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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Seattle pregame meeting with pitchers, catchers, coaches and advanced scouts: "Now remember, with the game on the line, always challenge Raffy Devers -- but whatever you do, don't let Rob Refsnyder or Dom Smith beat you..."
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rafael Devers is a skill set. Not walking him with first base open and the winning run on second wasn't just the worst decision of the year, but it could cost Seattle's season. We weren't just staring at a ghost runner, but a dead manager (not) walking, maybe even an advance scout about to be fired. The reason is this: if you know Raffy -- and we sure do -- you cannot pitch around him... because only he can reach any pitch not thrown over the backstop and bat it off the wall.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Then you're spelunking through the wrong dumpsters. Hint: avoid fast food alleys, but frequent all-night diners.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pitching Smith didn't work out, either. He must have blown out his arm; at least that's the only excuse for him spiking an easy throw past first last night.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Manchester used to have a team in the NECBL for college players to show scouts they could swing or pitch to wood bats. Now they have a couple decent breweries.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Whaddaya mean?!?! New England -- ya know, Red Sox NATION -- is six states large! Then again, New York state is bigger than five of them put together... (Maine's pretty big, too, but no one lives there).
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's hard when you go to grab them, and... nothing is there. Like Sam Kennedy interviews; too much transparency.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wingenters may not come and go, but Losegenters always will.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I've always like Sims, but have to admit I got the chills when I looked up Garcia's comps on baseball-ref: age 28 -- Yohan Ramirez... luckily, Garcia is now 33. Then I saw these: age 32 -- Heath Hembree; and #5 Most Similar -- Junichi Tazawa... and then I realized the bottom line. Relief pitchers, at one time or another, are all the same guy.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good summary, and most of these guys weren't going to make it to the 40-man soon, if ever, so were destined to meander into other organizations without any return. So, good job by Brez for salvaging something out of them. Better job by Brez not trading Anthony, Bleis and Campbell for Tanner Scott, a relief pitcher -- aka a guy who could blow out his elbow at any time, like opening a jar of salsa. San Diego actually gave up their #2, 4, 5 and 24 prospects for Scott and another bullpen arm -- does anyone here envision ever a time when it would be ok for a Red Sox CBO to repeat such a stunt?
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Thinking outside the box can get you called out, if you have a bat in your hands and make contact... ... but you should be ok if you play for the Red Sox and there's a runner on third with less than two outs.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At about 4 pm est my son looked at his phone and said, "No!" ... "Sports Illustrated online" noted the Red Sox said they were willing to trade Anthony for Blake Snell. We both knew it was BS, since Boston didn't even want to pay Snell last Spring, never mind throw in a top prospect (just for the Bagwell of it). I figured if the rumor had any legitimacy, it was planted by some scholar in the front office -- to hopefully make the Yankees panic and trade Spencer Jones or the Martian for Snell. But nobody fell for any of it...
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The thing to note about that list is nearly all those big trades were swung by giving up what were (considered at the time) top pitching prospects: Pedro, Schill, Sale, Porcello (for Cespedes, for Lester), ERod, Nate... ... this is why I can't see us landing Skubal or Crochet.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not bad. But has Priester shown any promise by dominating or at least pitching like a star at any pro level? Reason I ask is that Arias is rivaling Campbell like a lightning bolt this season. Put it this way: the last time I remember a Red Sox minor leaguer getting publicity for batting .400 -- not for a year, but for even reaching that mark -- was Jarren Duran. It's interesting, but there was no hype then about his speed or jacked tats, just a lefty with a toe-tap hitting .400. The point is, a guy who attains that rare success as a pro shows star potential... and years later -- albeit unbelievably to some of us who witnessed Duran's MLB debut season -- the guy is an All-Star MVP.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For another team to trade three of their top five prospects for him. Here's a question: why is Skubal even available? He's 27, smack-dab in his prime, and under control. Aren't those exactly the criteria for any club to want to keep him -- whether you're trying to win it all or starting a rebuild? Let's say the Tigers swap Skubal for Mayer, Anthony and Teel. Great, Detroit -- now you're just like the Red Sox were yesterday, with a lot of promising position prospects and no ace pitcher. Even if another team includes its top pitching prospect in a package (that rules out Boston, which doesn't have one), the Tigers are still without a top-of-the-rotation starter. But they'll have one who may be good... someday.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Expect quantity, not quality: recycled bits to piece together bullpen repairs, just to get through another ugly August. One arm breaks down, replace it with another, then another... in the end, Frankenstein's monster goes up in flames, and falls through the dock into the lake (but they don't find the body -- so he can return for another sequel!)
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When it comes to drafting future MLB pitchers, not even a Red Sox front office full of Ivy Leaguers has been able to make their own luck lately. That's mostly what it is, right? Or does system-wide research and development have more influence than assumed in the nurturing of prospects with talent and tools... Maybe Boston needs a better balance upstairs with some baseball lifers like Haywood Sullivan and Eddie Kasko, who were in charge as GM and Scouting Director back in the early-80s, when the Sox drafted and/or signed Clemens, Boyd and Ojeda... or predecessors Dick O'Connell and Ed Kenney in the 70s, who drafted and/or signed Stanley, Hurst and Tudor. Also important: their old bird dog scouts actually offered live eyes in ballparks, beyond just thumbs scrolling on phones (even more vital: those guys never cause traffic jams reading texts, because they can't even see them unless they wear specs).
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not sold on Skubal. His comps on baseball-reference are concerning; number 5 on Similar Pitchers through 26 is Ralph Birkofer... we need a stopper who can hold more than just Birk to an ofer. Birkofer, who mostly pitched for Pittsburgh in the 1930s, had a career WAR of 3.5 (less than 2024 Skubal's 5.3 in half a season). His own number 4 Similar Pitcher was Dizzy Dismukes, from the Negro National League in the 1920s. Number 10 was Harley Payne, because that's all you felt if you got hit by a Birkofer pitch...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If they do get him -- any time more than a minute before the actual deadline -- expect the cost to be a lot more painful than Yorke and Paulino...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But Trey is a hard one to miss, picked only two Treys after Numero Uno. Yorke is close to making the majors... but can he hang around half a decade, like Chavis?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You mean a guy who was labeled not a middle infield prospect by dismissive posters here -- because he moved to the outfield! -- as many discerning posters here have pointed out is the reason to always draft the best-dressed player available. And so what if Priester is a career negative WAR; WAR is a negative thing, not healthy for children and other living things.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What -- and start his freaking clock? Why would we want to bring up a young player who could possibly inject life into a fading entity? Well... maybe that's a tad dramatic; at least Mayer might inject embalming fluid into decomposing composure.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For Trey Ball, they didn't even get one, much less a baga... At least for Beni they got a Wink and a nod (Franchy was nod an outfielder, nod a first baseman, nod a hitter).
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Initially, I couldn't break the code. But now I see it: Desmond. From Ambiguity.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Imagine having a billionaire owner here who is a lifetime Red Sox fan from Boston saying his goal is to "spend stupid." The forum would still find something to complain about: "Why can't a guy that rich make it stop raining and be warmer in the Spring in New England!" (geez, just shut the dome and your yaps).
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