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  1. Bellhorn04
    My guess would be SF put the pressure on and the Sox decided they had to jump for one big reason: SF was offering to pay every nickel of the contract. Even though I've been somewhat supportive of the trade, in the big picture it's yet another debacle for the post-2018 Red Sox. Because what other team would trade their best hitter right after their best stretch of the season?
  2. Bellhorn04
    Puny samples, but since the trade the Giants are 3-5 and Devers has a .608 OPS.
  3. Bellhorn04
    The only way they can win more without Devers is by making some adds.
  4. Bellhorn04
    The team could desperately use a piece of good news and they just freed up $250 mill or so. I am already sensing a cynical reaction to this and I'm expecting some folks to go with slim and none as the chances. 🙃
  5. Bellhorn04
    Now, on the other hand, we do have our fair share of armchair CBOs here, and we are already hearing plenty of talk about who we should sell off. So it goes.
  6. Bellhorn04
    Denny, my belief is that anyone who is in here posting is not a giver-upper. Someone who has truly given up has lost interest in even following the team, and they're not posting on a Sox message board. We're Sox obsessives, they're a big part of our life on this planet, and that's why we're here. This place has a lot of cathartic value for me. I vent some frustration and get it out of my system. And as soon as the first pitch of today's game I'll be following along like always.
  7. Bellhorn04
    OK, that's your take on the Devers trade, which I understand. But it's not what we getting from the media reports, and in theory they could make a couple of moves that would give them a realistic shot at the playoffs. I'm not saying that's what'll happen. I would expect the Sox front office is undecided and are watching the game results just like us.
  8. Bellhorn04
    Unfortunately the Sox are in the same position they've been every year since 2022 with the trade deadline looming - it's not clear which direction to go in. And the results of the last 3 trade deadlines all stunk.
  9. Bellhorn04
    No it isn't, but 1.5 seasons are in at 1 game under .500, and the prognosis for the rest of 2025 isn't looking good right now.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Yes. And in addition they paid $17 million of Sale's salary. Some might say they paid $17 million for Grissom. In either case the combined transactions cost $35 million or so for 2024. I can see reasons why they made the Sale trade, but it irks me when people talk about it like it was a virtual no-brainer.
  11. Bellhorn04
    The only justifiable reason to make the trade was the money part. We all know the injury history. So did Atlanta, and they were obviously very interested in him.
  12. Bellhorn04
    We don't know that they're not doing their jobs, though. Maybe Duran just doesn't take instruction well, or maybe he has a hard time keeping his head in the game.
  13. Bellhorn04
    The proposed fixes I've heard so far are pretty wild, trying to encourage teams to leave the starting pitcher in longer with a reward and penalty system.
  14. Bellhorn04
    But I'm not just judging individually, I'm saying if the only acquisition is Giolito, that makes this move questionable in itself. The 2024 pre-season projections for Sale and Giolito (before he got injured obviously) were roughly equal. So from a totally objective standpoint, Breslow did not upgrade the rotation for 2024, and we all thought that was an important thing to do. In a way I'm defending him because I think he probably got squeezed payroll-wise and that's why he traded Sale, to knock $10 million off the number.
  15. Bellhorn04
    I agree wholeheartedly. But it's a hard thing to fix. Everyone seems to agree it's not possible to get pitchers to stop throwing so hard. It's hurting the game's watchability and it's hurting the health of the pitchers, but we're stuck with it.
  16. Bellhorn04
    You can make a case, though, that there was no real reason to trade him, certainly not for a middle infield prospect. And certainly not when the only acquisition you're going to make is Giolito. My take on the Sale trade was that it was mainly about saving a few bucks.
  17. Bellhorn04
    But why did they move to that focus? And do you think the increases in velocity and spin have little to do with it?
  18. Bellhorn04
    I don't think anyone is seriously talking about sacking him at this point. If you're Breslow or a fan of him, the biggest concern seems to be a sort of rising tide of negativity about his communication skills or lack thereof.
  19. Bellhorn04
    But he has to be judged on total results, and those are not good.
  20. Bellhorn04
    We'll never know, but it's not implausible that Cora just decided he didn't want to make a bad situation worse. If the Sox were already deep in discussions about trading Devers, having a fresh new controversy about lack of hustle would not be ideal.
  21. Bellhorn04
    The main reason there are fewer balls in play now is that pitches are being thrown harder and with more spin and are simply harder to hit. And the response of hitters in general has been to swing hard in case you hit it. It can be pretty ugly to watch, that's for sure.
  22. Bellhorn04
    You can be very harsh for a man with a cute, fluffy little dog as his avatar. 😉
  23. Bellhorn04
    Denny, the Sox have been playing .500 ball for 4 seasons now. I don't think it's a case of complaining for no reason.
  24. Bellhorn04
    And Dombrowski is doing just fine with the Phils. All this probably grinds JH's gears a bit - assuming he's human.
  25. Bellhorn04
    Up until 2019 he was impatient but successful. As we've talked about many times, he may have gotten an inflated opinion of his own acumen on how to run a baseball team.
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