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  1. sk7326
    It is - but you also can't just assume that is going to hold. I'd have loved for them to land the plane on Joe Ryan, but Dustin May is certainly talented enough to pay off.
  2. sk7326
    We do that and then Sale shatters his patella walking off the plane back at Logan.
  3. sk7326
    One thing we have seen is that Breslow and the gang are promoting the players using more of the batted ball and swing decision sort of data. And we just don't have that. If the player is making lots of hard contact but the ball is not finding gaps, that is going to weigh at least as much as even the triple slash.
  4. sk7326
    First, they have a great record in yellow. Second, the yellow has a great theme which has been fun to explain to people who ask. Third, it's a good color combo.
  5. sk7326
    Right now this team is kind of a spiritual cousin to the 1999 Red Sox who lost in the ALCS to the - well, you know ... the rotation is actually fairly similar 1. A true blue ace. Obviously 1999 Pedro is one of the best pitchers in history - which is an unfair comparison to Crochet, but Crochet has been one of the two best pitchers in the AL so far and deserves that respect. 2. A good pitcher with an arm trouble history. Then it was Saberhagen, now it is Giolito. 3. A guy who has been good but has been pretty awful. Then it was Mark Portugal, now it is Walker Buehler. 4. A manager not shy about McGyvering the rest of the pitching staff. One era's Jimy Williams is another's Alex Cora. This team does not have any offensive force at the level of 1999 Nomar - but there is probably more depth.
  6. sk7326
    I don't think he is being satirical - but given the quality of the commentary, particularly with Cora - how would it be different if it WAS a bit?
  7. sk7326
    There was a time I did not realize this was satirical and thus did not laugh enough. But I needed the smile!
  8. sk7326
    As a very old man, I have seen 83 and 85 win teams win it all, and an 84 win team make the world series just 2 seasons ago. The Red Sox have the starting pitching that can get hot for 3 weeks. Now, I'd love more - but winning the World Series literally requires only that much.
  9. sk7326
    Abreu led the AL in multiple defensive metrics in RF last year. He is a flawed player, but he is a strong plus at RF. He leads in the AL this year. The tricky thing with Duran is that he was good in CF last season, but it is also the only season he has had in the bigs where he has been above average anywhere. It is quite possible that 2024 was the outlier.
  10. sk7326
    I don't think this at all. Abreu is near the top of the guys the Sox would trade for a premium return. So is Duran. Anthony in a corner is safe. Rafaela is PROBABLY safe. He makes very little money and - if he did not improve another lick at the plate - would be a top 5 CF overall in the game. Garcia could easily supplant Abreu in the Sox pecking order given his ability in RF and the strides HE has made at the plate.
  11. sk7326
    I wish they did more - but we have also seen, over and over again, that team builders simply can't engineer teams to win pennants.
  12. sk7326
    Are we good enough ... to make the playoffs and get hot for 3 weeks? Hell yeah we are.
  13. sk7326
    At the moment, the Red Sox have gotten zero big league value from trading Devers and the prospects have largely not made a dent. So it is hard to call this a good deal. And his replacements have been - for the most part - bad. That said, the Devers contract was likely to be a problem down the road - while he has been a terrific hitter, he has not been a consistent .900 OPS guy and he was destined to move to 1B/DH anyway. (of course he was DHing here). I was shocked when the deal came, but I was not ready to picket Fenway either. It is nice to connect Devers trade to the team picking up the pace - but I don't think Devers made the starting rotation fall into place.
  14. sk7326
    I am not sure the results that Rafaela (one of the 3 best CFs in the league) and Chapman have put up (his best season in years) point to being poorly deployed.
  15. sk7326
    Alcantara is the most interesting as the team control is attractive for a former Cy winner. Now - he has been arguably the worst starting pitcher in the majors this season, and that counts on his resume too. The FIP numbers speak to a little bit of bad luck, but STILL lousy. But the last couple of starts have had some promise. How much signal vs noise is why Breslow gets the big bucks. I'd have a hard time dealing him if I was Florida, just because it's so obviously selling low.
  16. sk7326
    I have been okay with moving Duran for the right deal. But the uptick recently has spoken to sort of water finding its level with the bat. His has been one of the cases where his batted ball data showed a guy who should be getting better results. (his exit velocities and barrel rates are as good as they were last year)
  17. sk7326
    it could, though both of them are definite possibilities to get rotation looks. Early has been the most fascinating pitcher in the system just because while he does not have wipeout stuff on paper, his entire minor league career has been a dude who simply gets batters out.
  18. sk7326
    Indeed, I'd argue that the big mistake Boston made with Mookie was NOT trading him at the 2019 deadline. If they really believed Betts was out the door, you trade from strength and look for a big haul coming back and create a bidding war.
  19. sk7326
    First, the best Sox deadline deal was a "sell" trade ... by far the best was dealing Heathcliff Slocumb to the Mariners for Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek. All other deadline deals pale in comparison. Since Andersen for Bagwell (who was at Double A at the time, and Lou Gorman did not account for Bagwell playing in a pitcher's park at New Britain when considering his low homerun totals), my personal favorite for the worst deadline deal was Lester for Cespedes in 2014. Now, this was not a bad deal if this were your fantasy league, and Cespedes was fine for Boston as a rental. However, the deadline deal for Lester resulted in zero future value, which was astounding for a pitcher of his caliber. The Gagne deal worked out poorly - but I had no issue with the process and there were not many signs that Gagne would totally forget how to pitch.
  20. sk7326
    Keith Law updated Top 60 after the draft: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6502957/2025/07/24/mlb-top-prospects-2025-kevin-mcgonigle/ #9 - Franklin Arias #46 - Password #54 - Witherspoon
  21. sk7326
    Barrett Morgan, the JC 11th round pick - signs for $500K ...
  22. sk7326
    The thing with Duran is that while he has had a rough season, his batted ball data is well in line with last season. I do think teams are going to look at the Statcast numbers and see a guy who just needs some balls to find gaps. Now he is PROBABLY not the defensive player the numbers showed last season - but he is at least average out there. With 3 year of control that is a good player. For Bubic - who appears to be more a really good #2/#3 starter than an ace (which might be why KC is hesitant to give a big extension as a priority) - I agree it seems fair. If the Royals want to hold out for another mid-lower level prospect that's at least worth a discussion.
  23. sk7326
    Duran could be enough. If it's Duran and a Mikey Romero level prospect, I'm not losing too much sleep.
  24. sk7326
    Exactly. He rocketed up to the big club and hit a wall for the first time. Says nothing about his future - that part is up to him.
  25. sk7326
    This is where the scouting matters more I think - as fas whether he should start. If he is getting through AA on fastball and deception, that's great - but not enough to be a plus starter. If his secondary stuff (the real question on him) is acceptable it's a different discussion. Moving him up for the bullpen is more plausible.
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