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2 years in a row, on a team that had Boggs, Clemens, Mo Vaughn and a couple others.

We should have traded Boget, JD, Nate, Wacha, Duval, Hill and anything and everything not tied down.

Chagrin this!! 2024 SS OPS .723 Red Sox SS .581 Bogey Maybe Bogey at $225M/5 might not have been all that great, no? (LOL)

Woo blew the game late, but I Campbell looks ready to return, in force. 4 outs: 3Ks, no H, no BB Yorke 2 more hits & BB (1.246) POR won 9-5 as K Campbell went nutty. 4-5 w 2B (1.107) Anthony 3-5 w 3B (,856) Teel 2-5 (.853) Binelas 4-5 w 2B+ HR and 4 rbi (.737) GRE doen 14-7 late as Wehunt got smacked. JH Garcia 2-4 w HR (1.033) Gonzo 3-4 w 2Hrs and 6 rbi Coffey 2-5 w 2B & HR SAL won 3-1 behind Duffy 5 IP 1 ER and Kirwin 4IP 0 ER Brannon & Anderson homered.

Houck is on pace to blow away his career high in IP at any level of baseball. He has also had an injury history. Do we think he should get 190+ IP, this year?

Here is a Q, who wins a 7 game series (w 2 days off) between Woo and POR?

Solo HR pending.

Almost always to 2B.

Fickle is probably a better word than "spoiled." I'm not going to say it sucked being a Sox fan for decades before 2004, because I enjoyed being one, despite the many heart-breaking moments, along the way. That ring in 2004 was long-awaited and deeply appreciated. Had we never won, again, JH & Co did more than any other owner group could do for over 8 decades. The fact that we won, three years later, then again 6 more years later was icing on the cake. That 2013 season, after Theo was gone and all that happened to the city of Boston, that year was amazing. All the last place finishes, starting in 2012 surrounded the 2023 ring, the three year run under DD's reign and the nice run in 2021, were hard to stomach, but even if you cherry pick 2012 or 2019 as the beginning of the "downturn," we've had some bright spots peppered in there. 2012-2024 (12 years plu part of a 13th) 6 last place finishes 1 third place (currently in 3rd) 1 second place (made it to ALCS) 4 first place (2 rings/2 early exits) How many MLB teams have 2 rings in the last 12 years? Three teams with 2 Rings: BOS (13 + 18) HOU (17-cheated + 22) SF (12 + 14) 6 Teams with 1 ring: TEX '23 ATL '21 LAD '20 (short season) WSH '19 (immediate decline) CHC '16 KCR '15 (pretty bad afterwards) 21 teams with ZERO RINGS! 2019-2023+ (5 years plus part of 2024) 3 last places 1 3rd place (currently 3rd) 1 second (lost in ALCS) How many teams have been to the ALCS/NLCS in the last 5 years? 12 teams: 5 HOU 2 ATL 2 LAD 2 NYY 2 PHI BOS AZ TEX SDP TBR WSH STL 18 teams have not made it to the league championship series in the last 5 years. This is not meant to show we are doing well, or that I'm happy with these results in the worst, cherry-picked sample sizes I can find. This is not much fun. It was more fun in the most of the 70's, part of the 80's and 90's and all of the years from 2003-2018 than these last 5 years. This is not a good stretch, but 18 teams have not been to the ALCS/NLCS in this stretch, for what that is worth.

Wouldn't it be better, if they did not "NEED" more time?

Yup, and D Smith sure shut me the hell up. 1.039 last 9 games (34 PAs) w 6 rbi (.848 last 62 PAs)

So far, he has not cooled off, that much. Fingers crossed. .853 last 5 games. .865 last 12 .848 last 18

And, the found a spot for Ref to play (RF, tonight) as Yoshi DHs.

Does it matter? It doesn't to me, and I value WAR.

lol

It should be the least risky, but DHs do get hurt.

If they are ready, we can promote all of the big 3 without compromising our ML depth at AAA.

Manny had 18 grannys!

So, there is a guy at Woo that Mayer could replace, without hurting our ML depth pool.

He's been on the IL and did not play much the first few weeks, so expecting more than the first 3 months is not illogical. I do think just the Casas return might cancel out a sizable chunk of the Pivetta/Jansen loss. The rest are more speculative. There is also a chance Pivetta and Jansen do not do well after the deadline, too.

Yes, they all have things to work on. They can work on them in AAA, and will likely do so, at some point. Yes, 1 or 2 might jump right to MLB, or just spend a brief time in AAA before MLB. I'm not advocating jumping to the bigs. IMO, all are ready or close to ready to face AAA pitching to better prepare for the bigs. I don't pretend to know more about these 3 than the Sox do, and I trust the timetable they choose. I don't see the jump from AA to AAA as being monumental or process of growth hampering, as much as you, I guess. It's just one opinion. I'm not complaining or criticizing the Sox choices on this.

I will not be surprised, at all, if he does not get picked. I'm just saying, as of now, he seems to be the 4th deserving OF'er in the AL.

Indeed, and the talk of our rotten depth may have been exaggerated.

Yes, but I mentioned getting Casas back plus more from Abreu and O'Neill plus Hendriks as maybe evening that loss to .500.

On the money about the money, too. In fact, we could even pay much of Yoshida's contract to unload him. Maybe even add a blocked prospect or two to sweeten the deal (Lugo, Castro, Paulino, Hickey?) I really think pitching, pitching, pitching should be our main focus. A RHB is a need, too, but maybe that need not be expensive. I'm pretty sure the top Sox brass thinks we don't need a solid SP'er for 2025, with out rotation doing well and Gio coming back, but I hope we add at least one solid #2 type SP'er and some depth, along with a closer- making Hendriks the #2, along with maybe Slaten or Bernardino.