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A Realistic Look at the 2026 Red Sox: Part I
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The pitching turnover has been astounding since Brez took over- from farm to MLB to a large uptick in focus on adding pitchers via the draft and other ways. As you pointed out, only Priester and Sale stick out as pitchers that have done well, at times they were healthy. I'm glad we focused heavily on pitching- top to bottom. Oh, and by the way, we not have Holobetz, Phillips and Ziehl via the Sale/Grissom>Ziehl and Priester deals. -
A Realistic Look at the 2026 Red Sox: Part I
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
We looked fine on paper for the rotation, and maybe the idea was to have our starter depth help the pen out, but we've already had to resort to E Rivera starting a game, and a pen game seems right around the corner. I don't really blame Brez & Co for this, as they seemed to over focus on pitching rather than big bats, so I'm not going to complain there. -
A Realistic Look at the 2026 Red Sox: Part I
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
True, and the pitching ha sucked, especially some that did very well last year. We still coulda used a big bat add. -
I was very high on Cespedes a couple years ago, then I soured badly, recently. He's only 20, so I should have cut him some slack. He seems to be making great strides. Let's see how he hits AA ball, once he gets promoted. With 22 year olds Castro and Bleis, I think I'm totally done with any hopes on that pair.
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Good news. I must have missed that podcast. Yes, the numbers don't always tell the whole/important story.
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A Realistic Look at the 2026 Red Sox: Part I
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Of course one big bat wasn't going to make up 8 games, but it would look like we tried harder. It's early. Normally, I'd be close to giving up, but the whole AL sucks. If we miss the WC by 2-3 games, we can revisit this. -
We'd have been a much better team had we timed a few trades just right. Duran Bello Wong (maybe Narvaez) Crawford Others...
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I'm okay with the term "jumping the gun," but can you agree that there is a reason for doing it? It might be flimsy. You might disagree, but if these guys do well, it's a good idea and has merit. We've seen what happens when we wait it out and then try to sign a guy after he becomes a star. That strategy has been a failure, too. Sure, we both agree the solution is for JH to just pay the stars, but when that ain't happening, what's a GM to do?
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Extensions & results '24-'25: Bello '24-'29: ($9.2M AAV) 3.5 bWAR 3.9 fWAR Rafaela '24-'31: ($7.3M AAV) 4.7 bWAR 4.8 fWAR
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And, Rafaela is one of the few Sox players where L-R splits don't really matter.
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Nobody is saying give money to every guy who rakes or pitches great in AAA. Hell, some guys get it over AA numbers. The Sox have not had many nationally & highly ranked prospects, so we are talking about a limited number of prospects. The Bello & Rafaela extensions were not mega deals and not given to national-high ranked prospects. Out of Anthony, Mayer, KC, Tolle and Early, we've signed 2, so I'm not seeing the "sign em all" philosophy on display and the need to criticize it. Of course, when KC starts out looking crappy, it looks like an awful idea. The bad month by Anthony, basically one bad month out of 3 or 4, should not be used as proof the idea has no merit or no "reason." I'm fine with disagreeing, but to say there is "no reason" is what I was questioning.
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How does this line of reasoning suggest we extend non-promising players and prospects or even mildly promising ones? Okay, maybe Bello was just mildly promising, but I'm not defending every extension- just saying there is a reason with merit. Health status is a factor, too. To suggest there is no reason to extend young and very promising players is what I am addressing. Many said the same thing we hear about Bello about Ceddanne, too. Not much talk on him, anymore.
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Agreed, but to me it's kinda hard to put much of the blame on a guy who seemingly made good moves over the winter. I also think it's disingenuous to blame a guy when he made better moves than most of us wanted made. I'm not calling you out, and I have been critical of Brez, too, after suggesting guys like ESuarez, Polanco & KMarte. So many players are under performing 2025 numbers and/or 2026 expectations. I guess the GM is supposed to foresee that and make choices based on knowing this. Yes, they hold the ultimate accountability for the team success. I think Cora was let go (first) because the underperformance is usually blamed on the manager and not the GM, firstly.
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The point being made is that many who are highly critical of Brez and his winter choices wanted guys that are not doing well or are doing worse than who he added, except Durbin & Oviedo.
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..and better D
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Well said, but as this pertains to having some players in leadership roles, would Bregman be telling batters something different from Fatse? Or was he just a confidence builder we never replaced?
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As of now, they are very close: .766 Duran (,258 in 12 PAs in playoffs) ,760 Yoshida (1.143 in 7 playoff PAs)
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Good news. I must have missed that podcast. Yes, the numbers don't always tell the whole/important story.
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My point is the raving is only listened to ane reported when he team does well.
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The thing is, if Roman was at .700, I would not be concerned, so it's not like he's way off. I think he will have a nice season and continue to improve as he nears prime.
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The JH can and should spend more money is a separate issue. I think you are putting too much stock into one month production. I'm concerned, too, but time will tell.
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Like that Duran finishes with a higher seasonal OPS than Yoshida?
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I do think they counted on too much from ANthony, but it's not even May yet and you are acting like it's a foregone conclusion they made a big mistake, yet in an earlier post you said you think Anthony will bounce back. They did add Contreras (not Alonso,) and you don't mention that. I did hope we got a bigger bat to support Willson, Roman, Wilyer and Jarren, so I'm not thrilled with the idea of needing them all to do well, but we did spend on Suarez and Gray instead of a big bat, and the way Crochet & Bello have looked, where would we be without them and Alonso/Bregman/Bichette, instead? We'd be complaining Brez left a hole in the rotation.
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You may not like the reason, but there was one with merit. Lock these guys up before they will demand even more money, or gasp... bolt to greener pastures. It's easy to say we could have waited on Bello and KC in hindsight, as we could have extended them for less, now, or simply not extend them at all, if we waited, but... 1. Their contracts are not over and the results are still TBD, despite the outloook being very poor. 2. If the argument is over the philosophy as a whole, then we'll have to wait many year and judge the totality of all these extensions at that time- as a whole. I know the Crochet extension looked like a no-brainer and that is apples to oranges, but using the same 2026 sample size as Bello, how does his extension look, now? I wouldnt be writing KC off, either, but I agree it doesn't look too good.
