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  1. Hugh2
    I mean, who is good at predicting when guys will get to the majors?
  2. Hugh2
    At the end of the day, a team that score 4 runs in the first inning and a team that scores 4 runs in the 9th inning still scores just 4 runs. Sox are 4th in the A.L. in runs allowed. Sure, if the offense fixed itself one could move attention to the bullpen as an area to fix but it's far from being "exposed" Maybe thats the starting pitching picking them up that much but 9 innings is 9 innings.
  3. Hugh2
    The pitching and defense has been so good an average offense would make for a great team. The offense has been that bad for them to suck this much.
  4. Hugh2
    It's pretty much the same offense, the pitching just held them to 1 run. That's what this team needs to do to win, hold the opposition to 0-1 runs.
  5. Hugh2
    The mind plays tricks, I got an alert on my phone last night and I saw the Sox lost to the phillies. I thought to myself "of course" threw my phone on the couch and put on some TV. This morning I'm seeing they won last night....apparently, I've been conditioned to expect loss.
  6. Hugh2
    absolutely nobody is saying that they're not underperforming. I even started the day off in here by saying I expect a regression to the mean. It's not a zero sum game, it can both be true that they're underperfoming AND they did a s*** job of building the roster and the offense which is what many people from pundits to experts to fans were all saying about the offseason. One of the biggest criticisms of this team the past almost decade now has been their affinity to shy away from big contracts to big names. And while I can appreciate not irresponsibly throwing your money around on aging players you need vets, you need leadership, you need a stud, and this team doesn't have it and even with all their underperformances aside this team was highly flawed and it shows. Ya'll can defend as much as you want but at the end of the day the results speak for themselves. The only way this team gets better is for guys to perform and for the rookies to grow. And they should of hoped for that but banking on that was dumb.
  7. Hugh2
    It's like, imagine someone is trying to lose weight, and they're going to the gym 6 days a week but their diet is s*** and they eat 4,000 calories a day. Imagine saying "you know what we need.....an extra work out a week" "no....no what you need is to put down the little debbies" That is where the problem is.
  8. Hugh2
    They're typically one in the same, one typically follows the other. Wood isn't a "star" now but if this is who he is he will be considered a star by seasons end.
  9. Hugh2
    James wood has a 166 OPS + and is a former top prospect in all of the game. He's 23 and well on his way to being a star. Just because his name isn't marketable like Bryce Harper doesn't mean the team doesn't have any stars. They obviously have people performing like stars right now and budding into them.
  10. Hugh2
    You're right, the Sox did a great job at assembling an offense they're just off to a slow start. They will be fine.
  11. Hugh2
    Yeah that was me, probably poorly worded and really a mute point for what I was trying to get across. I got nothing against Duran, but his poor start aside relying on him and Story to be your two best players along witha rookie was poor planning.
  12. Hugh2
    Caring about the bullpen was like the Sox going out and paying $$$ for another starter when they blatantly needed hitting. When you're team is 2nd to last in runs scored, and 2nd in runs allowed in the A.L. you're going get much more bang for your buck by adding offense. way way way way more bang for your buck.
  13. Hugh2
    OK....is that leader of a ws caliber type of player? The Dodgers of Ohtani and Betts + the Yankees have Judge, the Rangers had Seager, the Phillies had Bryce Harper, The Astros had Altuve and Alvarez. If you're trying to compare Duran as our singular all star lead a team to a world series type of player you're wrong. He's not that guy. I like Duran, but he's not the leader of team, he can part of a veteran core....if he was like the 3rd or 4th guy that's fine. Again, this team has arguably the WORSE offense in baseball right now and they severly lack leadership. They don't have a constant. Duran is the closest thing they have to it and yes he's underpeforming, but that's part of the problem.....that he's the closest thing they have to it.
  14. Hugh2
    If the bullpen comes in and blows a 1-1 tie and you lose 2-1 I get why you might say the problem is onthe bullpen, but when you're scoring 1-2 runs almost everynight the wider problem IS THE OFFENSE. If this team had some pop and blew some teams out here and there they wouldn't have to rely on the bullpen to keep them in every game.
  15. Hugh2
    Part of the Red Sox failures has been underperformance and to some extent we should expect a "regression to the mean". I certianly do. BUT THey're 4th to last in runs score. They're 2nd to last in Home Runs 3rd to last in OPS, dead last in the AL You can't explain that all by underperformance. The offense is poorly built and lacks star power. THat's on the FO 100%. How much of that is Breslow and how much of that is Henry handcuffing him IDK, but either way it's on the F.O. for constructing a bad product.
  16. Hugh2
    Except the bullpen isn't why we are losing games. The offense has retired.
  17. Hugh2
    Ummmm ok what are we arguing over here, the fact that Duran has been the shinning glimmering example of consistency? we are talking about the Sox lacking sure fire, elite star power at the top of their offense. Duran has had ONE season in his entire career where he has been that. I like Duran, I figure he can turn it around but he is certianly NOT that guy.
  18. Hugh2
    Oddly enough the weatherman are 100% accurate at how accurate they are. If they tell you there's a 90% chance of rain and it doesn't rain every says the weatherman can't predict anyting. But if you took 1,000 instances of them predicting 90% rain you'd find 900 times it rained and 100 times it did not. A lot of people predicted this Sox team would lack the firepower and leadership on offense to score runs.
  19. Hugh2
    They also HAD a Bregman last year. None of those other guys have ever been very consistent. Duran has had up and down years, Story had a good season but his career had been riddled with injuries and he is now 33, relying on a 33 year old Trevor Story to just "work" again should be malpractice.
  20. Hugh2
    exactly, this team is both depressing AND boring. Pitching and defense is a lot sexier when you WIN
  21. Hugh2
    That was certainly a frustrating season but at last they finished above .500 this team is on pace to lose 90 games. I'd say this season is worse (so far). I mean if falling off a cliff is the criteria here then I'd say 2011 is up there too. But even then, with these seasons at some point there was hope and excitement. These Sox have literally sucked from the very beginning.....much more depressing to me.
  22. Hugh2
    I don't disagree that to some extent this is fluky. But besides the rooks who are they banking on? Story, Contreras? Where are the adult, all star, elite level proven leader veterans leading this team? They don't exist and teams that win often have them.
  23. Hugh2
    It seems more and more that we are seeing extremes with contracts. More guys are signing longer term deals at younger ages for lower AAV in later years while older vets are signing shorter term deals with much higher AAV. This is conjecture and perception, I don't have any stats right now to back this up.
  24. Hugh2
    The real tragedy is I still think guys like Mayer and Anthony have bright futures, but they're finishing their development at the MLB level surrounded by losing. As Lou Merloni would say, you need some adults in the room. Sox did well to improve the pitching and defense, but they paid the price for it by completely neglecting half the roster and it shows.
  25. Hugh2
    Of all my years watching baseball, this might single handidly be the most depressing team I've ever watched.
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