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  1. Hugh2
    no, you don't say? didn't sense me sarcasm there? Anyways, if you're not trading Arias for Elly, then in 28 you still have Arias/Elly/Mead there and two whole offseasons to figure out contingency or alternative plans. And who knows, maybe Jake Schnaffer flys through the system and is knocking on the door by the end of next year.
  2. Hugh2
    I think it's easy to think the statement "rbis are overated" is analogous with "RBI's have very little value" That is just simply not true and let me state right now that I do think RBI's are important and a skill to have a nack to put the ball in play when it matters most and guys are on base. I think both those things can be true at the same time, and I happen to believe EXACTLY that. I would have loved Alonso here, I think he'd be the perfect DH. I'd be fine with him at 1B if they didn't get contreras as well but as many of us were saying last offseason the Sox really needed two bats and got one.
  3. Hugh2
    Oh is that who the "con-man" is? I'm sorry I haven't really cared enough to keep up with all these personal nick names. I thought we were comparing him to Contreras.
  4. Hugh2
    No but I'll worry about 28 after 27
  5. Hugh2
    BTV Accepts Bennett/Abreu/Durbin for Elly. Not sure they'd want Durbin perhaps you can swap him out for Justin Gonzales. Of course Cinncy wants MLB talent for Elly, but with Abreu and Bennett filling that gap perhaps a prospect they really like could fill the value gap. I personally, would love to see Story at 3B for 162 games.
  6. Hugh2
    Instead of comparing the Con-man to Alonso, which is unfair why not compare Alonso to Yoshida? I think it would have made perfect sense to ship Yoshida out of town and Sign Alonso to be your DH. Then you have Alonso's bat in your lineup without the glove hurting you.
  7. Hugh2
    Oh you’re specifically saying he just has more rbis and not that you’d take him off the likes of Judge or Ohtani. I gotcha, my mistake
  8. Hugh2
    I ain’t talking about the Con Man, you called Alonso a top 3 hitter in the league
  9. Hugh2
    Can't get RBI's if guys are not getting on base in front of you. Is that the only thing you're judging by is RBIs???
  10. Hugh2
    Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Schwarber, Yordan Alvarez, Juan Soto, Freddie Freeman, Ronald Acuna Jr, Mookie Betts, Bobby Witt Jr, Jose Ramirez and others all say hi.
  11. Hugh2
    What I want to see is Durbin truly the guy he was the first two months? the guy he was the last 4? or is he something inbetween? maybe he's a going to be a streaky guy who has massive slumps and then long streaks where he carries a team. As long as his defense is solid you can live with the later if he's 7-8-9 in your lineup, but if he's closer to the player he was from mid June on he can a lot more valuable than that. I'm not banking on it yet, but maybe he's a young guy still figuring it out.
  12. Hugh2
    Durbin, after a slow start was an .800 OPS guy most of the season with elite defense at third, sure he's not Alex Bregman but he's much younger and probably is better than for the next 4 years for a fraction of the cost. Obviously Durbin is not the guy who puts this team over the top, but he's fine. There's plenty of other places this team can improve moving forward. SS/2B/OF/C/DH
  13. Hugh2
    I think that's an unfair way to think about it in terms of holding Durbin to the standard of being Alex Bregman. He's certainly a better value costing you less than 1 million, and I thought it made sense at the time if the Sox turned around and spent that money saved which they did on Ranger Suarez +. I think a more realistic way to look at it is they should have used the money to sign another big bat rather than another pitcher.
  14. Hugh2
    I demand a recount!!!!
  15. Hugh2
    I'm sure they would tell me that my golf game could be outstanding, all I need to do is fix my slice, hit with my irons more consistently, learn how to chip better and learn how to putt better.
  16. Hugh2
    The wrist is a bad place to get hit too, there are so many small bones there. Sometimes guys get hit there an get lucky, where's a fraction of a centimeter in any direction breaks something. Some guys are just injury prone, but you really can't blame a guy for getting hit on the wrist with a 95 MPH fastball. That's just misfortune.
  17. Hugh2
    Agreed. I think we all know the Sox powers above love to control as much of the game as they can. I'm pro analytics and all that crap, but at the end of the day I think you have defer to the manager who is on the field. Some times the data is telling you what happen just as much as it's telling you what could happen and a good manager knows how people are feeling and what the mood is that day blah blah blah. Sox ownership is like the equivalent to a helicopter overinvolved parent.
  18. Hugh2
    I think you have a very different definition of what FLOP is than other people. The dude got hit in the wrist by a 95 MPH fastball during his secon at bat. It's not like he played 60 games here and batted .200 Luis Perales also put up 96 innings in AAA and he was pretty good but not great. Still command issues and comes with a ton of reliever risk still. I like Perales, and even if he turns into a good starting pitcher it will mean nothing if Bennett also performs well. It's entirely possible for a trade to turn out as a win/win for both teams.
  19. Hugh2
    I mean, someone could take a team that hits 250 hr's and say that won't work here, is that true? I mean maybe if all the other parts are crap. What beats the Dodgers at "American Family field" is going to beat the Dodgers at Fenway (ballpark factors aside). Unless of course you're not talking about the specific outcome but rather the strategy. E.G. A team might believe in defense, but if they suck at teaching it they're only going to get so far employing it. That' I can get on board with.
  20. Hugh2
    I have a strong suspicion that the game plan of pulling starters and who was coming in from the bullpen was pre-ordained. Overall I like Tracy and I hope they give him more on field decision making pull next season.
  21. Hugh2
    I think the level upset would be the exact same, people would just find different things to complain about. And I'm not faulting them for that, we expect more as Boston Red Sox fans.
  22. Hugh2
    I don't disagree, not one bit. The number 1 Glaring weak spot on this team right now is a big HR middle of the order bat. That's pretty much an objective truth at this point. Just a thought experiment here but what if we Did sign someone like Pete Alonso in the offseason and we ended the season with one more win and the same playoff outcome. What would our main complain about this team be?
  23. Hugh2
    My SON!, my son is named Theo.
  24. Hugh2
    My is named Theo : )
  25. Hugh2
    I mean, it's fair to look back on the opposite end of the spectrum, of the trades we should have made. I think the lesson is it breaks both ways.
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