Red Sox Acquire Curtis Mead for Connelly Early

[Old Red]

13 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

That's only if they choose to ignore the prospects that have succeeded.  I'll often just shake my head and move on.

It’s kind of what’s current, and matters at the moment. I remember when Tony C came up at age 19, and he made it. Doesn’t help now though.🤫

[JoeBrady]

50 minutes ago, Old Red said:

It’s kind of what’s current, and matters at the moment. I remember when Tony C came up at age 19, and he made it. Doesn’t help now though.🤫

Go to the current 40-man roster and let me know who made it and who didn't.

[Old Red]

13 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Go to the current 40-man roster and let me know who made it and who didn't.

I don’t really care about the 40 man myself ONLY what’s on the current 26. KC not there. Marshmallow Mayer not there. little Anthony not there. Who is there has NOTHING to do with who’s not there, or why to me, or even what the conversation is out in the vast reaches of RSN, and I only hear a small sample of that, but is apparently more than you do. It’s everywhere, it’s everywhere. To each its own.

[JBontheMonstah]

3 hours ago, southpaw777 said:

It was mentioned that LF could be possible for Mead. I’m ok with that too. If anything, I’d go get Pena to play SS if the price isn’t ridiculous. Hold the place for Arias. He’s cheap and might not cost as much as some others.

honestly, at this point, starting pitching should be the focus.

You aren’t getting Pena without arias in a deal. 

[JoeBrady]

6 minutes ago, Old Red said:

I don’t really care about the 40 man myself ONLY what’s on the current 26.

Go to the 26 man roster and let me know who made it and who didn't.

[JBontheMonstah]

Just now, JBontheMonstah said:

You aren’t getting Pena without arias in a deal. 

Unless you going Anthony for Pena straight up. Yes Anthony may seem like an overpay but Pena is batting over 300 he has control he just tacked on 2 HR’s today for 11 on the year defense is elite and he’s proven. Anthony hasn’t proven anything yet. So if you want Pena without giving up Anthony arias is in that trade with some pitching prospects.

[JBontheMonstah]

3 hours ago, JoeBrady said:

I see no issue with Yoshida.

I don’t either. I just don’t want him in the OF outside of Fenway.

[Old Red]

18 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Go to the 26 man roster and let me know who made it and who didn't.

How does that have anything to do with the talk, status, and availability specifically of Marshmallow Mayer, or little Anthony, which has been discussed for weeks now? Is there anyone on the 26 who had all the hype, and expectations put on them as Marshmallow, and little A?

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, JoeBrady said:

That's only if they choose to ignore the prospects that have succeeded.  I'll often just shake my head and move on.

Funny how some are/were pining for Teel.

Meidroth even.

Somehow they were never "suspects."

Drohan was the perfect example. Rule 5, Rule 5 returned. Then traded: big mistake!

LMAO

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, Old Red said:

How does that have anything to do with the talk, status, and availability specifically of Marshmallow Mayer, or little Anthony, which has been discussed for weeks now? Is there anyone on the 26 who had all the hype, and expectations put on them as Marshmallow, and little A?

Do they have to have the expectations of Anthony?  I count 8 guys on the team that came up as prospects and have done very well.

[JoeBrady]

58 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Drohan was the perfect example. Rule 5, Rule 5 returned. Then traded: big mistake!

I prefer the example of Harrison.

• How could we trade Devers for peanuts?
• How could we trade Harrison for peanuts?

[vjcsmoke]

Breslow got FLEECED again! He traded a 24 year old left handed potential top 3 starter in Early with a career 126 ERA+ for a 25 year old infield bat in Meade who just had his first nice season .852 and had a .620 OPS last year. What happens if Meade regresses?

We keep catching Ls in trades. If this move backfires we absolutely need to FIRE Breslow incompetent ass in the offseason.

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, JoeBrady said:

I prefer the example of Harrison.

• How could we trade Devers for peanuts?
• How could we trade Harrison for peanuts?

Yup. We even had someone upset we traded Blaze Jordan after he was like 4 for his first 11 ABs in MLB.

Where is the outrage over Clarke, Fajardo, Aita, Fitts and Dobbins?

(Maybe wait a while.)

[Old Red]

2 hours ago, JoeBrady said:

Do they have to have the expectations of Anthony?  I count 8 guys on the team that came up as prospects and have done very well.

That’s all fine, and good but the discussion was on little, and Marshmallow.

