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  1. Hugh2
    Duran is my darkhorse candidate to hit 30 HR's this year.
  2. Hugh2
    Anthony with the go ahead home run and Whitlock mowing down the heart of the order in the 8th. Sox fingerprints all over that victory
  3. Hugh2
    I’m all for upgrading catcher, but given the injuries Wong was battling last year why shouldn’t expect a 2026 healthy Wong to look more like he did in 2024? That would be better than anything that’s on the market right now and a really good 2nd catcher. it would be more encouraging if he was having a better spring, but I expect Wong to bounce back in 2026.
  4. Hugh2
    And Masa....what are we going to do with all these power hitters????
  5. Hugh2
    Sox have been well represented in the WBC, Anthony and Duran looking good. Even Bello looked good and Whitlock has been good out of the pen. I know it's ST, but it's nice to see.
  6. Hugh2
    Campbell hear us talking s*** and decided to hit a homerun
  7. Hugh2
    I'm actually probably higher on him than most and I'm encouraged that his swinging a faster bat now. I believe with consistency that will translate to in game production. But I think he's going to need at least a 1/2 a year in the minors before he breaks thru if he breaks thru. He might end up being fine and worth every penny in the long run, but the Sox certainly jumped the gun in giving him that extension. They should of waited.
  8. Hugh2
    He's still 1 whole year younger than Duran was before he made his debut, 3 years younger than he was before it took him to become a viable MLBer. He's young, I'm still hopeful he can be an impactful everyday player.
  9. Hugh2
    I'm not getting too worked up over spring training, Campbell looks a ton better this year if you're looking under the hood. His swing is better, his exit velocity is creeping back up and it's just spring training. But I do think he needs substantial time in AAA, even if he's hitting, let him have some sustained success for a while, he's still just 23 years old.
  10. Hugh2
    If Godbout takes to the Sox bat speed program I think you could be right, but in the absence of that I'm not sure his poor bat speed is going to translate to the major league level, he might not be anything more than a slap hitter. Arias has a good hit tool too but same questions around his power potential. At 20 years old, and two full years younger than Godbout I'd say there's a better chance that Arias is going to grow, fill out, and add size more than Godbout will. I'm not saying Godbout isn't going to add strength (which isn't the same exact thing as size) just that Arias has more room to fill out. They both might rise to that challenge. IF they both do solve these issues, I think I'm going with Arias because he has a much higher defensive ceiling.
  11. Hugh2
    Maybe, maybe not. They want Campbell getting regular at bats, Eaton is filling a utility role. Apples to oranges.
  12. Hugh2
    Ok how about this. If an outfielder goes down, I’d rather have Yoshida slide into an everyday DH role than Eaton, but as a bench player Eaton is a better choice with more versatility.
  13. Hugh2
    Well yeah, like if Duran goes down Yoshida because your DH. I don't think this is an apples to apples comparision because you can slide Yoshida into that everyday role while Eaton is a utility guy who is a better fit for that role and thus this roster.
  14. Hugh2
    Eaton is right handed, he's capable of playing multiple positions, and he has plus speed. If we were comparing them as DH's I could see liking Yoshida but someone like Eaton is 10000% a better fit for this roster.
  15. Hugh2
    That's a good point, but who comes out of the lineup? I suppose you could go back to someone like ABreu being a platoon guy, or platooning him and Duran but all three of those guys are lefties?
  16. Hugh2
    I'd prefer B over and over again. I'll take the lottery ticket, it's more than we could probably ask for for him. But, I think you're right in that John Henry would take option A. So the more I think about it, I'm not sure what real advantage there is to the fans in trading Yoshida.
  17. Hugh2
    Question. What would we prefer. A.) a team that will eat 50-75% of his contract with no real return. or B.) Sox eat the entirety of his contract but receive a two prospect return. Say equivalent of John Holobetz and Sadbiel Dezline
  18. Hugh2
    You're the voice of reason more often than many posters on here Notin.....except when you disagree with me of course.
  19. Hugh2
    He was ranked, he was considered to have more upside when he was younger. He never grew and doesn't appear to be very projectable. But yeah, some lists just move slower than others....for better or worse.
  20. Hugh2
    I don't think prospect rankings are that dense. Sometimes when a guy has a reputation but doesn't liveup to them......some people are slower than others to sour on them. Rodriguez was a very highly regarded international prospect who received a $1.5 million dollar bonus. But as he's grown his tools have not so much. He appears to be a bust.
  21. Hugh2
    This time of year, there's plenty of guys still in camp the team brought in knowing they didn't have any real shot of making it but "we need body guys" they need bodies.
  22. Hugh2
    #1 AAA/AAAA guys #2 it's spring training #3 it's spring training #4 it's like really really really early in spring training. I was wondering when we were going to get the first complaint in spring training. Admittedly I haven't been around much the last couple weeks so maybe someone else has stolen the award.
  23. Hugh2
    Some might disagree with this take.
  24. Hugh2
    I remmeber at the time some people were still so enamored with DD and thought he could do no wrong defended him and critisized the Sox for not Protecting Song. It would certainly be a GREAT Story to see this could become a big leaguer and a valuable piece in a bullpen someday. Even if it's not here but it would be pretty awesome if it was and he becomes a closer and closes out game 7 of the world series vs. the Phillies.....Ok I'm getting a little too ahead of myself here.
  25. Hugh2
    Absolutely, they certainly elude that some of these guys could have higher ceilings than their projections indicate if everything breaks right. When they give someone like Tolle a 5-6.5 range I believe they feel there is a very high probability he falls into that range. Now, I'm making up percentages here but maybe theres a 5-10% chance there is more. It's obviously easier to dream on what a guy can be if he lives in that 5% when he has an elite tool.....like a 99 MPH fastball.
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