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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All Bichette's numbers are down, which could mean something physical is affecting his swing. You don't suddenly forget how to hit after three straight years getting MVP votes. At age 26, could be a good buy-low guy. At 36, maybe not so much.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What's worth it to fill one of Boston's biggest needs -- a right-handed power bat? I don't know if Toronto would trade Bichette to the Red Sox, but are we really going to just wait and hope Lugo and Yorke are ready by the end of the year, or Campbell and Bleis in two years, or just keep recycling through the Duvalls and O'Neills of the world until someday we're good enough again to add some serious pieces to the roster? Bichette is still only 26, already led the league in hits twice, and could be a change-of-scenery guy that becomes part of the next core. And he's not a prospect, but a legitimate big leaguer.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I intentionally stayed off BTV, since it's now a pay site. Plus, we all know the Sox will never take any former All-Stars whose salaries are at actual market value at this point, so we might as well just start proposing trades that will never happen in a patient rebuild (because we are the patients of Dr. Henry).
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    True, they might be embarrassed: Hamilton and Abreu are a combined 3.2 WAR already... while Bichette's a NEGATIVE WAR: -0.1 Three more wins and the Jays leap over the Sox into 3rd place.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bo Bichette's Most Similar Batter: Dick Lundy, who starred for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants a hundred years ago. Lundy also hit .381 for the Baltimore Black Sox, and played for the Pittsburgh Crawfords, Newark Dodgers, New York Cubans and Newark Eagles. There's always a spot for a good hitter...
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bo Bichette: having a blah season - .240/.635 - and is a free agent in 2026... if Toronto sells, the Sox have to look into acquiring a 26-year old All-Star hitter with a swing made for Fenway Park. He's not a good shortstop, but neither is anyone else in Boston this year, and can move to second base when Mayer takes over or Story comes back. Three of the Jays top five prospects are middle infielders, including two at Triple A, so Bichette just may be available. Toronto's outfield is getting old, and can use a guy like Abreu. Throw in Hamilton (having a better year than Bo) as a stopgap SS. Who else?
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I won't even be surprised if Duran is picked as a reserve and winds up starting, when the all-in Yankees make Judge or Soto go visit Manny's gramma (morgue or less).
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Shirley, you're basing this entirely on what has been a rather inept Red Sox organization the past half decade... and not what most other teams have done since the minor leagues were invented. (giving you the benefit of doubt, because I know I'm due to type a statement soon that multiple posters will jump all over, and make notin's day -- even if he didn't wake up in the mood for a bench-clearing rhubarb donnybrook donnyosmond)
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I get the tanking part of it -- though budget forbid we win the lotto and have to pay #1 overall slot money -- but does John Henry seem like the kind of boss who encourages his highest salaried employee to use all his paid sick days?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Westburg has played one-third of his games at second base. Not sure if that helps or hurts his dWAR...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unless you're the guy paying him $300 million. Then you might tell him to get his ass back on the field and earn it.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agree with all this, but regarding the promotion of Yorke: does anyone think he's a better ballplayer or more deserving than Mayer this season? All their Double A counting stats and BA/OPS favor Mayer, except Ks. Is it that Yorke provides bench depth -- replacing Barrel Man, now in the Show? Obviously, Mayer plays a more demanding skill position -- and it makes sense for him to start at SS every day -- but here's another query: is he already better at short than anyone in Worcester or Boston? If so, on other teams or in other years, he may already be in the majors, or at least called up for the second half. But on the at-best .500 Red Sox, no need to rush anybody...
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fan expectations have become too low. We have to be realistic and realize the Red Sox can't always finish in last place every season. Some key guys could even return from the IL and replace the replacements on a razor-thin roster. In the meantime, we have to be impatient. After all, bad ballplayers are inexpensive.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Duran arguably deserves to be an All-Star over Devers right now. He leads the club in WAR (6th in AL), leads the majors in triples, and is 4th in the league in doubles, stolen bases, and defensive WAR. Raffy is 5th in AL OPS, 9th in homers (tied with five others). Neither is a starter - Duran is at least behind Judge-Soto-Tucker, while at the hot corner Jose Ramirez leads the AL in RBI, is 4th in runs scored and extra-base hits, and is the toughest man in three divisions to strike out.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Last week reports said he was drafted as a contact guy who used his speed, but the Sox encouraged him to tap into more power. So he worked all winter in cages incorporating a leg kick that helps his weight shift and generates more torque from the hips. An approach trying to hit the bottom half of the ball has also put more balls in the air, and he's been burning outfielders over their heads or in the gaps all season.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's interesting that in 2018, the improving AL East also included the pitiful Orioles, who lost 115 games. The most anyone in the division lost in '16 was Tampa, with 94 Ls. But if a bad team's record suffers by a schedule with more games vs. good clubs, then isn't the reverse also true -- that a 100-win team pads its total by getting to play so many vs. a 100-loss club? For example, the AL Central circa '18-19 -- when three different teams lost at least 100 -- may have boosted Minnesota to a deceptive 101-win season (the Twins were exposed, as usual, in a playoff sweep by the Yankees). While 90 Ws doesn't always win a division crown, most years it at least keeps you in contention into the final month of the season. Can we all agree the strongest year for the AL East was 2021, when four teams won at least 91?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not one player in the starting line-up who wasn't in the minors the last couple years. But McGuire only did a quick rehab stint in Worcester. So Reese is our veteran BIG leaguer.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cora was still in college, but called Kennedy after they clinched and talked him into resting his regulars the last couple games, so any hot hitting streaks would go cold before the playoffs.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... this century, right? I remember three Red Sox teams last century that won the AL East with less than 90 wins.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You mean like signing a starting pitcher or star regular actually still in their primes? Seriously, can't see either happening next offseason. But let's talk trade: who, if anybody, on the entire MLB roster -- if dealt -- would cause shock and awe in Red Sox Neighshun? The most polarizing guy, if moved, would obviously be Devers, because of his bat and contract. But there'd be no uproar to say good-bye to his glove, especially depending on the return -- and the front office commitment to remodel the rebuild. Nobody else on the 40 is untouchable, because of salary or talent. So any intrigue really comes down to which highly-regarded prospects the Sox decide to painfully part with -- along with the upgrades (somewhere) they receive.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed. Finishing first place three years in a row never happened before or since in Red Sox history (and to crapshoot theorists, that accomplishment shouldn't be dismissed by crapping out in the '16-17 postseasons). That had to be good for the brand -- but maybe Henry noticed waning interest in baseball in the summer of '18, when the Sox were 50 games over .500 and talk shows focused entirely on Patriots' training camp...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He may just be saying that to echo all the Sox fans who no longer flock to his House of Snorers.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bello and Rafaela are inexperienced and not big league stars, but aren't really part of the overall problem. They both have above-average talent, and are young enough to improve and become part of a core that someday wins in Boston. Their contracts don't equate to superstar pay and may even look like bargains in the future, especially compared to salaries the Sox keep dishing out to broken-down guys in their 30s on rehab.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Henry is wrong. Diehard Red Sox fans who closely follow this team all year -- like almost every poster on talksox -- have very realistic expectations at this point in his ownership.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Of course -- they have to put bodies in 26 uniforms so they can put bodies in Fenway's tight seats facing away from home plate or behind poles.
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