FredLynn
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I’d remove him immediately to teach him to pay attention
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Idiot
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Nice to see the Yankmees can play little league baseball too
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Duran Ks on a ball that almost hit his foot
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We will be lucky to win one out of four. Then maybe split in Baltimore. Sorry fans. The annual collapse is well underway.
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Toro has been DFA’d Yeah!
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Couple reasons: first players are returning to their career averages-which have a much larger sample size-and second, because so many players are stinking that it doesn’t bode well for the entire team.
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The bottom line is that we have been mediocre or worse since 2018 except for one year. They’re doing something wrong obviously.
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Mayer may work out at 2B. You gotta use him somewhere-or trade him. 1B could still be a problem but Lowe might work out. I agree that we need a couple of reliable bats and a solid #2 SP. We also need a catcher. I don’t trust either guy we have with a bat. We don’t need an offensive minded catcher if we don’t have other black holes. I’m sure youre as tired as I am at waiting till next year. Too many bad or mediocre teams for 7 years running.
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You wanna bet that Henry is pulling the strings on Breslow and that another cheapskate offseason is in store? I’d put money down on that.
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Small sample size for 2025. If he could become even adequate on defense and maintain his .800 OPS and stay on the field that’s fine with me. Lowe won a GG and is a bit less potent on offense. Either way is fine with me.
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Baseball players aren’t always known for their athleticism. There are many overweight out of shape players in the league. If the guy can play well he can be on my team.
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I have not given up on Casas like others here. His career OPS is .800 and his OPS+ is 118. He certainly got off to a bad start but he has proven that he can hit. If he can manage to keep healthy he would almost certainly be a big asset.
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Talk to me on Monday morning. Then we can discuss whether or not we are finished.
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Thanks. But the truth is that I don’t really care about the holes in the rosters of the other teams. I am focused on being BETTER THAN THEY ARE no matter if they win 90 games or 100. To do that we have to grow a pair and loosen Henry’s wallet a bit. And assess talent better and not let our stars walk (except Devers-he wasn’t a team player).
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It’s not just “rolling over the same team “. It’s the way they go about their business. It’s straddling the fence at the TD. It’s letting players leave because Henry was too cheap to keep them. The mechanism by which they have achieved consistent mediocrity is integrally related to the mediocrity itself. They can’t keep pulling the same s*** and expect different results.
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I’m admittedly a bottom line kinda guy. I don’t really care if they make a single trade or acquisition as long as they are competitive for a playoff spot nearly every year. That has obviously not been the case and too many fans are tolerating it by showing up at the park or making excuses on message boards.
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Thats not what I said. I said I expect them to be competitive NEARLY every year. When you finish last or finish at around .500 you are not competitive. Of note, after last night's game we are now on a pace to win 86+ games. Thats unacceptable if its year after year as it has been. No team competes EVERY year. The FLOPS have SUCKED since 2018 aside from one good year. Happy with that?
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I would include Abreu in the "keeper" list. So maybe 8-10 players who have played this year on the ML team in combination with some of the talent in the minors. I disagree on Narvaez. I think he was a flash in the pan, though good defensively, he can't be counted on to hit the baseball-like Rafaela. The dismantling won't happen all at once. It will take 2-3 years. But with competent management the franchise could become relevant again. Why should we not demand that the team have the success rate of, say, the Astros? Thats my expectation.
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I am talking about their TRACK record: 2025: first place 2024: first place 2023: first place 2022: first place 2021: first place How does that contrast to the FLOPS record over that time period?
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Wrong again! I would rather see the Sox not resort to becoming the FLOPS and succeed, and make a deep playoff run. I would be happy to admit that I was wrong. Will you admit that YOU were wrong as easily if they FLOP again?
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Because too many players are simply not very good, historically, and are slumping as they return to nearer their career averages. You think Gonzales, Toro, Narvaez, Wong, Rafaela etc will suddenly turn it around and outperform their career averages? You saw what happened last night: bases loaded, nobody out, no runs. How many times did we fail to score with RISP? The problem IMO will be scoring runs going forward. Its why we will likely NOT make the playoffs this year.
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I said I would keep maybe 6-8 players who are now on the ML team. The rest I would throw in the dumpster. Those 6-8 players combined with the talent we have in the minor leagues are the foundation. There's nothing inconsistent with what I wrote. The truth is that unless Henry sells the team or changes his cheapskate attitude, unless Breslow is fired along with Cora, it won't matter WHAT the foundation is. They have demonstrated literally year after year that they are not up to the job.
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You're right: GOING FORWARD the foundation seems good. Anthony, Mayer, Campbell (I think he will do fine). and others are likely to provide good bases on which to build. The problem is, its ALWAYS "wait till next year" with this team. We had ONE good team since 2018. That speaks to the incompetence of management.
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Its gotta start at the top. If the owner is a cheapskate and the GM is incompetent it won't matter WHO you put on your roster.
