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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I like it. Though I was thinking of a really big beer mug -- spun out of sturdy earthen material and not thin fragile glass that shatters as soon as it comes into contact with utensils in the sink.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Altuve has a better chance to make the Hall of Fame than Pedroia. Altuve won three batting crowns by the age of 27 and has averaged 21 homers per 162-games over 15 seasons. Lifetime BA of .303 in the majors, .322 in the minors. Durbin hit .256 in his MLB rookie year, after .269 in his minor league career. Durbin isn't a star, but a good player with tools that should help the offense and defense... hopefully, more than the expendable parts the Red Sox gave up trading for him.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Re-read my scenarios. They all make sense to the people listed -- who are not the same people in each scenario. Then re-read my earlier post where I give my own opinion of this trade: "I like everything about this trade." And I still stand by my post from the weekend that we're going to need our starting rotation to throw shutouts for half the season just to keep us in games...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It will always be a good trade for fans to say good riddance to a selfish prima donna. It will always be a good trade for the owners and front office to say good riddance to a albatross contract. It will never be a good trade for anyone who follows Boston until the Red Sox find another consistent 30-homer middle of the order bat.... if they ever do... and sign him through his prime... and don't dump him before his time.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox locked up Campbell after one good month in the majors because of what he did the previous season in the minors. Teammates were calling him "Barry Bonds" in 2024 when he was Minor League Player of the Year. Barry made over $188 million when he played 20 years ago. According to my cousin Ai, that pro rates to $309 million in 2025. If KC really turns out to be Barry Bonds, Breslow signed him for $60 million (accountants help me out; wouldn't that be a savings of over 80 cents on the dollar?). Plus, Brez is always playing the odds -- like when one of his Asst. VPs notes that around 90% of the past 25 Minor League players of the year became solid big leaguers -- if not stars -- in The Big Shoe...
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Knowledge is power that I am faking."
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't know if having the most infielders equates to 1st, but Brez has loaded up to protect his top investment and groundball guy: Ranger Suarez. Breslow also went to Yale, so he knows batters will have a tough time bouncing one between 13 gloves, compared to all the holes on other teams' infields.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I like everything about this trade. The guys we gave up were expendable, and Durbin is going to be a fan favorite: a short, scrappy guy who hustles is great, but here's the refreshing part for this line-up: he doesn't strike out and is a good bunter. The batting order may be in shock... and that must be why the headline writer for Brandon's scoop called this "shocking."
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Swing hard in case the ball hits your bat!
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Duran might be a DH for about 2 weeks but he won't DH for anyone for 2 seasons. Wherever he ends up, management will make him play the field just so he won't drive them crazy doing sprints in the dugout, bench-pressing the bat rack and squawking their ears off.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So we effectively traded Devers for Durbin. How can anyone consider this a fair swap: a 9-year career negative dWAR third baseman who strikes out and can't run for a positive dWAR sparkplug who makes contact and steals bases. Brez....
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Well, at least we won't have Hamilton to argue about anymore. He's taking his glove with the hole in it to Milwaukee.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I take it back. He mostly batted 7th last year. But I like him #2 because he doesn't strike out, and can run: 18 SBs. As long as Anthony bats after him and isn't wasted trying to drive in the bottom of the order who are sitting in the dugout.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes! Our new number THREE hitter!!!
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Actually, he is: Tucci. Personally, I'm an Old Hickory guy.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think you mean in the batting order. We just picked up some professional infielders with gold gloves... and lead bats. The reasons Breslow hasn't filled in the Mariana Trench in the heart of the order is that he can't or won't.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My son has a pretty good swing that registers 85 mph exit velo on HitTrax. But he's 14 and doesn't do it for a job... (though I pay the amateur minimum for his lessons).
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I want the Sox to hang on to him -- not because he might be a good pitcher, but so that every time he starts all season, posters get to type It's still Early.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    His name was redadacted in any reports during investigations, and his face blacked out in all photograpical evidence. So he must be exonerated. Even his baseball cards have been altered; the only clues are the initials OC, which assassination theorists have linked to Oswald and Cuba.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In the last six years of his MLB career, Orlando Cabrera was a starting middle infielder on five other division champions... ... including the final four in a row for four different clubs. He may have worn out his welcome quickly, but contenders were always ready to recruit him. History can't dispute the fact that on the field, OC was a winner.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It would be, but then they'd have to platoon me and you at DH, because we'd have the best chance of getting on base in that batting order... (when we couldn't get out of the way of MLB fastballs).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Batting your best hitter directly after the two worst OBPs is not optimal, in my opinion. What I think Cora will do if Duran's still on the team: he may platoon Duran as a starter in CF with Rafaela -- but both will play just about every game. Neither will DH and they're not playing Ceddanne at 2B just to get his bat in the line-up. Anthony and Abreu are fixtures in LF and RF. vs. righty starting pitcher: Duran-Anthony-Contreras-Abreu-Story-Yoshida-Narvaez-Mayer-Romy. vs. lefty starting pitcher: Romy-Anthony-Contreras-Abreu-Story-Yoshida-Narvaez-Mayer-Rafaela. vs. either after trade: Hoerner-Anthony-Contreras-Abreu-Story-Yoshida-Narvaez-Mayer-Rafaela.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not benching anybody, but this offense is so full of Ifs and Buts that unless everyone improves and everyone comes back as good as new, we're going to need prescription meds for acid-reflex all summer. Forget about watching slugfests and prepare for many ugfests. As in ugly. The one guy I'd be shocked they'll trade is Abreu. Cora already noted his plans for playing Abreu more fulltime and Werner's still waiting to see him get 400 at bats.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I just don't see Yoshida as THE big problem on a team that can't make contact. He won't hit 30 homers, but neither will anyone else in Boston... (at least, not one guy on the freaking 40 ever has yet). I'm just not one to complain that he just "doesn't fit." To me, the main reason Masa doesn't fit is that he doesn't whiff. I'm not saying he's even good, but I do think most of our other returning bats are a bit overrated on this forum. Few even admit the possibility he may surprise and contribute more than another guy or two we're actually counting on. I'm looking forward to the WBC: 1) to watch competitive world class baseball next month; 2). to see what Yoshida's got this year.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I promise I won't criticize Breslow if our starting rotation throws shutouts half the season to keep us in the games. And not just Crochet-Suarez-Gray-Bello-Oviedo, but when all of them get hurt, our deep depth of Crawford--Sandoval-Early-Tolle-Harrison-Bennett-Witherspoon has to be good, too -- and not just average... ... because the MLB average ERA last year was 4.15 -- and our offense as-is may not outscore that number very often.
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