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  1. notin
    Act fast? That’s not reality. Just something fans say when they h get impatient. Players don’t hire agents so everyone can be impulsive. Alonso and Schwarber will sign when Alonso and Schwarber are ready…
  2. notin
    143 out of 341 PAs (42%) vs LHP is absolutely disproportionate…
  3. notin
    We spent our allowance on Bregman…
  4. notin
    Romy is not the Sox best hitter. He looks deceivingly good because he does excel vs LHP, and he was given a disproportionate number of plate appearances against them. Springer DHd for Toronto due to some injury issues keeping him out of the field. Coupled with the flop that wa Santander, a move to DH was convenient. But the Jays didn’t give Santander $40mill so he could be benched in favor hof career minor leaguer Nate Lukes. That noodlebat team won 89 games and had a better record after trading their best masher than they did before. I expect a new 1b, be it Alonso, Hoskins, Bell, Yandy Diaz, etc. And if it is anyone other than Alonso, I expect Bregman to return. And I hope the Sox avoid Eugenio Suarez at all costs…
  5. notin
    And I think the Sox are going to try to upgrade over Lowe/Toro/Romy at 1b. I think Alonso is on their radar because 1) he likely won’t command the same money as Bregman or Bichette and 2) I can’t stand him, and the Sox seem to love grabbing names off that list…
  6. notin
    The Blue Jays’ starting DH last year had a .565 OPS…
  7. notin
    Baines isn’t a Hall of Famer, but as DHs go he was pretty good. And while a HOF DH would be great, a Yoshida/Romy or Yoshida/Ref platoon isn’t a weak spot…
  8. notin
    And then we trade Story for a 1b! Which OF do we bench? Also King might be the worst choice. Coming off injury with a QO attached. Not exactly a long history of success. No team will touch him except the Padres. Hopefully you filled out your MLBTR Free Agent Prediction form accordingly…
  9. notin
    Trick question - Blaze Alexander and Blaze Jordan are the same person wearing different hats. Also, agree on the basset hound. Even better than Turbo…
  10. notin
    So if the Sox traded for Hunter Greene - not a free agent, not a huge contract, not already on the other side of 30 - that would be better, worse or the same as signing, say, Framber Valdez?
  11. notin
    Worked with Aroldis…
  12. notin
    Huh? So the Sox could add two RHH who combine for 60 to 65 home runs per year with OPS’s in the neighborhood of .850, and your response is that would be “lacking in power “?!?! Dont take this wrong way, but this post strikes me as bring written by guy who, in a different part of history, would have said “Michaelangelo? This Fresno, it’s ok. I like it. But I’m not overwhelmed. I want something more eye-popping. It needs to be bigger ! Better! More spectacular! And it needs to be ready by noon tomorrow.”
  13. notin
    A DH has to hit more than 25 HRs? Someone call Cooperstown and have them remove Edgar Martínez..
  14. notin
    I named 4 in the past 10 years. 2025-2015 =10. Really, it comes down to 4 of the last 11 WSC. Thats still a significant percentage…
  15. notin
    Not all the champions have big name free agent pitchers on long, large deals. I only had to go back to the 2023 Texas Rangers. Eovaldi was on a 3 year deal. Sure they had deGrom, but he only started 6 games that year. Technically, they did HAVE the big free agent pitcher in deGrom per your point. But per mine, they proved they could win without him. Also the 2021 Braves, 2017 Astros and 2015 Royals did not have any big free agent pitching contracts…
  16. notin
    And yet the Brewers made the postseason while the Mets got to stay home and watch the Brewers…
  17. notin
    Let’s go all George Carlin and put land mines in the OF, too!
  18. notin
    The thing is, the shorter deals expire faster. If I sign Michael King to a 3 year deal, and he is out for the first two, that deal is over 3 years from now. But if you sign Tarik Skubal to a 10 year deal, and he has arm problems early on, youre paying him for 10 years and he might never be the same even when he returns. Price signed for 7 years and couldn’t go two years without getting hurt . And he was also never the same again. And had that injury happened two years later, it might not have mattered to Boston, because he had an opt out after 3 years he probably (?) would have exercised…
  19. notin
    With Gerrit Cole several years into his $36mill AAV, Skubal is going to break scary records…
  20. notin
    Unless I have a steady stream of minor league talent…
  21. notin
    The best reason is getting too many big contracts that age badly simultaneously…
  22. notin
    The Sox are exclusive in 3 states - Maine, RI, and NH. They dominate broadcasting in Eastern and Central Mass, but as you go deeper into WMass, the Yankee folks start to emerge from their subterranean lairs..
  23. notin
    As a longtime resident of Chicago, I can tell you fandom is most definteLily not split 50/50 between the two teams. More like 80/20 or 90/10 in favor of the Cubs. Even when the Cubs struggle. New York might not be as drastic, but the area is definitely pro-Yankee. And New England isnt all Sox fans. Most of CT is Yankee country, as is Vermont, where you can catch Yankee broadcasts but not Sox broadcasts. Boston really isnt a large city. 25th largest city (2025 data). 11th largest metro area (2023 data). All of the larger metro areas also have teams. Some (notably Miami) don’t seriously invest. But most do, at least periodically.
  24. notin
    The problem with signing Alonso and Bregman isn’t the money; it’s the years. Alonso wants 7 years, but that’s not very likely. But 6 is possible, and Bregman is looking at 5-6 years himself. This would make for a great lineup in 2026 and 2027 and maybe even 2028. But in 2030, Alonso is 35 years old and Bregman is 36. And these two are still combining for some $60mill on the roster for two aging and very likely declining corner infielders that are untradable, potentially unproductive, and hogging up too much budget to replace. How good will the Sox be then?
  25. notin
    From ages 8-12, we buried the bad OF in RF, because no one hit it there. But as you advance, the throw from RF to 3b becomes important, and is the reason the strong arm outfielders go to RF. I played a lot of CF, because I was always a good fielder (with a mediocre arm). I was like a Little League Jose Siri, but without the tantrums and suspensions. I did play corner, but as I could run, I was put in CF. Never struggled with anything on the corners except throws from RF to 3b. But in CF, if that ball was hit directly at me, i couldn’t judge distance for the first 1-2 seconds. And nothing was more difficult than running back for one over my head…
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