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  1. notin
    Arrighetti is a strikeout machine again. Having him face Story could lead to a strikeout in just two pitches..
  2. notin
    The same lineup was 7th in the league in scoring last year, and was 8th in the league in runs scored after trading Devers. They didn’t drop 18 places in runs scored because they replaced Bregman with a Durbin. A lot of players are flat out underperforming. Including some pitchers, which magnifies the situation…
  3. notin
    … which points to “not necessarily a pile of dung roster” as the primary issue.
  4. notin
    Exactly what graphs and data from my last post are you claiming I’m clinging to? If you’re going to start pointing “it’s all just stats to you” finger, at least use it when I use stats. And that’s an interesting point about his 3 All Stars. Crochet is pretty young, so no shock. But Bregman made his first All Star game since 2019 and Chapman made his first since 2021. You do realize this is turning into pro-Breslow logic, right? I mean, you’re essentially saying he brought in these players on the downsides of their careers exactly when they were due to bounce back, and did it multiple times. Either that’s just insanely lucky, or insanely good. And really, if it’s either one, why are you questioning his decisions and supporting it with third-hand stories?
  5. notin
    Anthony isn’t chasing curveballs in the dirt because Story was batting behind him instead of Bregman. And if Bregman needs a chance to make all those adjustments, why isn’t the same courtesy extended to Durbin? Im not even a Durbin fan. He’s a borderline starting middle infielder in my book, and possibly not even the best one acquired in that trade. But why is Bregman suddenly the panacea? He was good (not great) in limited action last year, and he is more likely than not to decline at a Story-esque pace before that contract is through. And if you do not like the budget limitations Henry has put on this team, will you like them more while Bregman, who has not been an elite player for 8 years now, eats up a bigger chunk of that budget as he spirals past mediocrity? His unquantifiable coaching help was probably a bigger statement about the Sox thankfully departed coaching staff. Dialing back, Durbin is definitively better than Monasterio. Probably not the highest praise he has ever received…
  6. notin
    Yes, it’s terrible to be hit with the only actual facts when there are literally thousands of suppositions we can cling to that lead to better made up scenarios. I mean, those real life “toiling elsewhere” scenarios are valid for players who have moved on (or been moved) and are succeeding. Where is the “but we don’t know if he stayed” logic then?
  7. notin
    If the only choices are Bregman, Suarez and Durbin in some combination, only one of those 3 is doing anything right now. If the Sox had Bregman and his 0.7 bWAR, would they really be that much better than they are with Durbin and his 0.4 bWAR? The Sox might be 13.3-18.7 right now, instead of 13-19…
  8. notin
    Maybe because he finished 9th in the American League in ERA last year…
  9. notin
    Again, he wanted an aging star. Who cares where he was a star in the past?
  10. notin
    I think they anticipated Ellsbury departing after 2011, so the replaced him a year early when the opportunity presented itself…
  11. notin
    Why would they need to go to bullpen games (always a bad idea) or Anderson? They have 5 pitchers in the rotation now. While no one might like him, Bello has been neither demoted nor injured and will take his turn into the rotation very likely until 2 pitchers return from IL at a minimum…
  12. notin
    A continued vendetta against utility infielders. Durbin is certainly as issue. IKF barely plays, and with Cora gone is likely to see a down tick in playing time, assuming Tracy is not as committed to forcing platoons wherever possible…
  13. notin
    Is Schwarber a star? Story has more Silver Sluggers than Schwarber and more top ten MVP finishes with only one less All Star appearance. And remember, the ask was for aging stars. Story certainly qualifies as an aging star…
  14. notin
    So… Story?
  15. notin
    That information was not available at the time of the trade…
  16. notin
    Given his plate discipline, contact rate and pull-happy tendencies, I can see why he was on the list. He’s like Paredes, but either way less pop..,
  17. notin
    I live in Chicago. We don’t have crocodiles, which is good because if we did, they’d have access to and know how to use automatic weapons…
  18. notin
    Let’s not overlook that they have one of the highest payrolls and one of the worst records in MLB and managed to sneak an 11 game losing streak in there. Probably bigger factors than Cora being available. Dombrowski fired Girardi in 2022 because the team was massively underperforming. He didn’t can Girardi solely because Rob Thomson was available…
  19. notin
    Duran’s baserunning advantage is nullified by his .231 OBP…
  20. notin
    Hanley is clearly insane and owns a gun, which is why I was (jokingly) reluctant to accuse him…
  21. notin
    You just need to take more Orange Sunshine…
  22. notin
    Perhaps he is baiting all the pitchers in MLB? You know, like he wanders the lonely halls of Fenway loudly proclaiming “Woe is me. I can only hit pitches down the middle. Throw a pitch up and in and I’m as powerless as the king at Medieval Times.” Then one day, in a key at bat, some pitcher will throw him one up and in and WHAM! Duran gets hit by the pitch!
  23. notin
    Because Schwarber’s defense is so bad that he couldn’t catch COVID if he licked every doorknob in 2020? I mean, thats all I got on it…
  24. notin
    Swanson was a pretty mediocre player the bulk of his career with the Braves. Before the outlier 2022 season, his career OPS+ was 90. And he has always had one of the weakest arms of any MLB starting SS. Great hands and range, but throws like a 6 year old girl using her weak arm. It’s been working out great for the Cubs, but I don’t fault any team for looking past Swanson…
  25. notin
    So the Sox real failure was not signing Kyle Schwarber to play 2b….
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