mvp 78
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That's what happened with Betts. He had a meteoric rise and was actually considering quitting baseball at one point while in MiLB.
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The bar for a franchise C in today's MLB is lower than you think. Wong wasn't all that great of a prospect while in AAA and he's now the starting C. Teel has a higher ceiling than that. Mayer's issue mainly relates to health, otherwise he's projected to be a Brandon Crawford type. Anthony has the higher ceiling of those 3. Campbell may be too soon to tell. Also doesn't have a defined position yet.
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Wrong.
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It's just not going to be 2 unless they are also dealing a current rotation pitcher.
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He looked great in ST and had 4 really good starts. Unfortunately, his health is a very big determining factor.
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Best since Betts of course. The better comp for Duran is Ellsbury. Ellsbury peaked at age 27. This was Duran's age 27 season. Another comp could potentially be Fred Lynn if you look at Duran's SLG, 2B, HR and ignore his SB.
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We always say two or three and it's always only one decent starter IF THAT. I don't have high hopes that a good outside starter is coming this offseason. I think Henry has turned the faucet to a trickle. Sox are now a midmarket team with top tier pricing.
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Harder to do in season trades IMO. Once Hamilton got going a little bit, it eased some of the pressure as well. It's clear that they punted on the season once Giolito went down and didn't really make any serious moves after that. They are just waiting on internal solutions that may or may not develop.
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Does someone here think Whitlock should be in the rotation next year? If so, speak up!
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I agree.
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Does someone here think a bullpen arm is more important than SS?
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I'd be fine with them trading Whitlock. He's not a starter going forward.
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I'm not trying to justify the trade or say that I would have done the trade myself. We all knew the risks when the trade went down. We all knew what the prior few years looked like with Sale. This was the worst possible outcome for a first year GM/CBO.
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Well, they also NEEDED a 2B. It was just a trade that didn't work out. High risk, high reward. We got the high risk without the reward.
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I want the Uncle Ho jerseys!
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Yup, if by contenders you mean "get into the playoffs."
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Article: How Bad Is Too Bad at Defense?
mvp 78 replied to Adam Morgan's topic in Talk Sox Front Page News
The only Sox team to win a WS without a top 10 defense is the '04 team and that team had great starting pitching, great offense and the relievers became shutdown relievers in the postseason. The problem with bad defense is that it gets magnified in the postseason (hello Will Middlebrooks). The following lineup would be a good enough defense IMO: C:Wong/Teel 1B:Casas 2B/SS:Mayer/Story/Campbell/Romy 3B:Raffy OF:Duran/Rafaela/Abreu/Anthony DH:Masa -
If they lose, it’s over.
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“I’m the party pooper” -ILredsox
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They are fine. I would never buy one. I would never buy the hat. I'm not a fan of man of the City Connects to begin with. I worry that the next variant would be something worse. Personally, I'd just bring back the red jerseys OR go with a 1975 alternate pullover jersey and hat since it will be the 50th anniversary.
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If they make a run at it, they are destined to fall one game short.
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I believe this would be the 4th 5 game win streak of the year. They have not had a 6 game win streak.
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That team has tried to lay down every year since they hired Montoyo in 2019. Feel like they "won" a lot of trade deadlines and offseasons, but have generally underperformed expectations considering the roster.
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He's 25. I'm allowed to pigeonhole him after 69 GS.
