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  1. Hugh2
    Here's my Blame pie Devers: 30% Breslow: 30% Cora: 30% F.O. 10%
  2. Hugh2
    Great win, Giolito looked great. One thing I noticed looking at Giolito is he's either been really really good, or awful in all of his starts. He has 3 starts this year. May 5th 3.2 innings pitched 6 runs May 17th 4 IP 6 runs June 4th 1.2 IP 7 runs He also gave up 3 runs in his first start, all other starts he has given up 0-1 run. I know i know i know, I'm cherry picking, and everyone looks better if you take out their worse 3 starts, but the pendulum really seems to swing with him. He's either awful, but when he's on he's really really good.
  3. Hugh2
    You get me lol
  4. Hugh2
    How do you think we get those guys off our books? You're either eating all the money, or sending a guy with the level of value of Duran. Which is not realistic. You probably split the difference and send them a prospect package like Franklin Aria, Jhostynxnon Garcia +15-30 million. That's assuming you can find a team that is still willing to take on a lot of money, and is willing to do so, and likes that prospect package. Same can be said of Yoshida. This I'm not sure how selling off our young assets to clear money out helps us after getting rid of Devers. It kind of just clears us out and sets us up to make a run in 3-4 years from now instead of in the present. It also seems pretty irresponsible to get rid of a lot of top prospects to clear out money when we can reset the luxury tax next year, and all those guys would be off the books by the time that 2-3 year reset window comes back around.
  5. Hugh2
    What is market level? one could argue it's exactly what a guy is getting paid in free agency. We see time and time again the top elite level bats out earning these "models" Anyone who thinks the Sox can go out and replace Devers level of production by paying a guy $29 million a year is lying to themselves. Outside of luck, that ain't happening. Not saying they didn't have to trade him, obviously the relationship went south and there's blame pie to go around and there's a lot we don't know yet that I'd like to know so I'm not going down that rabbit hole with people yet. But while the $30 million extra a year does hold significant value to the Sox, in a vacuum that money alone isn't going to replace him.
  6. Hugh2
    Wtf, didn’t mean to post that twice. i think it’s obvious they’re going to rotate the DH position. this is just shocking. I’m interested to see what the clubhouse reaction will be, how will they respond?
  7. Hugh2
    I’d be interested to know ownerships hand in all this. You have to believe Breslow had their blessing or it was agreed upon the organization needed to move on from him. shocking, and gutsy
  8. Hugh2
    I’d be interested to know ownerships hand in all this. You have to believe Breslow had their blessing or it was agreed upon the organization needed to move on from him. shocking, and gutsy
  9. Hugh2
    Yeah, but like what is he stalking? This isn't like a facebook profile or an instagram. What function does clicking on anyones profile here serve even if they were a "stalker"??? At best they're looking for a post to respond too, so...so what? you're proving they're looking to engage you in conversation? What is that proving when you're doing the same thing. You're in here entertaining a conversation with him back and forth. It just seems like you're making something out of nothing.
  10. Hugh2
    How classical of a leadoff hitter can you be when you have a career .295 OBP vs. LHP. Should Duran even be leading off vs. LHP?
  11. Hugh2
    I'm not disagreeing with that, I'd figure that to be the case, but BTV isn't exactly an exact science. There's probably teams out there who value Abreu more than the value Duran. We don't really know how other teams view our guys, and a lot of the teams who might pay the steepest price are not in buyers mode yet.
  12. Hugh2
    Yes we are all looking at you, for that profile loaded with stuff to look at. Everyone is watching you you you you. So embarrassing. (with that stupid my anxiety song playing in the background)
  13. Hugh2
    It's not like Duran is much better at hitting lefties. He has a .634 OPS vs. them this year. Whoever is traded for them is opening up a roster spot for Anthony, and who remains likely forfeits at bats vs. lefties anyways. Or at least should be. Sox may trade who brings back the better return.
  14. Hugh2
    Taking 2 out of 3 from NY and then Tampa was just what this team needed. And just what I needed to get me to come down from the ledge. We need Bregman back, and hopefully that comes to fruition soon. I think the hitting could eventually work itself out and I can see the talent ripe at the right time going into October. But what this team will really need then is a Catcher and a starting pitcher. Narvy is great, but Wong just ain't it. We need someone else to share the workload with Narvaez, at the rate he's being used he's going to burn out. I wouldn't hate a 1B either, but I'm not breaking the bank for one.
