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  1. Agree. Not sure what the problem is. If they trade or DFA Yoshida, what’s the benefit? More playing time for Nate Eaton?
  2. As it stands, Yoshida would be the bench OF. The Sox four man bench beyond him is likely IKF, Monasterio (eventually Romy), and Wong..,
  3. It was a sad, sad day on here when DD selected Song, if only because I was the Voice of Reason…
  4. No rush there since we don’t need him yet and actually have kind of a starting crunch. At some point he will be back, and likely after a few injuries have cleared a path to playing time…
  5. Cross fingers? Never a good strategy. Right now, Yoshida is depth, and that’s a good thing to have. By the time Casas is ready to activate, someone else will probably already be injured.
  6. Masa would DH and push Duran to the field. This isn’t rocket surgery. Also Eaton’s arm is well above average. Top five among all outfielders in MLB easily…
  7. Thats only one part of a bench player’s job, and IKF can do that. Yoshida is a better option than Eaton’s for giving outfielders a day off and a better long term replace than Eaton should someone get hurt…
  8. I think Guerrero is more likely to pitch for the KBO Doosan Bears than the Boston Red Sox,,,
  9. While I’ve never credited him with prodigious power, I have ALWAYS insisted the man can hit. Hold on to him, Craig. Hes a better option than Eaton…
  10. Guerrero is Worcester material at best. Hes not some undiscovered gem but rather a guy a few teams have tried and failed to straighten out…
  11. The Sox didn’t acquire Gray because they had Fitts; they acquired Gray because St. Louis wanted to move as much money as possible. If another team was willing to assume more money, they would have easily acquired Gray and probably parted with a lesser pitcher…
  12. The Brewers won the most games in MLB playing a very aggressive version of small ball. It works best when done correctly, regardless of whether or not the opponent is doing it…
  13. I have an absolutely no problem giving Mayer a chance, especially since Houston wanted Abreu for Paredes. Marte is a better short term solution, but I’m ok with keeping Mayer for long term…
  14. And yet you repeatedly compare the Sox to those teams? Also those other teams occasionally fail doing the “hey let’s throw more money at it” method of team-building. It’s a risk that needs to be acknowledged, and no amount of due diligence removes it…
  15. I look at it this way. In the first series, we will very likely face two LHPs - Nick Lodolo and Andrew Abbott. Lodolo is one of the nastiest LHPs in MLB, and Abbott looks like an up and coming star himself. These may not be the types of LHPs you can solve merely by adding Romy Gonzalez to your lineup. Romy has his uses against the bulk of the LHPs in MLB. But the creme de la creme did not get to be so elite by struggling against mediocre right-handed hitters.. After Abbott, the Sox face Houston and San Diego, both of whom appear to have no LHPs in their rotations.
  16. So just in utility infielder Romy Gonzalez - DFAd from the worst team in MLB history two years ago - is injured for the season, the Sox should acquire an All Star infielder? Maybe they should also get Cal Raleigh, just in case Connor Wong gets hurt…
  17. If only the Sox weren’t so cheap and Breslow spent his money properly, like other teams, so that Boston, too, could have $72mill tied up in Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon. Angels’ fans are so lucky to have a team run the right way!
  18. If Contreras goes down, Casas will play 1b. If Contreras goes down before Casas returns, Sogard, Siegler, and/or Gasper will handle the position short term…
  19. Not even close. In his career, Tayron Guerrero has walked 5.7 BB/9, which is pretty bad. But Darwinzon Hernandez had a career 7.8 BB/9, which has to be among the worst of all time…
  20. Where is your data from? If you use the 2024 team valuation against the Sox 2025 payroll (as they didnt have any 2025 revenue yet, or at a minimum the picture was incomplete), the Sox rank 11th in percentage of revenue (per Forbes) spent on payroll (per Sportra)…
  21. Maybe we just don’t deserve you..
  22. 1. It’s old data. 2. Thr range absolutely matters. As does the teams below them. Where are the Yankees and Dodgers on this list? If the 23rd highest percentage is spending, say, 15% on the roster, what percentage does the top team spend? If it’s 17-19%, what exactly are you holding against them? I’d like to see this ranking. I bet the higher revenue teams are mostly in the lower third, just like Boston…
  23. Sure he saw something in Song when he drafted him multiple years ago - but he also should have been aware 1) Song had not pitched in multiple seasons and 2) he would have to keep a pitcher out of the game for multiple years on an MLB roster for a full season while attempting to compete for an NL East title. Now maybe he tried to work out a trade to keep Song, which would have made sense, and really, was the ONLY course of action that made sense. But if he tried, he never successfully enticed Bloom. So then DD stubbornly proceeded to burn Song out in minutes and set his career back a couple years…
  24. Without numbers, that’s just some shock value. Can we say data on who is above and below and how tight that range is? Also you’ve been using it along time through multiple acquisitions. Is it even accurate anymor?
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