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  1. Bellhorn04
    Hey, I'm not saying Henry and Kennedy won't do their best to kill our optimism over the next 5 months. But in October we can still have optimism.
  2. Bellhorn04
    After all the facts we've gone through, I think the only rational position is that some teams would take Yoshida at a cost of about $5 million a year, max.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Tyler O'Neill might actually be a good fit as our 2025 DH.
  4. Bellhorn04
    The idea of trading Yoshida had some credibility until we learned he needs shoulder surgery. The fact we're still talking about it is just because we need something to talk about.
  5. Bellhorn04
    That's fair. I think Red Sox fans are entitled to be pessimistic at the moment after watching their team play 12 games under .500 over the last 3 seasons, and witnessing 3 straight offseasons of fiscal restraint coupled with costly blunders on every bigger move. All that said, I do actually have hopes for Breslow. I think if they stay with him he could turn things around.
  6. Bellhorn04
    It's in our nature as fans to be optimistic. For example, Devers's shoulder issues made him a shell of himself down the stretch, but most of us are probably living in the hope he'll be back to 100% next year.
  7. Bellhorn04
    You just refuse to try to get the simple point. I never said platooned. I said Cora clearly gave him some extra days off against lefties. Because he was horrific against lefties in 2024.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Nah, Masa just seems like low-lying fruit on the 'how do we get better' tree. But he's not, unfortunately.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Nobody knows what any of the Fab Four can contribute in 2025. I'm pessimistic about 2025 for a few reasons: 1) We played .420 ball after the ASB, and it can't be chalked up to an abnormal number of injuries. 2) Health status of Devers and Yoshida. 3) From an 81-81 team, we lose O'Neill, Pivetta, Jansen and Martin. 4) I think there's a good chance the brain trust surveys all this and decides 2025 is another punt year. There are better times ahead, but I don't think they start in 2025, based on all the negative factors and uncertainty, and the "patient" approach we have seen.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Math check: 108/421 = 25.6% Case closed!
  11. Bellhorn04
    No it isn't. It's not complicated. I said Cora sat him against some lefties. It was disproportionate to the number of righties he sat against. mvp found those 4 LH sits and 2 RH sits numbers. Cora has done the same with other hitters who are struggling against lefties. Like Duran in the first part of 2023. You don't sit them all the time against lefties if there's hope for improvement. Abreu was the guy pretty much in a straight platoon this year.
  12. Bellhorn04
    "Adequate" covers a lot of ground. Per FanGraphs his value for 2023-2024 was 11.3 million while his AAV was 36 million. What doesn't show in his OPS and OPS+ is the negative impact of his baserunning. We're stuck with him, basically.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Certainly wasn't saying it was a straight platoon. One thing's for sure - in 2024 he was atrocious against the lefties he faced.
  14. Bellhorn04
    I do recall a few games he sat when we were facing a lefty starter. Not sure how many exactly. Need a stat for that!
  15. Bellhorn04
    I should have checked both years. This year it was 832/565.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Masa career splits: Vs. RHP .810 Vs. LHP .669 Home .814 Away .740 The poor numbers against lefties have induced Cora to sit Yoshida against some lefty starters, further limiting his usefulness.
  17. Bellhorn04
    "Nonplussed" - perfect word for the last few years.
  18. Bellhorn04
    What a trail of blunders. The last big move that was any good was the JDM signing.
  19. Bellhorn04
    Story was sort of a star by post-2019-apocalyptic Sox standards.
  20. Bellhorn04
    GO GUARDIANS? Go to the golf course, I guess you mean. Cashman did get them Soto.
  21. Bellhorn04
    The Yankees' Lucrative Lumber gets it done. 🙂
  22. Bellhorn04
    Oh, I do accept it. They have to max out the money. But I'm also aware of how it rewards mediocrity. The fact we stunk so bad for so long does make the impact of the Sale trade less painful, I readily admit.
  23. Bellhorn04
    That's what happens when you pick the wrong guy, yes, they undervalued Beltre badly. Some star players do come through, like Soto.
  24. Bellhorn04
    They did, thanks to the participation badge playoff format. What seems to be a little under the radar is exactly how putrid they were after the ASB. Even after Casas and Story returned they were putrid. And the pitching staff was relatively healthy compared to a lot of other teams. It really is something how low expectations have sunk that we're still somewhat upbeat after playing .420 ball for our last 2.5 months.
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