mvp 78

He can't.

It's always both.

Goldschmidt 4.9 fWAR (33) Votto 3.6 fWAR (37)

He WAS credited with the win though.

Jimy was the last Sox manager to win it. Since then: ChiSox 2 (WS season) Rays 3 (both WS seasons) Twins 3 A's 2 Guardians 3 (WS season) Rangers 2 (not WS season) Angels 2 (WS season) Tigers 1 (not WS season) Mariners 1 Royals 1 (not in WS season) Orioles 1

Davis pitched on Saturday.

Iggy is ineligible no matter what.

I think he'd still through Darwinzon out there. Maybe Barnes too.

Ray signed for 1yr/8M. Seems better than what the Sox gave to Richards and the Yanks gave to Kuber.

Ray had a career low walk rate and BABIP. I wouldn't prioritize re-signing Ray on a large contract.

Amount of relief appearances for German in Yankees in 2019: 1. Amount of relief appearances for German in Red Sox in 2021: 6. After the Yankees had him come out in relief, THEY WENT BACK AND HAD HIM FINISH THE YEAR WITH 7 MORE STARTS.

Interesting that his best offensive numbers this year were in July and August when he was in and out of the lineup with the hip issue. Maybe just a SSS thing. Sept/Oct was his worst stretch this year by far. What is the long term prognosis for him after surgery?

I expected them to not roll out Mazza and Weber again.

Need to see if this is a one year aberration due to injury or if this is what he is going forward. If he is just a 4 win guy, he's probably not a max contract. Kiké was a 4 fWAR guy this year. I'm not sure anyone would want to pay him $30M.

A first place vote? No.

What they were experiencing was the RECENCY EFFECT where they just forgot that the Sox are a good franchise who can turn it around quickly.

Rafael Devers was the only major leaguer with 100+ RBI and 100+ runs scored in both 2019 and 2021. 2019 (156 games): 32 HR, 115 RBI, 129 R 2021 (156 games): 38 HR, 113 RBI, 101 R How about extending this guy?

The road to the WS could be: Beat your arch rival Beat the ******* no-name Rays whose stadium is filled up by your own fans Beat the cheating no-good Astros Beat those dirty Dodgers who are buying titles (5 of the 6 highest team payrolls ever are LAD)

Uh, yes.

People have been saying that for the past few years now. The Jays seem to always win the offseason and trade deadline, but have little to show for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liL72th6fVg Pitching Ninja on Pivetta's knee buckler.

Tito is in a tier all of his own. They should have never let him go. They let him leave because he "lost the team." Well, that team wasn't found the next season. They just had to churn over the roster. Tito would have won in 2013 for sure. He would have won in 2018 if he never left his office.

Who was the last Sox manager to have any fire aside from Bobby? Not Jimy Williams. Maybe Kevin Kennedy?

He was just working on getting back from an injury to the other ankle too. He was using orthotics on his right ankle to help stabilize his swing. He's now the Billy Buckner of 2021 (in terms of being hobbled).

Pete Abraham: Kicking around some Red Sox roster ideas. They can do without a few relievers for one game. Could use an extra infielder with Iglesias ineligible. Maybe bring Duran back to pinch run? Would they want a third catcher? Martinez’s status is a factor. The one-game thing is weird. Sale doesn’t need to be on the roster. Maybe you drop Rodriguez because he pitched yesterday and would start Thursday if they win. Lots of ways to get creative. Arroyo hasn’t played 9 innings since 8-26. Given his injury issues, they’ll need an INF. Don’t be surprised if somebody out of the blue like Arauz ends up active. They really need to keep Hernández in center. Dalbec taking grounders at 2B lately seems more like a “break glass in case of emergency” thing than something they’d want to do. It’ll be interesting. Roster construction could look pretty interesting. I think Arauz and Duran make sense. Plawecki can swing the bat fairly well as a backup, so I'm not sure you'd need the 3rd catcher. Probably not have Sale/ERod active and load up on bench bats. Now that you have the 3 batter rule, it doesn't make too much sense to have 13 relievers.