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The Boulevard of Broken Dreams?

I think I’d get excited on some level if we could just score in 3 separate innings…

The Padres would have no interest in Bogaerts. They have so many shortstops now that they’re playing them all over the field. St. Louis makes more sense. Ditto Philadelphia (unless they’re selling too), and maybe Miami if the Sox eat some cash. If Boston is a seller and tries to deal Bogaerts, the good news is there won’t be a glut of talented shortstops up for sale…

The Sox tried to get Jason Stallings last off-season. Maybe Carson Kelly will be the next target. (The rapid rise of Alek Thomas has pushed Daulton Varsho out of CF and back behind the plate.)

I don’t think that’s how she spells it..

Gee he’s doing as well as a unit that struggles to score so badly that you wouldn’t notice a difference if MLB replaced all the basepaths with quicksand…

The staff got beat by home runs from Travis Demeritte and Orlando Arica. I’m not sure of your reasons either…

He did hit it off outfielder Brett Phillips in a game that was already 10-0. Maybe he does it again in another blowout game where he gets to face a right-handed throwing position player…

They are helped immensely by having a farm system that produces a steady stream of talented MLB players. Look at their lineup; only Goldschmidt and Arenado came from other organizations. And they even replace from within. DeJong out; Edmond Sosa in.

Barnes for Price? Straight up. No money…

Maybe Hill should be allowed to pitch a 5th inning once in a while…

Including taking back what the Sox owe him?

If Xander wants $200mill over 6 years, I’d be surprised if he found a taker. You’re probably looking at 2 prime years before he starts to decline for which he gets $66.7 mill and then 4 years of his descent that earns him $133.4 mill. I don’t think many teams will want 2/3 of a $30mill AAV contract after the age of 32…

That might happen more often than we realize…

You conveniently forget about the 10th inning and its stopper - Matt Barnes. He's the stopper because when he comes in, you best stop watching ...

Sox bullpen - 122 IP 4.19ERA Sox starters - 137 IP 3,28 ERA But the bullpen has an ERA of 3.85 among pitchers whose names do not rhyme with Bat Marnes...

Can the Sox get double digit runs for the first time this year? (Are they the only team that hasn’t scored double digit runs in a game?)

I’m fine with him getting holds…

I know it’s only been 5 innings, but really liking the early returns on Schreiber. Solid waiver claim…

Get a runner in scoring position with no one out - and never move him over…

The bottom line is he is allowed to spend, but there is a budget (number unknown to me). So inheriting a big payroll does leave him less wiggle room towards said budget. Hence the dumpster diving/bargain basement shopping/discount discovering/whatever, And when it comes to Bogaerts, it’s quite possible that they knew/suspected he wouldn’t sign for anything close to 6/$140mill, so Story came in as a pre-emptive replacement…

They knew what they were doing. They were loudly and boldly telling their fans “money will not be an obstacle. They are well aware both players will decline rapidly, as nearly all long term free agents do. Heck I know it. Absolutely no way I know anything about Seager and Semien they don’t know. And when those (or any players) decline, will the fans think “hey, they tried all those years ago”? Or will they forget about the ridiculous deals on the declining players and expect the team to still spend? We all know the answer. You yourself think Story was not Bloom’s idea but was foisted on him by Henry. And many have called up Bloom for “dumpster diving” because we want to blame this team’s ineptitude on his frugality. But the reality is, even with the dumpster diving, the Sox have the 6th highest payrolll in MLB. And there is a definite possibility that Bloom’s frugality takes into account that he is paying some $84 mill this year - well over one third of his payroll - to four players, one of whom is sitting at home and another is on a whole different team. Did you get excited about Price in 2016? Probably. A lot of people did. But Price came with, well, a price. And the Sox are still paying that Price price, which certainly impacts the team today. This does impact Bogaerts. What do you suppose he wants in what is obviously his last chance to really cash in? And will he be worth it at the end of his deal? I suspect he would get 6 yrs $150 mill in free agency, but I could be wrong. I do know it makes more sense to shoot for the moon with Boston because he still has free agency if things don’t work out the way he wants. It’s a tough call. Fans want the player when he’s still good. But not when things ho wrong. You haven’t been calling him “Chris Frail” as a term of endearment, have you?

All big market free agency is done “just to appease the fans.” Do you think Texas paid nearly $500 million for Seager and Semien because they thought both were going to be good players for 10 and 7 years respectively?

True, but also why it has an opt out…

No. Not the point. But if a player chooses to be represented by Boras, what does that tell you?