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FredLynn

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  1. They said he was at .196 since the break and he didn’t get a hit. Should be even LOWER now
  2. Hopefully surgery will fix the problem. By no means is that guaranteed
  3. Let’s reassess whether he sufficiently improved the team after the regular season is over. He absolutely failed to significantly improve it at the trade deadline. The Flops have a history of failure as the summer moves on. If they manage to hold on to a playoff spot then I’ll agree he improved the team. If they manage to win the AL pennant then I’ll agree that he has sufficiently improved the team. As of right now the team and their incompetent GM have accomplished zilch.
  4. Correct. Not to the degree I wanted. Not after years of last place or mediocre finishes.
  5. If the team won for example 78 games last year and 80 games this year he could be said to have improved the team. But I wouldn’t call that a success. You either go for it or your sellers. As Yoda says, “do or do not; there is no try”. Breslow failed.
  6. He was hired to improve the team and failed. If he won’t resign he should be fired. Instead of making a choice about being buyers or sellers he again chose to do nothing. Fans deserve better. He needs to go, one way or the other.
  7. Breslows job is to improve the team. He failed to do so. If Henry forced his hand then he should have the integrity to resign.
  8. The only thing we know for sure is that Breslow didn't get the job done-the job he was hired to do. Thats the bottom line.
  9. No to Anthony. He is off limits. It is Breslow's JOB to get deals done and he didn't do it. According to what I read he didn't even try real hard.
  10. I agree-the offseason will be interesting. But I’m tired of waiting until the offseason. The time to try to compete is now and Breslow again sat on the fence between being buyers and sellers, followed by the usual litany of excuses as to why he didn’t do his job. If this team is as good as many here think it is then why not go all in? Yet here we are. Hopefully the M&Ms perform.
  11. Ryan or the equivalent. I don’t keep track of defensive metrics but with Narvaez, Bregman, Story, and Rafaela we are pretty solid by the eye test. I’m sure there is room for improvement in the other positions. This offseason the team has the prospects and the money to build a very good team if you look at where we are now. Just missing a few pieces. Let’s hope they don’t screw it up. Im available to help them. I texted Breslow my number.
  12. Add Ryan and we would likely be set for several years. How long is Giolito signed for? We have position players. Pitchers, not so much. Our bullpen is better than pretty good. Best in the AL. Our defense is also good. Pitching and defense wins rings, generally. Adding Ryan would have put us in very good shape
  13. One position the Red Sox haven’t really done a good job at developing is pitching. Ryan has two more years of team control. Having a rotation that includes Crochet, Ryan, and Bello as anchors is an excellent start to maintaining a winning team. Of course he would have been expensive but we do have a better chance of developing position players than pitching. I think we have maybe one potential excellent pitching in the pipeline. That’s it. (I don’t keep track of our minor league prospects like others here do). I think Breslow should have made it happen.
  14. I know what he offered: not enough
  15. Ryan is much better ERA last I checked was 2.83 Gio is about a run higher. Still good-but Ryan is better
  16. I believe you already said as much-that he is never going to have much plate discipline. As the season progresses I expect his Ks will increase as he and everyone else gets tired. We’ll see.
  17. Then maybe Breslow should have put together a package that included Abreu instead of Duran for Ryan. We would have an OF of Rafaela, Duran, Anthony, occasionally Yoshida or Ref with Password in the wings. Ryan is a stud with a sub 3 ERA. Breslow missed the boat.
  18. It’s not the grade that counts. It’s why we achieved the grade. And looking back the Sox got a C-, not an F. Regardless, the point is this: if the team is as good as some here think it is why not go all in? Why not address our obvious needs to improve our chances for at least a pennant? It’s been a long time.
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