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  1. Bellhorn04
    Unfortunately I have to concede Splintered's point on this one. The Sox record has to be discounted for a relatively soft schedule, including all 7 of our 2025 games against the White Sox. Which doesn't mean the Sox aren't capable of playing better than they have so far.
  2. Bellhorn04
    When you see what the Padres got for Soto, it makes the Sox return look pretty light. As you keep pointing out of course, part of the Sox return was getting $45 million shaved off their obligation to Price. Maybe Breslow pulled a little rabbit out of the hat by getting Fitts for Verdugo.
  3. Bellhorn04
    The Padres did much better with the Soto trade, that was a bit irksome to see.
  4. Bellhorn04
    I thought that started as a platoon-y thing until Cooper established himself as toast, unfortunately.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Hey, you're right about as often as the rest of us. 😉
  6. Bellhorn04
    I think Cora would love to have 'co-closers' that he can slot in the 8th or 9th depending on matchups.
  7. Bellhorn04
    You're right, it did get held up a week or two because of concerns over Graterol's medicals.
  8. Bellhorn04
    You're a hard marker, man. 🙂
  9. Bellhorn04
    Once they decided they wouldn't be signing him it made sense to trade him, I'm not arguing with that, that's never been my issue. I always thought it was strange that the trade came so late, though. When the Padres traded Soto it happened on December 7. Betts wasn't traded until February 10. Maybe the Sox were worried about the effect on ticket sales, is the only thing I can figure.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Yes. I have just spent too much time on baseball forums, and it's one of those things you read so many times. I hereby stipulate that it makes perfect sense to trade anyone when you know you're getting something better in return. I'm not sure who would argue otherwise. Maybe what I don't like is that it kind of implies there are others who get too attached to players.
  11. Bellhorn04
    Not picking on you, but everybody says this. I've never heard anyone say they wouldn't trade Player A even if they knew the return was better. OTOH, what GM is going to trade you something they know is better than what they're getting back?
  12. Bellhorn04
    But I think Kimmi was talking about the overall records. Makes more sense to compare the .133 against all other teams to the .429 against us.
  13. Bellhorn04
    The White Sox are .429 against us this year overall.
  14. Bellhorn04
    Of course. But we can't control the way others choose to express themselves, assuming they're not breaking any forum rules. Everybody does their fan thing their own way. I think we have a pretty good cross-section of fandom here. I also think a lot of what occurs on sports message boards is some sort of cathartic behaviour (especially game threads). I'm certainly guilty of using it that way some times myself.
  15. Bellhorn04
    '3rd highest of all time' doesn't mean much when prices are rising all the time and we're talking about the 2nd best player in the game at the time. Their best offer didn't get to $300 million. It was short of market value. They shouldn't get a pass for losing one of the best players in franchise history because he wouldn't sign a 'team friendly' deal. Devers certainly didn't get a a 'team friendly' deal and he was a much lesser talent.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Wins are wins, but man did the White Sox give us a hard time the last 2 seasons. We went 8-6 and a few of the wins were tough ones.
  17. Bellhorn04
    No posters were going crazy about it. Some people thought they should have made a more serious effort to extend Bogaerts instead of signing Story. Certainly no one was in favor of giving Bogaerts $280 million.
  18. Bellhorn04
    The issue is that turning down extension offers, which he indisputably did, is not the same thing as stating your intentions to be a free agent.
  19. Bellhorn04
    Betts did not tell them he was going to FA, no idea where you're getting that. Zack Scott explained the whole thing very well (there's a thread here about it) and everything he said supported Mookie's version of events.
  20. Bellhorn04
    Composure is kind of a big ask for a sports fan web site. As for the Red Sox, starting with 2022 there have been plenty of reasons for angst and dissatisfaction in the fandom. And the early results in 2025 contain some bad signs that there is more on the way. When it's an enormous struggle to beat the White Sox, that's concerning.
  21. Bellhorn04
    They didn't re-sign Betts because they didn't want to pay him what it took. It was a mistake regardless of the farm system.
  22. Bellhorn04
    Counterpoint: a big chunk of that OPS came from the 2 HRs off lefty pitchers Friday night. He's hitting .739 against RHP, 1.467 against LHP.
  23. Bellhorn04
    He was at 96 pitches after 6 innings. Sometimes you can have a 1-2-3 inning but throw 20 pitches, which would have put him at 116 pitches, which is a little too much at this point in the year. I'm kind of a Cora fanboy, but I think he does an A-1 job with the pitching changes. Of course when a decision backfires he's going to get blamed.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Maybe, but they've been giving the Red Sox a battle these last 2 years.
  25. Bellhorn04
    Sometimes I say things like that just to see what the reaction is. I do believe there's some truth in it - when you go from being a powerhouse like the Sox mostly were in the years 2003-2018 to a mediocrity like the 2022-2024 teams, it tends to adjust expectations downward to the point that you're relatively happy if the team is projected to win 85 and have a shot at a Wild Card spot. It's also a sweeping generalization that doesn't apply to a lot of fans, as we can see by reading the game threads.
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