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Realistically anyone with 30 HR power is someone who is sitting at 20 right, that's roughly 32 guys in MLB right now. A lot of those guys are not for sale, but a few of them will be. Goodman, Soto, Neto are names who have been thrown out on that list who have all had trade rumors surrounding them (some more than others). But I'd be perfectly happy with a high slugging 20 HR guy too who can also get on base and play a position of need with above average defense to better. That casts a much wider net and makes the probability of aqcuiring said player higher.
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If they take 2/3 from LA I'm further on board with this 2026 team, 1/3 has me cautiously optimistic, getting swept has me hopeful still, sweeping the Dodgers would fill my head full of grandeur dreams for the 2026 post season.
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This series is going to be a test of how good this team really is, and to see if they can keep the momentum going. Just please don't get swept.
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I don't care about Duran, do with him as they will. Stick with him or cut him lose. The essence of my question was how people generally felt about the team as a whole. When people refer to teams as "Buyers" or "Sellers" they're not thinking about a specific player but whether or not the team is going to sell off assets because they don't deem the team worthy of post season play or are they going to make a run at winning in October and they add pieces. I was just curious, as a month ago being buyers seemed unfathonable but here we are, I wonder if anyone is still in full sell mode????
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Isn't every trade deadline buyer always selling a guy too? I want to know who thinks the 2026 Boston Red Sox should still be deadline sellers. Because they seem to be in a position where you should buy and try to win some playoff games.....perferably 13 of them.
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Is there anyone who still thinks we should sell?
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I mean, who in this draft class has a chance?
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I think if they get both a SS and a Catcher at least one of them might be a big time play for more than just 2026, kind of like they did with Mead.
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they were reportedly still going after a SS after the Mead trade, I think they will continue to do so with a higher degree of importance placed upon the position with Mead down.
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I got that afterwards, that makes a lot more sense. In seems the Sox have a tendency of getting position players into games the same year they're drafted but usually not the pitchers. Here are when other recent position players drafted in the first two rounds made their debut on the Sox. Henry Godbout - August 8th 2025 Kyle Teel - August 3rd 2023 Nazan Zanatello - August 3rd 2023 Mikey Romero - August 9th 2022 Cutter Coffey - August 10th 2022 Roman Anthony - August 9th 2022 Marcelo Mayer - August 5th 2021 The only guy missing from this list is Braden Montgomery who didn't debut until the next year. I left him off the list because he was injured. So, if recent history is any precedent we should see these guys start to debut over the next week or two.
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I know right. I was in total sell mode a month ago but now I'm looking at keeping Contreras for another year, excited about Durbin, who I was very skeptical one but now it looks like they have found a gem in. Saurez will still be around after this year and they have it coupled with a nice youth movement too (Tolle/Bennett). Losing Anthony and Crochet and still being this good is a real testament to the depth built. Hats off to the team that never gave up and played their way back. I gave up on them, and never expected this.
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We have many times, we've just not been as successful at that since 2018. But as the Mets have clearly shown us you don't just spend your way to the top. Sox added $71 million to their per anum payroll this past year and you don't have 26' numbers to compare this year yet. They added a .900 OPS bat, they added Durbin who's been on a tear and looks close to one too and they added two guys who have been borderline front line starters. That's almost unprecedented to add that many quality player in one offseason. Most teams are lucky to add 1 premium player, even the Dodgers go out and sign 2-3 big guys during a BIG offseason. You can't give them all the blame when things are bad and still have those same complaints when everything is going good. If the Sox spent like the Mets they'd have a 420 million dollar a year payroll. They couldn't even get there this offseason if they tried. And what the Mets are doing is unsustainable.
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He's still a top spender, at a certain point spending money just to spend money has diminished returns. Look at the New York Mets this year......all that spending the last two years have done almost NOTHING for them. You still need to make good trades, you still need to develop guys, you still need to scout, coach, and manage. You don't need a $300 million dollar payroll to do that. One of the reasons the Dodgers are so good is because they do all those things, the Mets are right up there with them in spend and they suck because they do not. Just spending more money for the sake of spending money can easily make you the New York Mets. Dude, you're just digging for reasons to be upset. The team is literally on an historic 100 year run and you're finding ways to be dissapointed.
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You can sugar coat it anyway you want to try and twist the argument but the Sox still spend year in and year out more than the vast majority of teams. You can't call them cheap man....not when they have a payroll well north of 200 million
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If he made all the wrong moves according to all of us but they won the world series what does it matter? what does any of it matter. It's his job to take those risks, to know if player abc is going to grow into something more. He takes the risk of betting Durbin and Mead for example will grow into being elite players. He took the risk that Bennett would be better than Perales and/or help us this year. He is the one with the scouting reports, and the player personnel and executives all telling him what the value of what is. He gets the blame and the credit. If those bets don't pay off you look bad, if they pay off you look great. You want the luxury of criticizing this team when they don't work out but still being critical when it does. It doesn't work that way.
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Too Cheap? he spent past the 2nd luxury tax threshold and have the 6th highest payroll in mlb. But they're cheap OK
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That's your argument? to ignore the 5 signings I laid out and to compare Schwarber and Alonso to bench/aaa depth players? Like is any team on earth signing Schwarber to sit on the bench. Come on man you're comparing apples to oranges. No one wanted the Sox to trade for Contreras who is having a better season than guess which two players?????
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The guy is literally having a career year. He's 2 HR's away from his career high after only playing about 2/3 of the season. OBVIOUSLY not having "protection" has been zero issues for him.....when people get it into their heads they don't like a guy it will forever stick. Randy Quads character in Major League is a paradoy of what we see amongst fans in real life. There's literally people watching this team play right now thinking "pfffff they'll come down to earth soon enough" and when they make the playoffs they'll say "pfffff they'll blow it in the playoffs" Ok maybe....but like this team is playing historically good just so just enjoy it, and if you have critism make sure it makes sense and isn't saying a guy who is offensively having a career year needed protection.
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Because not having another RH bat to protect Contreras has hurt him by allowing him to suffer by having a career year? lol. He's literally having a career year. I think you just want to complain about this team.
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Everything ticked up. Since June 25th they're. 15th in HR 7th in Runs 9th in BB% 16th in SLG% Those numbers aren't eye popping, but they're average to slightly above across the board. Which is good enough when you have elite pitching and defense.
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A Realistic Look at the 2026 Red Sox: Part I
Hugh2 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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The offense has been fine for the past two months, and he's been adding offense at the deadline. The team has been the best team in baseball for almost two months now.
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Again you fail to address the fact that Breslow had great offseason. Gray/Saurez/Bennet/Contreras/Durbin now.....even the lesser roster pieces have done really well for their roles E.G. Moran/Watson/Guerrero/Monasterio. When has a GM ever added that many quality players in one offseason?
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In Hindsight that seems obvious and makes more sense to me, I obviously wrongly interpreted that question. It seems like they often don't get pitchers into games, that doesn't mean they don't start working with them and getting them on programs. Since they went position player this year I think they will see some time at some point. The vast majority of position players play in some games the year they're drafted. The only one that didn't that comes to mind is Braden Montgomery, but wasn't he rehabbing an injury??? I would like to change my answer to 90%
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Unacceptable? again name one offseason where a GM added 3 really good starting pitchers to a rotation and two good position players (1 if you don't wanna put Durbin there yet).???? If you can't answer that question you're effectively saying Bres"LOW" is a bad POBO because he didn't do what no one else can do.