5GoldGlovesOF,75
-
Posts
15,165 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
32
Content Type
Profiles
Boston Red Sox Videos
2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospect Rankings
Boston Red Sox Trade & Free Agent Rumors
Boston Red Sox Fan Guides & Resources
2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses
Boston Red Sox News, Rumors & Analysis
2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by 5GoldGlovesOF,75
-
It's true Crawford gave up 34 home runs, the most in '24. Just remember, Giolito gave up 41 to lead the AL in '23. -
Red Sox fans rejoice today. Whether you dislike Bregman or the overpay, you have to like Boston adding another good player to the roster. The other AL East contenders certainly don't. The Sox will be a better team with Bregman on the field. Don't worry about his position, or how the super prospects will fit in (management will do the right thing). Also, keep in mind that half a dozen guys will tweak something before they leave Florida by the end of March. And don't fret about losing a draft pick. Is it just coincidence this trade was announced after Pivetta signed with San Diego, assuring the Sox of getting a draft pick back? Finally, don't worry about the opt outs; it's not like there are a bunch of clubs anxious to pay Alex $41 million next year when he's 32, or the year after when he's 33.
-
Sam's babble head has three, like the Three Monkeys. The one on the left has hands covering the eyes, the middle one has a wide open mouth with jawbone down to the base, and the one on the right has hands choking the neck. Tightly...
-
The front office just called Pivetta to say the Qualifying Offer is still on the table... if he'll sign for the next two years. That way, it will still feel like only a one-year deal.
-
I like both Bello and Crawford better than Giolito, who hasn't been good since 2021. 2022-2024 WAR: Bello 5.1, Crawford 4.7, Giolito 2.1 (yes, he was unavailable last year -- but that certainly makes him less reliable).
-
Never happen. But an intern read your post, and now they might sell them at the door.
-
Such a pessimist; I'm raising the ceiling to .519, which is where they finished in 2019. One of these new pitchers has to be as good as Kashner. ,Floor of .481 -- which they haven't dipped below in a full season in over a decade!
-
Only 8 giveaways is a dead giveaway.
-
The Red Sox window needs to stay open, so they can keep spending to acquire the top talent that will boost them in the standings and ensure deep runs in the postseason. February Fools! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
-
I heard the mystery player is Ozzie... ... not Smith, Osbourne! Oz said he was about to play "Iron man", but when he heard it was Boston, changed his set to "Paranoid."
-
He's driving a Camaro instead of a Camry.
-
Lockdown closers demand contracts for more than one year. But the Boston brass is so fricking smart they have calculated that relievers fluctuate so much from one year to THE NEXT that nobody is worth a multi-year offer at market value. We have to keep in mind the future, after all. We wouldn't want to try to win it all this season, when we might be able to sign another name next season that once was good and will cost less because of a recent injury. Plus, we have stockpiled so many formerly good relievers that one of them is bound to rebound or emerge this year. Like Koji did in 2013... or nobody else in the history of Red Sox World Series championships.
-
1A. Closer -- not having a legit shutdown closer leaves too many games open for demoralizing losses. OR because we know how unlikely it is they spend for both (just pray it's either)... 1B. Good batter who doesn't strike out -- this guy is especially valuable in moving ghost runners so the team can salvage a few more extra inning wins out of the inevitable blown saves from not having a closer.
-
While those contributions may enhance our present, we have to keep oculars on the future... (might've said the current CBO, whose future is in serious doubt, since next season will be his third -- doomsday for Red Sox CBOs in the John Henry Era)
-
"Great?" The last time the Red Sox signed a free agent who was great at his position was probably a DH named JD. Fans would just like to see them sign a few free agents who are still actually good, instead of flotsam and jetsam cut by other clubs or rehabbers from a MASH unit.
-
THAT line-up would have me agreeing -- for once -- with Sam Kennedy, showing an "incredibly aggressive" front office (instead of inevitably regressive and depressive). And what better way to support a reinforced starting rotation than with a veteran Gold Glove caliber infield? It would also allow for less-pressurized arrivals for the prospects, easing them into positions when injuries or trades create openings -- or even rotating around the horn (for Campbell or Mayer) when the oldsters need days off to DH.
-
Can't imagine a smart front office trading an up-and-coming hitter like Casas for a down-and-going Arenado -- unless there are other valuable pieces coming back. I hope it's not just a way to get someone to take Yoshida (like throwing Betts in a deal to get rid of Price). If the Sox do move Casas, they either have doubts about his core issues or whether they can extend him for less than market value.
-
Bregman's 2024 that some worry show his age (31 by Opening Day!): ... home run percentage, exit velocity and hard hit rate were all his highest in half a decade since his breakout year in 2019. Alex' opposite field percentage was also the full-season highest of his career. Does that mean he was too weak to pull the ball, or mature enough to go with the pitch and hit behind baserunners to move them closer to scoring runs? Would the all-or-nothing Red Sox offense welcome a hitter like that?
-
I don't know if Turner will fit in with this high-powered offense. He only Ks in less than 20% of his at bats. That's not even one strikeout per game! When he's up, old viewers can make a sandwich -- probably in less time than it will take them to figure out how to doordash.
-
... and then was injured and unavailable for the playoffs? Answer: Red Sox fans in the 2020s.
-
A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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? -
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
