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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's like overpaying for breakfast. When I see lines of people waiting to get into a trendy diner, I wonder How much better can they make eggs than the place down the street? Over easy, sunnyside up, scrambled -- what am I missing? I never thought Yoshida would be another Ichiro, but maybe be good enough to have some Boggs-like success in Fenway, spraying liners around. Instead of perpetual 4-3s...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Two years in a row. We love Whitlock in the regular season, but Austin Wells beat him in two wild card games and Geno Suarez beat him in USA's final inning of the WBC.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Give me Paredes over Neto any day. Paredes, who will cost less because he's not a shortstop, had 25 HRs and 13.4% K-rate -- compared to Neto's 27 HRs and 30.5% K-rate. Paredes' contact skills gave him a .360 On Base% with only 88 strikeouts. Neto had a .330 OBP and 215 strikeouts! If the Red Sox are looking for a batter to reach base in front of Contreras, it's worth noting that no other regular besides Will the Shrill had a .360 OBP in '26. Paredes could DH if Mead plays 2B, or Paredes can play 3B and move Durbin to 2B with Mead DH, and Paredes can play 1B when Contreras DHs. Boston will find a way to make it fit because another legit bat is too vital. I also mentioned Springer -- not as a fulltimer, but as a more trusted righty bat and outfielder than Jones (please)... with rings. Sato had big power and big whiff numbers in Japan -- which of those two are more likely to increase in the majors? The Sox already have a shortstop they have to pay a lot, and another waiting to take over they only have to pay minimum...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unless he's still a teenager. On antisocial media.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And then we need to make sure we get to pitch our #3 playoff starter... (especially one signed for $150 million because of his playoff pedigree)
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We're Number Last! Tied with the Astros and Cubs as the only playoff teams eliminated before October!
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    First thing the new coach needs to clarify is how to choke "UP" not just choke.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Five of our bench warmers had career bench warmer years! Pat the waiver wire scouts on the back! Romy and Bernie last year... Jones this year with the best ever Jahmai month (on the field)... Booser going for a ring -- oops.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Sox need hitters first, like Sonny Corleone with the trash can lid on Carlo's wife-beating face. Trade Duran for Paredes, sign Springer, dump Yoshida, replace him with Sato, and let's go. But keep Arias, Gonzales and Jake Bennett (which fansided is somehow determined to swap, since Brez already dealt 89 young arms in the past year -- including one to get Bennett).
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Booser starts all Tampa's relief core, with Baker finishing. They're both unscored upon this postseason.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But the big WS match-up will be Hammy vs. Yandy (I'd take Diaz on the Red Sox even if Hamilton is World Series MVP).
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Drohan opening and Dustin May bulk guy? I'll take Cam Booser's 0.00 in 6 playoff games.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mead could be one. If he's healed... Adley? Dunno. He was touted as a batter who doesn't strike out and in the first half of '26 had the lowest K-rate of his 6-year career... then he came to Boston and had the worst K-rate of his career (it had to be a coincidence and nothing to do with their Graphline hitting). With the Red Sox. Rutschman also had the lowest BB%, lowest Exit Velo, lowest Hard Hit% and lowest Line Drive% of his career. Pray to the Church of Baseball it was all just a Crap Sample Size.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The reason the Sox didn't win in 1986 was not because of Bill Buckner, but because his cranky manager let him play on two crippled ankles behind a rookie closer in the headlights and the rest of a craptacular bullpen. And an MVP starting pitcher who could never beat Dave Stewart.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He might be, but we've all lived this entire decade and know by now we just cannot count on any chronically injured Red Sox guy to come back as good as new. Ever. If it happens, it's a bonus. Meanwhile, what I've been saying -- from what we've been seeing for two years -- is that if anyone really wants the Red Sox to go deep in the next October, you're right: they need 3 hitters. But not through trades, because if Breslow deals the handful of legit prospects left, then it's all about 2027... which may not even exist. So hang onto the future until there is one.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What a relief. That's enough. Now they don't have to spend on good position players who can actually hit good pitching when the fall foliage is good to look at if they play good enough all summer to keep playing by then.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No King's thread!
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And what is the line that drives them? Get on base, leave them on base, and for the fan base in the playoffs -- stay off base. Was this baseless?
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's only us, Red Sox Nation, and the local and national media. Meanwhile in the front office, Breslow has walls covered in two-way mirrors so he can watch his VPs and R&D demonstrate how they're going to train the existing roster to make better contact and power up.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't worry, your'e so happy that Devers, Bregman, Alonso and Schwarber aren't on the team so their billionaire owner doesn't have to pay them for the rest of this decade or until the world blows up.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A take on OBP: it's great to have batters consistently get on base, but as we've seen the past few years in Boston, that doesn't necessarily correlate to wins. None of it matters if batters can't drive in baserunners. Check out regular season league rankings for Red Sox' world champs. 2018: 1st in OBP, BA, R, RBI 2004: 1st in OBP, BA, R, RBI 2013: 1st OBP, R, RBI; 2nd BA 2007: 2nd OBP, 3rd R, RBI, 5th BA (this was the only offense of the four that led the AL in LOB, then they batted .318 in the ALCS, .333 in the WS). ... obviously runs scored and runs batted in are connected -- and some posters may argue both are just team stats reliant on opportunity. But you still have to deliver: runners still have to tally and batters still have to bring them home. 2026: 4th OBP, BA, 3rd LOB... because 11th R, 9th RBI (both below league average).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Boston needs to add legit big league bats this offseason, but I'm here again to say the Sox are not two more bats away from winning the World Series. That's because the rest of their batting order is just not championship quality. Breslow won't even know how good or bad the offense is until he sees if Mead and Rutschman are fully healed -- and that right there won't be determined until they possibly start raking in Spring Training. So it's highly doubtful Ole Brez will trade more prospects for more hitting this winter. And he better not trade Arias or Gonzales -- two potential elite bats moving fast through the system... who will soon be playing for MLB minimum wage. That has to be the selling point to John Henry, who merely has to agree to spend so Breslow can sign a few free agents who can help.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the stars were shining you could see clearly. But talksox got so dull overnight that posters are now looking forward to banging the humdrum slowly. The future's so bright I gotta wear an eyepatch. If we all wear one, maybe the Pirates will notice and trade Konnor Griffin for Roman Anthony's ringless ringfinger. Wait -- Griffin also missed time with a torn ring finger and had an elbow injury. At least both were attributed to fielding accidents, and not half-swinging the bat. Griffin, age 20, is another young stud all messed up playing a his game (not a kid's game). Casas, Roman, Konnor -- like most of us frustrated jocks -- all grew up big and strong from drinking steroidal cow's milk. ROIDS: the magic chemical that builds muscles up then tears them back down.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Transcript of front office meeting to remove the "interim" tag: JH: "We're prepared to make you a millionaire..." B: "... as long as you do what you're told, and take all the heat from the media and blame from the public when outcomes are less than optimal." C: "Sure. Why not."
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It would make me sick to see a rookie manager yank his veteran ace coming off a career year for a shaky newcomer who sucked for an entire month... ... but that's only if I was rooting for a team that could hit, and just saw the score turn into a blow-out too large to overcome. However -- the playoff wild card Red Sox circa 2025-26 cannot hit a lick. Get. Some. Fricking. BATS!
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