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  1. Bellhorn04
    That's true, but if we're going to be totally consistent don't we also have to replace Contreras's 2026 OPS with his 2025 OPS? Otherwise we're kind of playing mix and match. Using pre-season 2026 projections might be the fairest method of all.
  2. Bellhorn04
    If there's only one good team in the league you have a decent chance of getting to the Series. I'm not an objective source, though, because I hate selling.
  3. Bellhorn04
    It should be, but the AL might only have one good team.
  4. Bellhorn04
    That was one of the wackiest signings in history at that number. Xander must have been astonished himself to get 280 million.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Yep, and this team now gives a tantalizing sense that it's improving. Capn' Obvious adds: Gotta keep racking W's to prove it!
  6. Bellhorn04
    I think Abreu is a little better than a league average bat. Career OPS of .784, OPS+ of 119, so about 19% better than average, plus the solid glove. Career bWAR of 10.9 in 360 games is more like a star level player.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Durbin has been great lately. I do feel for Breslow to some degree. It's weird to take an 89 win team, make a number of good offseason moves and be 9 games under in July.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Sounds right.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Romy has developed into a pretty good hitter. Plenty of pop. Stay healthy my friend.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Why on earth would you consider trading Abreu or Durbin or Early. These are exactly the guys you don't trade, good players who are under control and cheap for now.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Devers has really been hot lately.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, they just haven't shown us they can do it. They have a few weeks left to change that.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Digging this Bennett kid.
  14. Bellhorn04
    The Sox also signed Carl Crawford to that big contract. Doesn't change the fact they were thrilled to unload it.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Yes, they gave up on keeping Betts in the off-season between 2018 and 2019 after making their final offer to him. They then signed the extensions with Sale and Bogaerts. So when they looked to be out of it in 2019 it made sense to entertain trade offers. But they went on a little hot streak and decided against it.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, I originally thought Devers was to blame, but subsequent events and things I've read have really lowered my opinion of Breslow as a manager.
  17. Bellhorn04
    The Devers thing was a mess but it doesn't bother me that much. The Betts trade, on the other hand, still looks like a cataclysmic mistake.
  18. Bellhorn04
    No, but you can question whether counting on Story and Yoshida for anything was a mistake. Story has obviously had enormous problems staying on the field and has only had sporadic good stretches when he does. Yoshida is just a replacement level player. Duran seems like a guy who needs help he isn't getting - but admittedly that's just my speculation.
  19. Bellhorn04
    From what I've been gathering, the hitting approach being taught by the Sox goes like this: swing as hard as you can, pull the ball and hit it in the air. And yet the results being achieved are the opposite: we are dead last in baseball in home runs.
  20. Bellhorn04
    To me the most damning fact for Breslow right now is that he ostensibly fired most of the coaching staff because he didn't think players were performing up to their potential, but the needle has barely moved, so he was wrong, and maybe he is just a lousy manager and evaluator of talent - especially with the offense of course. It sure doesn't help the optics that Durbin only started to hit after going for outside help.
  21. Bellhorn04
    You could accuse Breslow of just sitting on his hands hoping the offense would get better. He fired Cora and the hitting coaches and seemed to blame them for the underperformance. But nothing has improved much. A few glimmers like Durbin, but we're still virtually dead last in runs scored. And that's the main reason for our record.
  22. Bellhorn04
    Brez is making great moves but we stink. It's a conundrum.
  23. Bellhorn04
    I didn't say that. Just saw Slaten's name and stated the facts about him.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Not being snarky, but so what. Cohen has the money, and Soto is still pretty good.
  25. Bellhorn04
    Not sure how we're defining going out with a bang, but DD got fired for reasons never explained to him. He didn't say much about it but he did say Henry never get in touch with him about it at all and that was the one thing that bothered him.
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