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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But one expected a graduate school slump from Duran, who must have met Maggie May since he skipped all his classes.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "The Red Sox are going for it at this deadline" ... IF they make a significant trade for legitimate talent. Just fanning feathers like a peacock is only a display to attract fans.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not Tolle!!!!
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At this point if we agree not to trade Arias but still want reinforcements, then we all have to accept the loss of an even better young pitching prospect (as of today) than Early. And not just for Goodman, but even if we just want a couple veterans like Gausman and Springer as a #5 and righty DH, you know Toronto is going to ask for Eyanson. That doesn't mean the Sox will deal him, but we have to be willing to lose alternative arms like Witherspoon, Holobetz, Rivera, etc.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bogaerts was called to the majors when he was 20 and helped Boston win a ring that year. Devers was called to the majors when he was 20, went deep off a future Sox closer throwing 103 mph, and had a pinch-hit game-winning single in the World Series when he was 21. Every player is different, and no one could fault the Red Sox for promoting or paying Campbell, the kid who the entire industry named as Minor League Player of the Year (though a lot of us did question his skills as a 2nd baseman). I'd hang on to Arias, who looks like an above-average shortstop and hitter. But after the Mead disaster, if the Sox really want to go for it they now need to trade for Hunter Goodman if available. I'd trade Eyanson and never look back, because a starting pitcher -- even the All-Stars -- only play every five days... but a legitimate 40 home run threat anchors the heart of the order every single game.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When Mead returns to full health after next summer's trade deadline, he'll be better than any acquisition CBO Cora can deal for.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    WHAAAAAAT! He's only 20 years old -- you could ruin him for life! He may not be able to play a kid's game for a job anymore. Just trade him for Neto. Arias can't possibly be ready for the majors -- he only just hit his 20th home run this season... but all in the minors (ya know, where Neto never hit more than 5 in a season).
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In April 2025, Fenway Park employees at the gate gave my son a t-shirt of Campbell, Anthony and Mayer. It's a cool shirt: the trio sits side-by-side smiling, with each wearing and holding up a big red foam Red Sox forefinger (get it? 1 + 1 +1 = the Big 3). The promotional giveaway was at a big league game, a few months before two of those guys even made the majors. I went to a lot of games when I was a kid. But they never gave me a t-shirt of Fisk in 1972 or Lynn and Rice in '75 or Lars Anderson playing guitar...
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Let's not forget how futile the same players (except for a few touted sophomores?) were with the bats for the first two months. But now that they're improved, is it wise to just hope these are the real hitters who won't regress? It's kind of a whole roster Curtis Mead risk: is he the guy who got cut from other teams in the past year or the breakout bopper of this summer?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... to support anything. Nobody knows anything because everyone is different. Oviedo's been out all year with a sore elbow. He's a giant but didn't throw a million pitches last year because he was returning from missing his first entire season in 2024. Derek Lowe, a big guy, and Pedro Martinez, not so big, left Boston via free agency after '04. DLowe wound up throwing three times as many more innings the rest of his career than Pedro. Dwight Gooden was tall and slim for his day when he was an instant star at 19 and pitched over 200 innings while leading the league in strikeouts. The Mets protected him so much the next season they let him lead the NL in IP with 276 and win the Cy Young. Gooden would average over 200 IP through the first decade of his career and miss more time because of drug addiction than overuse.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe not as much as we expect. They're both very large strong humans: 6 foot 6, between 230-250 pounds. There is a chance "smaller" pitchers like Suarez and Early pull muscles because they have to generate more force from their bodies in their own deliveries. I have no evidence to prove the notion, but there is at least a possibility that dimensions -- however inflated in PR guides -- could affect longevity.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I get that it's miserable watching automatic outs in the batting order, but that's basically what we got out of LF and C all season without the Gold Glove D. Shortstop is obviously so important, but also underrated when they make all the plays, even the hard ones, look easy -- like Cabrera in the '04 postseason or Drew in '13.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some concerning oddities surfaced: the almost Bello-1st inninglike throwing yips from the outfield (let's assume they were temporary)... but two injuries from swinging the bat too hard in two seasons cannot be ignored. That's what sent Casas aboard the Flying Dutchman sailing into the Sargasso Sea of obscurity, never to be seen again.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You've made some good points in the past -- like suggesting Mead -- but what have you done lately? (this is baseball, and my eyes can't read every post every day; I already upped my glasses to 2.5)
