Nick

Geez, back off.....are you telling me that had we swept the Jays, we're not right back in it? I didn't say anything about we can do it.......I'm trying to put a cheer into what is turning out to be another horrible season. Put me on ignore.

1 Bregman is a priority. Extend him. How about 6 years at $40M per, defer it so the tax hit is around $30M. We don't care the cash outlay, we only care about the AAV. I think he's just a good hitter especially at Fenway. Good defender at 3b so we don't have to worry about that position. Our window of opportunity realistically starts in 2026. That's when Crochet's 6 year deal begins. We HAVE to take advantage of it.... 2 We need one deal at the trade deadline packaging several players to entice someone to return us a team controlled starting pitcher. I don't want all one for one trade get a fringe reliever type. 3 As much as I'm not a big fan of Story, as long as we don't have a legit 2B, we need to keep him. I'd prefer Mayer at SS and Story at 2B. Mayer is our future shortstop. Let him play there. Unfortunately Cora would never go for it. Story is the second coming of Kike Hernandez for Cora. But Bregman, Story and Mayer works for me. 4. We need a legit 1B. I don't care how we do it. Go get him. 5 If we are giving up on 2025, trade Chapman and then sign him as a FA, 2 year $30M. 6 Starting Rotation...give our young arms chance to show us what they have...Houck has no value to trade him. Let him turn back into a reliever. Let him pitch hard for one inning. Kutter will be out. 7 Duran and Chapman should be our big pieces. Throw in couple of prospects and get a solid starter in return with some team controlled. 3 or 4 years would be nice. 8 We are basically down to Crochet, Bello and Dobbins for now. If we can't get any value for him, then we keep Giolito so thins don't get out of hand. So in summary, Moon. Extend Bregman, Package Duran, Chapman and couple of prospects to obtain a solid starting pitcher that won't get hurt, lol, trade back Buehler to the Dodgers for prospects, maybe take on his entire salary to get a better return and sign a team controlled 1B. C Narvaez 1B Trade Acquisition 2B Mayer SS Story 3B Bregman lF Anthony CF Rafaela RF Abreu DH Refsnyder/Yoshida/Gonzalez/Narvaez SP 1 Crochet SP 2 Trade 3 Bello 4 Dobbins 5 Giolito (we're getting thin with Kutter gone and Houck struggline) Too tired to think about our bullpen without Chapman. Whitlock is turning into Matt Barnes.

Looks like we need to score 6+ runs to win....here's the break out. 0-2 when scoring 0 runs (duh) 1-11 when scoring 1 run 4-10 when scoring 2 runs 5-23 when scoring 2 runs or less (-18) 7-4 when scoring 3 runs 5-4 when scoring 4 runs 4-6 when scoring 5 runs 21-37 when scoring 5 runs or less (-16) 19-5 when scoring 6+ runs 40-42 (our record is not good at 4 and 5 runs scored)

We get a sweep and we're right back in it.

PRIORITY #1 WHILE LOOKING FOR PITCHING HELP ENTEND/SIGN BREGMAN.....GOOD DEFENSE, GREAT BAT ESPECIALLY AT FENWAY. DON'T MESS THIS UP MR. BRESLOW.

Fitts has started 6 times. The team has lost all of his six starts. Fitts, Houck, Newcomb combo has yielded 4-16 team record. Now we have flame throwing relievers that can't throw strikes. How does Tampa Bay do it? Pitcher after pitcher.

I am just tired of watching this team finding a new way to lose each time out.

Crawford will undergo surgery on his right wrist, likely ending his season. Manager Alex Cora said it was an accidental off-field injury. (Last updated: June 25) What the hell is wrong with our team? Another player falling off a bike or something stupider? Now Kutter will enter 2026 in the same condition he was in this year. Frekin' unbelievable. Everyone wants to collect disability on this team.

It still feels like we're at the beginning of a rebuild with our three amigos plus Narvaez the starting point. Obviously the big dog is Crochet. You need a lock down bullpen for 7, 8, 9th innings. Buehler was big disappointment. There are just too many teams in the mix for the playoffs. I don't care about playoffs anymore. We're .500 team. I care that we figure out what we have and go with it. We can't just continue to play Russian roulette with our lineup.

If Tanner Houck was pitching for another team, he would be perfect pickup for the Red Sox. We'd sign him to a two year deal, maybe not expecting him to pitch this year. Thinking we can rehab him for the start of 2026 season. Only the sox goes around looking for pennies under a rock.

