A Realistic View at the 2027 Red Sox Part I

[NHNative]

I enjoyed the article by Caulder on Tolle---the beautiful mustache.

;-)

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, notin said:

I can promise you the that Sox didn’t sign Alonso nothing to do with Yoshida.  I can also promise you that criticism was made up by people who wanted Alonso and needed a rallying cry…

The main cry was Duran and Anthony can't both play LF. 

It wasnt about Yoshida, although some said we should dump him.

The idea was Alonso at 1B, but we got Contreras instead. We coulda got both, and not many hated that idea.

[moonslav59]

My wish is two big bats, but I doubt we get one from...

DLC

Abrams

Suzuki

Sato

Maybe some other big bat could be traded (Yordan, Schwarber, Alonso, Kurtz or Wood)

We may not even add these types: BLowe, Arozarena, Harper, Bauers, Pena...

[notin]

4 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

The main cry was Duran and Anthony can't both play LF. 

It wasnt about Yoshida, although some said we should dump him.

The idea was Alonso at 1B, but we got Contreras instead. We coulda got both, and not many hated that idea.

Exactly.  The inability to trade Duran had already relegated Yoshida to the bench.

Duran had been worth over 12 WAR in the 2 previous seasons.  That in itself is an elite level.  They weren’t going to just bench him because some fans started crying “spend more! Spend more!!”  They clearly had no problem benching Yoshida, having already done it the year before as well.

And they’ll probably bench him next season, too…

[moonslav59]

8 minutes ago, notin said:

Exactly.  The inability to trade Duran had already relegated Yoshida to the bench.

Duran had been worth over 12 WAR in the 2 previous seasons.  That in itself is an elite level.  They weren’t going to just bench him because some fans started crying “spend more! Spend more!!”  They clearly had no problem benching Yoshida, having already done it the year before as well.

And they’ll probably bench him next season, too…

Many of us were for trading Duran and signing Alonso, and the added cost would have meant no Suarez. IMO, I'm just not convinced JH says yes, if Brez came to him with a top offer for Alonso, but I could be wrong. (No way he says yes to Breggie & Alonso.)

Alonso>Duran in 2026 would have been a formidable offensive boost. We'd likely have kept Early in hopes he'd be back and with no Suarez, the need would have been higher.

[Randy Red Sox]

On 10/12/2026 at 10:15 AM, mvp 78 said:

The guys that are signing 1-2 year deals aren't the upper echelon guys that tend to hit big. Sox take little swings in FA and aren't finding much impact there. 

agreed totally

[Randy Red Sox]

6 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

The main cry was Duran and Anthony can't both play LF. 

It wasnt about Yoshida, although some said we should dump him.

The idea was Alonso at 1B, but we got Contreras instead. We coulda got both, and not many hated that idea.

right now JH has Brez pondering over the list of SP on long term injury rehab. So long as he is ready sometime in 2028

[notin]

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Many of us were for trading Duran and signing Alonso, and the added cost would have meant no Suarez. IMO, I'm just not convinced JH says yes, if Brez came to him with a top offer for Alonso, but I could be wrong. (No way he says yes to Breggie & Alonso.)

Alonso>Duran in 2026 would have been a formidable offensive boost. We'd likely have kept Early in hopes he'd be back and with no Suarez, the need would have been higher.

Do people think JH approves everything over a certain amount?  I mean, there’s a saying among executives to their delegates “if I need to approve everything, then I don’t need you.”  I kind of think Henry sets budget limits or parameters and lets Breslow work from there…

[notin]

31 minutes ago, Randy Red Sox said:

right now JH has Brez pondering over the list of SP on long term injury rehab. So long as he is ready sometime in 2028

Not sure why the Sandoval deal bothers so many.  Do people really think the other option for that $18mill was Dylan Cease?

Sandoval came back just when the Sox needed another starter and gave the Sox 70 innings.  He was brought on to be depth, and depth he was.  

I assume the Sox will sign another rehab pitcher at some point, if the right deal can be found…