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  1. moonslav59
    Yes. People called Ben Lucchino's errand/coffee boy, and I guess he didn't want to continue being that under DD. He ended up getting a position with more control. I get criticized for all my hypothetical questions, but I do wonder if DD would have quit had he been handed the budgets Bloom got.
  2. moonslav59
    The Dodger counter from the right coast.
  3. moonslav59
    I'm thinking solace will be elussive all season long. I guess we can focus on singular players like Ceddanne, Contreras, the young SP'ers and maybe Durbin, if he keeps this up to find something to not bum out on, but yes, this is very difficult to watch.
  4. moonslav59
    After they hired DD to "oversee" him. Ben's departure was meh, in part because Lucchino had just left and DD was hired to a different position, although it was clear he would be pulling the strings.
  5. moonslav59
    Yup. It must be Brez's fault. He shoulda known.
  6. moonslav59
    I'm not admitting to a nonsense claim. A couple guys he traded away, that nobody cried about when it happened, have done well for less than a full season. Bennett is depth now: Perales is still speculative depth and is not MLB ready. He swung and missed on a few additions like Oviedo & Sandoval. He counted on them and Crawford to add some depth. He added Suarez and Gray to push those guys down the pecking order. He counted on Crochet and Bello- wow big sin. The one thing Brez did right was the rotation and its depth. Admit it.
  7. moonslav59
    The Mets are the perfect example to the phrase, "Be careful what you wish for."
  8. moonslav59
    Theo & DD. Ben & Bloom were kinda meh. I guess you could call 'em whimpers.
  9. moonslav59
    It matters not.
  10. moonslav59
    literally, LMAO.
  11. moonslav59
    Major moves: Suarez, Contreras & Gray Moderate moves: Durbin w infield depth, Oviedo & IDK Minor moves: Coulombe, Watson, Kahnle, Gasper and others Moves not made: No second big bat and no Duran trade.
  12. moonslav59
    It won't matter: you'll want the next guy to quit day two.
  13. moonslav59
    Arias homered, again (#17) walked twice and was HBP. He's at 1.020, now. That's 13th best in all the minors (250+ PAs) Only 8 players have more PAs and a better OPS than he. Primera is 2nd in OPS among players with 130+ PAs. Nobody has more PAs and a higher OPS than he does. It's nice to see we have some hopes on offense down the pike. We have 4 catchers doing well: Ronny Hernandez (1.066) Jorge Rodriguez (.886) Jo Garcia (.851) Luke Heyman (.830) Brannon at .872 might be a 3rd catcher type, but will likely DH or 1B, if he ever makes it. Godbout may not be very far away and is at .902. Winnay is up to.886 and at AA, now. Azocar at .804 is ranked highly. Brito is doing very well at 1.020, but he's far away.
  14. moonslav59
    So, making the playoffs is not the main goal?
  15. moonslav59
    If JH tells Brez to sell, he should quit... LMAO
  16. moonslav59
    Not at all. I think .725 to .775 OPS was close. He's not the reason we are losing, but he was decent depth, along with Duran for Anthony. Most felt we kept too many OF'ers and should have added a better offensive infielder. Instead, we kept depth for Anthony (and Rafaela/Abreu.) That's not evidence that we bet the whole house on Roman.
  17. moonslav59
    MLB has seen way too many pitcher injuries, recently, and many are big named stars. When you consider the quality of pitching the Sox have had on the IL, it's pretty amazing how well the staff has done, so far- particularly the rotation. We've lost... SP'ers: #1 SP Crochet #4-5 SP Houck #5-7 Crawford #6-8 Sandoval #6-8 Oviedo (Not to mention Bello's implosion and demotion and Early's recent move to the IL.) RP'ers (not bad at all) : Slaten, Moran and others.
  18. moonslav59
    He added many depth arms, too. While Kahnle, Watson and Oviedo have not helped us, Brez did add depth like Coulombe, Guerrero, Samaniego, Weissert & Slaten, Would you rather have minor leaguer Perales or Bennett? Fitts & Clarke for depth or Gray in the rotation, which added depth by knocking almost every SP'er down a notch? Suarez knocked all but Crochet down one slot on the depth charts, too. A pitcher out for the year (Priester) or Holobetz & Phillips as a longshot depth piece? You want Hicks and Sandlin back? You want Dobbins back for Willson? To me, one of Brez's top focus areas has been pitching depth and farm pitching improvement. He's traded away a ton of pitching, including Sale, Priester, Harrison and Drohan. Some were bound to do well, and they did. More have done squat or are still TBD,
  19. moonslav59
    Bottom line: I'm glad Devers is a Giant Forevers. I'm glad Bregman is a Cubbie. I'm glad Bichette is a Met. I'm fine with Contreras over Alonso. I wish we'd gotten a second bigger bat (or two.)
  20. moonslav59
    I always felt he had pretty quick reflexes and was more nimble that one would expect from his body type. About half his errors were throwing, so for a long time, I felt he'd be a better fit at 1B than 3B. We also had a big need at 1B for several years, so it's not like he was blocked. The Bregman signing made it obvious: 1B and DH. Why they did not prepare him for 1B, too is beyond me. It should have started years ago.
  21. moonslav59
    IT's hard to know if last night was more of the "one step up and two steps back" feeling about 2026, but I'm still hopeful we are a .500 or better team. Making a couple additions like B Lowe and Jeffers might be all we need.
  22. moonslav59
    Back to the original question: no Sox GM goes out with a whimper. Maybe Bloom was the closest to a whimper.
  23. moonslav59
    The money tied p in these two will likely push them to want to give them another shot or two. When is the question.
  24. moonslav59
    I seriously doubt the plan was for Early to pitch 180 IP in 2026. I would not be surprised if they planned on giving him a break, at some point. Taking time off now, and then the ASB could have been planned. I'm not sure who I'd give the Early starts to: Bello or Sandoval. There really are no other options other than using an opener. I was hoping Sandoval might help the pen. Bello did well as a non starter, but it might mess up his mind by making him a RP'er, now.
  25. moonslav59
    What made Anthony look like he was the "backbone" was more about the lack of additions to the line-up than what was needed. Had we signed Bregman not Suarez, as I think was the main plan, we'd have not viewed Anthony as the number one hopeful bat. I also think many underestimated the offense Contreras could bring. We rightfully did not view Durbin as a big add to the offense. Many here hated the idea of trading Duran, because he was such an offensive weapon with his bat and legs. Many felt Abreu reaching peak prime might have a big year. Story's 2025 season gave us some hope he could hit .750 with 22 HRs. Yoshida was not written off by everybody and .750 from him was not an outlandish ask. Hardly any of these came true, and yet Anthony is the focus of the finger-pointing. BTW, the two guys taking Anthony's place (Duran & Yoshida) are vets that should both be about 100 points higher than they are. If they were, the loss of Anthony would not have been as noticable. Because they have sucked, the loos looks huge, now.
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