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  1. Bellhorn04
    3 solid years of being: Stuck in a rut. Treading water. Hamsters on wheels. Maestros of Mediocrity.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Nicely balanced takes, thanks.
  3. Bellhorn04
    There are certainly plenty of closer types who were really good for a year or two and then gone well before age 35. But as to whether it was "burnout" vs. plain old injuries or loss of effectiveness, that would be kind of a rabbit hole to go down.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Mostly based on he's obviously not healthy right now. They thought he was going to pitch some at the end of this year but he had the dreaded setback.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Larry, you are on fire at the keyboard today. 👍
  6. Bellhorn04
    I think there's a new field in baseball metrics - Pollyannalytics. With Pollyannalytics, you can make anything look like a positive.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Little Raffy still stuck on 15 walks. 150 Ks for a nice round 10-1 ratio. In kangaroo courts around MLB there's probably a stiff fine for any pitcher who walks Rafaela.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Maybe Priester will have a nice game today and make us feel a little better. Maybe.
  9. Bellhorn04
    But he has been horrible in September, like most everyone else.
  10. Bellhorn04
    I would but there just aren't that many of them. If we signed Schwarber we would have had to trade JDM at a loss, understood. But he only had one year left.
  11. Bellhorn04
    I do still have hopes for Breslow. And I'm sure he's feeling pretty motivated about next year. I think he has some competitive fire based on his playing career. But he has to know a lot of Red Sox fans are really sick and tired of the results of the big league team the last 3 seasons.
  12. Bellhorn04
    As far as the major league team is concerned, Brez took a thoroughly mediocre team and... kept it thoroughly mediocre.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Well, you probably assumed Bloom had a clue what he was doing. I tried to do the same. Then the facts sunk in: -Yoshida was a $110 million DH without a lot of power. -Bloom had spent a lot of money on 2 DH's, the other being Turner. -Bloom had only allocated $10 million to the rotation, and donated it to the retirement fund of Corey Kluber.
  14. Bellhorn04
    I'll go with 60%. With 40% he starts the season on the IL.
  15. Bellhorn04
    His supplement supplier. 😁
  16. Bellhorn04
    Virtually every commentator in baseball said at the time it was a massive overpay. So many blunders by the guys running the team the last few years. And Breslow made a doozy of his own with the Sale trade. I'm happy about our farm but I have very little confidence in the guys making the moves.
  17. Bellhorn04
    Not good, not good at all for a $20 million DH. For a $20 million DH you should get Kyle Schwarber. Schwarber .852 OPS 137 OPS+ 38 HR 102 RBI Yoshida .765 OPS 112 OPS+ 10 HR 56 RBI Great job, Bloom. 😒
  18. Bellhorn04
    Now run those OPSs for September.
  19. Bellhorn04
    I would really like Max to explain it himself. Also, Max was talking about the year 2019, so your "3 years later" only adds to my confusion LOL
  20. Bellhorn04
    Bauer has 4 strikes against him: -The rough sex/assault thing. -The throwing the ball into the stands thing. -The old school right wing views on social media thing. -The sticky stuff controversy thing. He is literally a problem waiting to happen for any team that signs him. The Red Sox got blasted for signing Matt Dermody, who only had the social media strike against him.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Man, you really don't bother to read sometimes. I said building the bullpen is crucial, just that it's not easy. I sure as hell didn't argue against upgrading it.
  22. Bellhorn04
    I liked the move.
  23. Bellhorn04
    I think Fulmer would qualify as a "bonus" if he can pitch effectively in 2025.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Hendriks and Whitlock will be coming off serious injuries. Slaten looks like a great find, but he spent 1.5 months on the IL with an arm injury too. Breslow needs to make at least one, hopefully two, "proven commodity" type acquisition. Martin reportedly is interested in returning for one more year, so that should definitely be considered.
  25. Bellhorn04
    I agree with both of you that building a strong bullpen is crucial. But as with so many things, it's easier said than done. Our 2 most reliable relievers the last 2 years were the guys we spent real money on. You have to spend to get "proven commodities". Otherwise you're in the same old boat of developing them yourself or somehow procuring them in creative ways - AKA throwing stuff at the wall - Cam Booser was a nice story for a little while. The Red Sox have procured and tried zillions of relievers the last few years, with predictably mixed and sometimes embarrassing results. Breslow did try to acquire a couple of relatively proven relievers at the deadline. How'd that work out? Just saying it's not as easy as it might sound.
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