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  1. Hugh2
    If we had our 2025 players play like 2025 with our 2026 additions we’d be in first place right now.
  2. Hugh2
    this is truly a weird season. Despite all the flak Breslow gets, he arguably had an amazing offseason. Sonny Gray 2.69 ERA Ranger Suarez 2.83 ERA Wilson Contreras .898 OPS. how often does a team add three players who perform at an elite level and go from a playoff team to last place? If Durbin keeps playing at this level that’s a 4th.
  3. Hugh2
    Yes, the point I was trying to make was someone doesn’t have to be physically gifted enough as an athlete to train someone else to be a better player. you can teach technique, mechanics, motion, a swing, a delivery etc etc. you can’t teach 6’3” you can’t teach being born with a ton of fast twitch muscle fibers. you obviously can’t be a stiff, but some Of the best coaches in all sports have personally had very pedestrian careers as athletes themselves. I do think playing is paramount, and knowing your craft, but not having the stuff to play at the highest level is in no way an indictment on someone’s ability to teach.
  4. Hugh2
    Football is even a stronger example of not needing to be a good player to be a coach. Execution is more dependent on natural physical ability.
  5. Hugh2
    Here and now....for the past month he's been one of baseballs best hitters. Here and now he's a stud.
  6. Hugh2
    The last 3 weeks Durbin in 13th in MLB in wRC+ and 11th in FWar. That slow start still stings. I yearn to see more, but I'm loving the turn around.
  7. Hugh2
    Ok, but Judges coach is the one who was just a college player. Some of the best coaches weren't MLB players and many MLB players make horrible coaches. Having MLB experience just means you are better than 99.99% of baseball players. It's perfectly reasonable that you could only be better than 98% of players, not good enough for the bigs, but have a vast knowledge on human physiology, human performance, and how to teach and be a better coach than all those guys who played the game better than you. The ideal that you have to be a successful MLB player to be a great coach is a myth.
  8. Hugh2
    The coach who fixed Durbin, who is also Aaron Judges private hitting coach never played above D1 college baseball. they certainly need to know baseball, but I don’t think having mob experience means they’ll be a good coach
  9. Hugh2
    Honestly, if I thought Breslow was going to try and save his job by winning more games in a season that is obviously lost and trade the future away for just a few more wins now I'd fire him before the deadline.
  10. Hugh2
    When is the last time the Sox had a legit fire sale? They've done this hug the line crap for years but have never really comitted to a "fire sale" It's not like they've traded away a lot of guys with value the last several years. They have chips this year that could really bring back players who have potential.
  11. Hugh2
    But just why? I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if Devers bounces back a little next year but lets say his decline is real. He has a .729 OPS. Let's say that's is real and that is who he is. How is a .729 OPS guy who can't run, can't field, and is a pain in the butt teammate going to help this team? I think there may be a sense of nostalgia surrounding a player like Devers. But again, I think that ship has sailed.
  12. Hugh2
    I mean we don't HAVE to trade him......but it makes no sense to hold onto him.
  13. Hugh2
    I'd be more excited about the extra money....it's a consolation prize for sucking.
  14. Hugh2
    surprisingly? or unsurprisingly
  15. Hugh2
    Sir, that hole in the bottom of the ship.....it just got bigger.
  16. Hugh2
    We are Three months in and the Sox have gone from last place to first place!!!! The White Sox that is.
  17. Hugh2
    The thing about Devers is if he IS declining, why even take him back at a reduced salary? It's not like he has other tools to carry him if the bat falls off a bit E.G. defense, speed on the bases, leadership etc. etc. I would have been fine with them keeping him, but at this point I believe the ship has sailed.
  18. Hugh2
    I promise to be on point next summer. lol
  19. Hugh2
    I usually pay closer attention in the month leading up to the draft. There is so much more fluidity between what a kid will be between 17/18 and 20/21 than there is when they're 10 years older. Someone who may be a top 10 pick in next years draft might be unheard of right now. Next year, because the pick is likely going to be high, I'm probably going to pay attention a little bit sooner.
  20. Hugh2
    Obviously no one wants a high draft pick, but with the way this season is going I'm going to have to really start paying attention to the 2027 Draft class.
  21. Hugh2
    I mean, he's been outperforming that contract. I believe me and Moon really really wanted him a few years back. But the no spenders had all their dreams come true with a Kike Hernandez & Christian Arroyo infield.
  22. Hugh2
    It's also such an unfair argument to make. ANyone can claim almost anything, and we can work it in reverse too but you notice how they never do that? they never say "Chris Sale wouldn't have done that here" or "Kyle Harrison never would have pitched like that here" When Red Sox players go elsewere and perform well it's a wrong on the organization for letting them go. When Red Sox players go elsewhere and perform bad, they would have been doing better here and it's a wrong on the organization. Although I can see the virtue in such an argument, anything I want to be true can always be hypothetically true.
  23. Hugh2
    IDK, his body language screams annoyed and he's walking away with his helmet up saying things into it. I thought I read somewhere that he slammed his helmet when he got into the dugout too. I don't think it was a language issue, Devers also understands English well, much better than he speaks it. I think this is just his behavior.
  24. Hugh2
    Unless my memory fails me I thought he was a polarizing prospect. Some had serious concerns about the swing while others thought he was going to great
  25. Hugh2
    Considering it's June 22nd that's a very interesting choice.
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