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“The effort is there. The results are not there,” Cora said. “We show up tomorrow and I would never doubt the way we prepare, the way we go about it. Right now, they’re playing better than us.” We expect "effort" from professional athletes. I expect "effort" from my high school team. Effort is requirement, not asked. It's a bottom line game at the professional level. WE SUCKED! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO FIX IT? MR. KENNEDY IS AMAZED SOME FANS THINK WE ARE CHEAP. I GOT A MESSAGE FOR YOU MR. KENNEDY. WE'RE NOT CHEAP. BUT WE SURE SPEND MONEY UNWISELY. HOW ABOUT GETTING VALUE IN RETURN? At the end of the day, I don't want us to sign Xander for f***ing sentimentality. Sign him to whatever if he's worth it. f*** the intangibles. That's what losers say. Hey have a nice Sunday everybody.
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We all know our pitching situation. But our offense looks tired and old to me. Sure looks like we're staring at the sky climbing out of basement.
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Pham and or Ref as DH definitely does not make me excited. Not the path to "we're going to be way better".
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Well said....we're looking for high ceiling kids, not a utility player.
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Sure thing for 2023, Position players. 1. By now I'm guessing Bloom is happy with the catching tandem of McGuire/Wong. We got younger and cheaper. Typical Bloom. 2. By just staying healthier, Story will be better in 2023. 3. Devers, has chance to improve as he will be playing for mega contract. 4. Casas, sure looks like an upgrade from 2022. No doubt he and Hosmer are better defensive 1B. 5. Verdugo, management hopes he continues improve 6. Kike, not sure we get "much better" with him returning. 7. SS 8. DH 9. RH....sure could use a big bat in this spot.
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yep Fixing 20-46 record vs AL East won't be easy without infusion of new talent.
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You may end up being right. I'm willing to give him couple of more years. But I will hold him to his statement told to Kike, "the team will be MUCH better". This will be an interesting off season. I appreciate that organizational depth MAY and PROBABLY HAS improved. As a coach, I'm looking for high ceiling kids that are impact players. My own personal experience tells me that bunch of average players will not lead to championships. What young talent do we actually have? I see Bello as one and Casas maybe another. Perhaps Whitlock and Houck will get there. (We will get the answer in 2023 for them). I'm hopeful that Mata will get there. But the Seabolds of the world doesn't impress me.
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Sure thing for 2023. SP1 SP2 SP3 Pivetta SP4 SP5 Bello others; Sale, Paxton(?), Winckowski, Cutter, Seabold Closer Houck RP 1 Barnes RP 2 Whitlock RP 3 Schreiber RP 4 RP 5 RP 6 RP 7 others; Brasier, Ort, Kelly, Bazardo, German, C McGuire 1B Casas 2B Story SS 3B Devers LF Pham CF Kike RF Verdugo DH Utility Wong, Arroyo, Chang, Dalbec, Refsnyder, Hosmer Need an ace type to go along with Wacha/Eovaldi. This looks the same team to me. Need couple of big free agent signings outside of Xander/Wacha.
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https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2022/09/red-soxs-christian-vazquez-trade-was-unpopular-but-replacement-reese-mcguire-may-be-longterm-answer.html Good read on our catcher Reese McGuire. I like it that he's a left handed hitting catcher. He's under team control for three more years and he's only 27 (Vaz turned 32 recently). Getting rid of "I just can't throw strikes Dieckman" and getting in return McGuire goes into Bloom's win column.
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Tell me again how ownership group "held those teams back" with Yaz, Williams and others? I didn't realize owners could buy free agents back then. I see how easy it is to change history.
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Trevor Story ‘would love’ Red Sox to sign Xander Bogaerts longterm; ‘I want to play with him for a long, long time’ I don't doubt Xander's durability, not sure about Story.
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Yeah, I just disagree with Moon on this.... There would have been a one year overlap with JD who is making $22M this year vs Schwarber's $19.75M. Sox could have traded JD at some point. Would it be horrible not to be saddled with Story's contract?
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Don't we already have enough 'if's' in Sale and Paxton? That's $32M in dead money along with Price's $16M this year.
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I still lament the fact we did not sign Schwarber. He's hit 40 HR, 85 RBI and his OPS is .796. What's more amazing is 32 of his homers came as a leadoff hitter, along with 68 RBI. Sure would have been nice to have him hit 4th in the Sox lineup, behind Devers and Xander.
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9/20 SOX @ Reds 6:40PM ET
Nick replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Got to do it... We're Wong, Chang, Pham Reds tonight. -
Red Sox cutting Kevin Plawecki seems to have ruffled feathers in clubhouse | Chris Cotillo This is NOT NBA. Players don't get to pick teammates. I want to see the two catchers we now have on the roster. Why not bring up Hernandez too? I really don't care what Hill and Eovaldi thinks. Last time I checked, Cora is the manager. Didn't we go through this with Vaz? No one really seems to care now.
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There's absolutely no reason to play JD at this point. WE ARE 20-42 VS AL EAST WHEN IT MATTERED. We know what we have in JD. Give someone else a chance. Why play Story? Why chance him getting injured? Get the injured guys out of lineup.
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As an old timer, I think it sucks that we suck at hitting positions, 3 outfield positions and 1B.
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It would be interesting to see run average, capped at +4 differential each game. So assuming this game stays at 11-4, Sox would get credit for 8 runs.
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Do we need to see JD anymore?
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It says mediocre to me.
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This is post #12...it says everything we need to know about what the fans think of Red Sox these days..... 7-3 lead and Ort walks two guys......get rid of pitchers that can't throw strikes. Ok...2 K's. Much better...
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Our starting pitching without outside addition is NOT adequate to improve the team. This has to be the starting point. We need 2 aces to go along with Sale (assuming healthy) Paxton (assuming healthy) Pivetta (he's establishing himself as 4/5 starter) Bello Wacha (assuming he comes back to the Sox)
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So MassLive has an article about going with the tandem of McGuire and Wong. Arbitration 1 guy and a league minimum guy. So we have on the cheap C Wong/McGuire 1B Casas (league minimum) SS TBD DH TBD LF Pham ($6M) CF Kike ($10M) RF Verdugo (arb 2, earning $3.5M this year) As fill ins , we have Hosmer, Arroyo, Refsnyder, Chang, Dalbec, Cordero. If Xander is not resigned then we should have loads of money to "make the team, way better".
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We have a winner....quit sugar coating it. Love him but unwilling to spend $30M on the guy.
