Bellhorn04
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Everything posted by Bellhorn04
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The 2019 team was the 2018 team, one year removed in time. It wasn't a bad team, it was a team that had a bad year. Many things went wrong. I do think there are reasons no team has won it back to back this century.
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We're in worse shape than a lot of those contenders, because we're a sub-.500 team. We need to upgrade more than some other teams do.
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Game Sevens can be letdowns just like any other game can be.
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What part did you find most exciting about 2008 ALCS Game 7?
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jad and 5 Gloves say they enjoyed 2019. Take it up with them. The 2008 ALCS was not that exciting. Game 5 was an amazing comeback, but that's it.
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The Chaim Bloom Era has taught us that if your gaze is aimed mostly down the road, there's probably a wreck right in front of you. Rebuilding and half-ass competing is a failure. Rebuilding and tanking would be better.
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Story and Yoshida are zero, but someone will replace them. Personally, I'm getting too old to be thinking that far ahead.
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Duran had a 2.4 fWAR in 102 games. He played very well - vastly improved from his 2022 self.
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Betts AAV 29 Bogaerts AAV 25.5 Total 54.5 Story AAV 23.3 Yoshida AAV 18 Total 41.3 The delta between A and B is 13.2 mill.
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We should be thankful we have him for another year. He's been great for quite a while now.
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Yeah, I'm with you. Keep Duran, upgrade the pitching by free agency.
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9/23 White Sox @ Boston 4:10PM ET
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Yeah, the thing we always have to keep in mind is that Fenway is a hitter's park, so our offensive numbers are never quite as good as they look. By the same token our pitching numbers aren't as bad as they look. -
2019 was disappointing, but the years after the Red Sox make the World Series usually are. 1968 1976 1987 2005 2008 (although they did make it to game 7 of the ALCS) 2014
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Texas 86-68 (unexpected revival) Toronto 86-69 Houston 85-70 (back to back losses to KC at home!) Seattle 84-70
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To make the playoffs in 2024 we need: a) 2 SP'ers a bat c) a bunch of things to go right Pretty big asks.
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newish fan, can someone explain the finances?
Bellhorn04 replied to randywatson's topic in Other Baseball
The teams all have the same tax thresholds. There's also a "revenue sharing" system which flows money from the higher revenue teams to the lower revenue teams. -
Yeah, Bloom really brought back the fun.
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9/23 White Sox @ Boston 4:10PM ET
Bellhorn04 replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
OPS+ 103 T12 in MLB Home OPS .802 Road OPS .710 Conclusion: thoroughly mediocre offense -
OPS+ 103 T12 in MLB Home OPS .802 Road OPS .710 Conclusion: thoroughly mediocre offense
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So what do you suggest they do with him?
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Just view him as a fungible #5 starter and hope for better. Nothing to lose at this point. He still does show flashes of top-caliber pitching.
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They had a 14 game lead over the Yankees in July. Losing a 14 game lead is a collapse, in my books.
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Well moon, as you say, last year you wanted a fire sale. That wasn't very optimistic about the 2022 team's chances. We really shouldn't be questioning each other's fandom.
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Historical context is always important, and the fact it was the Yankees who overcame us was certainly part of that. To me it was especially crushing because it was the end of the dream for the powerful but ringless Red Sox teams of the 70's.
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Can we all please stipulate this as Accepted Baseball Wisdom forever and ever, so we never have to hear it again?
