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  1. notin
    Despite that it got us Wilyer Abreu?
  2. notin
    Well, the answer should be “get prospects now” rather than questionable Allen Craig/Yoenis Cespedes vets that were acquired during previous deadline fire sales. Then come November, you have more prospect capital to trade for players you need. I thought when I said: “Get prospects. If we need vets (and we do) those trades can be made in the off-season, when no one is limited to selling or buying”, that I was being fairly explicit that it shouldn’t be a straight prospect build. Also bear in mind, teams that want Chapman will NOT be trading RHH sluggers in July/August. November might be a different story…
  3. notin
    Considering there has been zero traction in Breslow’s search for a right-handed hitter (such the rarity!!) going on how many weeks now, chances look better by the day this team will be selling. Hopefully Breslow doesn’t go all Cherington on us and acquire veterans. Get prospects. If we need vets (and we do) those trades can be made in the off-season, when no one is limited to selling or buying,…
  4. notin
    And we lost out on Meidroth!!
  5. notin
    The Athletics are well into the postseason hunt and trying to shake their cheap image as they make slowly make their way towards Vegas. At tjis stage in the season, Boston might be better off trying to find the next Brent Rooker rather than throwing away more potential future pieces chasing the 2026 season. When the A’s acquired Rooker, he was a 27 year old journeyman with minimal games and even less performance for three different MLB teams. Candidates to be the next Brent Rooker might be someone like Justin Foscue or <sigh> Jo Adell. It keeps coming back to Adell…
  6. notin
    And then manage it like you still have Manny and Ortiz coming up next. Milwaukee has a higher groundball rate, lower flyball rate, only hit 5 more home runs, and somehow scored NINETY FOUR MORE RUNS THAN BOSTON, not including last night. Why? Because they don’t play station-to-station baseball…
  7. notin
    Also I think you have multiple years of one vs a single year of the other. If Boston really had $98mill of this year’s payroll on the IL and in the minors, thats a really good excuse for struggling, not ineptitude. Especially since only like $9mill is in AAA…
  8. notin
    Ummm…. Sure. Got yourself some homegrown Columbian Bitcoin today, I see…
  9. notin
    I think it’s our own internal boneheads and not Driveline…
  10. notin
    I have a feeling this is comparing two very different things…
  11. notin
    Because Boston keeps emphasizing a “one side fits all” approach to hitting rather than letting hitters do what got them to MLB in the first place…
  12. notin
    Every team in MLB uses Driveline…
  13. notin
    Not entirely sure the Red Sox need more rookies right now. Does everyone really regret the Crochet deal? Recently I’ve heard the Six shouldn’t have included Meidroth, and now they shouldn’t have included Montgomery. Is Crochet unwanted or do folks think the White Sox were going to just hand him over?
  14. notin
    I looked it up. Felix Hernandez hit his only career home run off of Santana. Oops. I was off by 13 years and about 85 pounds…
  15. notin
    Wasn’t it off of Johan Santana?
  16. notin
    Who said raking, Mr. Goalpostmover?
  17. notin
    Strumming your fingers together like Montgomery Burns watching Homer approach the poison donut is NOT applause…
  18. notin
    So therefore he’s not improving?
  19. notin
    You know she spied for the Nazis, right?
  20. notin
    Durbin is clearly better than what he did in April and May. He started slow last year as well. Apparently the Sox butchered his swing to make him a hitter he wasn’t. He’s not going to carry this team to the postseason, but he should be a better hitter the rest of the way.
  21. notin
    And did they make up the number or provide a source or data? There are, per the questionably complete list of free agents on MLBTR accompanied wuth slapdash counting on my part, 26 mutual options in this year’s free agents on MLBTR class. 1-2 of them should be exercised at that rate. I can see sime if the cheaper Gary Sánchez/Ramon Urias/Griffin Canning options being exercised by both sides. Players likely to generate very little interest but would be more expensive to replace. Chapman only exercises his part if the rest of his season is a failure…
  22. notin
    And both sides exercising a mutual option is extremely rare. Chapman makes a ton of sense to trade…
  23. notin
    The horror!! Fans stand by their team!! How dare they be loyal!
  24. notin
    Yes, that you will complain no matter what…
  25. notin
    So do you have a point?
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