2026 MLB post-Red Sox postseason thread

[Old Red]

5 minutes ago, notin said:

And I don’t care if they care.  I’m not out here pushing my baseball podcast (which doesn’t exist).

I will say, teams break things down far, far more than I do with my cursory research.  No team in MLB signs a player based on RBI totals on the hope they translate.  They used to go all in on EV and launch angle, but they’ve probably moved past that now and are on to scouting using DNA Sequencing Predispositions or something even freakier…

I didn’t say what teams do I said fans.

[notin]

1 minute ago, Old Red said:

Computer-based seeding? I thought it was men smoking cigars in a smoke filled room.🤫

The BCS?

Doesn’t that stand for “Bitchin’ about Computer Seeding”?

I get why the NCAA has to do weird stuff.  There are over 280 division 1 football programs.   MLB has 30 teams.  No need to overcomplicate…

[notin]

1 minute ago, Old Red said:

I didn’t say what teams do I said fans.

No but fans want and judge players based on RBIs and HRs in different scenarios.  Don’t say they don’t…

[Old Red]

Just now, notin said:

The BCS?

Doesn’t that stand for “Bitchin’ about Computer Seeding”?

I get why the NCAA has to do weird stuff.  There are over 280 division 1 football programs.   MLB has 30 teams.  No need to overcomplicate…

I agree, and that’s why I said that’s the worst thing they could do.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

13 minutes ago, notin said:

It is worth noting, of course Ruth had other advantages over Aaron as well.

Everybody knows: Ruth swung a 5-foot table leg salvaged and sanded down from a saloon he trashed in a drunken brawl. He was able to heft this log because of his diet of hot dogs, cold cats, beer kegs and tips of cigars.

And unlike Aaron, the Babe didn't have to constantly peer over his shoulder to duck from racists threatening to shoot him if he insisted on playing long enough to set the HR record.

[Old Red]

5 minutes ago, notin said:

No but fans want and judge players based on RBIs and HRs in different scenarios.  Don’t say they don’t…

Some may, but I can’t believe that when the O’s were thinking about signing Alonso they weren’t envisioning how many HR and how many RBI he would hit, and produce for them.👋

[notin]

12 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Everybody knows: Ruth swung a 5-foot table leg salvaged and sanded down from a saloon he trashed in a drunken brawl. He was able to heft this log because of his diet of hot dogs, cold cats, beer kegs and tips of cigars.

And unlike Aaron, the Babe didn't have to constantly peer over his shoulder to duck from racists threatening to shoot him if he insisted on playing long enough to set the HR record.

He also set the single season home run his first season not pitching and had the career record 3 years later.  Of course it also helped that he played in a league comprised of 5’9” white guys and their 75mph “fast”balls who spent their offseasons and morticians and haberdashers…

But hey, spitball was legal!

[moonslav59]

29 minutes ago, Old Red said:

I don’t believe the Red Sox had any plans to go after AR last offseason, and Mayer was part of the so called future at either 2B, or 3B depending who the Red Sox picked up to play the other. Con Man was cheaper than Alonso. DUBin was cheaper than Bregman, and turning to Ranger was cheaper than Bregman. It worked out to some degree, but not good enough.

Yes, I think they felt Narvaez would be "good enough." He got worse than even his second half 2025 numbers. My point was, it's usually cheaper to make those type of trades in the winter not summer.

BAL thought they might be better this year. Some posters had them ahead of us. They did get Alonso and made some bold though questionable trades, 

I didn't mean my comment to suggest we could have done it in DEC. Many times a team lest things play out a little before realizing a change should be made. There were some posters questioning Narvaez a lot more than I was. I thought other slots were higher need, too.

While 2B was passed over for an upgrade, too, I can understand why they felt Romy (.826 and 7th in team PAs) was a good hedge on Mayer not working out. On top of that, we got Seigler and Monasterio to replace our utility man in DHam and also added IKF. As it turned out, mayer sucked, Romy got hurt and we still need to trade early for what we felt was a major add in mead.