moonslav59
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He never played any positions before joining the Sox? Look, I'm not defending so many positional shifting, but it can become very obvious in a short time, that someone sucks at a position and would need a very long time to bring to near normal. Maybe they felt his best chance at cracking the majors was to be a utility guy. When you say 4 and 5 positions, it's kinda misleading when one year he played 1 games at 3B and another year 2 games in CF. That being said, there is merit saying he never really got a long look at any one position, and I think they wanted his bat so badly in the bigs that they figured his athleticism would help him improve enough to be passable. They were grossly wrong, and their prepping of him was misguided and scattered, fo sure. IMO, I'm not sure he can be good at any position except DH. Inning in the minors: 511 2B 440 OF 299 SS 263 1B 44 3B That is very scattered. I'm sure it didn't help him learn one position better, but which one do you think he could be pretty good at, if he'd have been given 1800 innings at? -
2018 salaries not replace by anyone more than $10M/1 Richards: Betts due for about $30M/per $30M Price $23M HanRam $21M Porcello $13M Kimbrel $8.5M Pom Pom $6.5M Moreland $4M Nunez & Kelly
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They failed to replace them "in kind," and that hurt the team in 2019, as did the drop off in SP results. The 2019 team was still very much good enough on paper opening day to win it all, but the small market mentality had already begun. The summer of 2019 almost saw the trade of Betts, so let's not forget that as further evidence the change was underway. The departure of DD followed soon afterwards.
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I don't disagree, but when a player sucks at a position, moving him is commonplace.
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LOL. Brez is not the Red Sox. Humor is often not recognized. I'm hopelessly a Sox lover.
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That budget was mostly from the remnants of the 2018 team. The failure to bring back or replace Kimbrel and Kelly after 2018 was the start of the trend towards "small market" philosophies. The Betts trade and failure to replace his projected salary is all the proof needed that the change was in place during 2021. Our biggest signing from 2019 (not counting the Sale/Nate extensions) was Richards at $10M/1. The plan was firmly in place. BTW, Sale started 9 games and 2021 was 33 y/o JD's last full season of good hitting. No Betts, Beni, Price, Porcello, Kimbrel or Kelly. Just a tiny fraction of their lost salary replaced. It got worse after 2021.
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Beep boop, the computer was very likely right about Bregman and maybe Alonso, too.
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I still think the success of the 2021 season solidified JH's view that the team can win without major financial investments to star players. Other than the Devers contract, which was quickly dumped, the largest signings don't come close to the top of the list. $170M/6 Crochet comes closest. $140M/6 Story is barely a top 90 FA signing of all time. $90M/5 Yoshida $130M/5 Suarez is not even top 100.
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I was not aware he never talked to or worked with his players to improve.
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Most have Brez's phone number blocked.
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MLB's OPS is up to .715, now. It was .758 in 2019. 270 MLB have 60+ PAs, and Anthony ranks 170th, while Mayer ranks 189th. Many had very high expectations for Anthony and high uncertainty levels on Mayer. No doubt, Anthony (.670) and Mayer (.652) are off to poor starts, both are 2-3 big games from being at the norm in season 2 of their careers. Let's see how the next few months pan out. Team rankings 62 Contreras .837 64 Abreu .835 (Wong would be 89th if he has 21 more PAs and hit the same.) 112 Rafaela .753 Yoshida would be 134th with 4 more PAs to qualify) 170 Anthony .670 189 Mayer .652 215 Narvaez .605 .533 Duran & Story .533 (Only 1 player has more PAs and a lower OPS than Story.) 250 Durbin .530 (only 2 MLB players have more PAs and a lower OPS than Durbin)
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You know he wasn't "coaching" players?
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Not every vet needs to be "the leader." I don't think trading him would be about not being a leader: it would be about his declining skillsets that seemed about average at best to begin with, once he joined the Sox, ot at least after year one. I'd start by moving him to 2B. One grumble and I'd trade him.
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When you have 3 starting infielders batting around .530 and IKF even worse, it is absurd to have 5 OF/DHs.
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He's now harder to dump than Yoshidaa.
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I'm not for forcing a promotion, but I do trust they know when the time is right better than I do.
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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
It seemed like on opening day, most of us felt we were one big bat away from being a favorite to make the playoffs or even more. Now, we act like Brez was so dumb leaving 4-5 positions weak or empty. It's fine being pissed, angry or whatever: I am, too, but if Brez sucks and judging who to get and not get, then so do we. -
A Realistic Look at the 2026 Red Sox: Part I
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
What Sox players had unclear roles by opening day? Sure, the 5 OF'er/DHs knew something had to give, but Yoshida was the known man out on day one. Mayer knew 2B, Durbin knew 3B and everyone else was set. It's hard to argue against Brez adding too much depth, when we've already needed to start, Early & Tolle, and used 13 pitchers out of the pen. Monasterio looked like added fluff depth, but he's outplayed IKF and even some starters. One depth piece many wanted gone was Wong, so is that something Brez just got lucky on, or could he actually know more than we do? -
Mayer had only 5 PAs vs LHPs before today and had his only homer against one. We don't really have many internal options at Woo that look like sure help. so maybe we just need to shake up what we have.
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They were going to offer peanut saleman.
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What did he say?
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Between RHB Story & Durbin and LHB Mayer, Story still seems good enough to play near FT, at least vs LHPs, but it should be 2B.
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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
Only two teams in the AL are more than 2 games above .500 (NYY & TBR.) The other 13 teams are within 4.5 games of each other. The Sox may look s*****, but just about every AL team has major issues & questions. -
Woo is 15-11 POR 11-9 GRE 11-10 SAL 10-11
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VTek & family have been thanking Sox fans. It sounds like his time in BOS is over. The Sox top brass didn't have the balls to cut him loose, and instead claimed "re-assignment." What a joke.
