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  1. mvp 78
    It's a great little run. Surprising! If the pitching holds up, they'll be in a great position for the rest of the season even without a decent DH.
  2. mvp 78
    Yes. There aren't too many people on here that are willing to change their opinions on players or people. However, I am a proud flip flopper.
  3. mvp 78
    Where'd you see this? I always saw that it was the opposite.
  4. mvp 78
    If he mashes in AAA, does it mean he's ready again? IDK. We'll have to find out again. I'm not sure it's confidence so much as he can't pull the ball anymore. Seems like it's more of a hitting coach thing.
  5. mvp 78
    I can criticize the Yankees lineup while it having nothing to do with the Sox.
  6. mvp 78
    I've said they've been bad! I've said they might be in rougher waters going forward! 🫠
  7. mvp 78
    But not enough balls to talk to the guy. 🚪
  8. mvp 78
    Now it's back to talking about him on the Prospects Forum I guess!
  9. mvp 78
    Hamilton doesn't need an option to AAA, he needs a DFA. Should have traded him last offseason when they had offers. 😑
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  11. mvp 78
    You still need to throw fastballs here and there to keep them honest (see: Bello 2024). If you develop pitchers that are unable to throw fastballs, they will struggle in MLB IMO. The Sox best development arm right now is Dobbins. He throws is 4 seamer (not a cutter, not a splitter) 40% of the time! Tolle is the Sox most exciting starting prospect in the lower levels, because of his fastball shape!
  12. mvp 78
    What the frig have I said about the Red Sox offense since Devers left?
  13. mvp 78
    They got a new CBO that wouldn't have signed that contract.
  14. mvp 78
    It was one year (2012) to get under the luxury tax. He didn't have to deal with that every year.
  15. mvp 78
    JH will always say "it's the CBO's decision" and then just fire the CBO when things don't work every 4 years. The next CBO can just say "I don't like that contract because I didn't negotiate it."
  16. mvp 78
    Ben had the salary dump for a lot of reasons that we've gone over. It wasn't simply to cut salary, but because that team actually had internal issues. The 2011 team fell off at year end. There was the chicken and beer media driven nonsense. They tarred and feathered Tito on the way out of town. They brought in Valentine as muscle and kept most of the same players. The players basically crapped all over that idea and didn't perform very well (notably AGon). Sox wanted to get out from under Crawford's salary (JH inexplicably showed up on the radio and declared that he never wanted to sign that contract in the first place). They decided to attach Beckett to the deal with AGon (squeaky wheel) and CC (bad contract) only because it's the only way to get rid of CC and actually get value back (what little actually came back). Filling up a roster with mid level talent and making a playoff push actually counts as spending! It worked too!
  17. mvp 78
    Losing 12% of their runs takes them from being near Yankee level to near Rays level. Above average, but no longer elite.
  18. mvp 78
    This must be that ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE that Raffy was disrupting.
  19. mvp 78
    They still need to work on fastballs though! I think they have gotten a little too far away from that IMO. Offspeed stuff is great, but they can't completely ignore the HEAT.
  20. mvp 78
    Rob Refsnyder replacement? Or trade fodder?
  21. mvp 78
    A lot people fine with Breslow underpeforming and not doing his job I guess. Communication was something HE said he needed to be better about. 🫠
  22. mvp 78
    I don't believe he had more leeway than Ben. I believe DD had more leeway than Bloom or Breslow. What has changed?
  23. mvp 78
    If not, he'd get taken in the Rule 5 draft this time. If they don't believe in him, they'll deal him at the deadline. If he's here on August 1, he's going to get added to the 40 man at some point.
  24. mvp 78
    They can have him. How much of the salary do they want to cover? That will depend on the return.
  25. mvp 78
    No reason to do until the end of the season or if he's needed for a callup.
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