Bellhorn04
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The grim reality is the Sox are 21-31 in their last 52. That's a third of a season of playing like a 65 win team. If they go 3-5 in their next 8 that'll match the 24-36 record of the 2020 team.
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Trading Betts was ridiculously stupid. The Price part was just meh.
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The scam is when you say we're playing meaningful games in September for the first time in a while it makes it sound like we've improved from 2022-2023. We haven't. The record is the same. There's no improvement at all.
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If the Sox finish under .500 this year it will be the first time they've been under .500 3 years in a row since 1992-1994 (if you count 1994). Before that you have to go back to 1964-1966.
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To me the "meaningful baseball in September" thing is a scam, one that Henry and his minions would love us to embrace. They have the identical record they did last year at this time! They just caught a break with the Rays and Jays falling back. But they're not good enough to take advantage. The "meaningful games" are being played with a miniscule chance of making the playoffs. They should be officially toast any day now. If I sound pissed I am. Not at the team but at Henry and his minions.
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Yes and no. He should get credit for Abreu and Hamilton, but Rafaela was signed in 2017 when Dombrowski was CBO. -
Casas and Story both struggling mightily after their returns. Not surprising of course. Such is life for the 2024 Red Sox. If it wasn't for bad luck they'd have no luck at all.
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Devers had a .709 OPS in August and has a .480 OPS in September with 1 RBI. He's playing hurt, obviously. Not sure he should be playing at all. Then again, hardly anyone else is hitting, either.
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Yes. Excellent analysis of things Cora did that postseason.
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Perfect take, Denny.
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An analysis of ticket sales might be interesting.
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I like Cora a lot and I think he's probably a better manager than Farrell. I also understand that 3 straight seasons of mediocrity and August collapses put the hot lights on Cora a bit. It's my opinion that ownership and the front office are the ones responsible for the mediocrity. I think the cases where a manager really comes into question are where the team has clearly fallen short of expectations. I don't think the 2022-2024 teams have done that. Realistic expectations should have very modest based on our rosters.
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Just the way Manfred likes it. And it puts a few more dollars in Henry's pocket.
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Right, as you have said, they've already tried to get him to be more selective, but he is who he is. Going to Worcester to face lesser pitching won't do anything but inflate his numbers. As he is he's a plus player.
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Every one of our games is a coin flip. If we were better than a .500 team, we would have shown it long before this.
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They don't spend enough and when they do spend, they make really bad picks. (I'm excluding Devers, that was a "retention expenditure".) It's that combination that has been sinking us since Henry's madness came on in 2019.
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The most likely scenario for dispatching Yoshida is a good old-fashioned straight salary dump where the Sox pay about half his salary and get back a minor prospect or two.
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As you can see Fred, no one here agrees with you. If you can't find anyone who agrees with you in the slightest, it probably means you're wrong. Especially since vegasbob and Tedballgame are the diametric opposite of bonnetheads. Of course I fully realize this will only inspire you to even more posts about Rafaela's K zone recognition, because that's how you roll.
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Well, this thread stayed on topic for 1.5 posts. 😁
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Looks pretty hopeless. 7 games in NY and TB before we get to play Minny. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the team's competitive fire, as they showed again last night. Not their fault they got shafted by ownership's tightfistedness and some really bad/unlucky moves by Breslow. I'm still hoping for the team every game, but if we miss the playoffs we know where the blame lies.
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Good story, thanks. Hamilton really surprised with his pop this year. Bummer he';s injured right now.
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"The bulk of them" is a tad excessive.
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I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to put in an application for one of the new positions opening up for associate assistant vice presidents.
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The other problem is Henry only gives his CBOs 4 years, so he only has 3 left. Sorry Brock, I am a rather skeptical voice on Red Sox leadership these days. 🙂
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Hell no.
