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  1. Hugh2
    I’d love some Brody Bumilla with our next pick
  2. Hugh2
    Brewers just took a guy ranked 107th with the 25th pick. remember these rankings don’t mean much in the end. It’s just on groups list that is just a snapshot of time. There are 30 teams out there with their own lists that all vary vastly.
  3. Hugh2
    Kind of reminds me of the time the reached to draft Mickey Romero and toon Roman Anthony later
  4. Hugh2
    This dude has elite elite contact skills. Sox probably think they can add power to his swing, if they can he’ll be a stud. sox also had the 8th smallest bonus pool, they will go underslot here to go overslot in the later rounds.
  5. Hugh2
    Jack Schaffner is what the internets is reporting. Big reach, probably looking to spread money
  6. Hugh2
    I agree. Those are the top candidates to sell but I'm listening in on anyone not named Crochet and Anthony.
  7. Hugh2
    I'm still in camp sell. But if the Red Sox can get to over .500 before the trade deadline I might be compelled otherwise.
  8. Hugh2
    Well conversely someone has to lose games, which is what the Red Sox WERE doing then. But here and now.....here and now they're winning games.
  9. Hugh2
    I can get on board with that. If I can come over to the "dark side" and join you for a moment: My concern is, they're going to play well enough to be in it but still clearly not a top contender. They might be hovering right around .500 at the deadline with all the questions you have. Then theyr'e stuck in that position of do we sell or do we buy, and they just HUG the line like they've done in years past. Losing sucks, but it almost made things easier before they went on this recent run. At least you knew what they should do. It's kind of hard to justify selling a whole team off who is playing their asses off right now. I certainly don't envy Breslow, and at least we have a few more weeks to figure it out.
  10. Hugh2
    I mean there's always something going on somewhere....if beating those teams without those players is less impressive then doesn't not having our players negate that? Or is it just cup half empty all the time? This team isnt' worth investing in yet, but they're playing really good......and at some point you're going to have to jump on the hype train. Eventually you're just going to be a debbie downer, unless of course the Sox start sucking again and we all jump off the hype train.....I suppose then you can tell us all "see I told you so Mwahahahahaha" honestly, I'm not convinced this recent upswing is sustainable, but at some point we have to come around. I'm not yet convinced...I'm just hopeful.
  11. Hugh2
    Sox are still below .500 but with last nights win they did reach .500 vs. teams above .500
  12. Hugh2
    It's a hard sell to say so, but we've seen the garbage that has changed hands over the years. I wouldn't be surprised if someone thinks they can do something with him.....probably for peanuts though.
  13. Hugh2
    The Yankees and the White Sox didn't do it for you?
  14. Hugh2
    We swept both the Yankees and White Sox during our current hot streak. Both teams where division leaders. well not NY anymore, thanks to us.
  15. Hugh2
    Right now I’d say they’re sellers. But I don’t think they are going to buy or sell for at least a few more weeks there are 18 games between now and the deadline, if they play as well as they have the last few weeks they be 56-54 and likely a wildcard team in the playoffs. if that happens they are buyers
  16. Hugh2
    Sox are now 11-2 in their last 13 games, 7 of which have been against division leaders and only 2.5 games out of a wild card spot. They dug a very large hole so they still have some climbing to do, but they're doing what they need to do all of a sudden.
  17. Hugh2
    The funny thing is I never said all of those things would happen. If I was a betting man I'd bet a very large sum of money all of those things would not happen. But there's a very stark difference between saying all those things will happen vs. if just one of those things happen. Also, the point I was trying to make, over and over again was if hypothetically one of those things happened it would be equivalent to getting one more bat this past offseason. I was trying to lay down the framework for turning the Sox into buyers at this deadline, contigent upong continuing to play well, and that we should be looking to add a bat. Calling something a fantasy that was never intended to be realistic in the first place is just a mute point.
  18. Hugh2
    Well if we are truly 5 bats away then we should 100% be in sell mode. fortunately we have a few more weeks to see
  19. Hugh2
    …..and they should be buying a bat. second priority is bullpen
  20. Hugh2
    Ok but there would be a difference between betting one of those things happen vs all 3. The probability changes. Then throw in Anthony into the equation as well
  21. Hugh2
    I know and again I don’t disagree with any of the criticisms of Breslow. but my thought experiment was if any of those things happened that I layed out it would be equivalent to having one more bat acquired. The point I was trying to make with my thought experiment (and I apologize for trying to make people think) is that if that is true (which it is) then the Sox should be only ONE bat away from seriously contending now. if you believe that, and they continue to play well….then they should be buyers at the deadline.
  22. Hugh2
    Hindsight is 20/20 but how many people would have guess there was a good chance one of those things would happen pre season? I mean if your options were a. At least one of those happen b. None of those things will happen you had to bet, where do you think most people would place their bets not knowing what we know now but living in the world of March 2026????
  23. Hugh2
    No it didn’t. I asked a hypothetical question, or perhaps we can call it rhetorical. I suppose we can say it did have my desired effect.
  24. Hugh2
    Well the other thing is that the big trades typically all happen in the week, and more so the day off the deadline. I might not be calling them buyers yet and I'm hopeful that they are but they don't even need to be yet. It's 7:30 and the store opens up at 8:00
  25. Hugh2
    Fantasy? So one bat in April would be more valuable than one less bat going down if those guys were performing, even if that one guy was also on the team in April? Does 2+2 not always equal 4???? What is the fantasy there???
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