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It's crazy, but I love it! Boston Red Sox Schedule | Boston Red Sox WWW.MLB.COM The Official Site of Major League Baseball or chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/redsox/documents/2023/2023-regular-season-printable-schedule.pdf

If you don't like the talk of schedule, then ignore it. We did not suck vs non ALE teams. In fact, we were damn good. "Get over it?" Get over what? It's not bothering me. I'm just stating facts and trying to figure out what may or may not help us, this year- player changes, different strength of schedules, injury factors and more. It's what this site is for. I'm not "wha, wha, whaing." it seems to me, you are doing so. Get over the fact that it is an issue of discussion!

Only if we end up better than NYY, TOR & TBR. Based on 2022 or projected 2023, we have a harder schedule than they do. In terms of 2022 vs 2023, yes, we all are helped by the schedule change pretty equally.

Incorrect. The Yanks don't play the Yanks- they play us, instead. Toronto does not play Toronto- they play us. Same with TBR. Baltimore has a tougher schedule, if you go by 2023 projected wins.

Our strength of schedule, this year is tough, too- one of the worst, but it should be a little easier than 2022.

#49 Yoeilin Cespedes Highly-regarded international signing. Quick wrists, compact swing, above-average raw power. Good approach for his age. Will start at shortstop but may need to move to second or third base eventually. Average arm, average speed. Solid makeup. 48. Oddanier Mosqueda Projects as organizational bullpen depth. Ceiling of an up-and-down reliever. Has improved year after year and shown bat-missing ability. Secondary pitches and command and control need refinement. Will show intriguing spin rates on fastball and slider. Comes from a very tough angle for left-handed hitters and has excelled against them so far in the high minors. 47. Noah Dean Will transition to the starting rotation in pro ball, but could always fall back to the bullpen, where his fastball will definitely play. Intriguing raw stuff with untapped potential. Needs to work on secondaries and command and control, but lefties who get up to the high-90s and miss bats are not that easy to find, so presents a really intriguing package for a pitching prospect. 46. Theo Denlinger (Traded F German) Potential solid organizational depth reliever with the chance to develop into at least an emergency up-and-down arm. Ceiling of a middle reliever. Fastball is his best pitch and shows promising characteristics, but needs to find consistent command and a secondary pitch.

The list is getting more interesting and promising as we head into the top 50: http://news.soxprospects.com/2023/02/2023-sox-prospects-countdown-to-spring.html

Ain't that the truth! Something we can all agree on.

Did you notice, in terms of wins projected, the ALE vs ALW: 1. NYY>HOU (+0.3) 2. TOR> SEA (+3.6) 3. TBR>LAA (+4.7) 4. BOS 5. BAL>OAK (+7.5) Net: ALE +15.6

31% chance to make the WC seems a bit low but understandable. They project us going 81-81 and finishing 5 games ahead of BAL- firmly in 4th place. 6 games behind TOR & TBR.

Yes, He did okay for us in 2021, and Chavis had and would have no place on this team. Chavis has hit .673 for PIT. Anyway, I was talking about overall. If that is the worst trade, it's good sign. I'd have picked the Moreland trade.

It should be an interesting season.

Avg Rank of Opponent in 2022: 13.2 Red Sox 13.4 Oakland 13.7 Washington 13.8 Baltimore 14.3 Miami 14.4 LAA 14.6 TOR

We may need a DH in 2 years, but 25% seems about right. Maybe he's trade bait.

What kind of odds do you give him for making a meaningful ML contribution at 1B or DH?

Welcome back! I hope you were never near dead!

If Bloom has done one thing well, it's deadline trades: 2020: Pivetta & Seabold for Workman & Hembree (Moreland for Potts & Rosario and Pillar for Jacob Wallace, but what can be expected?) 2021: Schwarber for Aldo Ramirez Robles for Adam Scherff A Davis for Michael Chavis (Iggy and Shaw pick-ups were not trades.) 2022: Reese McGuire for Diekman E Valdez & W Abreu for Vaz Maz Ferguson, Corey Rosier & Hosmer for Jay Groome

He only had 81 ABs at AA and still managed a .370 OBP, but I get your point.

I know he is 24 and projects as a DH type, but why is he still only ranked 20th?

Indeed.

That could be a great thing or a bad thing.

It might have been by a tiny bit, but we did. We didn't get to play us, all year!

It's hard to predict injuries. He is a pretty good pitcher.

It's 6 games vs .611 NYY #5 .568 TOR #8 .531 TBR #13 .512 BAL #14 24 games vs top half teams replaced by an average of teams at .500. It's fine to think it might not matter, but let's not gloss over facts. We will be playing more games vs more teams with lower winning percentages, this year. We will be playing less games vs teams that won more in 2022. It might not matter or matter much, but it looks helpful, to me.

We had the toughest schedule in MLB. It almost rises to the level of college football.