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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The same old go-to for the few who dwell on budget numbers elicits my same old How much of it is dead money?: paying Sale to pitch for someone else, paying unavailable players to rehab on the IL (some yet to wear the Sox uni: Grissom, Fulmer, Hendricks... Mondesi last year, Paxton the year before), paying mistakes to ride the pine? And all GMs have them -- DD's Sale, Bloom's Story and Yoshida, Breslow's Giolito; it doesn't matter if it's bad luck or poor decisions -- the difference for fans in some cities is they know that their teams' front office and owners will fill in roster needs with acceptable or better substitutes... so fans can continue to justify paying to watch them. You complain about today's worst infield in history, but won't acknowledge that the fans are stuck with what the Red Sox paid for?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Posters on Cleveland's talkguards site (if it exists) maybe aren't quite as concerned, since their MLB club starts more than five legitimate big leaguers daily -- and they don't have to worry about two of them getting knocked to the IL on the same play... ... with an ownership that has refused for years to spend market prices to supply roster depth with actual talent that can contribute wins above replacement players.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    According to Tom Werner's front office source, if the Sox just had normal defense, they'd win 10 more games -- that means they'd be undefeated!
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If... if only Cora could manage them into being better fielders!
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But what's their NO PS?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In baseball, it's never early. But it's always still early...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Only love can bring the rain. That falls like tears from on high.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Reese's Pieces -- McGuire is the only guy in the starting line-up who literally wasn't a minor leaguer in the past two years. But it's Getaway Day, so AC must be counting on the Guards to being going through the motions and hit the road. We all know how cooked the bullpen has already looked this week -- and yet, Bernardino's the opener, with no Pivetta to eat the bulk innings. Another sign from Clever Cora to ownership as a big thankyou for the absolute lack of talent depth?
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom will always be remembered as THE guy who traded Mookie, and he deserves it -- if he accepted the job offer as CBO with the understanding that his first order of business would be dealing Betts and Price. Maybe someday he'll publish memoirs that swear he had no idea, until some secret meeting in his first week in office. Meanwhile, there'll only be one Yale grad CBO who looked misled (at least publicly) by ownership since the day he was hired.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The question is: Did John Henry hire him to do it ?
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You mean, including Breslow? When an owner makes a bold statement to his customer base and employees, he'd better be telling the truth. But don't be so surprised by what you see on the field -- even the ex-players up in the booth are starting to accept and explain the nightly spectacles as a mere matter of talent... or lack thereof.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Reliable glove, cannon arm, respectable bat (8% K-rate), four times receiving MVP votes, four-time All-Star, known as "Burly" on my vintage 70s Sox painter cap, admitted Yankee hater... ... the answer is: yes.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    To think they could've paid me $1 mil to do nothing, and saved $3 mil. Bad business. And while we're lamenting all the already injured, can we just be honest about the Giolito signing? Boston obviously targeted the cheapest "name" pitcher in free agency, who admitted no one else showed any interest in him. Guy has a 5 ERA the past two years -- does anyone here really think his "workhorse" innings were going to save the bullpen? If he's getting constantly shelled like in the second half of '23, you're not leaving him out there.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Correct me if I'm wrong -- because the #3 batter gets up in every first inning, he's guaranteed to bat the most with nobody on base (since if even the best OBP guys bat #1-2, they still make outs 60% of the time or more). Personally, in my line-up, I still want my best hitters up in the first inning. In addition to getting them the most ABs, the opportunity to take an early lead and pressure opponents to play catch-up is an edge... at least in all the levels I've played and coached my whole life.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Who said anything about jail? Can't the Red Sox afford one of those steel shark cages to put around Raffy? It would also keep him from cutting in front of shortstops and deflecting grounders. The least they could do is fit him for a PitchCom speaker (but call it DCom), so he can clearly hear outfielders call him off on pop-ups -- like they have with other infielders since forever. We wouldn't want our irrelevant defense to turn a still-winnable 2-0 game into a 6-0 route.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Machado plays in that division. It's not knee, it's him.