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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You don't have to expect; just keep tying them. All your posts are bold!
  8. 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...
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All free agent signings ultimately come down to which team shows the most respect. Ask any pro athlete.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A front office and ownership all-in on not spending big may not view this as the perfect time. Yes, the Red Sox have some young talent in the majors and top-rated prospects. But all Henry and Co. have to point to are guys like Benintendi and Moncada, who were each once rated as the best overall prospect in baseball by various sources. That pair of now-White Sox mediocrities could be evidence that Boston will wait until the Fab Four makes the majors and establishes an All-Star core of a legitimate contender. That won't happen overnight, and very well may take more than one year. Fans should be prepared for another lackluster offseason... maybe several more.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Teoscar still says he likes Fenway, but didn't LA give him more money? As for Soto, the last Hall of Famer in his prime at his age about to become a free agent was Mookie. In the batter's box, no one is a bigger threat than Juan Soto -- a hitter who won't chase and will crush anything in the zone. The Red Sox front office hasn't been all-in on building a winner since trading Betts, focusing instead on fermenting from the bottom up. If the Sox were beer, they'd be lager, not ale (obviously why they can't compete in the ALE). The club is finally showing signs of developing talent at MLB minimum wages in most cases. So why would ownership -- on the verge of attaining such conservative goals -- all of sudden start splurging on expensive superstars? Especially when its biggest needs, as usual, are on the mound?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just heard he liked being a Red Sox so much that he re-upped for another year of rehab and maybes.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This being Halloween, have to think the worst: the original fan actually smuggled in a "live" octo in a full water bottle (when they were allowed)... Turns out, she was also a pledge to a local coven, and right after the pregame skate offered it up as a sacrifice to the pagan god Zamboni. There was no blood-letting, though; she just fed it a Fenway Frank.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Breslow's the mediokerintendent.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All season I said the Yanks wouldn't win with Judge in centerfield. It's not his fault he played there because he didn't build the roster, just like it wasn't Kike's fault he was forced to play shortstop his last year in Boston -- which tainted the memory of his contributions to Red Sox fans. But it was fun to root for Kike again, forever a hero in LA.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm going to insulate my core by adding to my middle, sitting around all winter waiting for anything to happen.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At least bitter Yankee fans today can take solace in two images from the '24 finale: Mookie driving in the run that won the World Series, and Verdugo whiffing on a dirtball to end it. The perfect postscript to the dumbest trade in Red Sox history! And there will be more in the years to come... unless Fitts ever Ks Betts to win one for Boston.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Those who disagree and said signing Mookie wouldn't be worth it, because he couldn't win with what the Red Sox would surround him with -- since his contract ate up so much budget -- may want to reconsider. How about this: the Dodgers won two World Series because they signed Mookie. (so far...)
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Every time a poster or reporter types that LA beat NY because the Dodgers had the better defense, they're talking about Betts. Mookie was the best all-around player in the World Series. He made many great plays, robbing Yankee batters and fighting off thugs in the stands. He also drove in the run that won the title, led LA in OPS, and left Cole in the dust watching him hustle out a grounder that extended a comeback inning for the ages.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Give it to Buehler -- he makes Yankees look stupid
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pro-ratings were only for the pro players, and not the 300 members of the front office (number courtesy of WEEI), which never stops machinating...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When I see non and plus, I immediately assume that's a minus.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not disagreeing with this post (but we shouldn't overlook he sucked in 2022, too). And we all agree Breslow and Bailey wouldn't have signed him if they didn't think they could fix him, and wouldn't have committed all that dough if he were damaged goods... ... but: Bailey stresses sweepers over heaters, and sweepers stress elbows more, and Giolito blew out his elbow in a couple of weeks after putting on the Boston uniform. Subsequently, the Sox' rotation -- and bullpen -- never had sufficient depth to make the postseason.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nothing personal, but every time someone posts Giolito at the top of the Red Sox' projected 2024 rotation, I still blame John Henry for lowering fan expectations... ... because threads still defend the Gio signing: It made sense, because he eats innings (yea, badly) We would've made the playoffs if he didn't get hurt (by pitching the most innings, badly?) Well, they paid him to be a Number One (bad-pitch thrower?) But the front office was so confident in Lucas, they gave him an opt-out if he succeeds (so... if he's good enough to get market value as a true ace, we no longer need him?)
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yup, better hope the openers totally backfire tonight, can't find the plate, and fall behind... before the Yanks' bullpen blows another one at the end.
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