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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That might be the only line I can believe. You are hereby banned from ever running for office (especially a front one).
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sorry, I thought I was replying to notin with a notin-type response. But I do have to wonder about the various posts suggesting Rafaela in RF. Cora has said multiple times he wants Ceddanne in CF as much as possible, and hasn't tried him in right in any Grapefruit games (as far as I can research). I keep thinking back to last decade, when the Sox moved a future Hall-of-Famer to RF to make room for Jackie Bradley Jr. -- the better centerfielder. Meanwhile, Cora has played Duran in RF a little in the past, and Jarren has shown a lot of improvement defensively since then, so who knows. He doesn't have the arm for it, and he's no Mookie, but Betts can't lift as many bowling balls as Duran, either. Maybe they're just counting on an Abreu comeback by April, or Anthony by May.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Second base remains the most awkward position in camp. No one has played there that looks smooth enough for a legit contender. Campbell at 2B appears maybe uncomfortable? at times. Returning second sackers Hamilton and Grissom have had shaky moments with their hands, trying to catch and throw. The Sox two best infielders, Bregman and Story, haven't even taken reps there, because they're busy anchoring the left side of the diamond. Marcelo Mayer has looked too good at shortstop to move elsewhere. But if Raffy can accept change, other veterans could soon also do what's best for the team. Cora, an old keystone cop himself, knows how important it is to the pitching staff for the men behind them to turn double plays...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Anthony's not ready yet to hit more homers at farther distances than both of them combined? Lost 10 pounds from the plague and still hit one out of camera range last night.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They're not going let you watch baseball on those TVs when everybody else is chanting for Let's Make A Deal! and the The Price is Mookie!
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That must mean one of the sicko fans advised Brez to make it his first priority to dump the Sox' Ghost of Rotations Past. But I'm not quite sure what Boston fans with a life look like: pink hats and yellow jerseys? Maybe they wear authentic replicas with Number 9 on back under the name Williams and yell at New York fans with a life who wear Number 3 on their backs under the name Ruth (even though names weren't on baseball uniforms until 1960, or on Red Sox road jerseys until 1990).
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is all I could find: Tommy John with original parts in place: age 20-31 for 31.1 WAR, 2.97 ERA, 318 Games Started, 2,1656.2 IP Tommy John with tendon harvested from right wrist sewn into left elbow: age 33-46 for 31 WAR, 3.66 ERA, 382 Games Started, 2,544.2 IP There is nothing on the site about Tommy John Underwear...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We'll pay him not to pitch, but if his leg starts to feel better there's a clause in his contract that allows him to go surfing. Running in waste deep water to catch a wave might strengthen his hamstring for when he throws his first pitch in 2026 (the homophone's intentional; crap contract).
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bregman would make an ideal #2 batter, because not only does he have pull power, but if he falls behind in the count, he's also adept at making contact and moving baserunners for the big boys to drive in. The problem with the Red Sox' "best" line-up is that Duran, Devers and Casas are all lefties and all big whiffers -- the kind of trio that sidewinding southpaw specialists salivate just thinking about... ... that's why it is almost mandatory for Cora to break them up by batting Bregman in between them.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Devers' status as the Boston Mangler is certainly uncertain right now. Why doesn't anyone covering camp report about this? No one can rationally make any predictions about the Red Sox until they see Raffy in action.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And LA still had to use an opener to win the World Series...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Tadolito's the reason I changed 5th to 4th. There are still two weeks for Crochet/Bueller/Houck to tweak something and make it 3rd.. This isn't really pessimism, if you look at all the other rotations in various throes of decimation. Why not us?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Who's going to be the 4th starter?
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You really think a guy like Gibson will fit in on the Boston Red Sox? He led all NL pitchers with a 1.000 fielding percentage last year, after leading the AL with a 1.000% in three previous seasons. What a square peg on a round mound he'd be in Fenway Park. If the Sox sign him, they might have to throw in a Yoshida to trade Gibson's awkward perfect glove out of town.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Story's offended you left him out, and says there's still time to curse him, too, before the regular season opens.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pulled his hammy on the first pitch of his first game in a year. No, seriously. Workhorse could be looking at glue factory. But there is a contract clause: if he's ok, he can go to pasture and stare at mares.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I didn't say find an immature adult who can throw clay pigeons in the garage for shooting practice. (at least they aren't clay buchholzes)
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Clark couldn't hit the Citgo sign if he was hang-gliding past it with a 36-inch Old Hickory. He'd wait for an earthquake tremor to shake the sign down to the ground, then swing over it and miss completely.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I have no intel and I'm not a gent, but as I said yesterday, if the Red Sox want Crochet longterm, they need to be willing to pay market value. The main question is when: when he's 25, 26 or 27? Question for number crunchers weighing variables like possible All-Star appearances and Cy Young votes: at which age will a Crochet contract be the most expensive, and which will be the least expensive?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How about the Sox let the kids play, and instead find an adult to pitch at the end of games who can actually throw strikes.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The home run that went farther than any was hit by Jim Rice over the Green Monster, Lansdowne Street, and the Cask N Flagon. It supposedly landed in the bed of a truck in the westbound lane of the Mass. Turnpike and was found at a loading dock somewhere in New Jersey. At least that's how I remembered Hawk Harrelson describing it in the mid-1970s.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Philly first baseman Christian Arroyo already stole two bases in one inning. Maybe pitchers (cough, ottavino) don't pay much attention to baserunners in the Grapefruit League... but Red Sox catching this season could be all Wong.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bob Feller threw so hard his throw once beat a motorcycle cop to the finish line. On the video I couldn't tell if the officer dug his spurs in on the nag, but the narrator said their speed was "NINETY MILES AN HOUR!"
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't expect Crochet or his agent to agree to any team-friendly deal. They both know what a guy of his caliber at his age is worth. Put it this way: the main reason Yamamoto got $300 million is because he was 25. And last year, in their first as MLB starting pitchers, Crochet was better. With LA and Chicago treating each gingerly, trying to protect their arms (and in Crochet's case, his value), Garrett had 4.1 WAR, while Yama had 1.7 WAR. The Red Sox know Crochet is worth market value. They didn't give up such a haul for just two years of an ace. But don't be surprised if they lowball him, and act like he should feel privileged to play for such a storied franchise. After all, even if Crochet is great and unextended the next two years, the smart Sox may think they'll get to pay him less total money when he's 27 with two more seasons of mileage on that arm when they get serious about locking him up longterm. And then he'll either be a Dodger, Met or Yankee. Or Phillie, if Dombro's still in charge.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No prob -- this may not be an issue now, but I guarantee whenever Devers does come back, reporters will be bothering him with questions about whether he stayed away because his feelings were hurt, and even if his translator assures everyone it was just physical, the very next questions will be if Raffy -- after missing all that gametime readiness on defense -- is now ready to accept DHing. For all we know, he may be working out away from reporters just so he doesn't have to deal with them. It would be good to get it over with before the games count though... (this is where we need management to step up and say they are so committed to taking care of Raffy that they insisted on keeping him away from the dugout stomach bug)
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