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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Theo still owns a retainer on Bruce Chen to start one game if they make it. I think he pearl jammed with him one weekend. "Someday, and that day may never come," said Epstein, "I may ask a favor in return..."
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The best thing I can say about the Red Sox city connects is that I like the Kyle Teal caps. But the shirts don't come close to passing the hangover test: as in, if I was still young and dumb on weekends (now I'm just old and dumber), no way my eyes and head could handle an up-close assault by bright yellow jerseys that have absolutely nothing to do with red socks or their traditional darker contrasting garments.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    John Henry's interns who read and masquerade on Red Sox forums just told him that posters are already trending too many upper case letters -- and the season isn't even OVER yet. John's preparing a press release complaining that fan letter expectations are unreasonably high. "Shift keys and caps lock is no way to go through life, son," said Dean Henry.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The sad state of being a Red Sox fan: I read your post too fast and assumed you meant 2-3 major LEAGUE rotation additions... and WE ALL KNOW that is NOT even happening. However, that doesn't preclude 2-3 additions to the Major League rotation... that they put Major League jerseys on. For the semantics chefs in the front office kitchen, it's all how they toss the word salads.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fitts is a rookie, so maybe a better comp is Fernando Valenzuela... who set a few records as a rookie. Richard has a 0.00 ERA in his first 15.2 IP, so only needs another 2.1 scoreless to best Fernando's 17.2 scoreless in 1980 at age 19 (in 10 games, all in relief). Of course, FernandoMania was still eligible as a rookie the next year, when he became a starter in a strike-shortened season and led the NL in shutouts (8), innings pitched, complete games, strikeouts, and won Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, Silver Slugger and the World Series.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It wasn't random that the Red Sox offense was more motivated in Criswell games. They knew they'd need to score more to offset the meatballs he was serving, plus teammates wanted to reward him for being the fastest worker in the league, which meant they could make early dinner reservations those nights.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Campbell is Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As baseball's #1 overall prospect, Roman Anthony could be the best player in the majors someday. But with this week's awards, Kristian Campbell is the best player in the minors this year.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't know if Suarez fits in with the current Red Sox' offense, since his strikeout rate has dipped below 30%, after leading the league in Ks three times in the past five years.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And this is why the Red Sox have no excuse about missing the Tame Card. If only they were good enough to sweep the worst team in history -- with three less losses they'd be knocking on the door of the postseason.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nor can this possibility be ignored: The Sox got 0 IP from Giolito and (because of that) almost made the postseason. But I agree with you that pitchers already acquired will be billed as a big part of the new staff. And I predict they'll sign a few more rehabbing reclamation projects who won't be quite ready to break camp next March, but who expect to return by the summer when they "will be better than anyone we can trade for at the deadline."
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I already posted about the Moncada and Hanley Ramirez trades for Sale and Beckett. When the Red Sox parted with those top prospects, they already had Big League rosters loaded with star talent on World Series contenders. That's not even close to the case this winter. Instead, they could choose to pay for free agent pitching, and spend all that money they've saved recently to get below the luxury tax... or they could trade surplus players for young arms that won't command Top 10 returns. How about a guy like Miami lefty Ryan Weathers, 24, who made 14 starts this year and had a 1.181 WHIP?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ex-players-turned-announcers recently stressed the importance of multiple stars carrying clubs to the postseason. Most of the playoff teams are loaded with position player talent, and the few that aren't have top pitching staffs, like Milwaukee and Cleveland. The Red Sox had one star player all season, and it wasn't Rafael Devers. All-Star MVP Jarren Duran needs more quality company around him in the batting order and on the field -- not less. Trading a guy like Roman Anthony who may be an All-Star for the next decade isn't worth it for pitching, not when modern arms are all just an elbow tendon away from years of ineffectiveness. Star power is just as big a need in Boston as starting pitching. A young core of position players that grows into contenders together is also vital in building and sustaining a young core of fans who can identify with their cause.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know you were, just josh winking you. So... would you rather they sign Soto for $60 million per year, and trade Duran and Anthony for real pitchers... or keep the homegrowns and spread that same $60 mil budget to ink three legitimate MLB arms?
