Lita Ford was a babe back in the 80's, but I'm more of a Black Sabbath fan than an Ozzy solo album guy.
Ranking Ozzy Sabbath Albums:
Vol 4
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Master of Reality
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Sabotage
Technical Ecstasy
Never Say Die!
13
Bello will be 27 this year and we thought we'd see improvement from him by now. Unfortunately, most of us see him not as a top of the rotation guy, but falling towards a #4. He fell apart in September (5.40 ERA, 1 W, 3 L), still walks too many guys (16th percentile k, 41st percentile bb) and is still hovering around 165 IP. If he just stopped nibbling and was better at just pitching to contact, maybe he'd be more useful. He throws too many waste pitches that nobody chases (37th percentile).
He came in with a lot of hype. Sox made him the Opening Day Starter one year. People just need to reset their expectations for him IMO.
Yeah, the broken player argument just doesn't make sense. Not every prospect is meant to work out. I can't imagine it's the pressure at that point. It's most likely the increase in skills that is harder to overcome.
Second Basemen
Ozzie Albies (30) – $7MM club option
Bo Bichette (29) – can opt out of remaining two years, $84MM, resulting in a $5MM buyout
Jazz Chisholm Jr. (29)
Mauricio Dubon (32)
Luis Garcia Jr. (27)
Nico Hoerner (30)
Jonathan India (30)
Brandon Lowe (32)
Gavin Lux (29)
Nick Madrigal (30)
Amed Rosario (31)
Gleyber Torres (30)
Ildemaro Vargas (35)
If his confidence was ruined because of May 2025, it was never going to work out. The Sox showed their confidence in him and supported him all along the way. 🫠