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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Young barracuda (college age, all legal)... coveted by a coverband called Heartburn.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... arguably, in his first offseason, Breslow has already added a talent better than any young position player acquired by his predecessor... (at least in character, based on words from the Atlanta GM, who praised Grissom on the way out... as opposed to say, Verdugo, who for some reason doesn't want to still be friends with guys like Papelbon).
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Whoa, there -- not everyone. Cora did all he could to boost Tall Slim's confidence, Bloom refused to eat any salary, and a lot of fans bought into counting on him. But some of us refused to include him in even our last two year's projected rotations. And now, finally, we don't have to read his name in any more starting lists or hear Sam tell us Sale will be better when he returns in August than anybody they could possibly trade for. As for the $17 mil -- if it bugs you so much, think of it as the cost of a future star Fenway batter... like a free agent signed for the next six seasons (17 divided by 6, plus his minimum wages and raises isn't bad for a guy if he can repeat his 4-year minor league success in the majors: .320 BA, .884 OPS).
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    True, there's little improvement on the pitching staff so far. As much as some posters like Giolito's chances to rebound, there's no guarantee he won't be Kluber. He is a more sure thing than Sale to take the ball every five days (even if he keeps losing them over the Monster). But at least there is young talent added to the roster in Grissom. The main point suddenly about the offseason is that Breslow looks intent to move on from the disastrous Bloom Era -- ridding the Red Sox of disruptive issues symbolized by Verdugo and Sale. Turn the page, a fresh slate, go on the wagon, start exercising, happy new year.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Young Grissom -- good bat, bad glove -- sounds an awful lot like E.Valdez... in other words, maybe not the answer to shore up the infield D (especially since rumor has it he was playing outfield in the winter league). But he has potential and is under control for many years at big league minimum... Sox paying Braves to take Sale shows how much Brez really wanted to move on from the Deadwood Forest.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just sign both, then we'll have our rotation (Sale -- no matter how much we paid him, and how great he was in '17/18 -- was never going to take a regular turn as a Boston starter again; brittle tissue doesn't get supple with age). Stroman, Bello, Imanaga, Giolito, Crawford... with Pivetta key Bulk Guy/Swingman. All the rest are in the bullpen, including Whitlock/Houck at the back end, to replace Jansen/Martin when they're traded for pitching prospects.
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  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But will it be Lucas? Apparently, Giolito set some kind of record in '23 as the first guy in 125 years to give up 8 runs in a game for three different teams. That's three different managers who allowed him to have Bearclaw games (hopefully, Cora isn't looking forward to a new recruit for those kinds of innings to eat...).
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wasn't Harris a righty and a lefty? A unicorndog!
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We'll see. Glad you're optimistic, but stat people here might cite ERAs the past two years for comparison: Wacha 3.32, 3.22 vs. Giolito 4.90, 4.88... MLB average 4.02, 4.37.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Trending the past two years? At least those here who liked the Kluber acquisition a year ago -- there were a few -- tried to point out that Klubes was better at pitching in '22 than Wacha. So sick of projects. Five years is like half a decade. It's cool when they rebound and boost clubs into contention: Tiant, Wakefield... uh, that's all I got -- in over half a Red Sox century. Eovaldi blossomed, got hurt again, and battled back in Boston to top the rotation into the stud that some of us knew he was; then the Sox let him go. Wacha and Paxton were good for fifth-place teams.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not an Eovaldi nor a Wacha the past two years -- but will be paid a similar AAV by the Red Sox that they refused either last winter. For those of us who feared same-old of the Committee figure-headed by Brez/Bloom, at least something has changed... in the amount of change they're finally dishing out for starting pitching.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I could care less who paid what for Xander Bogaerts. I care more that the Red Sox totally screwed themselves and their fans by allowing another homegrown All-Star Silver Slugger to leave Boston... and replaced him with inferior ballplayers.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Keep Miguel Bleis. A boring perennial fifth-place team with barely the twinkle of stars needs to hang on to the one guy in the system described as having five-tool potential. He's 19, missed a season from surgery, and is ready to break out. No MLB team is going to trade any promising young pitcher for unproven damaged goods, anyway.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Alex Speier: "the Red Sox seemingly landed a pitcher who can solidify the back of their rotation"
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I assumed he was pitching through injury last year; otherwise, why would he suddenly suck after three seasons of Cy Young votes? But I just checked bb-ref and found: '23 ERA 4.88 ... and '22 ERA 4.90. Not even the Red Sox' vaunted offense the past two years scored enough runs per game to overcome those numbers.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom just texted Brez: "Make sure you thank me at Winter Weekend -- if I re-signed Eovaldi or Wacha, you wouldn't have been able to nab the AL leader in home runs allowed!"
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm far from a patient man in my old age... hard to believe I was a trout fisherman in my younger days. But I'm convinced there will be significant new players added to the Red Sox BIG LEAGUE roster in the next month... ... before Winter Weekend. Even if the owners hide, the Sox have to make changes -- because the other employees will refuse to attend to get excoriated by fans and media... especially legendary retired players, who won't hold back their candor.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sorry, can't hear you -- Tom Werner's Harley is revving loudly in my eardrums.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We have to give Brez a break. How can he decide on new pitchers for the parent club when he hasn't even picked a thought partner yet? Why should we expect a new CBO to take full responsibility for overpaying any dead arm throwing? Even Dr. Frankenstein had Igor to blame for fetching a corpse with a scarecrow brain.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Will incremental replacements -- subtract a Dugie, add an O'Neill; subtract a Duvall, add a Teoscar -- make any difference at all, if the Sox aren't going to invest big money or prospect capital on big league pitching? Since the front office liars refuse to admit that Year 1 Breslow Era looks just like Year 5 Bloom Era -- so far -- the only way to impact Red Sox Nation is a major overhaul this winter. Something like a blockbuster of Bregman-Framber proportion, moving Raffy to DH/LF (better arm and reflexes than Manny). But Brez isn't here to burn down the farm... nor should he.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Sox better make some significant moves soon, or even peter-hards are going to peter out.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox saved probably half a billion dollars by not extending Mookie or Xander, and even a few bucks getting rid of Price, telling Eovaldi he was too late to return, and being used by Eflin. Rumor even has it Boston offered hundreds of millions more to Yamamoto... Now they have all that stored-up operating capital to reinvest in other top talent to make a run at another world championship!
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Until any Red Sox CBO this decade spends more than $10 million on a starting pitcher, we really can't anticipate big trades for established extension-candidates. Maybe the "blockbuster" of hope only entails the Sox acquiring hurlers they can control... quite possibly, youngsters familiar with new faces in charge. MLB.com just heaped some high praise on the Cubs' farm system... perhaps Breslow swings a deal for an arm he once prized, or even helped recruit? Another swap might also involve a prospect or two that Boston's new pitching coach once mentored in the San Francisco system. Such scenarios make more sense in a rebuild, instead of (forbid) investing good money on a roster before it's actually good...
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