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  1. Nick
    $281M(Yankees) vs $196M (Sox)....can we close the gap? And the Yankees still want Bellinger.
  2. Nick
    Red Sox’ short postseason has Alex Cora wanting more: ‘Playing three games is not good enough’ And he wants the fans to do what?
  3. Nick
    So the Sox acquired another outfield/infielder who bats from left side? And dumped the remaining left handed reliever? Is it our goal to acquire tons of fringe players with speed? Don't we already have Eaton and Sogard?
  4. Nick
    My expectations for this winter is not very high. I keep hearing in my head why we weren't able to sign anyone we wanted....Bres is killing me inside my head. It's on a loop....."it just didn't work out for us....you know both sides have to agree....etc, etc, etc."
  5. Nick
    Ok, you got a point there.....
  6. Nick
    "Mayer’s injury history should be another concern if he replaces Bregman or Story. It’s fair to question whether the Sox can rely on him to be available for the majority of a 162-game season." What the hell is wrong with him? Does he have some type of physical disability? What? No toughness? Why do we keep talking about his injuries? Are they abnormal? Why would you think he won't be able to play 162 games? If that's the true belief, then get rid of him. I have never seen so much whining over a 24 year old prime in his life.
  7. Nick
    The Bad There was one sole thing that dampened Whitlock’s glorious season: If and when he went more than one inning, he usually had a harder time. This was unfortunately the most evident during the Wild Card series, when he was called on to pitch the most he had the entire season and wasn’t able to keep the Sox in a good spot to (try to) win. After getting tasked with pitching two innings for the first time in (what feels like) ages, and throwing more pitches in a relief outing than he ever has in his career, he couldn’t keep the game tied, gave up the go-ahead run on an RBI single, and nearly completely fell apart after that. I'm not convinced. His best year was his freshman year.
  8. Nick
    I am 50/50 on what Bres will do this fall. I just don't want to hear "we tried but the numbers didn't work....."Lets not forget all of his failings with starting pitchers", saved by Crochet get. 2023 Corey Kluber $10M 2024 Lucas Giolito $38.5M for one year's production 2024 Liam Hendricks $10M for nothing 2025 Walker Buehler $21.5M 2025 Yoshida $18M....he's really added a piece to our world series hopes.... JUST PAY WHATEVER IT TAKES TO ACQUIRE SKUBAL....QUIT BARGAIN HUNTING IN THE MASH UNIT Right now, we're not good enough to beat the Dodgers. Isn't that the point?
  9. Nick
    7. The best Red Sox player or prospect traded will be: COTILLO: Ceddanne Rafaela My hot take of the winter is that the Red Sox are going to find Duran’s value to be lower than they expect and Rafaela’s to be much higher than expected across the game. Therefore, headlining a trade package with Rafaela — most teams won’t balk at the six years and $48 million (plus a club option) he’s guaranteed — can’t be ruled out. Trading the Gold Glover is not Plan A for the Sox but would allow a (left-to-right) outfield of Anthony, Duran (who is better in center than left) and Abreu with someone like Schwarber getting a full load of DH at-bats. Can we just move away from 3 lefty hitting outfielders? I will not shed a tear over Duran leaving. You get to keep 2 Gold Glovers, young outfielders not named Anthony. Why is this so difficult?
  10. Nick
    Interesting that we've not heard much about Sandoval. Earlier there was talk about him coming back in September to pitch. Silence. If he's unable to pitch until say, July, then I have serious problem with our evaluation of pitchers. Sometime it's better to spend little more money and get a sure thing. Someone who can pitch actual INNINGS. Sure the faithfuls will dismiss it saying well, it's ONLY $18.5M. Somehow Chapman's 2 year $24M looks like a bargain compared to Sandovals if things don't work out. This organization has pissed away more money on 'marginal' players than our government.
  11. Nick
    Good observation....
  12. Nick
    If Bres doesn't understand the 'it' factor that Crochet added to the Sox organization then he's learned NOTHING. You have Anthony on the positional side, you need to build around Crochet and NOT with slew of #5 pitchers, and I consider Bello and Giolito (stupid signing in my opinion, how many rehab years are we paying for this guy?) to be the latter. Walker and Giolito salaries will pay for the Crochet's new contract. We have the sunken cost of Sandoval to take over the 'Walker' experiment. I would rather go with the outfield trio of Anthony, Rafaela and Password if that means we can acquire Skubal. Trade for Skubal, extend him and pick up a legit power bat (and I'm not talking about Bregman).
  13. Nick
    You go get an elite arm if you have a chance to acquire him. The goal is to win the World Series. You don't do that by collecting marginal starting pitching.
  14. Nick
    In 2025, he ranked fifth in the NPB in home runs with 22 and first in OPS at 1.043 despite only playing in 56 games. Murakami missed a large portion of the season due to an oblique injury that kept him sidelined. That pace projected to 74 home runs over a full season, which would shatter his original record. Why do we keep doing this to ourselves? Another player coming off an oblique injury. Haven't we had enough of this? I just want to scream into Bresblows.
  15. Nick
    Not convinced he's a $40M guy.
  16. Nick
    “Sometimes those work out, sometimes they don’t,” Breslow added. “But I think we had a good process, we had good information. And our hope is we’re going to find ourselves eight months from now or whatever it is in late July with a really good team that we believe in that we’re looking to bolster all over again.” Excuses, excuses, excuses. Just get the damn job done.
  17. Nick
    “I learned a lot about the value of building relationships and having clear communication and spending time with the coaching staff and spending time with the players and certainly with (manager) Alex (Cora),” Breslow added. “And having honest conversations, uncomfortable as they may be at times. So I think the short answer there is, I’ve learned a ton.” So we had a trainee running our ball club? I can't imagine DD every saying what Breslow admitted here.
  18. Nick
    I wouldn't be comfortable giving him a 3 year deal with how he started out with us and ended with us.
  19. Nick
    I'm not sure why we need to extend a broken down veteran in Giolito. He is literally one throw away from season ending injury. I thought Sandoval was his replacement? We also have Kutter coming back along with Dobbins and Fitts. We have Early, Harrison and Criswell along with Crochet and Bello. Have we given up already as a starter on Tolle? I'm guessing we still have new names in the organization such as this year's draftees. 15 of 20 draftees of 2025 were pitchers. Save the $20M and use it to acquire another need.
  20. Nick
    I sure wish we could get rid of Yoshida. That will give our OF a chance to DH from time to time, especially Anthony who is playing all the games. Then with a full time 1B, that may free up Gonzalez to DH vs left handed pitcher when Anthony takes outfield. Cora has to juggle too many balls in the air. It needs to come down a bit and stabilize the roster.
  21. Nick
    There’s also an overcrowded four-players-into-three-spots dilemma to be solved in the outfield and an undeniable need for additional power. So you are saying our management is not serious about upgrading what's needed?
  22. Nick
    We need a proven power bat. Someone that can hit 40HR. I don't see anyone on this team with that power. Not even if reup Bregman. What one player signing would that be? Schwarber. Give the man his money.
  23. Nick
    A message to Bresblows. Quit signing guys that's rehabbing. The team is full of broken down pitchers. You did the right thing by bringing in and extending Crochet. That should be the model. There's no substitute for ace quality starting pitching. If you want to win the whole enchilada, go fine arms. So what if you give up positional players. They are a dime a dozen.
  24. Nick
    Whitlock is a Matt Barnes clone. A whimper and folds like a bad poker player.
  25. Nick
    He sucks.
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