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[JoeBrady]

23 minutes ago, Old Red said:

That’s all fine, and good but the discussion was on little, and Marshmallow.

I commented to what you said: It’s kind of what’s current, and matters at the moment.

I thought that discussing the guys actually currently on the team qualified as 'current'.  The fact is, whether or not you want to admit it, quite a few of our prospects have worked out well.  Just not 100%.

[JoeBrady]

15 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Is Peanuts Durbin's new nickname? If not, your post about Harrison makes no sense.

When the Devers trades was made, some posters (and no small amount) said we got peanuts in return.  Harrison was one of those 'peanuts'.  The day he got traded to Mil, some posters couldn't believe we traded him for nothing.  This happens all the time in the RSN.  If Mead starts off 0-4, and Early wins his first game, it is almost guaranteed posters will say that Breslow got robbed.

[Old Red]

1 minute ago, JoeBrady said:

I commented to what you said: It’s kind of what’s current, and matters at the moment.

I thought that discussing the guys actually currently on the team qualified as 'current'.  The fact is, whether or not you want to admit it, quite a few of our prospects have worked out well.  Just not 100%.

You keep being hooked on prospects who have made it, and I’m not disputing that at all. BUT the discussion was, is, and has been for weeks now on little Anthony, and Marshmallow Mayer, and how they have not lived up to the hype, and expectations for various reasons this year, and more than one other venue has called little Anthony a flop. You don’t have to discuss it, but I’m pretty sure the discussion will go on here, there, and everywhere like it has for weeks now with, or without you.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

7 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

When the Devers trades was made, some posters (and no small amount) said we got peanuts in return.  Harrison was one of those 'peanuts'.  The day he got traded to Mil, some posters couldn't believe we traded him for nothing.  This happens all the time in the RSN.  If Mead starts off 0-4, and Early wins his first game, it is almost guaranteed posters will say that Breslow got robbed.

My bad. I misunderstood your post.

[Old Red]

6 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

When the Devers trades was made, some posters (and no small amount) said we got peanuts in return.  Harrison was one of those 'peanuts'.  The day he got traded to Mil, some posters couldn't believe we traded him for nothing.  This happens all the time in the RSN.  If Mead starts off 0-4, and Early wins his first game, it is almost guaranteed posters will say that Breslow got robbed.

It’s taken a while, but now you are getting it. Look at DUBin on he started out, and he started out pretty bad, and he got called out on it, but when he turned things around he got attacked boys for it. That’s how it works, and some have a problem with that. If Meade doesn’t start off good he’ll be called out on it along with bresLOW. That’s how it works especially in Boston, and has for years, and like it, or not you’re not going to stop it.

[notin]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

Yup. We even had someone upset we traded Blaze Jordan after he was like 4 for his first 11 ABs in MLB.

Where is the outrage over Clarke, Fajardo, Aita, Fitts and Dobbins?

(Maybe wait a while.)

The only time Sox prospects get patience from fans is after they’re traded to other teams…

[notin]

9 hours ago, southpaw777 said:

Well there’s always AI to make that happen for ya…

honestly, I’d kind of like to see what that would like too.

[Old Red]

8 minutes ago, notin said:

The only time Sox prospects get patience from fans is after they’re traded to other teams…

Huh? Your point? It doesn’t really matter much anymore. It’s really not that complicated, or unusual.

[notin]

Just now, Old Red said:

Huh? Your point? It doesn’t really matter much anymore. It’s really not that complicated, or unusual.

So does that make it right?

[Old Red]

3 minutes ago, notin said:

So does that make it right?

Honestly I really don’t see anything wrong with it, and I really don’t care one way, or the other, and it doesn’t bother me at all.

[JoeBrady]

28 minutes ago, Old Red said:

you’re not going to stop it.

I do not expect to stop it.  But I like to explain the virtue of patience.  As well as looking at peripheral stats to divine whether or not the back of the baseball card stats are indicative of how a player is doing.

[Old Red]

3 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

I do not expect to stop it.  But I like to explain the virtue of patience.  As well as looking at peripheral stats to divine whether or not the back of the baseball card stats are indicative of how a player is doing.

Peripheral stats works for you, and that’s fine for you. But the stats on the back of a baseball card like HR, RBI actually shows up on the scoreboard, which determines the W-L in the standings. That works for me.

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, notin said:

So does that make it right?

I guess right only matters when others are wrong.

[moonslav59]

59 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

I do not expect to stop it.  But I like to explain the virtue of patience.  

These days, patience is not a virtue and is actually spit on.