mvp 78

Games played by season (includes MiLB): 2021 61 2020 15 2019 49 2018 68 2017 59 2016 119 2015 90 2014 89 2013 45 A modern day Lou Gehrig.

Looks at a guy with a lengthy injury history... Yeah, too soon to tell if he can stay on the field.

Paper tigers.

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Sale is a piggyback starter right now.

I hope he has a huge game today.

Sox aren't allowed to have a prospect with a low k rate.

@IanMBrowne Alex Cora told WEEI crew that Christian Arroyo is back in Boston after being hit hard by Covid. Martin Perez is flying to Boston tonight and will likely go on a rehab assignment before he comes back. The rest of the guys quarantined in Tampa could meet the team in Chicago Friday.

Red Sox killer. He's the next guy for Sox fans to clamor for when he reaches FA. He's a Sawx killah! If the Sox sign him, he'll go straight to the toilet.

And somehow they are calling up another guy named Lowe? Do they grow them in a lab in Tampa or something?

"Well, that's because they got to beat up on the O's. Just don't look at the Rangers too closely, ok?"

The AL East could have 4 teams with 89+ wins and harmony would still say the AL West was better.

Anyway, I'm not sure I can come up with a realistic view on the 2022 Red Sox. There are still a lot of moving pieces. Will JD opt out? Will the Sox go over? Are they going to run with a youth movement or supplement with FA? What is the long term plan with Xander and Devers. There are some big questions that remain. I think someone could make the case for this team to win the division next year and the next poster could make a case that is just as strong that they'll only be in 4th place.

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The continued haphazard defensive play has already pushed me past disappointment. I'm already at acceptance.

Even if they are in 4th place, it would probably be with 84-85 wins. That's about where most of us thought they'd be in ST.

I agree. I just had to get the other part off my chest.

Maybe you can argue about the pitching sequence, but you can't just throw the same pitch back to back every time you get a whiff. If you tried that with Manny, the next pitch would be on the Mass Pike.

Uh, you were the first to mention JBJ. I was just riffing on that.

The turnaround of this ballclub has been vastly overstated to make it look like Bloom has done an amazing job. 1. This team went back to back to back from 2016 - 2018. 2. This team had a mildly disappointing season (after winning 108 games and the WS in the previous year), but was still a contender. 3. In order to get the team under the luxury cap, Bloom traded their best player and a rotation pitcher. 4. Injuries to Sale (known) and ERod (surprise), made the rotation the worst in MLB. Adding only guys like Weber and Mazza to round out the staff was dooming the team to failure. 5. Manager was suspended for 2020. 6. In 2021, ERod came back healthy. Bloom actually brought in a few MLB guys to fill out the roster instead of AAAA guys. Cora came back. It's no surprise that this team had a substantial turn around. It was expected. This was not because amazing moves by Bloom, but just because 2020 was a blatant tank job. This team always had a solid core that could compete year in and year out. They CHOSE not to compete in 2020. It was a choice. I'll give him credit for helping build back the farm through trades and the draft. However, the worst to playoffs argument isn't a very good one to me.

Martinez reportedly has a limited no-trade clause that allows him to block three teams annually.

Hear me out: Would you be happy if the Sox miss out on the WC due to COVID and bad defense, but the Yankees also miss out by losing game 162?

I was surprised that the Brewers gave him that much in the first place. Seems like they were bidding against themselves.

You'd wait until the opt out is selected.

I don't think the trade is likely. I'm not sure JBJ would even want to come back.