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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Breslow and Bloom disagree. They insist we can play 16 vets and prospects in the same game, as long as half of them are bargain bin rehabbing reclamation relief pitchers (and don't worry about reaching the three-batter minimums; there will be plenty of at bats to go around at the salad bar manned by these soft-servers).
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I just want to be able to watch him and chant, "Hecan'thit, hecan'thit, swing batter!" ...at least for the 10 starts or so he'd give us.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Arenado listed the Red Sox as one of the six teams he'd wave his no-trade clause to play for. The Yankees are not on there. Then I read Bradford saying Arenado had volunteered to move to first base, and that was probable if he came to Boston... WHAAAAAAAATTTT?!?!?!?!?! Arenado is one of the best fielding third basemen in baseball history, the Red Sox' infield defense is a bad joke, and they want to trade for him to try a new position? His offense hit career lows last year, so how exactly would he and his $32 million dollar salary help THE REBUILD? Catching throws from inaccurate wild arms? Sorry, patients. We all have to be patients... of the psych ward reserved for Red Sox fans waiting... every offseason this decade.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I've been typing this point for a month. The Yankees' infield defense isn't any better than Boston's, so good luck with the most expensive lefthander in history. New York can afford (or isn't afraid) to throw stupid money away. Getting the ghost of Arenado will only help the D for a year or two. But the only way Breslow and Co. come out of this looking good is if they actually land a swing-and-miss starter -- or two -- to the rotation. Ya, it's only Dec. 11th, but there's also a limited number of power arms available, unless you want to trade the Number One prospect in baseball or the Minor League Player of the Year...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Beginning to lose interest in the kings.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox are not interested in Aaron Judge, but Buehler, who struck him out in the World Series. How boring.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Listen, Breslow said they were going to be aggressive this winter, and you'd better believe it. Even reporters are insisting it's true; Tom Arrivederci said Sam Kennedy pushed him out of the way and took his taxi in Houston last night.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All the GMs are looking at recent history and salivating: fireballing Sox southpaw, former closer, gets traded and wins the Cy Young Award... it just happened to another guy who began his career in Chicago! Those who forget the past...
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Getting Chapman is garage diving. He ventilated his garage with a pistol.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    50-50, the Red Sox' record with the Wonger? So the key will be who catches the other 62!
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Story is what he is, at this point. Anything we get from him is a bonus going forward. I'm more worried about anyone who thinks the Red Sox can contend with Story in his 30s hitting 2nd, 3rd or 4th in the batting order.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Freidman: Dodgers sign Snell. Dodgers sign Treinen. Dodgers sign Conforto. Dombrowski: Phillies sign Romano, first day of the Winter Meetings. Breslow: Red Sox are interested in being aggressive... fans deserve it... it's time... though some may still be celebrating Chapman (Yankee fans).
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Reading Sean Murphy may be available. Broke down last year, and owed a lot by the Braves... plus, as has been said here and elsewhere, be wary of anyone Atlanta deems expendable.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Soto couldn't fly fighter jets in wars or fly cast to catch Atlantic salmon as good as Ted, either.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fisk. Or Varitek.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We know the Red Sox have to improve defensively, and definitely in the infield. But what about the most important position on the diamond besides (but certainly connected to) the mound? Concerned about Boston's plans behind the plate? Brez' recently used the d-word for Kyle Teel -- "developing" -- and not the r-word: "ready." Danny Jansen just signed with Tampa, and not one player, coach, fan or Assistant VP shed a tear. Most metrics show that Connor Wong is a bad catcher. He's not even the kind of guy teams prefer for a back-up, like someone with good defensive skills who pitchers like to throw to (ex: Sandy Leon). And it's not like there are a lot of backstops on the market right now...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Can't see Fried without Bregman -- recruiting a pitch-to-contact pitcher is a waste if not improving the infield D somewhere (please don't say the ivy-league execs in the front office actually anticipate a full, healthy year of Trevor Story to make up for the rest of a below-average infield). Now... can any Red Sox fan see Henry and Breslow spending approximately $400 million on two players like Fried and Bregman? We're not talking generational Soto or yenerational Yamamoto here... (bad pun, but a year ago Boston actually offered Yo Yama over 45 billion yen). Jurickson Profar, anyone? Switch hitter, Silver Slugger last year... most similar batters include 3) JBJ; 4) Kike; 5) Vince (not even Dom) DiMaggio...
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    0.1 every year!
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Streets around Wrigley are too narrow to hold Paredes.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    According to MLB Channel last night, Alex Bregman has the highest OPS at Fenway of any batter in baseball. For those who think he's just a pull hitter feasting off Houston's Crawford boxes, here are career splits: Home 94 homers, .270 BA, .846 OPS; Away 97 homers, .274 BA, .850 OPS. Bregman is not Trevor Story... definitely not with a career 13.4% K-rate. A few years back I attended an Astros-Red Sox game, and got there early so my son could try to catch HRs in the Monster seats in batting practice. Bregman was a huge disappointment, because in his round, he intentionally hit an entire bucket of balls to right field, line drives between first and second. I've never witnessed any other big leaguer practice such a specific skill in BP... but always wonder why not.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This decade's World Series winners all won without Juan Soto in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020... ... but two of them had Mookie Betts; three if you go back to 2018 (then it's Mookie 3, Juan 1).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... where he'll bat 8th, once they sign Soto and trade for Vlad
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe you think clutch doesn't exist, or unclutch does exist. But I think we can do better than O'Neill. Compare with others that cause acid reflexibility: Career 2 outs, RISP (bb-ref): Ceddanne .235, Bobby Dee .219, Franchy .217, JBJ .212... T.O. .201.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pay him Soto money (there'll be a lot to spread around soon): money Soto will blow on a personal chef, personal trainer, body guards, personal uber, personal pilot and maintenance crew of his private jet, landscapers for his 7 mansion wonders all over the world, 10.0 Mantle rookie card, and mint original 1931 Dracula lobby poster.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Start spreading the boos...
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