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  1. notin
    Maybe not mediocrity, but if the goal is to run this team like the Rays, it will involve more of extending younger players, presumably to very team favorable contracts, and rotating out the aging, expensive players rather quickly, all while making sure they had a steady stream of minor talent capable of doing the job. And while they’re off to a great start extending their postseason streak to 5 years (already longer than any such streak in Sox history), they also missed the postseason each of the 4 years before, in which they were under .500 each year. So would you accept that level of success? 4 years under .500 followed by 4 (and counting) years of making the postseason?
  2. notin
    The Pirates are 7-4 and might not be as bad as we think. Certainly they’re off to a good start…
  3. notin
    I don’t think even shortstop for short term is ridiculous. His throwing speed dropped, but not to the slowest in the league among shortstops…
  4. notin
    The bottom is is a bunch of random strangers on a message board all (well, not really all) agreed this was a huge off-season for Bloom? And why exactly does that matter? I think what you meant to say was “we all (well, not really all) agreed Bloom needs to prove something to us as a random group of strangers on a message board.” But that actually means surprisingly little to Bloom and Henry. The reality is none of us knows what Henry expects from Bloom and for how long. And none of us knows whether or not Henry has gone all Bob Kraft and decided winning is nice but awfully expensive and maybe he can tolerate cheaper mediocrity for a while….
  5. notin
    It’s certainly the lowest ranked in MLB for a while. But as the Henry Era is a couple decades old, we’ve seen lower payrolls back when everyone spent less…
  6. notin
    Disagree. Devers is absolutely the Sox hitter you want up with the bases loaded. Sure he’s better against RHP, but no way does Tampa let him bat against a RHP with the bases loaded…
  7. notin
    A kitten could hit the ball out to right in the Bronx. Luke Voit won a HR title there! Luke Freakin’ Voit. The guy hit 68 HRs in 280 games as a Yankee and hit 26 in 200 games everywhere else!!
  8. notin
    I do not get Cora’s insistence in Kike as a leadoff hitter nor his insistence that OBP machine Yoshida is a cleanup hitter…
  9. notin
    Story’s arm injury brought him down to Dansby Swanson level. If the surgery works, he might not be the DRS machine he was in Colorado, but he could still even be above average…
  10. notin
    They don’t have other starters. Whitlock and Houck have shown to be a dynamic backend of a bullpen. But it is easier to fill that role than a starter. Look at Winckowski last year. Some said he wasn’ta Major League pitcher. So far this year, he’s been a lights out reliever…
  11. notin
    The Sox dropped from a .518 winning percentage before Bloom got here to a .505 winning pct since. That’s basically going from 84 wins to 82. And that includes a punted 2020 short season. Also the farm is vastly improved. Dramatic much?
  12. notin
    What’s wrong with Story as a shortstop?
  13. notin
    Whitlock isn’t the problem tonight. The Rays’ staff hasn’t given up a run since Friday…
  14. notin
    … and in the outfield, where Duran has proven to be dreadful. He struggles to hit, is worse in the OF. And the one thing he does worse than hit and field is post-game press conferences. Tapia, who has 308 more career starts than Duran, is probably always going to be the better starter option…
  15. notin
    Not if St. Louis paid some and/or the Sox sent salary back… DeJong + $6mill for Brasier and Refsnyder. DeJong costs $1.5mill towards the CBT…
  16. notin
    I keep saying DeJong. Get on board, will you?
  17. notin
    At this point in the season, Bloom’s options are limited. Accusing him of sitting on his hands doesn’t change that…
  18. notin
    Or deal him in July. But for even more…
  19. notin
    I like a Laureano despite all his issues. Gotta respect that arm. But that’s a deal Oakland probably doesn’t make until July, when every team has had a chance to bid on him. Making a deal today likely involves either a minor leaguer/utility player whose current team doesn’t much care about, or taking on a contract another team would greatly prefer to move. The only candidate I can think of right now is DeJong…
  20. notin
    Did I or did I not post that as an example of overpay? BTV also accepts Nick Yorke for Ramón Laureano, who as a RHH CF, is a nice fit. Yorke didn’t necessarily strike me as a prospect the Sox will miss, but he certainly could be…
  21. notin
    It’s tough to make any trades right now, since no one is selling yet. So you have to really overpay to get anything. At 5 games out, the Sox and the Orioles have the largest deficit in MLB. Even the 2-8 A’s and 3-7 Cardinals are only 4 GB. That’s why I suggested DeJong. The Sox aren’t likely to get a hitter or pitcher yet without making a crazy deal. (Marcelo Mayer for Brian Reynolds?). But maybe they can improve by shoring up the defense…
  22. notin
    One time when my wife was upset with herself, she proclaimed “I must be the worst wife ever.” I reassured her by saying. “No, you’re not. That would be the wife of the guy that invented ice-fishing.” Somehow that cheered her up and still does to this day…
  23. notin
    All the while highlighting the Cora stuff was small, not the main topic, and definitely not clickbait…
  24. notin
    But he is the guy who gets the most out of them. Everyone who makes the majors already possesses an elite level of talent most of us can’t relate to. But maybe it’s enough for Cash to work with…
  25. notin
    Because the most important guy to steal away is Kevin Cash…
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