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  1. notin
    And use him as your sole source of information. Since you clearly don’t know, most of sports media isn’t there to inform you. They exist solely to create controversy often where none exists so they can bolster ratings. Anyone calling a player “a flop” after 30 games is clearly not there to provide actual information. Holley exists to give reasons to complain to folks either unimaginative enough to come up with their own or folks in desperate search for validation through confirmation bias…
  2. notin
    I would have been disappointed if he sold, but at least it’s a direction and I understood why. I would have preferred buying. But the whole “how about we do nothing?” thing was just plain wrong, stupid and frustrating…
  3. notin
    Hey, Michael Holley - yes, THAT Michael Holley called him a flop. We’re not talking about some random egotistical sports-centric radio personality that spouts premature, stupid and controversial unsupported arguments solely to attain ratings. We’re talking about Michael Holley, a very specific egotistical sports-centric radio personality that spouts premature, stupid and controversial unsupported arguments solely to attain ratings…
  4. notin
    At least you got where it was going. Day drinker? I don’t drink at all, despite my predilection for drug-and-alcohol based jokes. Also I truly believe Durbin will be much better than he has been to date, Harrison will return to Earth, and Gray and Bregman will eventually fade into overpaid obscurity, but at least Gray will/should be elsewhere when that happens.
  5. notin
    Ok then. How about despite that it never actually happened? If your complaint anout Bloom was that he tried some sort of third trade deadline plan, you were clearly not paying attention. Bloom’s deadline issues were that he was notoriously stagnant, rarely making moves at all. In 2021, he did bring in Schwarber and a couple of nondescript RPs to help the bullpen. But after that he never committed to either action in any following deadline, making only borderline useless deals involving borderline useless players. And this includes (and really, gets epitomized in) his biggest post 2021 deadline blockbuster- the 3 team Juan Soto trade where future stars like Soto, Mackenzie Gore, CJ Abrams, and James Wood were all trying on new uniforms. And Boston? We got Eric Hosmer for a former first round pitcher that flamed out faster than asbestos insulation. That was Bloom at the deadline. Deals that don’t improve the present and don’t build for the future. Just stand on the sidelines and watch other teams do either one or the other…
  6. notin
    Despite that it got us Wilyer Abreu?
  7. notin
    Well, the answer should be “get prospects now” rather than questionable Allen Craig/Yoenis Cespedes vets that were acquired during previous deadline fire sales. Then come November, you have more prospect capital to trade for players you need. I thought when I said: “Get prospects. If we need vets (and we do) those trades can be made in the off-season, when no one is limited to selling or buying”, that I was being fairly explicit that it shouldn’t be a straight prospect build. Also bear in mind, teams that want Chapman will NOT be trading RHH sluggers in July/August. November might be a different story…
  8. notin
    Considering there has been zero traction in Breslow’s search for a right-handed hitter (such the rarity!!) going on how many weeks now, chances look better by the day this team will be selling. Hopefully Breslow doesn’t go all Cherington on us and acquire veterans. Get prospects. If we need vets (and we do) those trades can be made in the off-season, when no one is limited to selling or buying,…
  9. notin
    And we lost out on Meidroth!!
  10. notin
    The Athletics are well into the postseason hunt and trying to shake their cheap image as they make slowly make their way towards Vegas. At tjis stage in the season, Boston might be better off trying to find the next Brent Rooker rather than throwing away more potential future pieces chasing the 2026 season. When the A’s acquired Rooker, he was a 27 year old journeyman with minimal games and even less performance for three different MLB teams. Candidates to be the next Brent Rooker might be someone like Justin Foscue or <sigh> Jo Adell. It keeps coming back to Adell…
  11. notin
    And then manage it like you still have Manny and Ortiz coming up next. Milwaukee has a higher groundball rate, lower flyball rate, only hit 5 more home runs, and somehow scored NINETY FOUR MORE RUNS THAN BOSTON, not including last night. Why? Because they don’t play station-to-station baseball…
  12. notin
    Also I think you have multiple years of one vs a single year of the other. If Boston really had $98mill of this year’s payroll on the IL and in the minors, thats a really good excuse for struggling, not ineptitude. Especially since only like $9mill is in AAA…
  13. notin
    Ummm…. Sure. Got yourself some homegrown Columbian Bitcoin today, I see…
  14. notin
    I think it’s our own internal boneheads and not Driveline…
  15. notin
    I have a feeling this is comparing two very different things…
  16. notin
    Because Boston keeps emphasizing a “one side fits all” approach to hitting rather than letting hitters do what got them to MLB in the first place…
  17. notin
    Every team in MLB uses Driveline…
  18. notin
    Not entirely sure the Red Sox need more rookies right now. Does everyone really regret the Crochet deal? Recently I’ve heard the Six shouldn’t have included Meidroth, and now they shouldn’t have included Montgomery. Is Crochet unwanted or do folks think the White Sox were going to just hand him over?
  19. notin
    I looked it up. Felix Hernandez hit his only career home run off of Santana. Oops. I was off by 13 years and about 85 pounds…
  20. notin
    Wasn’t it off of Johan Santana?
  21. notin
    Who said raking, Mr. Goalpostmover?
  22. notin
    Strumming your fingers together like Montgomery Burns watching Homer approach the poison donut is NOT applause…
  23. notin
    So therefore he’s not improving?
  24. notin
    You know she spied for the Nazis, right?
  25. notin
    Durbin is clearly better than what he did in April and May. He started slow last year as well. Apparently the Sox butchered his swing to make him a hitter he wasn’t. He’s not going to carry this team to the postseason, but he should be a better hitter the rest of the way.
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