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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    By default they have to bat Story third in Turner's old spot because the Bloom-built lineup is so lefty-heavy. He won't replace Turner's relentless, two-strike go-to-right-and-move-the-runner approach -- but maybe supply more XBH jolts and obviously more speed on the bases. Ceddanne's OBP may really be a key, because then Cora can deploy his quick three -- Story, Rafaela and Duran -- in an all-out assault on pizza boxes. If only each can maintain a 1-for-3 OBP - which Story did in the NL, Rafaela did in the minors, and Duran did last year (actually .346)... But a good hit-and-run batter might really come in handy with this offense.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree with the outlook of one poster who said the '24 Red Sox may have a worse record than last year, but be more fun to watch. If anything else, the defense is better at SS and CF, and the starting rotation -- as unproven and thin as it is -- is relying on no old broken down pitchers. I'm not sold on the offense exceeding the output of '23, after losing its most consistent hitter and another longball threat who was more streaky, but capable of carrying the club for a few weeks. It's easy to say you expect better seasons from half the batting order, but that's a stretch without significant established additions in the line-up to work pitchers into making more mistakes. What may be hard for fans to accept is that Casas, Ceddanne, Bello and even Grissom might be as good as it gets for the near future. All of them could be better than the prospects the front office is touting behind them -- who just might be overrated by an organization trying to justify not spending to recruit top MLB talent.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Right now, Grissom is just a tenant in the House of Mystery. He tried to sneak out a window, but pulled up lame. Then one of the gargoyles from the roof stuffed him back inside.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The reason they got rid of Sale is so he wouldn't take 10 starts away from the promising younger pitchers practicing under the tutelage of a new and improved pitching-focused organization; losing a few more starts each might impede their progress this year.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Are we to assume they already told Joely he wasn't going to make the staff? If so, who are the lefty relievers that we're keeping instead? There must be more than one; after all, there are no southpaws in the starting rotation -- so I must ask: Is this pitching staff as constructed one that looks like it can go deep in the postseason?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cecil Cooper Criswell
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mayer as in MAYOR -- there's no i in Mayer, Tom Carrion.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good feature on Kyle Teel by Tara Sullivan in today's Globe. His brother, Aiden, now a two-way player at Virginia, said: “He has the best personality, he’s always bringing energy, and I know that will continue. He’ll bring it all to Fenway Park.” Wait til we're done waiting!
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If I was from England, I might use second-person singular... ... but I'm not single nor the first to note that nobody remembers a singles hitter.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fans are such complainers; the Red Sox give them all these championships, but the moment ownership wants to give them the 16th-worst club for half a decade, the paying customers grieve like they're cult followers of a demagogue.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A bust is like half a statue; he's still an apparition... ... though there is video evidence of a sighting at Story's winter clinic.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Love the reports this winter on Grissom's potential, and really want to like him, but still have never seen him play. Ghost acquisitions of the Bloom Era: McHugh, Lucroy, Paxton ('22), Mondesi, Grissom... Fullmer... Hendricks... who else -- Montgomery?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Criswell is one of those guys who would have a great two months for the Rays, and they would trade him right before he turned into Bearclaw for somebody else's benchwarmer who is just about to erupt into a .400 hitter vs. lefties.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Werner was speaking in code when he noted Abreu getting 400 ABs. He knew, and wanted us to know he knew... Ever since Breslow's intro, Werner has been secretly pleading with fandom through the media to free him from Henry's clutches.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why does the media call him Mire? noun 1. a stretch of swampy or boggy ground. "acres of land had been reduced to a mire" 2. a situation or state of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself. "he has been left to squirm in a mire of new allegations"
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe all the names on this post don't fit on an actual Prospects thread. May have to start a new one for Minor Leaguers Kept Around To Fill Out A Team So Real Prospects Can Play Lower Level Games And Develop
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No time - I have to go watch the 17 Gambling Channels that replaced actual sports shows where the hosts never promised to match more theft of my bank account for every new addiction I blow my paycheck on. Please forward this to Pete Rose, who played in the days when Organized Crime didn't sponsor baseball with not just TV ads, but actual round-the-clock infomercials posing as vital pregame previews for the gullible masses.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mookie and Xander only have 10 more hits than the Red Sox so far. At least the front office can celebrate the flexibility of not having those albatross contracts someday far in the future when the Sox are still be rebuilding and not paying fair market value for stars in their primes.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How does this Red Sox movie make sense? Premise: billionaire buys ballclub, invests in roster upgrades, wins four World Series, then hires smart guys to do it on a much more limited budget, while he invests in many other sports toys. His new way doesn't work, but he stays stubborn in spite of squawking and pleading from thousands of customers, the media, his front office, his partners, uniformed management and his ballplayers. Team still sucks, nobody is happy, and nobody wins -- except him (though that will never show up in the standings)... because he gets to stay stubborn, because he can... and never admit a mistake, because he can't.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Manny was World Series MVP in 2004 for hitting a game-winning homer and throwing out Hall of Famer Larry Walker at the plate. It all happened in the first inning of Game 3, and his throw preserved a seven-inning shutout for Pedro Martinez, in his last game as a Red Sox.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    AI post. Remember, if a device secretly records someone posting something scandalous, he can always claim it wasn't really him, but AI fabricated. Just like this post. Oakland players should just wear new jerseys and caps that call them the AIs; that way, if they suck, they can claim it wasn't really them...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They have the worst record in baseball! I watched today's game -- Padres are so bad, they let in the winning run on a ground ball that literally went right through the glove of their converted first baseman.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    From the team to the fans, or from the fans to the team?
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Duran played right field yesterday and a Rays runner scored from third on a routine fly ball to RF. His throw barely reached the ankle of Casas, his cutoff man. Merloni didn't name names, and just said, "Tampa is definitely running on that arm."
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That trio -- at their best -- is ok... and management gives us no choice to hope for better. The problem right now is they might look good enough to take to the prom, but at the beach the next day, eyes will be wandering elsewhere.
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