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just wondering if there's data that explains that #3 hitter statement? If clubs want their best hitters to bat most often, then why would the #3 hit with no one on base and two outs more than anyone else? If teams bat their best hitters as much as possible, compared to where they bat their worst ('03 batting champ Bill Mueller as the exception), it doesn't make sense. Is it because all the #2 Aaron Judges clean up the bases before #3 has a chance, or because they're putting Luis Aparicio and sub-.300 ON BASE % types at the top because they can run (like Boston did)? I've said this before, but if I'm CBO, I make it a priority of getting a RHH power bat to protect Devers, no matter where he bats. Sure there are many more immediate needs for the franchise, but the Red Sox also have to protect their most expensive longterm investment... ... if Raffy feels he has to hit 5-run homers for the next five years, his shoulder and back won't last much longer. But Boston will still have to pay him kajillions, either way.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Story was never a good choice for a #3 hitter in the batting order at this point in his career -- or for those of you who think baseball managers at all levels were wrong for over a hundred years making out their line-ups, then Story is an even worse choice as #2 or #5 batter. Low batting averages and high K rates don't keep the line moving. Portland's been going #1-2-3 LHHs Anthony-Mayer-Teel with another LHH Paulino in the mix (RHH Yorke and Jordan clean up... or just follow the top prospects to get them more ABs). In Worcester, the middle of the order bat with the most promise belongs to Hickey, another LHH. If Porland's Big Three do make it down to Boston in a year, no matter who is skipper, the Sox better sign a couple O'Neills or Turners, because there's no way they're batting five lefties in a row, including Duran and Devers, at the top of the order. Southpaw relievers are already carving us up in late innings this year, and sticking Pablo Reyes types in between lefty sticks doesn't seem to affect opposing pitching for some reason.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I watched the game, and there were three plays where Hamilton (twice) and Valdez couldn't catch throws. They maybe weren't going to nail runners, but if they at least stop the freaking ball, then runners don't move up another base... from where they all scored. One was a bounced throw from Abreu for the only official error, but the Red Sox looked like crap at the end with Hamilton at SS after Ceddanne had to move to OF because of the most egregious E -- when the third baseman head-butted the left fielder on a pop-up, instead of backing off. The outfielder coming in always has the right to call off the back-pedaling infielder.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The two things scouts measure in a potential prospect are arm strength and running speed; the two baseball tools that cannot be taught. If a ballplayer has neither -- unless he hits about .800 in high school with a couple HRs per game -- he's probably not getting drafted or signed. Youkilis was unique because he didn't have a cannon or wheels, but he did have an uncanny eye. In the minors, he only hit about 8 homers a year, but was a rare batter who walked more than he struck out. Now he's a brewer who also gets paid to talk Sox.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bobby D might be the best example of why making and staying in the big leagues is so freaking difficult. Does any fan, reporter or scout think that batters who hit 30 homers with a .900 OPS in Triple A aren't ready for the majors? Nice guy, funny man, great teammate, Doors walk-up song -- how can you not root for Dalbec?
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    To at least this poster, Craig Kimbrel wasn't drama in the 2018 postseason -- he was trauma. And I'm not even thinking about the World Series, because Kimbrel's pitching in the AL playoffs was so erratic, the Red Sox were fortunate to win the LDS and LCS -- and even get to the finals. Both the Yankees and Astros came within inches of beating Kimbrel and tying their Series, with their next games at home. The outcomes of either round could've definitely swung, and the greatest Red Sox team of all-time would be known today as just another almost. Anyone can look up the play-by-plays of those Kimbrel late-innings and relive the walks, wild pitches and hit by pitches. I don't have to, because I can't forget the close calls when he had to groove it and NY and Houston nearly walked him off: long fly outs by Sanchez and McCann almost got out, and dramatic plays by Nunez, Pearce, Betts and Benintendi saved the day.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Kimbrel was not good for my health in the '18 postseason. And I couldn't not watch -- not the final moments of key games in a title run. Ask Philly fans how they felt last year when their team blew two games to Arizona and missed the World Series. Baltimore may have the market cornered on talented young players. But none of them will be on the mound trying to close out postseason wins this October...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good point. If your hand-eye coordination is good enough to get your bat into the bigs, then you can use it to take daily reps at fielding grounders or fly balls to stick at D. Rice wasn't a good outfielder when he made the majors -- nothing like Lynn or Evans or old-man Yaz (in his mid-30s!), which is what separated them as all-around players. But he had Pesky hit him 100 fungos a day at Fenway to become proficient at playing the Monster. Boggs wasn't a good third-baseman in the minors with a six-year fielding % of .932 at the hot corner, but he had coaches slap 100 grounders at him a day in the majors, where he improved to a .968 % in 18 years, and even won a couple Gold Gloves. Rice and Boggs were Hall of Fame hitters, and had enough pride to hone their god-given skills to become acceptable fielders.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I could make more contact than all of yas, if I got 50 PAs in MLB: contact with my leg, contact with my back, contact with my arm, and contact with my noggin. I'd be an on-base machine, because I could never get out of the way of an inside pitch before it drilled me. Then again, I'd probably never make it to 50 PAs... but my OBP would rock!
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