Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

notin

Old-Timey Member
  • Posts

    52,089
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    45

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by notin

  1. It all depends on who meets the Sox asking price. So far the only names mentioned in rumors are Jake Marisnick and Avisail Garcia...
  2. And Romine won't be getting 3 year $21mill. THat's basically the contract Ottavino and Joe Kelly got, and no one likely to befall a career backup catcher. Even former all-star Wilson Ramos got neither those years not money. Last off-season, former Gold Glover Martin Maldonado settled for a 1 year $2.5mill contract. Kurt Suzuki got 2 years $10mill. Romine's career falls short of both of theirs, so don;t expect that much for him...
  3. Ben did go a little nuts prior to the 2013 season, signing free agents Mike Napoli, Stephen Drew, Shane Victorino, Koji Uehara, Jonny Gomes and David Ross...
  4. "Decent" Jim Rice came in third in AL MVP balloting that year, his highest finish outside of 1978...
  5. As good as Betts' arm is, I still think Bradley's might be better...
  6. It might happen, and he might surprise. There was a time when the Guardians thought Coco Crisp would never make it as a centerfielder because of his defense. The Red Sox did win a title with Johnny Damon in CF. A good defensive CF is always a plus, and certainly something I would want. But if the Sox have Betts in RF, maybe Benintendi in CF won't be as horrible as many are predicting...
  7. I'm not wild about Garcia, and the Sox have had plenty of good defensive RFers even before Betts, including JD Drew, Trot Nixon, and Shane Victorino. During the years the Sox used lesser defensive right fielders like Billy Hatcher, Darren Bragg and Cody Ross, the team was usually not very good. I don't think they leave RF up for anyone with a bat. At least I hope not...
  8. Is this in reference to Avisail Garcia? I'm not wild about him, so I hope you're right. But he is a player Bloom has a history with...
  9. Not good, but no one is ranking that decade first, either...
  10. I don't think they're going to squeeze under. I think Betts is very likely dealt, which will allow them some leeway. and there is no such thing as certainty any money player will work...
  11. I will predict the Red Sox tender JBJ a contract and then deal him to Arizona for Jake Lamb...
  12. Except in October...
  13. All the new catcher has to do is drop a three or four f-bombs and he'll be more offensive than Sandy Leon...
  14. He did pretty well in Chicago without him. One of his former White Sox catchers was Alex Avila, who is available as a free agent this offseason...
  15. Not with throws from the RF corner that went directly to the corner of the 3b bag on the fly. The throw in this case was pretty epic...
  16. Bring back Fedex?
  17. Wasn't Avisail Garcia the guy Mookie gunned down at 3b?
  18. ... for 21yo RHP Adenys Bautista, who has a 5.98 ERA after 2 seasons in rookie ball...
  19. He has a 104 OPS+, which makes him barely above average as a hitter. Basically, he's Kole Calhoun but without the defense....
  20. That's like getting excited about the 2012 Red Sox because they had Ortiz, AGon, Lester and Beckett...
  21. Not really so sure about his continued fascination with Avisail Garcia...
  22. Why didu you like the 1980's so much? The Sox finished 4th place or lower 6 times that decade. The first 5 years of that decade was the team's least successful stretch since the first half of the 1960's through to today...
  23. I would say Barnes and Workman both are 100% likely to be tendered contracts. The odds are much, much less for Leon and Hembree...
  24. You were bound to be right about something sooner or later...
  25. Winning the title is obviously great. But being able to watch the Sox from April through September every year is a little more important to me than being able to enjoy the occasional October...
×
×
  • Create New...