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  1. We passed the CWS for the second best AL record, tonight. We're 1/2 game behind TBR and tied in the loss column.
  2. Ottavino never makes it look easy, but hey, he didn't walk the first guy! Yipee! Nice game. Too bad Pivetta misses out on getting the win, but maybe that will help light a fire for him the bear down as the game gets to the 5th and 6th inning- an area he has struggle in. The pen went 4.1 allowing just one late run. 7 Ks along with Pivetta's 6 showed the dominance. Arroyo looks like he may stick at leadoff.
  3. None of this is proof we lose without him. It would have been harder to win without big Nate.
  4. Price did great in the World Series, byr he pitched 3 good to great games out of 5 playoff starts. We won every series easily. It's hard to say we lose without any one player. Yes, we were that good! Price in 2018 playoffs (reverse order): IP ER H+BB 7.0 1 5 (pitching on short rest, a gutsy and huge win while we were up 3-1 in series) 6.0 2 6 (huge win v LAD to tie the series at 1-1- no doubt- HUGE!) 6.0 0 3 (Awesome pitched game v HOU in a series we were up 3-1) 4.2 4 9 (We had to come back after Price left down 4-2 to win v HOU) 1.2 3 5 (turned the Yankee series from 1-0 us to 1-1.)
  5. Facts can be proven. This is speculation. Maybe we don't win without him, but we were awesome in 2018. We lost Sale and picked up Nate and didn't miss a beat. Steve Pearce came out of nowhere. The Yanks couldn't win as you pointed out. The Stros have proven they can't win without cheating. The Dodgers would have been harder to beat without Price, but not impossible. I still think we'd win without Price or any single Sox player. We were that good. In fact, the argument against DD, used my many, and maybe even you, was that he went for overkill and traded away too much of the farm for the win now plan that brought us the record breaking 2018 season. Can I prove we win without Price OR Sale? No. But, you can't prove we lose, either. I'm not dissing Price or his 2018 WS two games started.
  6. I'm not arguing about his pitching in the WS. I'd be fine calling him the MVP. That does not mean it's a fact we couldn't have won without him, The rest of the playoffs he let up 7 runs, 11 hits and 6 walks in 13.1 IP (3 GS'd). That's a 4.73 ERA. Priceless!
  7. You named two players who haven;t even played, this year and 3 teams that have nothing to do with how you have hated on the vast majority of Sox players, at some point this year. Sometimes flip-flopping from one AB to the next.
  8. Can't find one example.
  9. Fact? LOL. It's a certainty we lose both games he pitched, had we started someone else? Then, somehow, we lose another game he didn't even pitch in? LOL. Yes, he was great in the 2018 WS- not the whole PO's. Pearce was, too. Nate was, too. Others, too.
  10. I've been wrong many many times, but unlike you, I easily admit it.
  11. I'm not complaining, ut what ever happened to the stretch out Whitlock plan? Tonight, he faced one batter in the 5th inning- a perfect long inning situation. Has anyone said they changed their minds? I'm not bitching- just wondering.
  12. This is the guy who said he hasn't hated on almost every Sox player at some point.
  13. Looks like we found our lead off hitter. I wish I had thought of using Arroyo in that slot!
  14. His whole point was, on another thread, that there was no way the Yanks could ever win with the rosters they've had in the last decade.
  15. All the more reason to catch the Rays and win the damn division!
  16. He's got one more arb year left, and should get a big raise, if he continues like this. I doubt we offer what the Marlins would want for 1.3 yrs of him. If we get anyone, if might be a salary dump player with 2 months left, but who is doing well. Maybe a Carlos Santana type guy, if we opt for 1B over pitching.
  17. So, how could we possibly lose to the Yanks even without Price? A guy nominated for the biggest choke in league history all the way up until 2 starts in the WS where he goes 5 and 5.2 IP.
  18. We "destroyed" everyone. We'd have won it all without any single player, including Price, Eovaldi, Pearce or whoever. We'd likely have won without any two, but I won't go there. BTW, did you forget Price had a 16.20 ERA vs the Yanks in the ALDS and was knocked out by the second inning. He did okay vs HOU in the ALCS but did allow 12 H+BB in 10.2 IP (2 GS). He did great in the WS that we won 4 games to one, and the one loss was barely that. It was actually what turned the series in our favor watching Nate be "the man." As for Sale, we won the division by 8 games. Maybe we don't without him, but as you said, no way could the Yankee team ever win with the roster they constructed.
  19. We'll know more about 2B and OF after 2021. Maybe Arroyo solidifies the 2B job. Maybe Duran comes up in August and bombs.
  20. Renfroe is a FA after next year. At 2B, we have Kike for one more year-same as Renfroe. We have Arroyo for several years. I know some don't like Arauz, but he's somewhat promising. Munoz & Chavis are a long shots. Nick Yorke is our #10 prospect and Matthew Lugo is not far behind. After 2022, we have Verdugo & Duran in the OF. Jimenez may be close to the bigs by 2023, but I don't see 2B being any thinner than OF long term.
  21. Manny & JD. That's it for big FA signings that worked very well for us. Two decades. We've won with our trades, our farm and unsung heroes.
  22. We did not need Price in 2018, or even Sale and maybe even others.
  23. Well, I'm about to sign off on this thread, in hopes it keeps the mojo rising. Keep it positive, if you dare. GO SOX!
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