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  1. notin
    I thought the Sox might. But considering not even a single rumor since Breslow announced his mission to get a RHH bat, I think his white flag is cocked and ready…
  2. notin
    Colorado might have no SS prospects, but Tovar is signed for 4 more years at anout $52mill. While rumors persist they would move him and that contract, I don’t buy it. He’s only 24, a stellar defender, and far from their biggest problem. Move Story to 2b when he’s healthy. He is a RHH with some pop and the Sox need infielders and RHH pop…
  3. notin
    Free agency is ALL ABOUT paying for past performances. The Juan Soto types that reach at age 26 are ridiculously uncommon, and the Kyle Schwarber types that do nothing in their 20s before taking off in their 30s are even less common. The bulk of them are 30-35 and ready to wind down their MLB careers. They might have 1-3 good seasons left, but you have to pay for 7 seasons to get them. And what do you do in years 4-7 with tjis expensive untradable eating 10-15%?of the payroll?
  4. notin
    One of the issues with the Sox recently has been the rapid promotion of top prospects followed by immediate impatience. Why is Arias not next in line there? I’m on the short list of Yoshida supporters, but he is looking like it’s time to cut bait. The only reason not to is there are enough other issues less likely to straighten themselves out. Story would be another DFA target, but he actually is or recently was a RHH power bat. He needs to move to 2b immediately upon his return, however. And if he won’t, it’s a DFA. Hes not tradable like Devers was. Doubtful Colorado wants Story. I was watching them play last night and I’ve never heard of half of that team. I think they’re trying to go through MLB. anonymously.
  5. notin
    You really think the Sox are the laughingstock of MLB? Or are you just throwing that phrase around for effect?
  6. notin
    Iceland. Not a joke. He really went to Iceland (according to his posts)…
  7. notin
    And you posted this on a day when bottom third payroll teams in Tampa, Milwaukee and Chicago (AL) are all in first place while MLB’s top spending team sits in last place…
  8. notin
    And the others got deeper into the postseason than that 2001 Seattle Mariner team that went 116-46. I’m ok with an 86 win WS runner up…
  9. notin
    1. Holley really is an idiot. 2. No one said any of us weren’t. 3. Honestly, there should be a big difference in information disseminated from a man with a radio show capable of reaching thousands and maybe a couple dozen folks whose entire audience is each other.
  10. notin
    Also I believe - and I hope I’m wrong since it’s June freakin’ 10th - this was the first multi-home run game for any member of the 2026 Red Sox…
  11. notin
    If I were you, I’d work tirelessly and endlessly to discredit the author of the article for including Narvaez. And then you should drive the point home by sleeping with his wife…
  12. notin
    Why not demote Narvaez? I’ve never seen an MLB team with more players with catching experience. Narvaez, Wong, Gasper, Contreras, IKF, and Siegler. I think the Sox have things covered there…
  13. notin
    Did you really think Cedric Mullens was going to go an entire series against Boston without a home run?
  14. notin
    As I have been saying for about 2 weeks now - Durbin is getting better…
  15. notin
    Like Thomson before him, Mattingly basically inherited a bunch of underperforming all stars. Why do the Phillies just take April off every few years? To clean out the manager’s office?
  16. notin
    He likely hasn’t heard of you either…
  17. notin
    But only because other teams played 2 or more games worse than they did…
  18. notin
    Didn’t the DBacks get to the WS with 86 wins just 3 years ago? Id like to see a 98 win team in Boston today, but it’s not going to happen this year (barring September games when an occasional team with 98 wins comes to visit). But I’ll take an 86 win playoff team, especially if that team has a key injury return or some reason to think they’ve been underperforming all year…
  19. notin
    Just flipping and flopping like a carp on the sidewalk…
  20. notin
    Sox didn’t win the AL East in 2004 or 2007…
  21. notin
    And use him as your sole source of information. Since you clearly don’t know, most of sports media isn’t there to inform you. They exist solely to create controversy often where none exists so they can bolster ratings. Anyone calling a player “a flop” after 30 games is clearly not there to provide actual information. Holley exists to give reasons to complain to folks either unimaginative enough to come up with their own or folks in desperate search for validation through confirmation bias…
  22. notin
    I would have been disappointed if he sold, but at least it’s a direction and I understood why. I would have preferred buying. But the whole “how about we do nothing?” thing was just plain wrong, stupid and frustrating…
  23. notin
    Hey, Michael Holley - yes, THAT Michael Holley called him a flop. We’re not talking about some random egotistical sports-centric radio personality that spouts premature, stupid and controversial unsupported arguments solely to attain ratings. We’re talking about Michael Holley, a very specific egotistical sports-centric radio personality that spouts premature, stupid and controversial unsupported arguments solely to attain ratings…
  24. notin
    At least you got where it was going. Day drinker? I don’t drink at all, despite my predilection for drug-and-alcohol based jokes. Also I truly believe Durbin will be much better than he has been to date, Harrison will return to Earth, and Gray and Bregman will eventually fade into overpaid obscurity, but at least Gray will/should be elsewhere when that happens.
  25. notin
    Ok then. How about despite that it never actually happened? If your complaint anout Bloom was that he tried some sort of third trade deadline plan, you were clearly not paying attention. Bloom’s deadline issues were that he was notoriously stagnant, rarely making moves at all. In 2021, he did bring in Schwarber and a couple of nondescript RPs to help the bullpen. But after that he never committed to either action in any following deadline, making only borderline useless deals involving borderline useless players. And this includes (and really, gets epitomized in) his biggest post 2021 deadline blockbuster- the 3 team Juan Soto trade where future stars like Soto, Mackenzie Gore, CJ Abrams, and James Wood were all trying on new uniforms. And Boston? We got Eric Hosmer for a former first round pitcher that flamed out faster than asbestos insulation. That was Bloom at the deadline. Deals that don’t improve the present and don’t build for the future. Just stand on the sidelines and watch other teams do either one or the other…
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