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  1. notin
    I like star players. But I prefer not getting free agents. Most of them are over 30 and have less star left in them than I prefer given the years on many deals. I like seeing guys like Betts and Devers come up and be the stars. I think Anthony can be that guy, as well. And I haven’t given up on Mater and Campbell (but I would trade Mayer in the right deal)…
  2. notin
    No they didn’t. They let the Yankees pay him heavily to sit out games…
  3. notin
    I would have been more understanding of Devers except asking him to move was due to Casas getting hurt. Sorry, that’s just not forgiveable. Your team has changed and you need to help out…
  4. notin
    Breslow isn’t trading FOR Devers. He didn’t unload Rafael because he was a pending free agent or some inevitable roster crunch. He dealt him because he wanted Rafael gone…
  5. notin
    I am resigned to sell mode. Figure Chapman, Gray, Duran and maybe IKF have all entered their final month as members of the Red Sox…
  6. notin
    Stop. We all liked Devers until he showed how difficult and selfish he was. No one hated Cherington after 2013, either. But after 2014 and 2015, many did. Things change over time…
  7. notin
    Just because he’s hitting doesn’t mean he was happy. There were lots of stories about how miserable Ellsbury was, but he had a stellar career in Boston…
  8. notin
    Brett Harris is a right-handed bat, so we can check that box. Also worth noting he has only played in 73 MLB games but he has 70* career home runs. *Total includes not only Major League, but also all minor leagues, college games and backyard whiffleball games pitched by his mom.
  9. notin
    While it’s not an obscure reference, it’s probably not recognizable, especially since I had to change the original from second person to third person. But it’s mostly Rip Torn explaining to Will Smith how he will become one of the Men In Black. Felt right at the time…
  10. notin
    Duran’s play at DH is exaggerated; he’s played DH like 3 times since April 1, and he has been a mainstay in the lineup all year, missing only 7 games and playing practically every day for the last two months. And yet he has turned nothing around. He has brief flashes, but then goes right back to sucking…
  11. notin
    But how much were they counting on Yoshida? He only had 61 plate appearances before Anthony got injured. Thats only 14 more than Connor Wong had. Yoshida was the 4th OF/backup DH behind Anthony, Rafaela, Abreu and Duran. I don’t think he was being counted on for much, and he certainly didn’t need to be. Story has been spotty the last few years, and will likely go down as one of the 5 worst FA contracts in team history. Arguments may persist where on the last, but none for his inclusion. So there is that, but he was also one of, if not their best players last year and not so readily replaced.
  12. notin
    Have I? I suppose I’m not a Cora Hater, but certainly not a Cora Lover, either. But my theory on Tracy is he was brought in as a familiar face to help some of the younger Sox players adjust, with winning secondary (if that high)…
  13. notin
    Honestly it was a mistake to bring them up. I mentioned the Blue Jays originally as a high payroll, low scoring team - the opposite of my point. They have star power in their offense right now. What their offense lacks is actual runs…
  14. notin
    Sandoval needs to be added to the 40 man but has no options. Plus gotta get a few good starts and maybe he is tradable at the end of the month…
  15. notin
    Bello is most definitely a Major League pitcher. He might not be the pitcher Breslow thought he was extending, but his track record in MLB is undeniable and he’ll be back. Not sure why they fudged Campbell at all. He blew through the minors, won Minor League Player of the year, AL Offensive Rookie of the Month in his first month, and then slumped and seemingly every panic button was pressed. “A bad month? Tear the whole thing down!! Blow it up!! Rebuild it!! Change everything about him!! Make him a rumor, recognizable only as déjà vu and dismissed just as quickly. He doesn’t exist. He was never even born. Anonymity is his name. Silence is his native tongue. He is no longer part of the system. He is above the system. Over it. Beyond it.”
  16. notin
    I like Siegler and think/hope he can be a bench player in Boston, alongside fellow 2027 benchmates Romy Gonzalez, Braiden Ward and an unnamed catcher. Yes, an unnamed catcher. If a catcher has no name, he can serve the Many Facemasked God…
  17. notin
    Well, how many of them were top six offenses recently? And you cannot come closer to winning the World Series than the Blue Jays did last year, with IKF as the winning run less than two inches from home plate. Even if you want to counter and say “but they didn’t win”, at least acknowledge that doesn’t make them a .500 team. The Sox probably lack veteran leadership. My point all along was “too many inexperienced players,” and that’s sort of related. They clearly lack thump, but I would say a lot of that is because the players that used to supply seem to have stopped. Story played injured, has a spotty history recently and is getting older. But the fade we have seen from Duran, who is only 29, has been devastating. This is the guy who should have been the leadoff fhitter. As for luck, a term I have rarely if ever mentioned. Sure, they are unlucky. Run differential tells you they’re better than 11 games under .500. But it also tells you they’re probably a .500 team at best…
  18. notin
    Well, we seem to have done ok trading Fitts snd Clarke for Sonny Gray. Also Hunter Dobbins for Willson Contreras. Heck I don’t even mind Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz for Carlos Narvaez…
  19. notin
    A fair question. In MLB, when I think of star power, I think of the repeated performances at or near the top a set of statistical categories, usually combined with name recognition. In many cases, it also means salary/contract value. Kyle Schwarber has star power. Miguel Vargas does not. The Sox could use either this year (but neither is the singular “missing piece”.) Perhaps Hugh’s original definition differed; only he can answer that. But I strongly suspect he was NOT saying the Sox need more Romy Gonzalez or even Bill Mueller types. There has been enough forum context to support that suspicion. So do you agree or disagree with the original point or not?
  20. notin
    I toned my response down. My original response contained illegal levels of snark (in Illinois only), a felony. I dialed back to levels that almost pass most Snark Tests, at least the ones that involve blood collection..
  21. notin
    There is a disturbing accuracy to this comment. Does the Sox doctor have his office on Sugarcandy Mountain?
  22. notin
    Isn’t that what Breslow did to acquire Contreras and Gray?
  23. notin
    Holy f***. Read the thread and know the conversation you’re attacking. Hugh said: “the offense however couldn’t contrast anymore from the pitching. It’s been awful, and this year is a clear cut example that you need star power at the helm. They have none of that side of the ball.” It’s an untrue sweeping generalization, also one where Jacob Misiorowski’s star power and Brice Turang’s star power DO NOT APPLY. You know, since it’s about OFFENSE. Misiorowski cannot hit and Turang is a glove first but all around player. The original postulate was that you can have a good offense without having stars at the helm. I disagreed vehemently and provided an example for proof. And then you made a lot of comments in this part of the thread and not a single one addressed or refuted that point. No idea what your point was supposed to be, to be honest. So do you disagree that star power is necessary to have a good offense? And that Milwaukee, as one of the highest scoring teams in MLB with no true offensive star leading the way, offers proof to Hugh’s original postulate? Or not?
  24. notin
    If we never traded Devers, how did we get Durbin? Did we lure Harrison to Boston by promising him candy?
  25. notin
    Draft a hitter? Gearing up for the 2031 season already?
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