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Everything posted by notin
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I’m as optimistic as anyone. Do I think that is reachable? Yes. Likely? Not so much. But again - off-season isn’t done yet..,
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Will we? I’ve been as willing to give him a second chance as anyone. But the reality of the situation is, MLB teams are simply not willing. Period. They’ve had over a year to do so, and there has been no buzz about his return. And every article you can find about this guy (check his B-R page for links) essentially says “We need pitching. Bauer? Ummm… we don’t need it that bad.”
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What constitutes “much improvement”?
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I think the people advocating trading players are referring to Jansen and Martin, because a team coming of 78 wins will probably never have a ninth inning lead. Ever. I think I hold them until the deadline, simply because this team isn’t finished and the off-season is far from over. But once Snell/Montgomery sign elsewhere, I would deal both. You will get more for a full season of Jansen and Martin than a half season. And the hopes for a team paying up out of desperation are offset by the possibility of one or both getting hurt in the next 7 months…
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No. It’s not. Next question…
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Bauer is a modern day Keyser Soze…
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The important thing here is you’re giving credit to scenarios that have never happened. While no one is saying 78-84 is good, since the creation of the current divisional alignment, only one team (2005 Washington Nationals) has won more games and come in last. Only 3 teams have won exactly 78 games and come in last - the Red Sox all three times. No one is saying 78-84 is good. But, abundant pessimism, it actually isn’t horrible and it certainly isn’t hopeless. It’s basically a .500 team. And teams have gone from far worse records to World Series titles in one season…
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Old Red only allows his topics and his sides of them! And he loves to repeatedly discredit people by bringing up stuff they said in the past, sometimes even changing the context. But whatever you do, don’t do this stuff to him! That’s not fair!
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And is it the truth or not?
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Where has anyone lamented playing in the AL East? Acknowledging it isn’t whining…
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They were above .500 against NY and Toronto even after September. And even counting the 1-7 record with Tampa, they were over .500 against the AL East prior to September. This is a big reason why Bloom’s White flag at the deadline was so bad…
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Yeah!! That would be like constantly refuting a 78-84 record by making sure m the team only gets referred to as a “last place” team! Because all last place teams are equal, be they 78-84 or 50-112!
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Or 76-86 if Bo Bichette knew how to run the bases…
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Once again Old Red chastises a fan for being excited about the team. The Sox did have a good record against those divisional foes all year long. Had you decided not to turn off when the team was playing will you might have noticed that…
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Nobody is whining about it. Except you, all through 2022 any time add none pointed out their record outside the division…
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But until then the Sox has been playing very well against the teams in their division…
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And resorting to using Matt Dermody and Tayler Scott as starting pitchers…
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The Sox did play on the toughest division…
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Other than hindsight, why would the Sox have signed Kyle Gibson over Kluber?
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A simple 13-14 September and they do…
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57-54 extrapolates out to an 83 win team…
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The pessimistic viewpoint is always that the 24 game sample is reality and the 138 game sample was the outlier. The Sox are not the horrible team many claim they are. But it’s hard to see them taking the AL East. Then again, who said “Baltimore!!” twelve months ago?
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Nothing is close right now. Scott thinks I can get more out of them…
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At this point, Bauer is just message board fodder. The chances of him pitching for any team in MLB are probably less than the chances of me doing so. (My record is clean, but my “fastball” couldn’t get a speeding ticket on the Pike, and I mean East of Worcester.)
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The way I see it, Duran is the opening day centerfielder. Since they’re probably not getting Soler, Duvall, etc. Abreu looks to start in RF with O’Neill in LF. Since I don’t they would use two rookies right away, Rafaela starts in Worcester. I do agree there is some fun potential in Duran. I loved how any ball hit into the outfield that a fielder had to take the lateral steps to get went for extra bases. But I am somewhat tempered by his very unsustainable .381 BABIP…
