FredLynn
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Yes. As usual you are missing something. It is this: we have a bunch of #3-5 SPs. Where's our #2? I never said I objected to signing Gray. I would object if management tries to pass him off as a capable #2.
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Of course you do. But I am right. How did he do last year? A: below average. Like a #4 SP. I don't care what he did three years ago. Obviously he regressed as happens to older pitchers sometimes. He's not a#2. We need a #2 and he ain't it. And BTW, the Jays just signed a real #2. Cease is off the boards. Just signed with Toronto. I have a sneaking suspicion that our idiot management team thinks Gray is just fine behind Crochet. He isn't. Gray is fine behind Crochet and ?? and Bello. Here we go again. Dumpster diving.
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Casas started off slow last year then got injured. But his career OPS is .800. I haven't given up on him just yet.
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I agree with Old Red that 2021 was the outlier. Aside from that year we were mediocre or worse from 2020 to 2024. That should not happen with the regularity it did happen with. An occasional off year, maybe two...thats it. We should compete for a playoff spot nearly every year if management is doing their job.
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I’m “commenting”.
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Take out 2020? Let’s take out 2025 instead. Regardless, that record reeks of mediocrity. I expect the team to compete for a playoff spot nearly every year. That hasn’t happened, in part due to dumpster diving and money poorly spent-and not enough of it. If recent history is a guide they’ll try to pass off Gray as a significant signing and claim that they were “very interested” in signing better players but that it “just didn’t work out”.
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Its measured by CASH SPENT WISELY as well as freely. Henry has been treating the Sox as a small market team when in fact they are a major player. When you sign dumpster grade reclamation projects over and over again the results are predictable. How did we do the for the five years prior to last year?
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Well the signing of Gray certainly keeps that tradition. It was not a "big move". I'm not going to complain about the moves the team makes until I see the final product. Just a bit concerned about the history of how they have done business over the last several years-on the cheap. We all know it.
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Let me be clear: I have no problem with signing the elderly Gray. Its fine for depth-as long as they don't try to pass him off as what we really need, a solid SP behind Crochet. I also want to see evidence that Henry is willing to spend what it takes to contruct a team that contends for a ring. Last season I was OK with just making the playoffs. This year there is enough talent to BUILD ON to construct a contender. I hope Henry's penurious imitation doesn't stand in the way, again. And Bregman, with his injury history, is not the answer for a power hitting IF. We can sign him AND sign someone like Alonso, but I don't want to see them passing off Bregman as the answer to what we really need.
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Bregman did great during the stretch run, didn't he. Never got injured or missed a game, right? Crochet is the exception and we TRADED for him. Its not evidence that Henry has loosened his purse strings.
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Nonetheless, they have not addressed the major needs of the 2026 team. We all know what they are. I think they are going to try to pass Gray off as our #2 SP without obtaining a real #2. I could be wrong about that too, but if history is our guide that is exactly what they will do.
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I did not say that at all. In fact, what I did say is that this move did nothing to address what everyone knows are our major needs. Its fluff. A minor improvement, maybe. But we need much more. And over the last several years what we all have seen is, with rare exceptions, signing reclamation projects. I'll believe Henry is serious about making the 2026 Sox a contender when I see evidence of it. BTW, Gray's ERA+ last year was 96-BELOW average. I think thats a good indication of the type of pitcher they got.
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The history of this team, for the most part, is that they are dumpster divers. Gray is another example. I suspect that he will be presented as our #2 SP that we need by management. Thats the way they work, on the cheap. I think that with the right moves-which are likely to be expensive-this team could make a deep playoff run and even contend for a ring. But not if they keep dumpster diving.
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Thats what he will be-a #4-5 SP. Still need a solid #2. And a power hitting IF.
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Your post is ridiculous. I don't care what his PROJECTIONS are. I care what he has done. Last year his ERA was 4.28, BELOW average. We don't need another BELOW AVERAGE pitcher on the staff, unless we are going to use him as a #4-5 SP of which there are already several candidates on staff. He's also getting long in the tooth. Getting Sonny Gray does nothing to address our major needs.
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Exactly! What are they waiting for?
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Maybe a #4-5 SP at this stage of his career. We already have those types. So he’s depth at the lower end of the rotation. Not expecting much from him. And the needs for a solid #2 and a RH power hitter remain unmet. Henry isn’t going to open his purse to pay for what the team needs, which is disgusting because if he did we could become a very good team.
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Its more "dumpster diving for depth". We do need some depth in the SP roster, but that is a secondary need. Everyone knows what our primary needs are and this does zilch to meet them.
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You mean the Sox are "very interested" in a more prominent righty power bat. Let me know when it is finalized.
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The 2026 Red Sox treaded water today.
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The season is saved! WOW! We got Sonny Gray! I for one am sick and tired of the Flops dumpster diving for players like Gray. Maybe he could be useful as a depth pitcher but beyond that....USELESS. We need a bona fide #2 SP and a power hitting established RHH not named Bregman. Pretty vanilla start to the offseason.
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Red Sox 2025 Season Review/Offseason Preview Thread
FredLynn replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Nope. After all, Henry and his family have to eat, right? -
Red Sox 2025 Season Review/Offseason Preview Thread
FredLynn replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I think we will get the usual: "we were REALLY INTERESTED in star player 1 or 2 or 3 but just couldn't make it work". SSDD. -
Henry is way too cheap to be able to afford Bichette. He will instruct his staff to claim that they are "interested" in him-maybe "very interested"-then lowball him. Seen this movie before.
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Good riddance. Too many injuries; too inconsistent offensively when we need more punch in the lineup; and too old for a long term contract. Bye bye Breg........
