moonslav59

Not all all. Our ideas sucked. Saying Brez did better than us is not anything good, at all. Saying some of his moves worked out good and or better than out choices, is not saying his overall work should be or is being praised.

"Carrying water for Breslow." LMAO

Apparently, the more specialized and improved pens negated the need to boot the SP'er out of the game as early as possible, but that shouldn't mean walks are not still a powerful tool on offense.

Yes, you are having a rough rough time supporting your claims against non existent posters.

Two of the team's biggest issues have been Story and Yoshida, and we all know Brez has few choices, if any, to do anything about both of them.

Arf all you want, but maybe 90% of the posters who want Brez fired are also the arm chair GMs that had worse winter ideas than Brez. It's okay to be okay with that and also bark like a wounded dog.

IMO, they all share in the blame, and the budget limits and no trade clause rule are major factors in why Brez did not do what many of us and maybe he wanted to do. Yes, Brez is responsible for the roster- maybe less so for returning vets on the team since the Bloom era, who were untradeable or near so, but still yes. I don't disagree. My point is, and this is not "high-fiving" is that he caught a lot of grief over the winter choices he made. There were many choices, and each of us had our own ideas. I refuse to think he could have spent much more money than he ended up spending, so to me the talk is mostly an either/or type discussion. You wanted Schwarber and Bregman, but no way we'd get them and Contreras, Suarez and Gray. I wanted Alonso or Schwarber and a trade for someone like Marte (and later Neto came into the talks, briefly.) I also wanted one major pitcher like Suarez. (I would not have spent big on two: Suarez and Gray, while the we skimped on offense.) I look at the bottom line for this winter: Added: Suarez, Gray & Contreras with lesser adds like Durbin, IKF, Oviedo, Monasterio, Samaniego & Watson) I don't see the major additions as the reason we suck. I'm not sure adding Alonso, Bregman or Schwarber over Suarez would have added significantly more wins. There are other areas to blame Brez for, but this would not be my choice to focus on. I'm not telling others they can not rip him for those choices, and I agreed on the theory that we skimped on batting and over-emphasized SP'ers, but the main failure of this team has been the returning vets and non-pitching youngsters. Was Brez supposed to add 3-4 big impact players PLUS swap out Duran, Story, Yoshida, Bello, Crawford, Sandoval and maybe Mayer, Anthony and Crochet, since none have helped much? I'm not casting stones at other posters, but I'll use myself as an example. Had we added 4 of my selected choices and nothing else, would we be much better off? Alonso or Schwarber Marte (Mayer at 3B or No Mayer since he'd be part of the trade) Ranger Suarez or Joe Ryan/Lodolo/Mitch Keller ESuarez/Polanco/TShaw No Gray, Contreras, Durbin or IKF (No Duran & Tolle or whoever was traded for Marte) I'd say it's an easy no answer, so I find it hard to bash a guy who did better than my ideas, this winter. IMO, Brez did better than most of the ideas thrown around here, last winter, and no that's not anointing him king GM.

Good one!

Password was maybe second.

1. Duran CF 2. Gasper DH 3. Abreu RF 4. Contreras 1B 5. Yoshida LF 6. Story SS (still) 7. Mayer 2B 8. Wong C 9. Durbin 3B

I'm not sure where you are getting that train of logic from. Not a single poster is even hinting at the idea that the GM can never be blamed. Also, I doubt Schwarber & Bregman (and no Suarez, Contreras and Gray) keeps us out of last place, so nice try. Maybe even those 2 plus 1-2 of the 3 we got wouldn't have been enough.

And having Bregman and or Alonso would not make them better, this year.

It's fair to point out that while Brez's choices have not done poorly- Suarez, Contreras and Gray, we still suck, other people's choices look worse, so far. There were plenty of players I wanted signed- some doing okay or well- and some sucking. It's not high-fiving, but laying blame on others, while our ideas sucked, too just seems a bit lame, to me.

Indeed, but at least this is a better combo. Some are still complaining about us not getting some players that are off to bad starts- like it wouldn't have helped anyway, right?

Nobody else even shows signs of becoming one.

OBP is not the "talk" anywhere, but yes, the Sox actions show it is no longer "the thing." 5 are at .300 or lower. The Rays have Mullins with a .195 OBP, but the rest of their top 13 players are all over .314! They have 5 top guys at .339+. The Yanks have 2 guys at .280 and .281 and the rest are over .300. TOR has 3 guys between .269 and .292 and 6 over .314. 5 are over .329. BAL comes kinda close to the Sox: .233 Mayo .258 Henderson .259 Jackson and their #10 guy is at .280. They have 5 guys over .331.

Except maybe be sellers: Gray & Chapman. Maybe Duran, Whitlock and other shorter term guys, if they have value in July.

In hindsight: Contreras + BLowe> Alonso + Bregman, and the money would be way less.

LOL. Last year was the best time to trade Story (or over this past winter,) but we'd have had to pay a large chunk of his remaining contract- not quite as much of a percentage as Yoshida, but a lot.

I'm still wondering why the focus on OBP went out of style.

True nuff.

I fixed it for you.

I think they expected Contreras and Abreu to be top 3 bats.

We shoulda traded Story like we did Nomar.

According to MLB.com.... Crochet has begun to throw off the mound. Suarez should start May 14th, Anthony has not even begun "baseball activities," yet. Coulombe "hopes to return" on May 17th. Romy has been playing catch and "hopes to start swinging on May 15th." Sandoval is "playing catch to 90 ft." Crawford is "playing catch" to 90 ft & "will increase volume of throws." Oviedo will consult with doctor soon (expected return: Late June?) Casas will visit a doctor soon "to gauge any progress" made. Houck: Return: Late '26/early '27