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Red Sox will regret not acquiring a starter at the deadline
moonslav59 replied to southpaw777's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
"Average" from piss-poor is almost as good an upgrade as average to star level. That being said, if Rut remains average, we grossly overpaid for that upgrade- meaningful or not. -
Red Sox will regret not acquiring a starter at the deadline
moonslav59 replied to southpaw777's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
We really have no 6th starter, now. The opener-Bello as the 5th starter seems tenuous, at best, but that should not be needed in the playoffs. Bello can piggy-back Sandoval or anyone needing an early hook. It's certainly a weak area, but for now, we may get by. Bennett's nice start was very encouraging. -
I predict: Burgos demoted as 27th player for doubleheader. + Story & Anthony - Gamboa & Seigler When IKF is healthy, I think add him to the 28 man roster. Can they add Olds back so quickly, since it's the roster expansion day and not a quick call-back. I think they strain to keep Jones and White, since bot have 2-3 arbs left. (Both have zero options.)
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A Realistic View at the 2026 Red Sox Part II
moonslav59 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Not the stats: he's lost at the plate. -
Sounds like a Yogyism. Speaking of "observing," wonder where Red has been?
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Justin Gonzales is raking at AA ball! He may jump the rankings this winter. 4 for 6 (1.260) Jo GARCIA DID BETTER! 3-5 w 2 HRs a BB and 6 rbi. He's been impressive with the bat this year. .829 with 16 HRs. POR won 14-3. Woo lost 9-1: IKF 2-4, Anthony 0-2 w BB and Story 1-3 Delzine Kd 7 in 3 IP in SAL's loss. 0 BB, 3H and 2 ER Morgan went 3.1 of no hit ball in GRE's loss.
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I'm glad Duran is sitting vs every LH SP'er. He can PH later on.
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I'd prefer Sogard over Story, but Sogard at 2B works, too. I'm kinda thinking Mono and Seigler's nice runs are over. Maybe they can resurge. Maybe not.
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Story is not that far removed from being our HR, RBI & SB leader (1 CS.) We shouldn't totally write him off, but I share everyone's deep concerns. The fact that Mono sucks on D and is slumping makes the Story choice a little more appetizing. Between Sogard, Seigler and Mono, they can fight it our for 2B and back up SS. Story will likely geta few days off, especially early upon his call-up. If Mono was still raking, I'd be against making a change.
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Some of these draftees and recently promoted-to-ier-level prospects have started to shine. 1.214 Gonzales at AA .991 Primera at Salem (15 XBs in 39 games) .957 Hull at GRE .857 Brito at SAL .804 Winnay at AA .799 Jo Garcia at AA (14 HRs in 280 ABs) .780 Schaffner at GRE .721 Godbout at AA (4 Hrs is 13 games)
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Bennett really looks like the real deal. 5 years of control. No matter how well Perales does, Brez gets some serious props for this trade. It's funny, because I think a reason for the trade was because Perales needed to be added to the 40, and we wanted flexibility from Bennett's one more year before his Rule 5 situation.
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This staff Brez has assembled is nothing short of amazing. 9Ks today and no BBs. Just 4 hits. Bennett might have been our 9th, 10th or even 11th SP'er on the winter, all-healthy depth chart. Guerrero was viewed as a stab in the dark minor league add-on. Moran was someone a few posters suggested we DFA on setting the opening day roster, as he was out of options. These are just 3 pitchers from today's game. We've done this without our 2025 ace (Crochet) our 2024 ace (Houck) our 2025 IP leader (Crawford) and our # IP and ERA guy (Bello) from 2025 getting the "starter yips." We also lost Oviedo for the season and traded Early after he went on the IL. Absolutely stunning staff depth.
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Great point, Max. We are 2nd in ERA-. Our 81 ERA- is 12th best in MLB since 2017 (10 years.) Best Sox ERA- in this century: Under 100 Sox teams 81 this year 82 2017 82 2002 (pre Henry) ***83 2007 ***84 2018 85 2000 (pre Henry) 88 2025 (Brez) 89 2008 & ***2004 ***90 2013 91 2016 92 2001 (pre Henry) 93 2021 & 2009 96 2010 97 2019 & 2003 98 2024 (Brez) 99 2011 All 3 Brez seasons have been under 99. Under Henry, every ring season has seen an ERA- at 90 or lower. Of the 7 season at 90 and lower- we have 4 rings. Can we make it 5 of 8?
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We can hopefully save Chapman for game 2.
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Badda-bing-budda-boom!
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Maybe his best role would be as a PH'er.
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Rutschman is up to .538 with the Sox. He was at .458 before today.
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Mono comes through and is moving in stereo.
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STL has 5 less wins than BOS.
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Bloom did leave Brez with a foundation that was heavy on quantity and prospects to work with and trade for higher quality. STL is doing way better than expected after making several "rebuild" trades,
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How about some insurance runs?
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Unlike Bloom, who was likely hired to find "gems in the rough" as I called it, Brez has found several. OPS Against last 4 weeks (before today) .425 Gamboa .426 Olds .446 Miller (not "in the rough.") .450 Burgos .571 Guerrero .588 Moran .622 Tolle .646 Slaten .675 Gray (not in the rough) .698 Bennett All Brez adds.
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All season, too.
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We need Guerrero to be on top of his game, which has been very impressive this season. Kinda out of nowhere. OPS Against by Sox pitchers with 150+ PAs Against: .531 Whitlock .573 Guerrero .585 Chapman .589 Moran (more PAs Against than the 3 above him) .610 Bennett .642 Suarez .644 Tolle .683 Gray .707 Weissert
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He could get zero over the rest of the season. It's not a repeatable skill.