  15. Hugh2
    I mean you changed your photo, so now I feel like I have to visit your profile because it's so small I can't read it. I WANT TO READ!!!! Also, ever so often I do accidently click on someones profile. Maybe you're not as popular as you think? oR.....maybe Bellhorn is right outside your window, breathing all heavy like. If you get a phone call and someone immediately hangs up don't panic.
  16. Hugh2
    I think Raffy should have agreed to move to first base, I think if he was more of a team player he would have. I have rationalized that's more of a personality thing than him not caring about the team and perhaps saying he's not as much of a team player as I'd like him to be is unfair. He is who he is and at the end of the day he is mashing. He's mashing right where they asked him to go, so he's not hurting the team by any means. That's good enough. I still wish we lived in an alternate universe where Raffy would have been willing to pick up a 1B glove, but I have accepted reality and I am ready to move on. I propose we put the Raffy to 1B thing to bed
  17. Hugh2
    Doesn't that also make it like the 4th best?
  18. Hugh2
    What a great win last night. Giolito did get by with some loud outs that last inning, but we've been on the other end of some bad luck so much this season I'll take it. Gio still goes 6. Story looks like he's been reborn as a guy who can actually play baseball. Anthony, the ROOOK wins the game on both sides of the ball. To top it all off the Pen looked great. We just took 2/3 from NY, and have an opportunity to take a series against what was one of MLB's hottest teams coming in. I was approaching giving up on the season, wasn't there but we had our foot on the gas. A win tonight and a good series in NY could totally give this season a 360. Storys recent success is a very small SSS. But 4 straight games with multiple hits is highly encouraging, and it's making the sting of Bregman going down minimal.
  19. Hugh2
    Look, the Raffy to 1B ship has obviously sailed but I would like to critique this to some degree. Most 1B in MLB would be below average to just awful fielders at other positions. There's a reason why most players move to 1B in the first place. So again again, the ship has sailed, but in an alternate universe where Raffy wanted to play 1st and jumped with joy when the opportunity presented itself, he might easily become an average to better defensive 1B.
  20. Hugh2
    Before Bregman got hurt my optimal lineup was DH Roman Anthony 1B Devers 2nd Campbell SS Story 3B Bregman LF DUran CF Rafaela RF Abreu Now, Anthony would still get 2/3 of his time in the outfield and rotate the DH. You could do the same thing now with Mayer at 3B when Abreu comes back. This. will obviously not happen
  21. Hugh2
    There's essentially very little difference between option 1 and option 2. I would trade whoever is going to give the team the biggest return. Flip assets for starting pitching. We need another starter, and it would be optimal to pick up someone under control for next year as well. And you can do that while making room for Anthony/Rafaela/(Abreu or Duran)
  22. Hugh2
    pretty much, and I think that's to be expected. Moving from SS to 3B is more natural than moving from SS to catcher, and moving from CF/LF to RF is more natural than moving to the infield. If you have a stud SS in AAA knocking on the door and your 3B goes down you don't bring up the fringe 3B in AAA and let the stud rot. They do have a problem here, and they should have addressed this in the offseason. It's odd that Campbell was the guy they gave the nod to on day one, and left the most MLB ready of the big three in AAA for 2 months. They will be faced with the decision of trading Abreu or Duran soon, and they probably should have made that move this past offseason. There is such a thing as overplaying your hand. The good news is, the future is bright....again again again.
  23. Hugh2
    To me, asking if I'm disappointed Devers would move over to 1B and am I angry at him for not moving to 1B are two entirely different questions. After Casas went down it would have made the most optimal roster construction sense for him to be willing to do that for the team. But he is who he is, and he hits......so whatever.
  24. Hugh2
    I really like Roman Anthony, but I'm concerned about his fielding percentage. Anthony had been playing more LF recently in AAA, indicating that's probably where they were planning on bringing him up to play at the MLB level. Obviously injury changed that direction. Still makes you wonder who is the odd man out and where his long term home is.
  25. Hugh2
    Day one of the Roman Empire. Shall his reign reach across all of MLB and last more than a decade.
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