moonslav59

I think teams that have larger attendance numbers due to having a bigger park, often paid for by the community would disagree. The parks smaller than ours, MIA, CLE, ATH & TBR all are very low in attendance numbers, but a bigger park would not help them, unless a location change might be part of the upgrade. PIT, KCR & MIN are just above our capacity and would also not likely benefit from having parks 5-10K larger. The Dodgers have almost 8K more capacity than the #2 team, and it helps them make more revenue than anyone else- that and their fat TV contract. AZ, SEA, COL & NYY are next and all over 46K. All but the Yanks have lower attendance than the Sox, so you make a good point. The top avg Attn teams and their rankings on park capacity: 1 LAD 1 2 NYY 5 3 SDP 21 4 PHI 10 5 NYM 11 6 CHC 13 7 ATL 16 8 SFG 15 9 BOS 26 10 HOU 16 The thing is, teams #9-22 in capacity are all within about 3K seat from each other. (39K to 42K) They all can get 2-5K more per game and often do. Many still end up below the Sox, because they have many games under Fenway's capacity.

KC is more of an unknown, but yes, seemingly a much higher ceiling. The floors all look similar.

So far, for this year, yes, and this year looks like a wide open window of a chance. I get it. Someday, we may look at this trade differently, just as we are starting to change our views on the Story & Gio signings. BTW, Priester has a 4.13 ERA and 5.15 FIP in his last 4 starts, so his end might be changing towards the bad.

Nothing fake about this win- just a true Story!

Another take on the Priester trade... https://fanrecap.com/boston-red-sox/red-sox-trade-for-priester-suddenly-pays-off-in-big-way--Gs4h6

It's nice winning a 1 run game, especially a low scoring one! Love seeing Gio back in form. Breg & Story coming through as the vets. This team has grit.

10th best record in MLB and best run differential in AL. (3rd best in MLB- ahead of the Dodgers and Phillies!) Whodathunk... +161 MIL +114 CHC +94 BOS +91 NYY +84 DET +83 PHI +80 LAD +56 TEX (17th best record) +52 SDP +49 CIN (14th best) +47 TOR (2nd Best record) +43 TBR (21 best!!!! WOW!) +38 HOU (8th best record) +37 SEA (9th best)

Then, he woke up.

Woo threw Fitts, tonight. Literally. He did okay, but Sandlin and Kelly threw like crap and are trying hard to not be called up, this season. DHam coming to life in AAA. Aita got lit up w GRE.. Taylor with 3Hits and a dinger.

I love that part of Anthony's approach. Make them pitch to you.

Story went from being Bloom's worst signing (until Yoshida, of course) to now looking like the guy we thought or hoped we'd be getting from day one onwards. Between he and Gio, we have two guys that should be in the voting for MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award.

A storybook ending!

Okay, I'm out of the game thread until the game is over. Carry on...

If we don't bring Bregman back, our team leaders suck.

An old friend of mine, who was a great baseball player and even better softball player as he got older, used to tell me, "a pitcher is only as good as his last start." There is some truth to that, and Gio had me worried, that last start. I feel better, now.

I didn't think DFA trades were allowed anymore, after the deadline.

RBIs since June 1st: 29 Story in 150 PAs 26 Duran 143 22 Abreu 1116 20 Romy 95 19 Rafaela 137 17 Anthony 150 15 Bregman 101 14 Lowe in 138 PAs 14 Narvaez + Wong 139 (19 Refsnyder+ Yoshida in 132)

I'm not sure what 1Bman or 2Bman were available but not dealt at the deadline, but I'm curious who was. I did not see any 1Bman deals I felt strongly about us trying to offer more. They were mostly rentals. 2Bmen? I think the hope was Mayer could return.

The thing about Casas is that he really should DH. He could be MLB's worst defensive 1Bman. His injury history indicates he could get hurt by sneezing, so the less he's out on the field, the better chance he stays healthy and hit .825-.875 or more.

Doesn't sound like a TJS, as of yet.

Gio needs to show his last start was just a hiccup... or not. Good to see Cora put Abreu up 5th and Toro 7th. (Next step: replace Toro.)

Yup, .843 over his first 725 PAs in MLB. .653 in last 231 PAs since AuG 2024. (Still better than Toro & Lowe, of late.)

Damn! What's Valera's injury?

It's also about how old are your top players and how many years of control do they have? 26 Crochet- 6 years 21 Anthony -9 yrs 31 Bregman -1-3 years 24 Rafaela 6 yrs 28 Duran 3 26 Narvaez 5 26 Abreu 4 26 Bello 5 32 Story 2 37 Chapman 0 30 Giolito 0-1 29 Whitlock 1 22 Mayer 5 23 Campbell 9 27 Slaten 5 25 Dobbins 5 29 Crawford 3 28 Sandoval 1 29 Houck 2 (IL for 1) 28 Romy 3 34 Refsnyder 0 Look how few are under control beyond prime.

.617 since a point in April, so it goes back farther.