Bellhorn04
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It's not just the 4 losses, it's that the pitching staff looks like it's falling apart, and that it was somewhat predictable that it would. For me personally I know this has a lot to do with being bitter at Henry and Kennedy for the 5 years of fiscal restraint and the insulting way they deal with the fans. I appreciate that the players are working their asses off and that some have greatly exceeded expectations. But when you're not getting much help from the guys who make the decisions, it's kind of a futile battle.
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And maybe the Sox were lucky too. Oh well, the next week should be interesting in some way, shape or form...
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The same thing Sam would have told them the last two years: "Your checks are still cashing, aren't they?"
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I get that. It just looks to me like Breslow is in a pretty horrible position.
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My recollection is that most of the fuss about trading Vazquez was the way he found about it. I don't think anyone was freaking because we lost Vazquez for the last couple of months. As of now? Yeah, a small win for Bloom with Abreu.
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Ironically, I was hopeful the last two years around this time and wanted to buy. We all saw how that turned out. Won't Get Fooled Again.
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I don't feel bad about running up the white flag in July when the front office does it before the season starts.
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That is true. However one thing is pretty certain at this point-it's a big time failing grade for 2024.
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The Sox selling off really looks like the smarter move right now. It might also result in the team ending up with 75 wins or less, which will be just a tad embarrassing for Sam and company.
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It certainly lines up with a beggars can't be choosy philosophy.
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From now on I'm not going to talk about the Sale trade as a blunder in itself, but only as part of a blundering general approach. That's my compromise.
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Ha ha, well played.
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Houck and Crawford were bound to wear down some due to the innings increase. Certainly something that was fairly easy to predict, and points again to negligence.
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The Rental + 1.
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Plus Ragans, who I guess would not have been technically a prospect any more, but certainly looking like a massive haul for the sellers.
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Didn't we establish that the Rangers dealt off some significant goodies last year?
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The momentum of our pitching arms seems to have shifted.
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moon, it's all about the lack of commitment at the top. If someone told you before the last offseason that the sum of the moves to the rotation would be as follows: 1) Trade Sale 2) Sign Giolito 3) Absolutely nothing else-even if a couple of guys (Giolito, Whitlock) go down for the season in a hurry you would have wanted to slug them. It's all about the pitching. As far as position players go, we've had a lot of good stuff and more on the way with the big prospects. But they continue to criminally neglect the pitching. And as we can see now, Andrew Bailey is not in fact a magician.
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The worst possible thing Breslow can do is replicate Bloom's indecisive look, and he knows it. I don't envy him right now.
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Or lose 'em one at a time.
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It's really looking like the sell lane now. They're 2 games out of the playoffs today and the pitching is trending toward disastrous. There have been a lot of good developments, but I can't really see much hope for the pitching the rest of the way. They'd have to acquire 2-3 decent arms and we know that ain't happening.
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Red Sox ERA/OPSa by month: Apr 2.62/.613 May 4.12/.688 Jun 4.38/.722 Jul 4.23/.730
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I don't know, like I say, tough spot. Much too similar to the spot Bloom found himself in. No clear good options. But this is what they keep doing to themselves with their half-ass offseasons.
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They just might have to sell. The pitching is falling apart. Houck is probably wearing down. No one really knows when Slaten or Martin will be back. Among other problems. Breslow is in a very tough spot, especially since he's already promised to pick a lane.
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July 21 Sox at Dodgers
Bellhorn04 replied to moonslav59's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
The fact they didn't replace the long gone Giolito even though he was supposed to be an innings eater tells you all you need to know. They were being cheap and doing the bare minimum (if that) to upgrade the rotation, just like they did in the Bloom years. There's some bad luck involved with Sale and Giolito, sure, but it's the underlying philosophy that really sucks.
