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  1. 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…
  2. 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.
  3. 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)…
  4. 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…
  5. 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…
  6. 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.”
  7. 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…
  8. 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…
  9. 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…
  10. 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?
  11. 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..
  12. notin
    There is a disturbing accuracy to this comment. Does the Sox doctor have his office on Sugarcandy Mountain?
  13. notin
    Isn’t that what Breslow did to acquire Contreras and Gray?
  14. 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?
  15. notin
    If we never traded Devers, how did we get Durbin? Did we lure Harrison to Boston by promising him candy?
  16. notin
    Draft a hitter? Gearing up for the 2031 season already?
  17. notin
    It seems like many just wanted Henry to spend more money. Heck I mentioned Miguel Vargas (currently 3.0 bWAR, 19 HRs, .842 OPS) and was told to stop proposing cheap solutions. And then they tell me free agency isn’t just PR. Their lineup of C - Narvaez, 1b -Contreras, 2b - Mayer 3b -Durbin LF- Duran CF - Rafaela RF -Abreu DH - Anthony. Thats better than the lineup the fielded last year (post Devers) and much better than the team of benchwarmers they used in the playoffs. But multiple bad seasons from too many players killed them this year, and one more bat wasn’t going to save this lineup from itself. Two veterans having career worst seasons coupled with a handful of sophomore slumps, another rookie struggling because he was pressed into duty last year, and another who might be a notoriously slow starter. Thats an awful lot for any one hitter to overcome when 6 or 7 other players just aren’t hitting. Bringing in Schwarber and sending out Breslow isn’t going to change this…
  18. notin
    Sooooo…. you agree they win without the “necessary” star power. That was my point all along…
  19. notin
    How much would it have helped offset the 11 game difference between wins and losses? Sign Schwarber and maybe the Sox are 39-46 or 40-45. Everyone keeps saying “we needed a big bat! We needed a big bat!” We did get one. But something else the Sox needed was for two of best hitters from last year to not do disappearing acts. If Duran and Story were just the .774 and .740 hitters they were a year ago - not a big ask given each’s career - this team would be much, much better. What I blame Breslow for is loading up on sophomore players. Durbin is working out finally. Narvaez is useless offensively but I get keeping him. But Mayer was only called up due to injury, and didn’t exactly dazzle like Anthony did. And I mean any Anthony, not just Roman. So why was Mayer penned in to start? Also Breslow completely neglected the bullpen. Although Tyron Guerrero seems to be bailing him out there somewhat…
  20. notin
    Or, you know, Duran not hitting like a pitcher and Story not trying to play injured for two months. Also Yoshida stopping hitting after April. Let’s not forget those factors. Would adding a Schwarber bat fixed any of that?
  21. notin
    Not to mention, if you think the Sox are too analytically-driven, Cora is definitely not your guy…
  22. notin
    I doubt player psyche gets damaged so readily. But my question to you is - what do the Sox have to gain? Arias isn’t going to push them into the playoffs. All the Sox will do is start his service clock (which may be good or bad, depending on the new CBA) and pribably burn through his option years faster. Oh, and lose him to free agency by age 26. Half the Sox problems were caused by inexperienced players struggling early in their careers. The solution likely isn’t “even more inexperience!!” And no, DD wouldn’t call him up…
  23. notin
    Ok, but the point wasn’t that Milwaukee was hitting similar to Boston; the point was Milwaukee disproves the need for STAR POWER. Look at those 7 (really 4) hitters and tell me how many are currently stars? If the Sox added Jake Bauers or Garrett Mitchell, who would think “Finally!! The missing piece!!”? Milwaukee walks more and takes advantage of their speed, unlike Boston…
  24. notin
    You think Dombrowski would promote a 20 year old with less than 300 plate appearances above A ball all the way to MLB just because other players were struggling? I think even DD doesn’t use desperation as an excuse to push his best young talent to reach free agency by age 27. Just like how he didn’t call up his own top prospect (Aiden Miller) to take over for the extremely bland Alec Bohm when the Phillies were struggling…
  25. notin
    Some of us prefer our teams improve using methods besides flexing financial muscle for multiple reasons. First of all, when it fails, it fails long term and is almost always irreversible. Second, it definitely distracts from the quality of the sport when everything is decided by wallets alone. It should never come down to the biggest need for improvement for any team is to be sold to a different owner…
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