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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... and then was injured and unavailable for the playoffs? Answer: Red Sox fans in the 2020s.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bregman would be worth it if he could improve the team just enough so that Breslow will acquire a reliever at the deadline who is having an actual lights-out season. A 50-50 chance very well could be the same as a 50-50 record in the third week of July (when Sox fans just know the front office won't deliver significant reinforcements from other teams). But if Bregman is worth 3 to 5 more wins -- and Boston is cruising at 55-45 and close to first place -- does that increase the odds that Sammy K persuades ownership to let Bedlam and Bailey's Circus upgrade their show?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We know Henry doesn't need the profits, so maybe his approach to team-building the past half decade is just his hobby -- if he could ever actually win it all without spending big, his legacy wouldn't just be as the most successful Red Sox owner, but as the most clever boss in the business. At this point, that might be all that's left driving him.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A lot of Sox fans who have watched the past three seasons probably agree with you -- Story can K 300 times if he doesn't get injured. That's the guy many posters here are batting in the heart of the order on the eve of this season when predicting Boston finally gets back to the postseason.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    New York has plenty of whiffers, too -- but it certainly helps when your two biggest K men also combine for 99 home runs, like Judge and Soto did last year. The only team worse than Boston was Seattle. Their two leading strikeout batters only combined for 54 HRs; they didn't make the postseason. The Red Sox two worst hackers were Duran and O'Neill, who combined for 52 longballs. But don't worry, one of them is Baltimore's problem now. We don't need his 31 homers... we've got youth.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Story has struck out over 30% of his at bats in each of his three years in Boston. Casas had a K-rate over 30% last year. Abreu fanned 28%, Raffy 25%. Duran improved his career K-rate of 25% at around 22%... and still led the club in strikeouts. That's the top of the order, where a team's best hitters are slotted to get the most at bats. Why anyone thinks this group will stop whiffing is mystifying. Sox fans better prepare to witness any contender's lefty specialist take the ball in big moments and slice and dice this group on a bamboo cutting board. It gets worse if Wong and Rafaela hit 8th and 9th in the order, too. Their ABs will give opposing pitchers seven straight Sultans of Swing and Miss. Yoshida haters take note: if his repaired shoulder is strong enough to keep his bat through the zone on the bottom half of the ball -- instead of rolling over to second base -- then he HAS to bat higher in the order... just to break up the ineptitude.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Solid 8. For a 9, a Cheap Baseball Officer would edit thusly: "Using this methodology we feel optimizes opportunities for success.” (less fortuitous, more alliterative = craptacular vernacular)
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Now we know why -- even after trading for Crochet -- Breslow is stumbling to the finish line of another offseason. It's hard to take another meaningful step with your foot in your mouth.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I tell ya, it's not about his WAR -- it's about preventing a War. I don't care how much Devers makes, he won't be able to say a word if the Red Sox finally replace the worst fielding third baseman of his day with only the best fielding third baseman of this generation. Raffy's career dWAR is -3.6; Arenado's career dWAR is 20.1. This trade would finally signal legitimate change in Boston's entire defensive structure. Once it's done -- if Arenado's bat is truly that washed -- it will be time for the transition to third for whatever prospect is banging down the door... but there will be no flip-flopping (literally) back to Devers.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He said he's still looking for a "game-changer." He should just look in the living rooms of Red Sox Nation -- there must be plenty of viewers with TV remotes willing to change games when bored from watching an incomplete team.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He could pay it to us, to stop us from twiddling our typing fingers in another winter waiting for moments that just won't come. I'm a Red Sox fan, so I'm not expecting anything -- just speculating everything.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He made chocolate milk! When I was still a gullible kid, I always chose him over Boo Berry (too negative). Now I'm no longer capable. Just culpable.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wha -- no authoritarian dictators allowed on the forum.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For oversized canines, the big dawg has to be Count Dracula. He had Frankenstein calling him "master" and lured the Wolfman to jump off a cliff. Drac's stats are way better in night games than daytime; he's the Bello of monsters.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But most of them share the same question: Why did the Red Sox -- one of the richest MLB clubs in revenue, fan interest and tradition -- stop spending on top talent?
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unlike most other teams that are also all about winning championships, Boston seasons don't really depend on acquisitions any more. Wait -- Danielle from American Pickers is on the line for Breslow and Bailey: "Got a lead on an old abandoned indoor batting cage. Owner says it hasn't been opened for years and will consider any offers. Some rusty machines, buckets of used baseballs, but get this -- a few mummies wearing batting helmets... " B&B: "We are ON IT!"
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Guess who MLB.com deems the Most Unpredictable Team this year (based on odds to make the postseason): 1. Red Sox: 37.3-point difference FanGraphs: 51.0% | PECOTA: 13.7%
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Notice I didn't list Jerry McGuire. Brez needs Miles from Risky Business whispering in his ear. Every now and then, just say...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He thought Jet Blue was Wally World because a big green monster lives there.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agents better than Boras: Brian Epstein, Maxwell Smart, Illya Kuryakin... Emma Peel, 99, Mata Hari. Not Orange.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This entire Red Sox season is hopemore.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    To promote Spring Training, the Red Sox posted a colorful collage of faces (and Raffy's back) titled "One Week." On top are mugs of Duran and Casas, just above Rafaela and Story (centered)... Bello stretching and Wong catching are on the bottom. But the guy who takes up the most space, with horizontal bat on his shoulders. is Vaughn Grissom,
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Of course, as I said "all pitchers are susceptible to arm injuries at any time." But the difference is the Yankees, and other teams perennially in or contending for the postseason continually upgrade with top talent every offseason to build quality depth -- to prepare for eventual and inevitable IL guys... and still stay in contention. The Red Sox don't do that anymore. Fans hope they will again, but all the front office does is hope the affordable players they settle for will stay on the field.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's a reasonable prediction... if the players returning from injury regain above-average production, and the rookies contribute at least a combined 3 wins through WAR. But here's my problem: if they don't, Boston isn't improved, and could certainly regress, too. Crochet and Buehler are here, and hopefully will be stars (again, the word hope). Statistically, they barely replace Pivetta, who started 12 games in the second half of last season and worked 64.1 IP. Crochet also started 12 and was limited to 38.2 IP. Buehler started 8 and went 38.1 IP. The killer could be the bullpen. Gone are decent to good set-up man Martin and closer Jansen. Breslow did not replace them with equitable talent. Hendriks and Chapman might be good again -- but is anyone convinced they will be? By midseason, would it surprise if Whitlock and Slaten got the 8th and 9th? All pitchers are susceptible to arm injuries at any time. But based on the history of virtually all Boston's current starters and relievers as question marks, how can prognosticators claim with confidence that the Red Sox are definitely improved?
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The secret to deciphering this anal yst is to take his words literally. He says the offseason has been "incredible" and we should believe him... because incredible literally means "impossible to believe."
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