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Werner just said he meant Full THROATLE -- to explain how the Sox choked again... with an epiglottis clogged by a big apple from the Garden of EVEN. "If the season ended today," spewed Tom, "You couldn't say the 78-78 Red Sox are losers!"
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If he sucks, we can give him an opt in... but if he's good, there'll be a Dodgers-Yankees clause where he can leave and sign for current market prices. The Red Sox menu has a lot of King Crab Legs.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Are Urquidy me? He's perfect for the Red Sox: damaged goods -- maybe even damaged bads -- but probably eager to ink a pillow contract to get paid while he rehabs, with a target date return at the end of next summer... when "he'll be better than anything on the trade market; and we don't have to deal prospects for him!" There has to be a whole conference table of Asst. VPs in Boston who've already conspired to offer him a lowball, scrapheaping helping of salad bar greens, and are now plotting how not to leave cyber footprints as evidence for tampering (counting, of course, on the MLB to look the other way at any possible transgressions toward the Astros... forever).
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sam Kennedy will be the only one to admit it, if the Red Sox can be totally dishonest with you, But I'm not going to be truthful with you: when people in power lie all the time, the Nation has zero expectations to believe anything at all... that way, there's no need to worry about worrying.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm sure I'm not the only fan this year who agonized dozens of times -- maybe hundreds or thousands in my rueful recall -- when there was a baserunner on third... or even a ghost on second... and all I begged the hitter to do with his bat was, "TOUCH THE BALL!"
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A few more stats for the Crawdad: no MLB pitcher has lost more games this season... but neither has anyone started more games. His WHIP is just out of the Top 10 BEST, while his ERA+ is better than the big league average. Even as gopher ball king, Cutter Crawford is a viable member of a five-man starting rotation.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bob Gibson would also give us that right-handed power bat we're missing! More World Series home runs than Willie Mays! More career HRs than Trevor Story has for Boston! But all this is mere hyperbole -- after Sunday -- when the Red Sox won the most games and scored the most runs in the history of yesterday!
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Everyone who thinks Abreu is such a solid all-around rookie and Rafaela is a hopeless hacker realizes that Wilyer's K-rate is 29.0% and Ceddanne's is 26.6%? The only regular with a worse K-rate than Abreu is O'Neill, at 33.6%. That is, unless you count Casas, whose 34.1% K-rate includes 40% looking (O'Neill's 25.2% looking, Abreu's is 13.8%, Rafaela's is 11.6%).
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox' problem is that they don't have any surplus of star ballplayers. The MLB roster of position players is loaded with guys who can do one or two things really well at the top level, but added all up, they're not good enough. Teams that lose more than they win are not good. The Red Sox are not a good baseball team. None of us were shocked when Boston traded top prospects Hanley Ramirez or Yoan Moncada. Maybe it's because the org had question marks about each or maybe it was because the parent clubs had solid cores, with more near-ready talent in the pipeline. Not this year; if Brezlow swaps a top 4 prospect, we all better believe that guy was identified as not being part of the future core -- for whatever the reason/s.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No, just refuse to trade a future star and potential MVP. They're way too rare, and more valuable playing everyday than an ace starting pitcher. The Red Sox have only one this season on their entire MLB roster. And I'm not talking about a guy who doesn't even play in the field but can carry a team all year just as a DH -- because Ohtani is unique. But so is Paul Skenes, and the Pirates are coming in last place again.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is a great point, Maddie, and one I was wary of with a new CBO and pitching coach (both former relievers who thrived throwing breaking balls); the new emphasis on a staff spinning sweepers always looked risky backed by the worst infield in baseball. I actually expected Brez to go hard after big arms that throw hard... because blowing it by guys -- pitching to no contact -- is definitely one way to shore up that D. But after agonizing over the '24 Red Sox batters' nightly whiff fest, imagine them having to face the dirt cheap, scrapheap, knee-deep in sweep Boston pitching...
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