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More like a lease. With an option to buy…
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Don’t forget IKF, the guy Breslow signed instead of Alonso.
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Ive seen you guess that you knew Matt Barnes’ availability better than John Farrell did. Not buying it. And Schwarber said he refused to sign with any team in the Eastern Time Zone. Big, big deal breaker for him. Not an option…
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3+ year rental. Lopez is under team control until the end of the 2029 season…
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No, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that was their first ask. If the Sox can’t add a SS, is Arias an option this year?
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When the whole team is healthy, on the f***ing bench. In fact, by your “logic”, Breslow dropped the ball with Monasterio as the starting SS. Isn’t that a bigger deal? Yoshida is a better DH than Monasterio is a SS…
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He also repeatedly said he wants to play 1b and making him the DH was a dealbreaker..
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Are there injuries to maybe a guy whose name rhymes with Snowman Panthony? Arguing Yoshida was the opening day DH is like arguing Monasterio was the opening day shortstop. Is there an emoji for a conniption?
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No. Gasper is in Worcester. But he is the starting DH there. Oh I get it now. You wanted Breslow to sign Alonso or Schwarber to minor league deals. Yeah, it was just silly he didn’t do that.
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YOSHIDA WASN’T THE f***ING DH!! <sigh> Calm down, notin. Remember you’re trying to argue with someone who still thinks that the Sox chose Gasper over Schwarber…
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So Fred’s plan is to replace the Sox fourth OF, Yoshida, with Pete Alonso? How did Breslow miss this. Again - opening day. 1b - Contreras LF - Duran/Anthony CF - Rafaela RF - Abreu DH - Anthony/ Duran But you have REPEATEDLY insisted on using Alonso to replace Yoshida from his bench role. And Breslow is the problem?
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I think so…
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Yoshida was originally the fourth outfielder/non-starter. He’s only playing as much as he is due to Anthony’s injury. This has been pointed out multiple times, much like how the decision to sign Gasper was unrelated to negotiations with Alonso. If the Sox signed Alonso, they have to move an OF (Duran) for a 3b, and likely not Durban. So who? What affect does that have? Or does Mayer play 3b, with Hamilton at 2b? Is that better? So the bench Duran but play Hamilton. Plus still have Harrison. Of course Story still had a hernia and Mayer unsurprisingly got hurt again. So yeah, Sogard, Hamilton and ?? as the starting infield…
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But there is a lot of fallout from that plsn that creates questions you can’t answer because you live in a world of “we should have signed Alonso instead of Gasper.” If the Sox signed Alonso, they need to trade an outfielder for a 2b or 3b. So likely no Durbin. (Milwaukee wouldn’t need an OF.) How does that impact anything? Also if they deal an OF (Duran?) and Anthony still gets hurt, Yoshida in LF? Maybe better offense but really questionable D. Changes like this can impact the team, especially if the new infielder is awful. On the bright side, maybe still have Kyle Harrison? Downside? No Seigler or Durbin or Monasterio, which in case you missed it, is the Sox starting infield. We might have Alonso, but with no Duran, Durbin, Seigler, or Monasterio, is this team going to win more or less games?
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Gasper is AAA fodder whose primary skill is he can be promoted and demoted with minimal paperwork. But the Sox (and every team) need players like that…
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I think a lot of people used the word “need” a bit freely last off-season. Just because you want Pete Alonso - and no shame in that - doesn’t make him a need…
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Or if the players he did have didn’t collectively struggle. Again - 7th in runs scored last year. Out with Bregman plus the 1b scrap heap. In with Durbin and Contreras. Did you at a minimum expect that to be better or worse than last year? And remember, after trading Devers, their offense went from 4.86 RPG to 4.84 RPG. They had the ability to score without him last year…
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Not that infrequent. Hes only missed 5 games this year and started all but 8 or 9. And almost all of it in the field since April 1. There was no real struggle to get “everyone” into the lineup. Cora had no issue benching Yoshida…
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At a minimum, Duran was expected to be and has been a full time starter…
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But how much of a bat did he really need? It’s easy to look at the list of the best free agents, claim the ones you like are needs, and then anssume everything works out better and there’s no ancillary fallout. They were a top ten offense last year even after trading Devers. They lost Bregman and Toro/Lowe. They added Contreras and Durbin. Is that a step forward, backward or status quo?The Sox were slow starters not due to not adding Alonso, but to the individual performances of Duran, Durbin, Story, and Narvaez along with the injury to Anthony. Getting a different DH doesn’t change any of that…
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Also Roman Anthony, who inarguably proved he at least deserved a chance to play every day…
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And when the players he acquired (and some vets) started hitting, this became a top ten offense. The Sox are 7th in runs scored in MLB since June 25th, which is where they were last year after trading Devers.
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Red Sox 'Checked In' On Marlins' Otto Lopez
notin replied to Matthew Nethercott's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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So when the players started hitting, the team got better. Same players that struggled before. Not sure that’s the fault of the CBO…
