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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Adjustments to his swing have catapulted Kristian Campbell on a fast-path -- like outfield teammate Roman Anthony, Campbell is now in Portland, but with a year of college ball under his belt. Campbell is 22 and bats right-handed. Anthony is 20 and bats left-handed. The Red Sox are no rush to promote Anthony, their #1 prospect, until he masters his current level; at this point would it be surprising if Campbell progresses to Boston first?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There's not even a 1 in 30 chance to get the #1 overall first pick in the draft -- and that's just a lottery of the 18 clubs that finish out of the postseason... Nobody even goes on the field to try (whoops, for some, that's how they make the bottom "top" 18)...
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Henry's right about the less he says the better. What he really meant was that it would be odd if he signed 1 pitcher over 30 ever again. He was onto something when he said fans "become easily frustrated and are not going to buy into..." but then he left out fraud, ********, inferior product -- and got things all convoluted about the past-present-future... ... because I have personally mortgaged the past -- watching three last place teams in four seasons -- and can no longer invest or digest paying to watch the present.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I misread your post. I thought it said, "How far down do the depth charges go before they blow the Red Sox submersibles out of the water?"
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Crochet is one strikeout behind AL leader Jack Flaherty, who almost no-hit Boston a week ago. What could go right?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Well, Rochester's closer last night was throwing every pitch 96 mph in the 9th, and Meidroth impacted both the left field and right field foul lines with line drives (both just foul). Maybe a guy with a high average who doesn't hit homers in a park like Worcester, where the wind is always blowing out, is a better prospect than average. Lord knows the Red Sox big league batting order can really use some more contact hitters; not just to get on base, but to work pitchers, and maybe even - omg - touch the ball with a baserunner on third and less than two outs. It can also help balance the roster, having a potential pinch hitter who won't automatically whiff like the Sox bench guys this year.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Duran could consistently bunt a ball so accurately that it hits the third base bag, and so slowly that he runs to second base before it does, is that worse than lining one-hoppers to the centerfielder at 100 mph? Most Red Sox fans (and probably modern MLB fans of all teams in general) would agree that the batting order and 40-man roster can really use a few more contact hitters with better hand-eye coordination than just all-or-nothing goons.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He read your post and developed a twitch in his eye. But Cora said they're going to take care of him. Next week, they hope to monitor him reading monitors on flat ground.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Meidroth did have three hits in the game, one a double to the wall in center, another liner to right... ... as opposed to Hickey, who tanked a homer over 400 feet and struck out -- four times. Btw, re. Kavadas -- kinda clunky at first base, and lots of holes in his swing. Can't see him in the majors over a guy like Dalbec, who at least can contribute on defense.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Are ponds still frozen up there by then? They never freeze any more in New England. RIP pond hockey. But pickle ball courts are popping up everywhere -- passed one up close the other day: looks like they use whiffle balls and ping pong paddles on a numerator of a tennis court... perfect for big gulp Americans who can pretend they're exercising. I broke more of a sweat playing Defender in the '80s at the local watering hole; that was a workout!
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Chicago is reportedly willing to deal both Crochet and Luis Robert. Cue some crazy Boston offers that can't be refuted by pay sites. But first, eliminate names to save posters some time: Mata and Dalbec. Still eligible: Perales and Anthony...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sat right behind Worcester dugout at last night's game. Nice to see Lugo and Yorke swinging it as well as anyone there. But right now, Chase Meidroth looks the closest to the big leagues (guy puts the bat on the ball: 43 BB, 26 K -- how rare is that these days?) We know Meidroth is highly rated as a solid infielder with good hands, but he also uses the entire field to hit the ball where it's pitched. Bottom of the 9th, two outs, bases loaded, Woo down by three: with two strikes, Meidroth turns on a pitch and ropes it deep down the leftfield line -- just foul... all three baserunners were scoring and had to be sent back to their bases. Next pitch, Meidroth launches an outside pitch deep down the right field line -- just foul... again, he would've easily cleared the bags. Next pitch, he hits a hard grounder to short: force out, game over.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The lower Devers hits the ball, the further it goes. It makes sense that teams used to just throw high gas at him... but maybe he's finally looking down (but not trodden).
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Would you agree, then, that for owners who are all in, that specific value of one great star can generate enough interest -- and therefore tickets sales, concessions and souvenir sales, and increased advertising dollars -- that they can attract and afford additional top talent to surround that initial big money investment, with the ultimate goal of extending profits deep into every October?
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Let's see: all it took to get rid of Price and Sale was to only pay half their remaining contracts... and throw in a Hall of Famer in the former deal, and take on a constantly-injured 23-year-old in the latter... I'd say the best trade was Pablo Reyes for cash considerations. Right now, I'm considering my last five-dollar bill: should it be spent on an MLB-sponsored gambling site, to bet on how many more ballplayers will be banned for life -- or slapped down on the bar of a taproom, to pay for half a beer?
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And it's been very painful for Grissom ever since.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not disagreeing with any of your post, but remember -- I'm not the CBO who said on the day he was hired he was prepared to make some painful decisions. Guess he's just a boyscout, and will always be prepared, when the day comes... a lot of us may still have one of those cardboard boxes of emergency military meals in the cellar -- but who is ever going to eat one (yes, the cardboard)?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Still waiting for one of those "painful decisions" that means trading someone who might be good someday for someone else who might already be.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Knowing what we've seen with the FO the past half-decade, is it really a stretch when you consider the bold-faced part of your reply? After someone upstairs thought it was a good idea to pay their jack of all knives, is it unreasonable to assume that when the SS need arose, that those with the budget just said, "sorry, we're tapped -- going to have use Kike there"?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sale was DD's big whiff, but all the rest are on the Bloom/Breslow watch... and here's the thing: besides Yoshida (who someone upstairs thought was a smaaht idea), ALL the rest arguably do reflect how cheap JH has become: Cutting corners by signing reclamation projects for the rotation (that few other clubs were interested in), recruiting a shortstop replacement so they didn't have to pay more to keep the incumbent (who they could insult with a lowball offer, to ensure his exit), even the Kike extension -- which apparently excused them from signing a legitimate shortstop and sabotaged the first half of 2023.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not mocking this statement, but bitter customers charged among the highest prices in fandom by the third richest franchise in baseball have seen the blatant hypocrisy of paralysis for years now.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't see any scenario where this current ownership and its business plan will pay an only-decent 32-year old pitcher market value through his mid-30s. Maybe they can entice Pivetta to sign an extension if they offer an opt-out, where he can leave if he ever has an entire good season. Then he can get what the market will give him -- a salary the Red Sox will have no interest in matching.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So true, and though it looks like a manager all-in with his boss's roster construction, sometimes I think AC only uses some of those issued the laundry just to spite the guys who signed them. When performers are dreckful, the audience doesn't get what it pays for.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Starting with: traded from perennial contender to perennial pretender.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd pay Mookie.
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