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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox have reported interest in your disinterest. But they won't do anything about it. When Sam said they'll exceed the CBT, he meant Cease Buying Talent.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Strategy. Sam's claim they could exceed the CBT this winter was not mere bluster. The window was opening, but Sam bloviated it shut before any of Henry's money could fly out.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Same to all. I vow to come to this forum this year in the best shape yet (nuts and berries in my daily granola, dried thai peppers in my dinners, tumeric sprinkled on my salads). I am resolute: no more second-guessing the back office at Fenway Park. No more what-ifs. Just appreciate the Red Sox for what they are. The Year of Yoshida. In '25 he comes alive!
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wha-- didn't you hear Craig? They hired different practice coaches! (that was the reason Brez gave that Devers would be a better third baseman this year...)
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I would say it's almost like they want to fall short... ... except we have Yoshida, who they zoomed right in on and overpaid, according to the entire industry -- or according to Scott Boras, who never accepts an early offer when he can stall the entire MLB all winter.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ability to pay market prices? We know they have the ability to be obstinate about the market. When the front office raises one finger to fans, it's not saying We're Number One!
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Appreciate the efforts on making a case for Arenado, but I want nothing to do with his contract and aging skills. I know he'd improve the defense this year, but he won't be a factor when the window is wide open (except his albatross contract). Despite what Sam Kennedy says, for some reason I don't think this is the year we're going all the way. Maybe because of the odds of young hitters busting out vs. big league pitchers all at once, or the reconstructed elbows in the rotation all throwing pain-free.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm now in the camp of signing Bregman, but only if he's the new third baseman. I just don't want to block the Minor League HITTER of the Year at second base. I also don't care who plays first base between Casas and Devers; the other can DH. And here's where I differ from most of the Nation: I really don't care if Yoshida is still on the team; he doesn't suck as a batter, but his contract does. Might as well let him play a little leftfield, where he's hardly the worst outfielder in the history of Franchy. Masa can play a few of O'Neill's missing innings in left (and hopefully raise his value) until Anthony is ready to take over fulltime.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    By now, we shouldn't be so sure Bloom overly believed anything -- except what he was told to do when he was hired to do it. I'm one of his biggest critics, and trading Mookie will be in his obit, but "a whole bunch of garbage thrown at the wall" has carried over into the Breslow Era, too. So now we know that a Boston CBO is really only a figurehead at the task end of a major front office mandate (by a front office full of lifers) -- and let's just call it what fans now know as a conspiracy -- to cut corners in an attempt to at least appear to compete. These guys who run the Red Sox are just way too intelligent with advanced college degrees to all be so incompetent for this many years... and ask yourself this: would a multi-billionaire owner ever stand for it -- for one year -- if he wasn't in on the plan?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The standings that chart wins and losses say New York, Baltimore, Boston... not Rodon, Burnes, Bello. Starting pitchers are yanked earlier than ever, even guys who are effective. So it seems dumb that a starter who throws four solid innings gets no credit, and then a reliever who only goes two or one frame gets the win.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There were also a few times this century when it looked -- to my eyes -- like a Tito or Cora yanked a starter who they were irked with for some reason after 4 2/3s with a lead... Only one out to go for a W? Take a seat and learn something, Meat. But in this day of openers and two-times-through-the-order starters, win requirements should be adjusted to reward the most effective pitcher each day.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I hope it won't be Crochet's won-loss record. At least he's a strikeout pitcher, who may be less affected by below-average defense in the infield (and maybe behind the plate)... at least, less than a Max Fried pitch-to-contact guy. Maybe getting outbid by the Yankees for Fried saved Henry a lot of dough, since a subsequent Bregman signing would've also been necessary to optimize Fried's forte... (so maybe the Red Sox' offer to Fried intentionally preserved their frugality). Boston can also be thankful Teoscar re-upped with LA, since the outfield D hasn't regressed. Fans of whiffers will be disappointed, though, because only three batters in baseball had more Ks than Hernandez' 188 (quite a few more than Duran's team-leading 160).
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good point, and a mystery why good relievers don't ever earn the WAR of good starters. I know innings pitched -- and ideally batters retired -- makes a starter who does his job (5 full frames!) more valuable. But as far as who earns the win, there's a difference between a starter staked to a big early lead, and a starter whose offense takes the lead later, which he protects with shutdown innings. A pitcher who doesn't cough up the lead is most valuable, whether he's a starter or reliever. In the semantics, a set-up man can be just as much or more valuable than a closer, depending on whether they're pitching clean innings or coming in to clean up someone else's mess.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I hear your Who, and raise you Led Zeppelin II.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Abbey Road.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He's from Arizona, just had twins, and wanted to stay home... for less than what the Jays and Giants offered. So it wasn't about the-- wait, taxes are a bigger hit in Toronto and SF...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Can we expand it, to include catching prospect Harry Ford? Ford, who could become a core guy for a rebuilding team, is blocked in Seattle for at least the next three years (M's WAR leader Cal Raleigh is not a free agent until 2028).
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But what if a Wily Mo Pena batter becomes available? Wouldn't his 16 homers and negative-WAR be worth trading a pitcher for (a guy who in the next eight years averaged 211 IP and 33 starts, while winning over 100 games with a 20 WAR... and was a rock star)?
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And any attempt at discussing him at the back end of the bullpen would be a non-closer.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Those are unreasonable expectations. John says we just expect banners every year.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Both are destined for the rotation, and Crawford may not even see any relief stints as long man in the bullpen. Criswell, either, if they'd rather he takes a regular turn in the Woo rotation to prepare. With all the fragile -- and too valuable -- elbows in Boston, look for the Sox to use a six-man rotation early on in risky weather.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Regarding Giolito, a full recovery isn't so much when he returns or even how effective he is, but whether there are any setbacks -- especially the first year back. Therefore, Houck, Bello and Crawford are the three sure things for the starting rotation. Gio, Crochet, Buehler, Fulmer, and maybe Sandoval could provide serious depth or serious doubt. As far as durability right now, there are even less questions about the elbow macaroni group than Fitts and Criswell.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Without googling, maybe even some minor arthroscopy could've extended his career. I'm just talking from amateur experience, where they use laser beams to disintegrate calcified scar tissue to make space (and alleviate bone-on-bone pain) for a better range of motion. I had my shoulder scoped in 1989; when I had my elbow scoped 20 years later, the doc said they now had 20 more instruments of different sizes and powers to use than in the late-80s.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When Koufax quit at age 30 because doctors told him he could be crippled for life, he was only the most dominant pitcher in baseball history. If they had Tommy John Surgery in 1965, Sandy could've rocked for another decade. But Tommy was only 22 in '65, with all of his ligaments still in their original places.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox pitchers with recent elbow operations: Crochet, Buehler, Giolito, Whitlock, Sandoval, Fulmer, Moran, Sam Kennedy (injured doing the Funky Chicken at the office Christmas party). They'll all be there... but it may be prudent not to count on all being better than ever without any setbacks.
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