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I’m going to call replacing Kike with Story an upgrade…
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I’m liking the optimism, even if some of it is sarcastic optimism. Sarcastimism, if you will…
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Winckowski should never throw 3 IP. Not with how often Cora likes to use him…
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It’s was a little easier for the 2023 Sox due to the balanced schedule. But that they did it twice while playing 76 games against the AL East is flat out crazy…
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The Yankees are far from locks, and while Severino-German-Brito did combine for 50 starts and 289 IP, these were not mainstays in that rotation. They will need Fluke Health from Rodon and Cortes and a solid return from Cole. But if the Judge-Soto-Stanton lineup doesn’t position that 82 win team as one of the most likely to displace a playoff team, then who positioned themselves better? Maybe Seattle, who, like Boston, will rely on a lot of younger pitchers in their first full season? Surprise spender KC? They’ll be improved, but is Wacha and Lugo enough?
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As many questions as the Sox have in their rotation, I think you will find the rest of the AL has numerous teams in the same boat. If we look at last years 6 post-season participants (Baltimore, Tampa, Minnesota, Houston, Texas, and Toronto) how many are worse than the team that ended the season? And what teams in the AL did enough to supplant any of them? (Maybe NY?)
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How about Eovaldi-Gray-Heaney-Dunning-Cody Bradford? That’s what Roster Resource has the Rangers defending with…
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And the guys under 24. It’s not worth holding a guy back a year to make sure you control that age 31 season…
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Better starting rotation? Bello-Pivetta-Crawford-Houck-Whitlock or Eovaldi-Gray-Dunning-Heaney-Pérez?
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I’m surprised how many think the Sox will come in last with 78 wins or more. That the Sox have accomplished this in the last two years didn’t underscore how rare it is. In MLB history, there have been as many 110 win teams as there have been last place teams with 78 wins…
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Have you seen the other divisions? The Central is mediocrity defined. The West? Houston and Seattle. And those teams are not without flaws as well. Defending champion Texas will start the season with more question marks in their rotation than Boston. It wouldn’t surprise me if the East sent 3 teams again. And if they don’t , they definitely send two and the third one doesn’t miss by much. (I still like Baltimore and Tampa ahead of the overrated Blue Jays.)
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Exactly!!
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It’s a huge ask. My bold prediction is actually not all that bold at all. Could they all stay healthy and pitch that much? Sure. It’s possible. Will they? Not bloody likely…
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5Gold just said essentially the same thing. And it’s not my fault the rest of you want to be wrong
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I think so, but less important for the older Abreu…
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That outfield arrangement makes more sense for April. It’s also possible the Sox hold Duran until July 31st and then shop him, ending the year with O’Neill-Rafaela-Abreu…
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I didn’t think Duran had ever played RF. Not even in Little League. That’s why I questioned that lineup. That and him platooning with Cron…
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Without factoring in service time, I like the idea of Duran-Rafaela-O’Neill. Abreu can start in Worcester and shuttle back and forth as needed. Or is the new lingo “Uber back and forth as needed”?
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81-81 is not as horrible as one would think from the board traffic. It’s only 3 fewer wins than the reigning NL champions had last year. I think this season comes down to ONE FACTOR. Just one, despite the numerous lists of things some people think need to go right for this team to compete. There’s just one. Health/durability of the rotation. If the Sox reported starting five - Bello, Crawford, Houck, Pivetta, Whitlock - can make 140 or more starts and pitch 700-800 innings, this team will do well enough to make the postseason. Even if they miss the postseason, it won’t be by much. But this whole season will collapse if the Sox need to dig too deep into their questionable SP depth…
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Montgomery started 32 games last year, 21 of which were for a LAST PLACE team. Can we stop pretending he spent the entire season on the Rangers? Snell really isn’t better than Montgomery; Snell’s peaks are higher, but he spends most of his seasons in the valleys…
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As I have said repeated - free agency is about PR. It sends a message to the fanbase that money will not be a limiting factor on being competitive. Henry is loudly stating that he wants it to be a factor…
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Soxprospects lists the Sox starting OF for 2024 as Duran in LF, Rafaela in CF and Abreu in RF with O’Neill on the bench. Now I could see this OF happening on occasion, especially given O’Neill’s propensity for injuries. But is it the starting OF a respectable website should predict? I will say it’s better than the mess on Roster Resource, who have O’Neill in LF and Rafaela in CF along with Duran in RF. Duran in RF at Fenway is questionable enough, but then they have him platooning out there. And it looks like his platoon partner is CJ Cron. I suppose Cron could be DHing with Yoshida starting in RF against LHP, but I’m not sure that’s much better. So what should the Sox starting OF actually look like? I’d think it’s either Duran (LF), Rafaela (CF) and O’Neill (RF) or O’Neill (LF), Duran (CF) and Abreu (RF). Barring any more injuries, of course…
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They now have Criswell in the bullpen and - just to further their credibility - have put Tyler O’Neill on the bench…
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1. Besides the already extended Bello, do we have a bunch of pitchers we can extend? 2. Those “younger and better” players you want to sign are not in the same position as Montgomery - running out of options and not carrying a qualifying offer. Not to mention other teams will be interested in them as well. 3. You’re supporting questionable circular logic. “We won’t be good until we spend on pitching, but we shouldn’t spend on pitching until we’re good.” Well, at least it’s a financially sound plan…
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This is why I’ve been hopeful the Sox will just make that one addition. There’s no such thing as “timing”; much like “rebuilding”, it just means you want to save cash. I certainly hope that’s all it is right now a euphemism for being cheap. I do like to think the folks running the Sox aren’t so stupid they they’ve leveraged their entire future on a bunch of minor leaguers with ZERO combined games in AAA…
