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  1. Hugh2
    I want no part in Okamoto or Murakami. We already have enough questionable 1B/DH types on this roster, I'm not sure it makes sense to add one more on top of Hoskins when the rest of the infield and the rotation has huge holes in it.
  2. Hugh2
    So then our pitching rotation next year is Crochet Bello Everyone else in some order.
  3. Hugh2
    Does anybody actually think the Sox have a 3rd starter right now? I mean everyone else has an ERA north of 4.00 or less than 20 innings. Yeah, I have high hopes for Early and Dobbins but are you slotting them in at #3? Crawford? It think it's kind of a mute point how we slot them after Crochet/Bello and I'm sure a starter will be added between now and then. Personally I don't think Sandoval is that good, but the Sox obviously see something in him. I'm open to them proving me wrong.
  4. Hugh2
    Yes, so as of right now.......your #3 starter may be Patrick Sandoval.
  5. Hugh2
    I know, it was an expirement.....I think it worked. We need to add to the infield team.
  6. Hugh2
    Well......who the heck else are you going to put there? You have Crochet, Bello, and then who else? I like a lot the guys they have as starting pitchers but none I'd definitively call a #3 right now.
  7. Hugh2
    What I found encouraging about KC is finding out that he lost a lot of weight in 2024. Not that it's a good thing, but it at least makes sense and gives a good reason for his drop off. The bat speed just disappeared and he lost the ability to impact the baseball. NOW. This doesn't gurantee success and a comeback, but I'd feel a little bit better about him rebounding and lighting the world on fire like he did the whole system in 2024 if he can pack on some muscle in the offseason. Get the man in the weight room, get him on a high calorie diet.
  8. Hugh2
    Does Cora like to Platoon? How many platoons have we seen where Cora plays the RHH vs. the RHP and the LHH vs. the LHP? I like Cora as a manager, but he doens't properly platoon his platoon players all the time.
  9. Hugh2
    I would prefer him at 2nd, BUT if they don't resign Bregman or go out and get someone like Bichette, I don't really see who else can do that? Here is an interesting fact that I didn't know until recently. Trevor Story, Alex Bregman, and even F.A. Bo Bichette all have the same exact arm strength. All 3 averaged exactly 82.3 MPH on their throws. So, the more I thought about it, the more I changed my mind on the issue. I wouldn't hate Mayer at third, and of course if the Sox signed someone like Bichette, Bregman, or unkown trade candidate then that completely changes the equation. But just going by the roster now, with zero additions. Then the 2026 infield would be Story/Mayer/Romy/Casas. That kind of scares me. Sure maybe Casas gets healthy and has an OPS above .800, and Story and Mayers stay healthy and the magic doesn't end with Romy but that's a lot of ifs. I think the Red Sox need to add one premium infielder this offseason.
  10. Hugh2
    This is what I'm thinking now, and if they don't. But if they can't resign Bregman I wonder if they go after Pete Alonso. That would certainly make for an intersting infield. 3B Story SS Mayer 2nd a platoon of Hamilton/Romy 1B Casas or Alonso Infield looks a lot better with Bregman in it.
  11. Hugh2
    You'll see....YOU'LL ALL SEE. And then you'll be sorry. (stomps feet and walks away)
  12. Hugh2
    I'm not sure how this makes any sense. Does one have to be in love with every single position, slot in the lineup, and player to not hate baseball? I think most people would prefer an everyday player over a platoon player. It feels teams typically platoon when a better option isn't available. It's reasonable in some cases, you can't have an all star at every position and sometimes a platoon can work out great, but you can't over use it because you ONLY GET 13 position players. I don't think it's hateful, or unreasonable to state that someone would prefer continuity at a position such as short stop and not have it be a rotation of players.
  13. Hugh2
    er? 1. It's not like these guys sit around and do nothing on days they don't play. They have training programs. Not playing some games isn't the time off that I think people think it is. Unless you're literally F**** from injury and can't move, you're being active and training your body ifyou're a pro athlete. If hes not....shame on him. 2/3 there's a very stark difference between rotating ROmney around as a platoon guy and sitting Mayer, perhaps against some lefties and then strictly platooning him. Definitions mean something to me, a utility guy who might take some at bats away from Mayer vs. LHP on days off iS NOT the same as him being a platoon player. I'm not against that, I'm against a Platoon at SS.
  14. Hugh2
    You can't learn to hit lefties if you sit vs. lefties. If you platoon him you're putting his development on hold. That's a bad ideal.
  15. Hugh2
    I'm being over dramatic GDit
  16. Hugh2
    See, I just think it's 100% reversed. THat's like saying you break in a stud starting pitching prospect as a reliever. Which actually DOES happen, but they don't keep a guy there. That's why I used Peyton Tolle as an example. Yes, they put him in the pen at the end of last year but they're not going to keep him there this year. 2026 is a new season. They're starting off 0-0, that's not the time of year teams get cute and do desperate things. If he does get platoned, it will not be until after they've given him a long look. He still needs to develop at the MLB level and platooning him is effectively putting his development on hold. I would be about as surprised as I've been about anything I've seen the last several years if they go into the season planning him to be a platoon. Like, insanely surprised. It doesn't make sense.
  17. Hugh2
    What would an offseason be without me taking a stand against everyone and being right in the end. Last year it was going over the first LT threshold. This year it will be Marcelo Mayer being your full time SS to start the season.
  18. Hugh2
    So how does a guy go from top 10-15 prospect in all of baseball to a platoon player in value in just one season?
  19. Hugh2
    I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this. But I fully plan on gloating when Mayer is NOT a platoon player. Do we have precedent for this?
  20. Hugh2
    Yes exactly. And Mayer is still considered one of the most talented and promising youngsters in the game. If you plan on just platooning him you're doing your team a great disservice by not trading him for better value. But I think the thing to do is stick him SS and Story at 2nd just like you said. If his defense is plus to better then even if he only marginally gets better vs. LHP he's a full time starter. You don't move off a good defender from SS for a platoon. SS is not really a platooning position.
  21. Hugh2
    you're better off trading him first. I never heard of a guy being regarded so highly and then almost immediately with little exposure and little development being platooned. You say "you don't just ignore that" but you have to realize that you're the one suggesting they do something that teams just don't do. He's never really had a lot of time or AB's vs. LHP at any level either. You don't just give up on someone with all star talent like that in such a small sample size. Again.....they will not start him off as a platoon player next year. You can book that.
  22. Hugh2
    If they're going to platoon Mayer, he has more value to the team in a trade. Trade him.
  23. Hugh2
    That makes more sense, you're 28 and have been in the league for 5 years. You kind of are what you are at that point. Mayer is a young top prospect still developing perhaps at the MLB level. If they believe in him, at the very least, he's getting a long look before he's platooned.
  24. Hugh2
    Cora literally said he would play FT mostly, last year.
  25. Hugh2
    No, I don't think you take one of the top prosepcts in all of baseball and almost immediately start off his career by sitting him vs. LHP. He will never learn to hit LHP if he has it in him by doing that. It's 100% a growth stunter if youre ceiling is an everyday player. THe Sox are betting on this youth movement, they can't have platoons. Platoons are your plan b, never your plan A. I just think it's insanely unlikely they do that.
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