Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

Bellhorn04

Community Moderator
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    54,791

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    76

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by Bellhorn04

  1. Bellhorn04
    Man, that Savant stuff really eats up a lot of screen space.
  2. Bellhorn04
    I certainly understand the skepticism. I think there are few things to be encouraged about. I think Anthony and Mayer bring some new energy. I also read that the hitting instructors started doing one on one meetings with hitters instead of group meetings and Cora thinks this has had good results. Tampa Bay's pitching will certainly be a test for the offense.
  3. Bellhorn04
    I think it was reported that turning down the trade was one of the things Sox ownership was unhappy with Bloom about. In any case, the connection of that to the Red Sox 2023-2024 offseason moves and their 2024 payroll budget eludes me. We're talking about a brand new front office with Breslow in place. All I've ever argued is that it smells like Breslow was working with a very tight budget, which led him to explore ways in which to move payroll off the books, and that's the main reason this move happened. Here was a team with an obvious desperate need for an upgrade in the rotation, and what Breslow in effect did was make a lateral move. I assume they thought the upgrade would come from the wizardry of Andrew Bailey. What I'm really doing is giving Breslow an excuse for his failure to upgrade.
  4. Bellhorn04
    I really don't think there was anything better available at the time. I'm sure DD called around a bit. It was mid-season.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Right, so it's irrelevant to the discussion.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Mookie was totally different. And 2020 was a total lost season for Sox fans. And a very strange season period. I think the Devers trade was a much more divisive one for Sox fans, with a lot of people going ballistic about it and a fair number thinking it was the right move.
  7. Bellhorn04
    When was the offer made, though? I heard about Bloom turning down an offer like that, but we're talking about the 2023-2024 offseason here.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Don't necessarily disagree, but Duran, Rafaela and Abreu are all playing pretty damn good, so I find it hard to be upset that they're playing...
  9. Bellhorn04
    What other offer are you referring to?
  10. Bellhorn04
    That was the one time Dave really did act a little desperate... I don't fault him because Buchholz had just gone down and the need was definitely there. I assume Pomeranz was the best he could do.
  11. Bellhorn04
    The Sox recent success is absolutely meaningful. They have pulled into a tie for the last wild card spot. And sweeping the bad teams is not a gimme. The Yankees and Rays both went 2-1 against the Rockies.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Gonzalez has a heck of a power stroke. He really crushes it when he connects.
  13. Bellhorn04
    C'mon, you were just talking about Bello, Giolito and Anthony looking good. It's fine to look at total bodies of work and to look at recent results too.
  14. Bellhorn04
    22 games in. .706 OPS 2 HR 9 RBI 0.0 bWAR Dealing with groin and back issues. Will not play any 1B until after the ASB at least.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Well, MLB pitchers must be crazy to keep throwing him all those meatballs. Apparently they have no data or video to go on. 😀
  16. Bellhorn04
    Just the way Cora likes it! He's like a kid in a candy store right now with all these options.
  17. Bellhorn04
    Maybe has a little Vlad in him.
  18. Bellhorn04
    I would suggest that philosophy changed some time around 2004, when they added Schilling and Foulke.
  19. Bellhorn04
    drewski does have a point that in the playoffs an 'ace' has magnified importance because there are more off days and they might pitch 1/3 of the games. Example: in 2023 Texas played 17 playoff games and Eovaldi started 6 of them.
  20. Bellhorn04
    What I have noticed is that there has been very little complaining about letting Pivetta walk. That's because they invested heavily in Crochet, and also shelled out for Buehler. Plus the extension for Bello. People understand you can only spend so much. It's a sign of how sophisticated Sox fans are. 🙃
  21. Bellhorn04
    I think history shows you need at least 2 starters performing well in the playoffs. Just going back 2 years, in 2023 the Rangers had Eovaldi and Montgomery, in 2024 the Dodgers had Yamamoto, Buehler and Flaherty.
  22. Bellhorn04
    I must be going senile because I didn't catch on that it was you LOL
  23. Bellhorn04
    The only thing is, beating up on bad teams is something the Sox had not been doing before this.
  24. Bellhorn04
    It's kind of crazy that of all the people the Giants might choose to work out with Devers at 1B, they go with Will Clark, a man obviously still capable of saying incredibly dumb stuff.
  25. Bellhorn04
    These days Fred is focused with laser precision on Rafaela's plate approach and how pitchers are going to eventually realize they shouldn't be throwing him any strikes.
×
×
  • Create New...