Maxbialystock
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We've known how good those 4 acquisitions--Crochet, Chapman, Bregman, and Narvaez--were since April. Yes, he made some mistakes. Who doesn't in that job? But overall he has been good--and so have some of the guys CB brought into the fold. Even Yoshida and Story, but also Abreu, Duran, Rafaela, Anthony, Mayer, Bello, Giolito, Early, et al.
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I've been saying keep Cora all season long and I also saw the strength of Sox pitching way back in June in that 6 game winning streak. Than we saw it again in the July 10 game winning streak. Weren't you watching? None of the problems this season were managerial and there were a boatload of them.
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Yep.
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Why am I reading headlines that the Sox have clinched a playoff berth with the win tonight?
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I share your pissedoffness even though I do get stupide, rotten, terrible Apple +. And because of that I will no join the clamor (if there is one). This was a game for the ages. And if you can't see Alex Cora's genius in this game, you never well. The biggest share of the credit always goes to the players, but he made a bunch of good moves, not the least of which was moving Rafaela--the guy who swings at everything and hits nothing according to you--up to 6th place in the lineup. 37,052 attended and everyone of them deserves a shoutout.
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Well said.
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Judge's OPS is 1.136. Raleigh's is .959. Judge's WAR is 9.3, Raleigh's 7.2.
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Interesting. Bello's ERA in September so far is 5.85.
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Can't disagree that the Sox are a longshot for the WS, but disagree vehemently that should have been the goal for this season. I say that because Breslow in fact brought in four excellent players--Crochet, Chapman, Bregman, and Narvaez--more than any CBO I can remember doing in one season. In fact, this is the best Sox pitching staff since at least 2018. The hitting has been up and down, but that's because Devers and his .905 OPS as DH were traded away after refusing to move to 1b, Bregman was out for 7 weeks and then went into a slump. Anthony, the Sox best hitter, went on the IL on Sep 2, Abreu has missed 40 games because of 2 visits to the IL, And let's not forget that in the Sox four WS seasons--2004, 2007, 2013, and 2018--the Sox payrolls were 2d, 2d, 3d, and 1st in MLB. This year their payroll is 12th. The Sox payroll in 2019 was 1st when the Sox didn't make the postseason.
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Looks like you are about to see results in the form of the postseason and that's primarily because on July 31 the Sox already had the starters they needed to get to the postseason.
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part II
Maxbialystock replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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You're right. All opinions, including yours, are allowed. And my opinion, backed up by some data, is that not getting a great starter had not hurt the Sox. I don't recall anyone agreeing we needed a great first baseman.
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ABS Challenge System Adopted by MLB for 2026
Maxbialystock replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
They are already out of the picture because only hitters, catchers, and pitchers can challenge. Roboump calls all balls and strikes. -
ABS Challenge System Adopted by MLB for 2026
Maxbialystock replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The challenge is intended to add a tiny human dimension to what is entirely a technological solution to calling balls and strikes. I just read a description of how the system establishes a strike zone for every player and was impressed. There is no actual need for a challenge, but the test fans liked it. -
4--0 in the 6th.
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Guess what. You don't get to define his job. My guess is that his decision not to go bold in late July was supported by JH and others. The Sox were 59-51 on July 31. Now they are 87-71, and that's despite our best hitter Anthony being on the IL since 2 Sep, Abreu missing over a month on the IL, Bregman's slump of about a month (but looks good the past week), Yoshida struggling as DH, Rafaela's slump, etc. Right now, provided the hitting (by the whole lineup!) holds up, the Sox have a good rotation, bullpen, lineup, defense, and baserunning, which is exactly what we have seen at Toronto against the winningest team (right now, anyway) in the AL Only Milwaukee and Philly have won more games than the Jays. Yes, absolutely, ;Breslow failed to give away the farm for a #2 starter, but guess what? The Sox already had Tolle and especially Early hiding in Worcester and Harrison on the IL. There is one reason and one reason only you wanted Breslow to go bold last July. You wanted him to fail bigtime so you could continue to gripe.
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He needs to be more like Tolle who tonight suckered Kirk in to grounding out, RF to 1B. Bello has pitched 162 innings this year, 162 last year, and 157 the year before. Agree on the first inning, which is a challenge for most Sox pitchers Heck, the Sox nailed Scherzer for 3 runs in the 1st and just 1 run in the next 4 innings. Meanwhile, Varland looks like a reliever starting tomorrow.
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His ERA's in June, July, and August were 2.87, 2.79, and 2.27, so tired could be it.
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I'm not sure I saw that, but I do know he shut down a very good hitting team in their home ballpark.
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Indications are Anthony will be lucky to make the postseason. Tonight was Abreu's 3d game and he looked fine to me. Just his first game was a bust.
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Abreu last night was worlds better than his first game.
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Tigers and Sox both play Thursday night and must fly to Boston to start final series the next day. . Cleveland and Toronto are about the same flight time.
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Crochet vs Scherzer has to give the Sox the edge tonight. However, last night the better pitcher, Gausman, did not prevail. I disagree that Abreu is a "wild card" although I'm certainly hoping he can help. Last night the 7th and 9th batters--Lowe and Narvaez--batted in all 4 Sox runs. So it would be nice if Abreu could get an rbi or score a run now and then. Yoshida lately looks like the guy Chaim Bloom signed. Rafaela seems to have reverted back to his June/July self--OPS .810 in last 7 games. Same 7 days, Yoshida's OPS is .843, Lowe 1.031, Gonzalez .903, Bregman .838, Last night the Sox bullpen went 4.1 innings without giving up a hit or a run.
