mvp 78

Early on in the year, starters don’t go as deep into the games. Plus, the starters have been terrible at times. I would bet on improvement.

Or the Angels catcher.

Merloni good. Youk bad.

DFArroyo

Don Henley? He did save Walton Pond, right?

Sox win! Rays Lose! Yanks lose!

It’s the Apple+ game. I choose to believe this one isn’t happening.

I didn't say there was culpability for trading for an oft injured player who ended the previous year with an injury and was currently rehabbing. There is just even more culpability when they realize that he's not close to returning and they don't find a better solution than Dalbec --> SS.

Yeah, he's a middle reliever.

Player of the Day: With acknowledgment of the strong outing by Brian Van Belle, probably the day's best effort by objective measure, the nod goes to Salem's winning pitcher Brock Bell. It has been a long road back for Bell, the son of former major league All-Star Jay Bell. A two-way player in Junior College, he suffered a torn UCL during his sophomore season, necessitating Tommy John Surgery. He returned focused on pitching and impressed enough in the role that Boston took him in the seventh round and gave him a well-over-slot $465,000 bonus. He had a solid pro debut in 2019, posting a 2.45 ERA in 14 2/3 innings across nine starts. The momentum came to a halt with the lost 2020 season, and he then suffered a second UCL tear in May 2021, resulting in the need for Tommy John revision. Entering the year without having thrown a pitch in a live game since 2019 and with only 30 innings total in the previous five years combined, it is an accomplishment that Bell has returned to the mound at all. Bell's first professional win makes him an easy Player of the Day selection.

Devers' career is weighed down more by his age 20 and 21 seasons. Xander has had more years to negate the growing pains of the early years.

The second he got to ST, they should have known how far away he was and acquired someone else.

No, it's not.

Ryan Brasier: Average Exit Velo 34th Percentile Hard Hit 14th Percentile K% 28th Percentile BB% 29th Percentile Whiff% 7th Percentile Brasier was only retained this year because he limited his walks. That is no longer the case. While his numbers are better if you ignore Opening Day, I think the writing is on the wall. Kaleb Ort: Average Exit Velo 33rd Percentile Hard Hit 32nd Percentile K% 57th Percentile BB% 89th Percentile Whiff% 5th Percentile Ort is actually doing what the Sox kept Brasier around for: limiting walks. The results have been up and down, but it makes more sense to keep him around longer than Brasier. Richard Bleier: Average Exit Velo 44th Percentile Hard Hit 81st Percentile K% 26th Percentile BB% 77th Percentile Whiff% 9th Percentile Bleier induces bad contact and the bad defense around him and bad luck contributes to a 12.46 ERA. His xERA sits at 3.40. Even when Joely gets back, he probably still has a role somewhere in the pen ahead of Ort or Brasier. Aside from the 3 mentioned above, Jansen has been better than advertised, Martin has been fine, Winckowski has been fantastic and Schreiber has taken a slight step back from last year (expected). Kelly got injured, but I thought he was pitching like s*** and should have been on the next bus to AAA IMO. Guys on the 40 man in AAA: Mata is still struggling with control. No chance he can help in the near term. Chris Murphy was dreadful in his first start. Shouldn't be on the 40 man roster. Brandon Walter is pitching ok, but probably won't be called up just to fill a relief role. Guys in AAA that could potentially be added to the 40 man: AJ Politi is currently the closer. Has a fastball/slider mix and could be passed through waivers again most likely. Oddanier Mosqueda was a popular LH name thrown around before the roster was finalized. Average arm and nothing stands out. Ryan Sherriff is an older left handed specialist that would only have value if Joely or Bleier were hurt for an extended period. High BB rate. Taylor Broadway has a power arm and limits walks. Other guys on the horizon: Luis Guerrero (featured in today's Globe), Theo Denlinger (former teammate of Taylor Broadway and blacksmith), Ryan Fernandez (injured) and Ryan Zeferjahn (also injured).

180/6

That's just wrong. This team isn't unlikeable. This team will most likely even be better than 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2022. The results just are bad right now. What players on here are unlikeable?

Kiké was selling jerseys in 2021. He was top 10 before the year started and well out of the top 20 by the end of the season. I don't think he's still selling jerseys now.

I'd give Bloom a pass for everything up through 2022 since those were technically guys picked by a previous GM. Now, this is Chaim's team. Aside from Sale, these are all his guys. He can hide one bad contract and build a team. If he can't work around one dead contract, he needs to find a different job.

Henry is only 73, so we can't blame it on senility. Maybe he's lost his fastball though...

Prior to 2020, when had Henry dumped players in their prime like Mookie Betts? He is currently not running this organization the same way it once was. No way.

Right now, it just seems to be a platoon? I agree though. McGuire is "supposed to be" a good defensive catcher.

Mondesi is fine IF YOU AREN'T RELYING ON HIM TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL INNINGS. Right now, Josh Taylor is in AAA with a 6.75 AAA, so the trade makes sense. The issue is that they still needed another SS option that could be available to actually play.

Horrid. The real curse was that they didn't trade his ass sooner!

They wanted him to work on pitch recognition this offseason and it hasn't gotten any better. He just might be who it is and it may never get better. If that's the case, just call him up and let him be a GG defender with a bad bat. Or trade him while his value is high?

Why else would you trade a player unless he SUCKED?