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  1. Bellhorn04
    No. We were badly undermanned without Anthony, and when Giolito went down that was a death blow. Our rotation was down to Crochet and Prayers. Cora did a fine job getting this team to 89 wins and he gave it his best shot in this series. He tried to lean hard on his studs and he considered Whitlock one of his studs. Being objective the Yankees were in much better shape than us and we did well to make it a tough series.
  2. Bellhorn04
    He's a really good player and we are absolutely better off with him than without him.
  3. Bellhorn04
    You can't play them all at once, but there's this thing called injuries, which just happened to knock out both Anthony and Abreu for the stretch run in case ya didn't notice! It amazes me how optimistic we can be about the future with the evidence of the very recent past sitting in front of us, I'm laying it on a bit thick there, of course. But the more I think about it, the more I think trading Duran is a terrible idea, because he's been so durable the last 2 years. Durable is a hugely important quality in a player.
  4. Bellhorn04
    The Red Sox need a #2 starter, but they also need offense. The offense looked like crap without Anthony in the lineup. And we're talking about trading Duran and/or Abreu, and possibly losing Bregman as well. Somebody needs to figure out where the offense comes from.
  5. Bellhorn04
    2025 Red Sox leaders in extra-base hits: 1 Duran 70 T2 Story and Rafaela 54
  6. Bellhorn04
    A guy named Mookie Betts seemed to be having a dreadful season and in his decline phase and all that, but caught fire at the end of the year, ended up with a 4.8 bWAR and went 6 for 9 in the Wild Card games. So look out for the Dodgers again.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Let's take a look at Duran's WAR the last 3 seasons: 2023 (roughly a half season) bWAR 2.2 fWAR 2.5 2024 bWAR 8.7 fWAR 6.8 2025 bWAR 4.6 fWAR 3.9 Totals bWAR 15.5 fWAR 13.2 We're talking 2.5 162 game seasons, basically. So his average WAR would be somewhere around 4.5. WAR is a counting stat, and Duran hardly missed any games in 2024-2025, so he benefits from that. But the bottom line is, he has played like a bona fide star for 2.5 seasons. Yes, his offense was MIA at times this year, but join the club. He's a very valuable player.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Personally I think trading both of them would be nutty, unless there's a star outfielder we're acquiring that I don't know about.
  9. Bellhorn04
    You've certainly made your point. 😄
  10. Bellhorn04
    It does seem like one of Duran or Abreu should be traded. As much as I like Abreu 's power, Duran has been much more durable and that counts for a lot. But Duran is the one whose payday is coming quickest. Breslow has some big decisions to make.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Go Jays, obviously. Dodgers-Phillies could be a good one. Brewers-Cubs and Mariners-Tigers, who knows, maybe they will feature the best baseball. Overall a pretty good rack of games and it gets started in just a few hours Brewers-Cubs leads off at 2 ET. Good old Toronto doesn't like games on weekend nights so both games start at 4 ET. Place your bets!
  12. Bellhorn04
    His final numbers were fine but he seemed especially streaky this year. I have no regrets about trading him, but we do need to get another big bat somehow.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Raffy played 163 games this year. His teams were 77-86 in those games. His final numbers look fine but something isn't right.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Rafaela had a great season and any talk of trading him is absurd.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Some might say it's a combination of the two.
  16. Bellhorn04
    The Yankees pitching shut us down pretty hard for 3 games. Can't really blame it on one guy not hitting.
  17. Bellhorn04
    Congrats to the Yankees. Great pitching in this series. Thus ends a pretty good run we had against you guys.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Craig had a pretty good year, but 2 rather egregious mistakes: 1) Thinking we had so much starting pitching depth that we could afford to trade Priester for prospects. 2) Thinking we had enough hitting after trading Devers.
  19. Bellhorn04
    Our offense is not great w/o Anthony, that's for sure. We need Abreu to run into one tonight.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Sure, I just think Bloom must have or should have known his D was bad.
  21. Bellhorn04
    I like Alex Speier, I can tolerate Abraham, but overall it's not great.
  22. Bellhorn04
    Comparing teams on a player-by-player basis has always seemed pretty pointless to me. Comparing total team stats and adjusting for in-season additions and subtractions-yes, that makes sense.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Might not be fair to pin that on Renfroe, who is a guy who always keeps his bags packed.
  24. Bellhorn04
    The Red Sox knocked the Yankees out in 2004, 2018 and 2021. Yeah, I'm kind of glad I cancelled my online subscription to the Globe. Very expensive and I really don't need to read any more of Dan's hackneyed columns.
  25. Bellhorn04
    Even big market teams have to save money somewhere.
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