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  1. mvp 78
    He was pretty good with the O's too. The wheels fell off with the Chris Davis contract and the owner not wanting to keep other players around.
  2. mvp 78
    Honestly, he's just not getting fired after year 4. He's getting through year 5 no matter what. The next hiring they do will most likely be internal (Eddie Romero Jr) just because the hiring process has been so toxic than I don't think people around the game will want to come here.
  3. mvp 78
    GM of the Offseason award? In the running: Dodgers, Orioles, White Sox
  4. mvp 78
    For them to be a 78 win team, there'd have to be a significant injury in the rotation (I won't name names). It could get there. Breslow won't get fired if that happens. I don't see them getting worse than that. I think that's about as bad as it would get this year or next. I don't understand that second paragraph. There aren't any complete sentences included there.
  5. mvp 78
    What's left to sell? After Gray is gone this offseason, Tolle/Early take that rotation spot. If you trade the other one, the rotation is paper thin.
  6. mvp 78
    How many young guys interviewed last time? Not that many. Most were given raises/promotions and declined to interview.
  7. mvp 78
    USA Today is a reputable source? Is it 1987?
  8. mvp 78
    I agree with the Tolle assessment. They've always been weirdly low on Early and I've stated as much. I'm lower on Arias than everyone else, so pass. No idea on Witherspoon. Valera's sounds fine?
  9. mvp 78
    The real dregs IMO. Talk about running it back. A guy with no experience and is fine with being a yes man. Scary.
  10. mvp 78
    He'll be back if they finish 5th place.
  11. mvp 78
    It has nothing to do with "efficiency" and everything to do with "building a ballclub" to not have 2 DH's sitting on the bench in mid July.
  12. mvp 78
    If they let Breslow go early, they'll never get anyone to take the job. They had to settle for Breslow to begin with. It'll really be the dregs next time (Amaro, Van Wagenan, Wally, etc.).
  13. mvp 78
    Maybe they'll pull out more low scoring wins too. I think it'll be interesting to see if the actually score 2 runs or less more often than in previous years. If it was already about 30% of the time, we can anticipate about that many Gamethreads devolving into "this is Craig's fault" over and over again no matter what.
  14. mvp 78
    The pitches that got hit around last time for Kutter were the 4 seamer and the sweeper. The movement he gets on his splitter is pretty mediocre to bad. There is no vertical drop to it. Lots of work to be done if he's going to rely on it more.
  15. mvp 78
    It's more likely he dumps his 4 seamer for the splitter and keeps the cutter.
  16. mvp 78
    His cutter has always had a better run value than his splitter. It'd be silly to dump it just because other pitchers have transitioned to splitters.
  17. mvp 78
    He traded a lot of prospects, but Ben Cherington did an awful job drafting. By the time DD showed up, there wasn't really a lot left to trade away. Plus, the IFA shenanigans hurt the farm for a few years. DD trading to win a WS + a waning farm system + IFA losses = easy talking point of DD decimated the farm.
  18. mvp 78
    They weren't going to get Schwarber because they already had a LHB at DH, two in fact, three if you count Duran.
  19. mvp 78
    Projected bWAR or fWAR tho?
  20. mvp 78
    Why would you ever listen to what Breslow says? I thought this was covered already in the powerpoint?
  21. mvp 78
    2025 Red Sox 9-40 when scoring 2 or less runs 27 times scored 1 or less runs (4 shutouts) 2024 Red Sox 4-47 when scoring 2 or less runs 31 times scored 1 or less runs (7 shutouts) We'll have to see if the Sox still have about 50 games where they score 2 or less runs or if it increases due to the roster change as some anticipate.
  22. mvp 78
    Starting off with a banger That rib would make a great 1/1 Allen & Ginter baseball card.
  23. mvp 78
    The only time that the Sox won a WS with a bottom 10 defense was in 2004 when they had an absolutely stacked offense. Even if they had Devers and Bregman on this roster, they weren't going to compete with the 2004 roster. This roster is built to be more dynamic and needs to play better defense. Having a backup IFer that can competently field every IF position is important when the starters include Story and Mayer on the left side (most likely). Adding a guy like Durbin who has a good approach at the plate is important when 6 of your projected '26 starters were over 24% k rate last season. I don't think it's about "accumulating WAR" either. It's about building a ballclub. That's something that things like PECOTA don't quantify very well. Good starting pitching. Good defense. Good at bats. At one point in our fandom, people wanted dirt dogs. Guess they don't anymore? They just care about homeruns and their fantasy stats.
  24. mvp 78
    Will there be pitchers left to deal?
  25. mvp 78
    It may happen once in a while to give Abreu a breather, but not regularly.
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