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  1. Hugh2
    And who did you want for 1B and 3B?
  2. Hugh2
    How many peopel were talking about signing Pete Alonso to DH and not talking about signing him to play 1B back in March?
  3. Hugh2
    Right now the Red Sox offense in the American League: FWar 6th Runs 4th AVG: 2nd OBP: 2nd SLG: 3rd. Next year we will be adding back Anthony/Mead and getting a full year of the Rutchman and Arias at some point. I'm no longer worried about this offense. I'm back to wanting starting pitching depth and a bullpen piece.
  4. Hugh2
    Yes but Yoshida was not, but there was already a log jam there and the thought was you rotate those 4 guys between LF/CF/RF/DH. I suppose if you view Duran as the stricth DH, you don't rotate guys and you go out to get Alonso as DH. But again.....this all goes back to my original point of having an opinion based on hindsight. No one was calling to dump an outfielder as a method of getting a DH.
  5. Hugh2
    People make this argument because they think they can just throw Alonso in at DH in hindsight. But there are two problems with this. A. you're likely signing a guy well into his 30's to DH and paying him $35 million a year. B. and probably really the A point A1 and A2 is that Alonso was a 1B. People wanted to sign him to play first base. And the people who wanted two bats all offseason were clamoring for a 1B/3B. It was Alonso/Bregman or Bregman/Schwarber or some permutation of two bats that generally centered around 1b/3B. It started off ugly, and perhaps people just have PTSD from how crappy the beginning of the season is, but you really can't argue against Durbin/Contreras right now. They're probably better than just about any two acquisitions you could have made this offseason
  6. Hugh2
    Yeah, but then are playing Yoshida in LF? how do you get Alonso over Duran?
  7. Hugh2
    IDK, hindsight is 50/50. If we signed Alonso over the winter, I don't think anyone is sitting here saying we need to find a way to get rid of Masa so we can trade for Contreras.
  8. Hugh2
    IDK, A lot of us are happy with Wilson Contreras at 1B, who has been great on both sides of the ball.
  9. Hugh2
    Bennetts performance last night is perhaps an example of what adding another pitcher at the deadline could have done for this rotation. If everyone stays healthy, I suppose a Brayan Bello bullpen day here and there serves as the same purpose; Bello has a 0.987 era since June 4th in that role. Between last night, having some days off this last month, I think the Sox can be just fine with a clean bill of health on the pitching side.
  10. Hugh2
    I don't recall. But lets say it was 1% the way I look at that is 1 times out of every 100 in that scenario a team comes back and makes the playoffs. The last two months the Sox have shown us that they are probably that 1 team out of a 100. Of course they haven't made the playoffs yet, their odds sit at 91%. So if you could play this season 100 times from this point on roughly 9 times the Sox ain't making the playoffs. We've all lived through the 2011 collapse, it can happen.
  11. Hugh2
    Not from me.
  12. Hugh2
    I don't think anyone thought they would make it, but there's a difference between zero chance and a small chance. I don't disagree it's more probable than not they get into the playoffs via a wild card rather than a division win but this team has shown us they get hot and I don't see nothing wrong with gunning for the division.
  13. Hugh2
    What was our playoff odds two months ago?
  14. Hugh2
    I thought he did, from what I remember the reports were pretty good on him when he came back.
  15. Hugh2
    I think he'd have to come back and look pretty good for that to happen. I know there are those in the Sox organization who still think he has the highest ceiling of any pitcher in the Sox system and that was before the trade deadline. New guy on my radar who I'm curious to see a break out from is Martin Shelar, although that may not come until 2027. He has legit 80 raw power.
  16. Hugh2
    We should also think about what most MLB caliber players do when they first enter the bigs. Many players, even all star caliber players struggle anywhere from a few weeks to a year or two until they really grow into the player they are. I don't believe we have the ability to tell how fast a guy is going to hit the ground running at the big league level by evaluating his box score, and I think we've seen this time and time again over the years. We should think about that too. Story is going to get first crack, whether or not people like that he is. If he comes back and is the player he was last year he very well may be just as good as Arias would be adjusting at the big league level. And if that is reality, then why wouldn't you take the extra year of control and play the guy you HAVE to pay. If it looks bad with Story you can always call up Arias. But if you call him up first the clock starts ticking.
  17. Hugh2
    While that certainly may be part of the equation I believe it has to be far down the list of priorities.
  18. Hugh2
    In the absence of his stuff ticking up I'd expect bad results at the MLB level.
  19. Hugh2
    A lot more swing and miss and doesn't give up a ton of hits either. The stuff is good. Olds seems like the classic guy who is going to stick in the bigs if he can improve the control. he currently has a 0% BB percentage so........
  20. Hugh2
    6.07 ERA in AAA this year CALL HIM UP!
  21. Hugh2
    I always imagined that Ed O'Neills character in Modern family was sort of like a sequel to Married with Children where Al got away from his family and became rich successfull and had a second chance at life.
  22. Hugh2
    "If everyone was healthy, we wouldn't have a depth issue!" Is that a serious argument? Sorry I couldn't help myself. But I think those stats better illustrate what was going on inside my mind the other day. Honestly, WHO gets injured is important. All teams sustain injuries through out the year, all teams have depth guys etc etc. But losing someone like Crochet is obviously very different than losing Zack Kelly. And losing someone like Conor Wong is obviously not the same blow as losing Contreras would be at this point. Not surprised the Sox are #1 Seems like the Sox have had worse luck than most teams with the injury bug for a few years now.
  23. Hugh2
    Monasterio has been playing more SS than anything no? also he's been one of the worse defenders in the league, his range is non existent and his arm is weak. They'd actually probably be much better at defense with Story at SS. Of course with Story you just don't know what you're going to get. If we are getting 2022, or 2025 Trevor Story this team is much much better off. If not, I suspect we may see Arias sooner than later. I don't think the team believes in Monasterio as an everyday SS. I love what he's done for this team this year.
  24. Hugh2
    For all the talk about the Sox not being able to take position players and transition them to the MLB level, they seemingly are great at it with pitchers; both inside and outside the organization. It's going to be interesting to see what Bailey can do with him when he is in the club house daily up in Boston.
  25. Hugh2
    If teams played elite hitters at DH regardless of their defene then elite players like Pete Crow-Armstrong, and Bobby Witt Jr would be playing DH. That just feels bonkers to me to take those guys out of the field
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