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  1. Yoshida went to the IL, so we may not see what happens to him. Fred will love these Rafaela numbers. Are these high BAbip numbers lucky or a result of high LD% and Hard Hit%?
  2. Is 3 a rarity or more like the norm. I'm not doubting your point. You know more than I do about this stuff.
  3. He spent to his limit, saved on FA costs by paying just $40M for Gray & Contreras combined. Suarez looks like a good contract, especially when you couple it with the Durbin, Monasterio & Seigler deal, as Bregman and Harrison costs more than Suarez, Durbin & Co. He spent $6M on IKF and traded some scraps for Oviedo, but expecting him to add Alonso or Cease for IKF's money, or someone else via trade is rather picky and extreme. Yes, some holes were left, but Brez filled 3 major holes very well and 3-4 moderate ones pretty well, and considering what budget and trade assets he had, he seemingly used them very well. Did you want him to trade Tolle or Arias? Spend more than he could? Without using hindsight only reasoning, explain how he gets Schwarber or Alonso with the same budget. Who do we not add instead, and wouldn't that be a new hole created?
  4. I've often told myself to never grow up, but I've never been accused of having Peter Pan Syndrome. I did hurt my knee once, like a few Sox players. (Keeping on topic here.)
  5. I understand how whiff rates matter more for prospects than I usually care about. MLB has a ton of high K guys, now, so maybe he can not get worse as he is promoted, but yes, it's a concern. (101Ks in 286 ABs is frightening. The 19 HRs and 45 HBH/286 might not carry him. What's the concern on Delzine? Being too raw?
  6. Who might be added to the 40, if we need a SP'er? Holobetz, Paez, Wehunt of Ziehl?
  7. This begs the question: what decade did you grow up in, if not the decade of Jim Rice's playoff injury? Please squeeze in a Sox injury aspect to your answer,
  8. Not many pitchers make and succeed in the bigs with an 88 mph fastball, but the ones who do/did were told the same thing. Some small sample sizes, but here are his numbers: 2.37 SAL '25 ,642 OPSA 1.09 GRE '25 .487 0.00 SAL '26 .171 (9IP) 4.22 GRE '26 .757 (not horrible) 5.40 POR '26 ,810 (Bad, but he did well his last game.) He's certainly a longshot.
  9. He's done fine in 5 of 7 starts. That's not bad for our 8th starter, not counting Houck, Crawford and Oviedo.
  10. This link is not about Sox injuries.
  11. I'm not so sure. It is rather telling that we couldn't move him at the deadline, when teams are desperate and willing to overpay for anything better than what they have. What will he get in an arb? (I'd rather nontender than offer him $7-9M in arb.) Trade him for a single A wannabee.
  12. Yes, Bello is often going as many innings as SP'ers, so it's like another starter.
  13. Every GM with a limited budget leaves something undone or at a point they wish was stronger. I do agree we left a couple holes, but to me, that's on JH and the budget. Brez was nearly perfect on almost every significant decision and a few lesser ones, too. He's made mistakes, but the balance between good moves and bad moves is very wide, IMO. Had he been handed a budget of $20-30M more....
  14. Come on man... I ain't never been with a woman long enough for my boots to get old... By itself is worth something.
  15. So, BresLOW the "idiot" traded scarps for a #3SP'er who is pitching like a 1-2. He signed Suarez and traded for Durbin, instead of signing Bregman. He traded scraps for Contreras who many felt was not a big bat, but he turned out to be one. He signed guys like T Guerrero and got Monasterio and Seigler as throw-in. With idiots like him, who needs morons?
  16. The 19th best catcher OPS is Nick Fortes at .718. The 20th is Caratini at .710. Top 8 Sox OPS with 190+ PAs: .912 Contreras .808 Abreu .786 Rafaela .,764 Monasterio .746 Yoshida (IL) .727 Durbin .714 Wong (Not the reason our O struggles.) .615 Duran _______________________ Next Tier by PAs: .724 Seigler .705 IKF .675 Anthony .663 Sogard .613 Gasper .600 Cheng .572 Romy .563 Eaton .547 Story ____________________ Tiny Sample Sizes: 1.433 Jones .544 White .500 Mead .332 Rutschman
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