Mayer looks comfortable at pretty much any infield position, I'm guessing. Hamilton, Campbell and Gonzalez can look shaky out there....I like Gonzalez at 1B the most.

Finally, we have Mayer playing 2B. He needs to be either at short or 2B.

What type of return can we expect for following? Bregman Duran Chapman Buehler Giolito Are we getting in return middle of the pack starters, relievers and position players. Do we parade all of our young starters and find out what we have? I'm thinking of Kyle Harrison, Hunter Dobbins, Richard Fitts, etc. Let's see what we have going into 2026. What team can 'go for it' with the additions of Bregman, Duran and Chapman? What young, established starting pitcher can we get?

I can wait patiently. We need to play little bit over .500. Get some reinforcement not only at the trade deadline but get as many players back from IL. Then at some point we need go on a serious run. We need Bregman to come back as soon as he can. Looks like Buehler is first one out. It appears Kutter will not return any time soon. I have no confidence in Houck. So that leaves us with Crochet and Bello. We need for guys like Hicks to get off the IL. See what he can do with 100mph pitch. Is Kyle Harrison even an option for the stretch run? Our infield defense should get better with the return of Bregman. Then I don't have to see Hamilton as much. Bregman, Mayer and Story should be pretty sound defensively. Rafaela has stepped up his game. Stellar defense to go with .721 OPS. It's .918 in June. We need a full time 1B to bridge the gap to Casas. Not sure how much the sox are relying on him in 2026. We have tons of holes but Pitching comes first. Pitching, Pitching and more Pitching.

I definitely agree about Cora letting Anthony know that he has confidence in him. I applause him for that. Obviously, knowing the result makes me a genius in critiquing Cora.. I realize that Buehler had another horrendous performance. But, the game was tied 5-5 when we loaded the bases with one out. Someone has to make the big play and unfortunately we did not.......just frustrating.

Another choke job by Whitlock. His best year was his rookie year. 3 Freaking walks to go with getting hit....... Cora missed an opportunity to hit Refsnyder for Anthony, bases loaded, one out. He at least would have made a contact. Ugh.

Sorry, it's only for 'qualified' players. We don't get to 15 because a team may have multiple players playing that position or especially in the catching category, it's hard for one catcher to play enough games to 'qualify'. So in Rafaela's case, only 8 players in AL out of 15 teams 'qualify' in center field. (enough AB or probably plate appearance).

Getting a second ace like pitcher is the fastest way for this team to become playoff bound. Pitching rules.

"You suck"...Nick made me say it.

Going with youth.... Anthony-LF Mayer-SS Narvaez-C Rafaela-CF Abreu-RF Veteran keepers, Bregman-3B I'm over Duran. Having moved out of lead off bat, he has become 'pedestrian'. Need 1B and 2B. Rotate in above 6 at DH. Might as well bring up Grissom and Password.

Duran has become very average Cumulative OPS .714. He is 8/9 of qualified center fielders in AL. .759 April OPS .697 May OPS .653 June OPS Steadily going down.

Ralaela .682 April OPS .698 May OPS .920 June OPS .719 cumulative OPS is 6/8 in AL. With his defense, he is doing great lately.

Story .784 ops in June .432 ops in May .757 ops in April I will shut up. He is playing his best. He is12/12 in AL ops at .633 though. May really hurt him.

I appreciate Cora doing everything he can to win each game. I really do. The problem with playing so many players at different positions is that defense suffers as result of it. We can talk about how these are professionals and that they should be able to field a position but the reality obviously is not as easy as we think. If having a left handed hitter requires an automatic platooning, why have a left handed dominant team? Why not just go for Bregman's of the world. I think Cora loves getting involved at all times and I'm not sure if it's best for the team. Breslow keeps talking about building a team that can consistently win but I don't see that taking place. I rather see Mayer moved to short, where we were told that's his position. Move Story to second. Plug someone at third who can play defense. See how simple that is? We have two pretty good defenders not playing at their best position. It's a struggle at 2B anyway, plugging someone at 3B won't be much worse. Having 3 left handed bats in the OF for 2 spots is not sustainable. Sure we have the DH spot but what happens when a lefty is on the mound? I'm sorry. This feels like a MASH unit.

Giolito had only throw 83 pitches. You have to let these veterans throw 100 pitches. Was it too hot in San Fran today? Crochet, Buehler and Giolito should get 100 pitches as long as the team is in the game. I think Giolito is a gutsy pitcher. When he sucks, he sucks and admits it. But he's pitched well on road games this year. Take him out if we were down but it was 5-5 I think. Pitching Pitching Pitching....find a 2nd ace.