Red Sox Rumors: Duran-Padres Link Grows Stronger, Bregman Trade Rumor Shot Down

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

Hot Patootie, bless my soul. 

A "baseball" related Meat Loaf story written shortly after he passed by a a young woman who played high school softball for him:

https://deadspin.com/meat-loaf-was-my-softball-coach-5821391/

3 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

I think his contract is a good deal. I think it potentially decreases his trade value to some teams, especially now that he's swooning in AAA. 

This is different than my feeling on Bello and Rafaela. I've always said that Bello's deal was fine. I've always said that Rafaela's deal was unnecessary and may be proven wrong. 

The nice thing about Bello is that he did not have to improve much at all to justify the extension and the price tag.  Rafaela was a bit more wobbly - but still cheap.  Even if it was unnecessary, it is a bit of who cares for me.  

Campbell was a bit more reckless.  But I think getting him more confident/competent defensively is going to be at least as important in his AAA stay as the bat.  

This was a post I saw on Facebook just now with accompanying photos so is legit - 

It's easy to forget the things these players do away from the screen sometimes, and the connections they hold for fans. Duran is always outside signing autographs late into the night. 

I've been one that was leaning to wanting him traded so we could get pitching, but you hear stuff like this and makes me question how black and white I see things on times (in terms of seeing them as value and moving them around casually to make things work to how I would best see fit).

I do like Jarren. He's got his issues as we've seen, and nobody is perfect, but he clearly cares, works his ass off and wants to be there for everyday fans. 

I still hope we get pitching, but I hope he stays, now, too.

2 hours ago, Hitch said:

This was a post I saw on Facebook just now with accompanying photos so is legit - 

It's easy to forget the things these players do away from the screen sometimes, and the connections they hold for fans. Duran is always outside signing autographs late into the night. 

I've been one that was leaning to wanting him traded so we could get pitching, but you hear stuff like this and makes me question how black and white I see things on times (in terms of seeing them as value and moving them around casually to make things work to how I would best see fit).

I do like Jarren. He's got his issues as we've seen, and nobody is perfect, but he clearly cares, works his ass off and wants to be there for everyday fans. 

I still hope we get pitching, but I hope he stays, now, too.

 

My sister posted a picture of me meeting Duran last week, but I’ll post my full story here. I was so nervous to meet him. Like a lot of other people here - he’s my favorite player. Aside from his game, I have so much admiration for his openness about his mental health. Anyways - I was so star struck I basically forgot how to speak. I was also shaking so much I think he had to hold me down so he could sign my jersey (second pic). I also have a pic of him holding my hair out of the way (because as I mentioned - I was a nervous wreck. Was absolutely 0 help to this man). When were leaving, I blabbered “am I the most awkward person you’ve met tonight? It’s okay if you say yes.” And he was like “no don’t worry you are good!”

As we were leaving, I tried to manage a “thank you” - and he said “remember - words are hard” and I’ll carry that with me forever. The whole interaction haunted me for days - because man, did I botch it. BUT he was really sweet about it and didn’t make me feel bad for probably taking up more time than I should have

He took his time with every single fan and was truly so humble. I heard him frequently say “why are you sorry?” to fans who apologized for asking him for multiple pictures/to sign more than one item. God only knows how long he was out there for - we stayed an extra 2 hours and he still had a whole line of people to meet after us. Do not trade this gem of a man - I beg you. The team - and the fans - need him. It’s so much bigger than baseball (but also worth noting: he’s more than just a clubhouse guy. We’ve seen what he can do)

Also: you’ll see I’m still holding the sharpie I was supposed to give him, but forgot (I cannot emphasize how useless I was during the whole interaction) - he brought his own pen with him for signatures.

 

 

Duran's the man!

1 hour ago, Bellhorn04 said:

That's awesome.  I love players who go out of their way for the fans.

I recently read a piece about Mike Trout hearing about a kid who had lost all his autographed baseball cards in a fire.  Trout sent him a signed jersey.

when Trout was in AA ball in Little Rock, AR, he was, by far, the nicest guy on the team -going out of his way to sign and take pics for anybody and everybody. every single day.

Are these Cubs podcasters realistic in their trade proposals?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dwHU7tMgac

🙂

On 7/13/2025 at 12:23 PM, TedYazPapiMookie said:

First, try to understand the nomenclature.  Errors are not a metric, they are a stat.  Metrics are guesses or estimates.  Fielding % is also a stat not a metric.  The laughable part is your lack of understanding about what you are talking about.  OAA is WAG also known as a wild ass guess.  It's nothing more than one perspective on a guess at a fabricated concept called Outs Above Average.  That's a joke metric.  It's completely fabricated.  Ultimate Zone Ratings are fabricated.  They are new parameters made up to try to make apples to oranges comparisons that are wild ass guesses.

Most people actually use a measurement to define the best at something.  Go look up who had a better DRS in CF in 2024 - Duran or Rafaela.  I'll give you a hint, it's the guy with 2 errors in 550 total chances in CF since he joined the Red Sox.  It's Duran.  

You do realize that just saying something is so doesn't actually make it so?  Right?  

You are welcome to your opinion, but you must know that nobody cares what that is.  They care about facts, and the fact is Duran outperformed all Red Sox outfielders last year, with Rafaela second and Abreu the gold glove winner finishing 3rd.

It takes a lot of nerve to suggest something is laughable when you have no knowledge about the topic.

A metric is defined by Webster's as a "standard of measurement", so please stop embarrassing yourself by trying to be a douche to me, just because your imbecilic take is getting shredded by everybody. I have forgotten more about this game than you will ever know.

6 hours ago, Sawxfan said:

A metric is defined by Webster's as a "standard of measurement", so please stop embarrassing yourself by trying to be a douche to me, just because your imbecilic take is getting shredded by everybody. I have forgotten more about this game than you will ever know.

Let's start with you using Webster.  That suggests you are a very inexperienced person since you don't comprehend the difference between a standard dictionary and a baseball dictionary.  If so, I will behave politely due to your lack of experience. 

So, besides the wrong choice of dictionary, you know what else you did that is embarrassing to you?   You think by being part of the inexperienced collective on this website that I actually care about what a bunch of junior baseball fans think about ANY part of the game.   I don't. 

In 20 years, when you better understand the game, the metrics, the difference between data and estimates, then please come back to me and apologize for your petulance.  It's embarrassing.  You don't know what you don't know and that's a common mistake of young people.

Also, ANY TIME you want to put your knowledge of the GAME OF BASEBALL or YOUR EXPERIENCE IN BASEBALL against mine, please let me know.  What a ridiculous claim by you.  You have no idea who you are speaking with, but you are young enough to make anonymous claims of knowledge after I completely and transparently told my baseball story validating over 50 years of being involved in baseball and nearly 100 years of my family being involved in baseball.  That's called pure ignorance on your part.