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Technically, one of these teams must win tonight. I know neither wants to do it, but one must.
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Two weeks of the new Talk Sox, thoughts?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
See, and now it has stopped for me. Sigh. I will try to keep an eye out, there is likely *one* ad triggering this, that's usually the case. -
So the Sox are under .500. Not that it matters a whole lot but yuck.
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I think there’s a near-zero chance Jansen gets 2/$32m from anyone at his age.
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I totally get the Red Sox moving on from any late-30s reliever but can they really afford to "hope" for a comeback after the bullpen's performance this season? Seems like they need to focus about securing more good arms.
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Chris Cotillo of MassLive reported that Red Sox closer and soon-to-be free agent Kenley Jansen is open to returning to the Red Sox but wants to pitch for a contender in 2025. The 36-year-old right-hander acknowledges he is in the twilight of his career and wants to make the most of his remaining years. While Jansen is in the latter-half of his 30s, he has shown few signs of slowing down. In his two seasons with Boston, he has pitched in 102 games with a 125 ERA+ and 111 strikeouts in 96.1 innings pitched. Given the volatility of relievers, particularly aging relievers, it's hard to predict what the free agent market will offer Jansen. He may have to settle for a one-year deal but if a desperate team aggressively pursues him, a two-year contract might be in play. Would you bring back Jansen for 2025 and what kind of contract would you be willing to offer him? View full rumor
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Chris Cotillo of MassLive reported that Red Sox closer and soon-to-be free agent Kenley Jansen is open to returning to the Red Sox but wants to pitch for a contender in 2025. The 36-year-old right-hander acknowledges he is in the twilight of his career and wants to make the most of his remaining years. While Jansen is in the latter-half of his 30s, he has shown few signs of slowing down. In his two seasons with Boston, he has pitched in 102 games with a 125 ERA+ and 111 strikeouts in 96.1 innings pitched. Given the volatility of relievers, particularly aging relievers, it's hard to predict what the free agent market will offer Jansen. He may have to settle for a one-year deal but if a desperate team aggressively pursues him, a two-year contract might be in play. Would you bring back Jansen for 2025 and what kind of contract would you be willing to offer him? -
Two weeks of the new Talk Sox, thoughts?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
We'll work on this for next season. At this point, I just figured it's best to let things ride for two weeks and implement something more consistent from OD onward in 2025. After doing this for a couple of decades, I've discovered that if you want to change something, the best way to do it is the start of a new season. -
This sentence made my morning.
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Glad to have you back!
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Ooooh, that one is my fault. I read right past that line, should have caught it in editing.
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Two weeks of the new Talk Sox, thoughts?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
This is a new development, it's been happening to me as well. Only started in the past week or so, I need to reach out to the ad provider and see if they can do something about it. -
I'm impressed that all of you have been watching this bullpen all season and are still here, talking baseball.
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Article: Phil Plantier: A Young Yaz?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Jared Mulholland's topic in Talk Sox Front Page News
This is such a fun read! Well done, @Jared Mulholland! -
I think it’s the mediocrity. The same thing is happening on our Cubs site; the Cubs and Sox have had very similar seasons.
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Two weeks of the new Talk Sox, thoughts?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Thanks for all the positive comments! I truly appreciate it. There's always anxiety around a project of this kind. I take community very seriously and I'm always low-key terrified that I'm going to mess up and ruin a two-decade old community. -
Trying a new thing here. The game thread will exist in the Red Sox forum for the day and I will move it to the game thread forum tomorrow morning.
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Two weeks of the new Talk Sox, thoughts?
Brock Beauchamp replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
On the other sites, we carry the latest game thread in the team (Red Sox) forum. The next morning, I move it to the game thread forum and create a new thread in the team (Red Sox) forum. Is this something we want to do here as well? I like having the game thread in the most populous forum because it gets the most eyeballs, then moving it to another forum for later reference. -
I like to check in every so often and get the community’s thoughts on things. We’re two weeks in and we’re about 75% of functionality. Due to the unusual time we launched, things like prospect lists and other features will roll out over the next couple of months. So what are your thoughts? What are we doing right? What are we doing wrong? I’m still on the lookout for a consistent videographer so if you have interest or know someone who does, PM me. Almost all the front page writers so far are very inexperienced but I’m super-impressed with this group. You Sox fans are a passionate, smart bunch of people. We’ve had WAY MORE people signing up to write than any site we’ve launched before now and the content has been impressively good. With that said, in the coming weeks we’re bringing in more experienced writers including someone to handle most of the front page management so I’m freed up to work more on outreach. Please, let me know your thoughts, good and bad.
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To be fair, I literally laughed out loud when the Yankees signed Ellsbury to that contract.
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Article: In Defense Of Chaim Bloom
Brock Beauchamp replied to Maddie Landis's topic in Talk Sox Front Page News
I think ownership is clearly to blame here. This year, the Sox have the 11th-highest payroll in baseball (per SpoTrac). Two years ago, it was sixth-highest. Five years ago, it was the highest in baseball. Ten years ago, it was fifth-highest. The Sox can't compete directly with the Yankees and Dodgers on spending. That's a reasonable limit. But they should at least be spending at Cubs-level and Giants-level. This is a franchise that dominates New England, which has a population around 15 million people. The attendance always averages over 30,000 per game. There's no excuse for a payroll outside the top ten of baseball. -
The Red Sox should have the budget to keep Rafaela as a fourth outfielder should that become the best position for him in the future. I'm generally in favor of locking up young players into free agency because the dollars required to do so just aren't that large. But for the reasons pointed out in this article, I'm not sure I would have chosen Rafaela as my first target.
