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I've never heard them apologize. I have heard them LIE to our faces.

Embarrassed by the Yankees in back to back games. This Red Sox Front office should be ASHAMED of itself!

Nice 1st win of the season for Connelly Early. If he can turn into a competent top 3 pitcher, our starting rotation might not be a disaster after all.

What I want to know is how many teams in major league history have started the regular season 2-8 and made it into the playoffs? I can't think of any but maybe there are a couple of outliers?

Why not try Mayer at SS? Story right now is the worst starting SS in all of baseball. Kick Story over to 2B where he can do less harm and see if you can harness some upside from Mayer. At least he has talent that can grow in skill level and a ceiling that he hasn't reached yet.

10 games into the season and the Red Sox are 2-8. They are dead last in the AL East. A 20% win percentage is horrible. Yes this is only 1/16th of the season done. But it's enough for anyone with eyes to see that this team is not getting the job done. Budget constraints or not, Breslow has to take responsibility for putting a very poor product onto the baseball field. The offensive talent we lost whether it was Devers or Bregman was never properly replaced. Our pitching is supposed to be better on paper, considering the money spent on a #2 SP, but has it actually panned out that way?

Big difference in circumstance. Last year we STARTED with Devers on the roster and added Bregman via free agency. We anticipated going into the season with 2 big bats secured. It wasn't until the Red Sox front office destroyed the trust and relationship with Devers that they later dumped his salary for a bag of peanuts and replaced him with nothing. We all agreed after the season that Bregman was a must re-sign considering his importance to the offense but our cheap-ass front office didn't do that either. Nobody is throwing in the towel after 5 games. It's a LONG 162 game season. But the front office absolutely deserves criticism for the product they have put on the field thus far. They need to fix this because finishing last in the AL East after the team was competitive enough to make the playoffs the previous year is not acceptable.

Going into the offseason the concern is we needed to replace the bat of either Bregman or Devers. Our cheap-ass owners and front office did neither of the above. So far our offense is : 22nd in batting average .208 21st in OBP .296 21st in SLG .333 22nd in OPS .629 26th in Runs scored 13 20th in Homeruns 4 Oh and we're last place in the division at 1-4. I realize 5 games in can be considered a small sample size. But the Red Sox start to the season just continues to emphasize that we never fixed our weaknesses. This is a pathetic on field product and the owners and front office who put together this roster deserve to be roasted for it.

Duran hits 2 homeruns against the twins and you want to DFA him? Surely this is a joke. Looks like the Red Sox were right not to move Duran. Despite the logjam in the outfield, he is likely to be a mainstay of our offense. I'm thinking he is going to make the jump to 20-30 homeruns range this year. We need a breakout season from Roman Anthony as well. If he breaks into that .900+ OPS range he could be a franchise player for years to come.

Following the Durbin trade the Red Sox roster has crystalized into pretty much its final form. I believe the starters will look like this. C Narvaez 1B Contreras 2B Mayer 3B Durbin SS Story LF Duran CF Rafaela RF Anthony DH Abreu Anthony is going to need to take a step forward and claim that #3 or #4 lineup spot. I'm not sure where Durbin and Mayer will slot into the batting order but hopefully they can be productive. It looks solid from a defensive point of view but we're going to need to see offensive strides from guys like Anthony and Mayer to make it solid in terms of run scoring. Am I missing anyone from my starting roster prediction? Agree or Disagree?

Correct. I think the best part of the deal from the Red Sox front office perspective is that Durbin will be cheap and cost controlled for a long time. Neto would have cost more prospects and with his potential to become a 30/30 threat would have cost even more money to retain. Red Sox were far more inclined to take the cheaper option. That's not saying Durbin doesn't have some upside left. He's only 25 and posted a 2.8 WAR in his rookie season. If he improves his offense to major league average for the position and keeps playing at a high level on defense he will be a major league level starter for 3B at a very cheap price for quite a few years. That's not a bad get. I think before the offseason started, you'd be happy to get a guy who could average around 3.0 WAR per season to play 3B for us. Neto has a higher offensive upside and would have been a nice get but we just don't know the asking price.

The main piece in this trade was Harrison so this is essentially Devers for Durbin. Durbin is a 25 year old 3rd baseman who had a 2.8 war last season and hit slightly over .700 OPS. He was graded as a top 10 defensive 3rd baseman in the NL in his rookie season. If we assume Durbin can progress his game offensively to at least .750-800 OPS we get a downgrade at offense for 3rd base but an upgrade at defense on a cost controlled contract. He's not a big bat but he does feature better speed on the basepaths and better defense. Feels like the Red Sox addressed the 3rd base position adequately. Even if we take a net loss on the offense, we gain on the defensive side.

Parades would be a solid pickup. He's at least average to above average defensively. If he puts up .800 OPS again he is a notch below Bregman as a hitter but at least he would not be a liability either defensively or offensively. I'm willing to give up one of Abreu or Duran for Parades as we have a surplus of corner outfielders. I think the wrangling will come down to money and the secondary prospects given up in the deal. We might even need a 3rd team to come in so that the desired prospects change hands. I'm optimistic if this trade gets done. Parades fills a need and his spray chart for Fenway park is very favorable.

Well Suarez looks like our #2 pitcher signing. His WHIP is a bit high for my tastes at over 1.2 and he only had 150 IP as a starter. But his FIP at 3.21 looks pretty good. Should be good enough to slot in as a solid #2. The rotation should be fine now. I'm reading rumors we are going for Paredes next to patch that last hole at 3B on the roster. Could be a decent add as long as we don't pay too much.

Looks like the Red Sox are set to miss out on Bo Bichette as the Phillies emerge as frontrunners to sign him. I expect us to sit on our hands in free agency and go bargain bin/lowball shopping once the good players are taken.