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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Let's see: Soto wants $700 million, so $70M per year for the next decade. The Red Sox' entire payroll this season was $140M... so, ya, John Henry would probably jump at the chance to pay Soto half his budget. Hey, it's only a little less than double what Mookie says he would've signed for to stay in Boston (and what Henry refused to offer).
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "our position player group is further ahead than our pitching group,” Breslow said. “And so as it relates to upgrades, it will require really elite talent in order to upgrade the position player group in certain instances. So we’ll kind of focus our attention appropriately." I perceive that last line of Brez-speak to sum up the passage thusly: "our position players look pretty good, but our pitching doesn't, so we're not going to blow our budget on Juan Soto when we can use the same dough on two starting pitchers, two good relievers and a back-up catcher."
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This should be worth it to both clubs. Keep the Big Four, Casas and Duran. Abreu is blocking Anthony, and is the top trade chip by default. I'm also not trading Arias this winter -- not with the uncertainty of Mayer's durability the past two seasons. One of them may be the shortstop of future Boston core teams, but Arias is noted for his glove, while Mayer's potential is more with his elite bat. Plus, Trevor Story is under contract for three more years, and the next time he goes on the IL we should get to see and evaluate Mayer on the big league stage. Trade for Crochet and sign Manaea, a starter who worked well with Andrew Bailey in San Fran in 2023. Sign Higashioka to partner with Wong. Higgie has a productive righty bat, hitting 17 homers last season. Spend the rest of the budget on the bullpen.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why not? Boston hasn't acquired a starting pitcher who had a good first half for the White Sox and a bad second half in at least... a year.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Actively lowering chins, shaking heads, holding palms up, shrugging shoulders... grimacing grimly.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But if the Red Sox sign Pivetta, they can't get draft pick compensation -- which is the whole reason for offering him the Qualifying Offer... (they don't really want to pay anyone $21 million dollars for one year.) It would also go against team philosophy this decade of letting mediocre starting pitching go, so they could use the savings on more one-and-done disasters or two-year injured rehab body surfers who might ride a wave to shore after the All-Star break -- "not this one, the next one."
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Couple of ex-big leaguers and now blab hosts on MLB Sirius today said Pivetta could be a Cy Young winner one of these years! Like the Red Sox would ever let a guy like that get away...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bullpens as a missing structure in general were the main reason star hitters padded their stats in the days when starting pitchers were expected to go the distance. Imagine studs like Williams and DiMaggio licking their chops, waiting to swing against a guy in a fourth time through the order... especially if the hurler was tiring and his stuff was slowing down or not as sharp. And if a manager did have to bring in a reliever, it often wasn't a specialist, but someone just not good enough to make the rotation. Bombs away!
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The correlation has been one of the bummers of Red Sox fans' summers in this decade. Clutch may not exist to some, but not making contact can definitely make a batter unclutch.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dunno -- I muted whenever NESN played them yelling.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Babe: "When I won three rings in Boston, I batted last in the batting order!" Harry Hooper: "Ya, well I won four rings for the Red Sox -- as the leadoff hitter..."
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Here are some more O'Neill stats per baseball-ref: his K-rate was worse than all American League batters who had enough plate appearances to qualify (Zach Gelof led with 34.4%). O'Neill's Productive Outs Percentage was 13.3% -- worst on the Red Sox (except for Trevor Story and Mickey Gaspar in SSS). Yoshida was the best regular at 42.9%. O'Neill's BRS Percentage (scoring baserunners, not necessarily with an RBI) was also Boston's worst among regulars at 11.8%. Yoshida led again at 18.6%. O'Neill's Percentage of Plate Appearances with less than two outs, and a runner on third -- who scored -- was also worst among Sox' regulars at 38.8%. The league average was 50.8%. Devers was at 57.1%. Yoshida again led the club at 72.2%.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dumb? This is the same front office smart enough to make Disqualifying Offers to Mookie Betts for years! Just think of all the money they saved on decorative bunting and paint at Fenway Park by not having a few more World Series in Boston.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hindsight my hindhalves.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Or maybe they just want the draft pick from another team signing Pivetta... ... to hopefully compensate them for the one they'll lose from signing a better free agent.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Shows how overrated the all-or-nothing offense was.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the Red Sox want to keep Pivetta, they're going to have to at least give him the same amount they're paying Giolito (who has yet to throw a pitch for Boston): two years at around $40 million. Eovaldi also turned down a $20 mil player option, so he'll want at least two for $40... ... but both are probably looking for three-year contracts and closer to $60 -- or at least Wacha money (3 for $51). Signing several legitimate starters like Pivetta, Eovaldi and maybe Manaea or Severino may be preferable to Breslow and Co. rather than splurging on one big-timer like Fried, who Jim Bowden predicts will get around $174 million for six years.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Regarding OPS, a guy who strikes out as much as TO has a hard time ever getting O and providing any S. And while RBIs may not be a skill, a 33.6% K-rate is too repeatable, and often the impetus of unclutch.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    O'Neill's 33.6% K-rate is the worst for any Red Sox season home run leader this century. Striking out in more than every 3 at bats is pretty bad. For perspective, Devers -- who would've led in homers, as usual, before his power was completely sapped by injury (1st half HRs: 24; 2nd half: 5) -- had a 24.5% K-rate. Other Boston HR kings like Manny and Papi hardly ever even approached whiffing in every 4 ABs. Aaron Judge is a Fox TV star and big whiffer, and he's never fanned 33.6% of the time as a regular. Not even Schwarber in his 200-K seasons went down swinging at a rate of 30%. In 2024 O'Neill had his second-most plate appearances in a season. In his healthiest year in 2021, he had a 31.3% K-rate. He's not worth a Qualifying Offer. Spend it on pitching.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sam can't help signing, because there are puppet strings attached from his jaw to his hands -- every time he opens his mouth, his index and middle fingers cross.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is as good a reason as any to deal a prospect or two for roster needs -- when pro evaluators tout your org with its deepest prospect capital in years, and before these Top 100 hopefuls reach the big leagues... ... that is; before potential flaws, deficits and warts are exposed that may diminish trade returns. At times like this, it's also vital for the front office to trust its farm brass -- and not make them cry, like Lou Gorman did when he gave away Jeff Bagwell.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    John's teams are in position to contend in every game every year: he pays nine men to wear uniforms and perform on the field for nine innings... which people still pay him good money just to watch, win or lose... (in tie games that extend into a 10th inning, he doesn't even have to pay for extra ghost runners). Win some, lose some -- people will come... said John's accountants. What they don't say is the definition of winsome: "attractive or appealing in appearance or character" -- because maybe that doesn't quite describe the post-MOOKIE Boston Red Sox.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Giving odds for next year's world champs before all the winter free agents sign and trades are made is very odd. Note to John Henry and anyone else who thinks fans only care about winning and not star power -- here's the latest headline on MLB.com (that I had to post, without even reading about Mookie yet): Star-studded Yanks-Dodgers World Series draws record viewership all across the globe
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You don't have to expect; just keep tying them. All your posts are bold!
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Someone -- I'll call him my son -- cautions signing an oft-injured pitcher based on what he just did in a good couple of weeks in the postseason. I replied that Nate Eovaldi did the exact same bling. Then blinged agin...
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