Trade Category like Neto and Yordan Alvarez

You can only get what other teams are offering.  And no one is offering controllable stars, unless it is a monstrous overpay.

[moonslav59]

14 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

When Anthony returns, then he probably becomes our DH.

Haven't you heard?

He's a "flop."

"Everyone had him penciled in as a star."

[moonslav59]

10 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

You can only get what other teams are offering.  And no one is offering controllable stars, unless it is a monstrous overpay.

Or a situation like Devers in '25.

[Old Red]

8 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Haven't you heard?

He's a "flop."

"Everyone had him penciled in as a star."

 

8 hours ago, JoeBrady said:

Tatis has -0- HRs this year.  Maybe we can pick him up cheap.  Acuna has 2,  Chourio has 1.  Vlad has 3,  Tucker 4.  I can build a WS team with guys totaling 11 HRs YTD.  Heck, I know he is a Yankee, but Judge has 1 HR in his last 15 games.  Add him on the cheap.

You guys crack me up trying to say it’s alright for NOman who only has 1 HR, and 4 RBI before he got hurt AGAIN, because other players have struggled too. Those other players don’t play for the Red Sox though, and are not one of the reasons the Red Sox have been an underachieving under 500 team so far. You have your opinions, which is fine for you, and many others have different opinions, which is fine for them. Flop, or not to flop. That is the question.

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, Old Red said:

You guys crack me up trying to say it’s alright

Not my point at all.  My point is that plenty of players start off poorly and plenty of players get hurt.  That's just baseball.  Last week people wanted to trade Duran for pieces.  Now he is playing like an AS.  People have been wanting to cut IKF since the day we signed him.  Now they want to extend him.

Just for fun, Mayer +  Story + Durban have a 0.8 bWAR in 463 ABs, while IKF has a 0.8 bWAR in 60 ABs.