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is why I can't see Breslow trading the farm for a bad shortstop like Neto or Abrams. Brez and Bailey know good middle infield D is the key for a club built around pitching. I'm still surprised they demoted Cheng -- he does one thing better than anyone else on the roster, and that's play stellar shortstop... saw a stat yesterday the Sox were like 15-1 in games he started. IKF or Mayer must be closer to returning than we think, because they can't be counting on Story's D down the stretch.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Get a cheap veteran rental to expand the starting rotation. Assuming the Brez-Bailey Run Prevention Red Sox aren't trading Arias, a good shortstop, for Neto, a below-average shortstop, then the biggest cost this weekend will probably be for a decent reliever. Boston is not converting a backend starter to a meaningful role in the bullpen in August. Combined in their careers, Breslow and Bailey pitched in over 800 MLB games... with ZERO games started.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd go get Gausman for the stretch run. He's 35 on an expiring contract and not having a great year. But he's still a workhorse, and leads the league in games started. The key is he can't cost much -- is he worth giving up a lotto ticket A ball arm to make 5 starts and save a hundred pitches from each guy in the playoff rotation?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Would Breslow welcome back an old teammate to play short if the guy came heavily subsidized? Ironically, I think the kid only played third back when Brez pitched for the Sox.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For a team built on pitching and D -- the main reason the Sox were able to stay in games... not just in the streak but the whole season -- we should all be feeling queasy right now about shortstop. Demoting Cheng to make room for Mead leaves only Monasterio as an ok SS on the roster. For a pitch-to-contact reliever like Breslow, it's awkward. Are we now counting on returns from either Mayer, who was nothing special, or Story, who was not even average? Or is a trade for a SS on the way? If it's Neto, a way better player on offense than with the glove, just remember the Angels have averaged 93 losses per season with him as the primary shortstop, and are on pace to drop that many again this year.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I liked Early but also like that Breslow was decisive, making the first move. I also think acquiring an infielder like Mead now rules out trading Eyanson or Arias for a shortstop -- and that Arias may even be called up by the end of this season. That doesn't rule out making a blockbuster for a star catcher, though, at the deadline as clubs wait until the last best offers.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How many other Red Sox can score from 1st standing up without drawing a throw on a hit to LF like Duran did when he scored the winning run last night? I hate when Duran swings and misses pitches at his eyes, but he has contributed. In the best Red Sox month record-wise this decade, he has as many RBIs as anyone.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rafaela gets more grief here because he sometimes wears a goofy grin when he misses a pitch by three feet. When Roman Anthony whiffs on a ball in the dirt, his lips are tight and his eyes are slits. He looks madder... ... which he should, with his career 27% K-rate, compared to Ceddanne's 22% (which is also the MLB average).
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Campbell isn't burned, but the fans are, and the media, and the evaluators who voted him Minor League Player of the Year in 2024... How a guy can rocket through all levels of the minors and then regress so badly he's below-average AAA player all year is hard to grasp. Where are the stories and articles of what exactly the org's developmental people are doing to help him? I'd also like to see interviews with his high school coach and college coach describing KC's skills, personality and dedication... Such a mystery.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes, but we're not allowed to type his name.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The very idea of Yesavage is a good enough reason not to trade Anthony Eyanson in the next week or so. After a late call-up last year, Trey made five postseason starts and won games in each round of the ALDS, ALCS and World Series.... as a rookie. In the regular season, Yesavage made 25 total starts at five levels, including 3 in the majors, and had a cumulative 3.58 ERA. After the postseason, his 2025 totals added up to 125 innings pitched in 30 starts. But was it worth it? The Blue Jays, after all, were just an IKF slide from winning it all. This year so far, Eyanson has started 13 games at two levels, thrown 60.2 innings and has a 1.19 ERA. If the Red Sox let him take the Yesavage route, Anthony's arm should have at least another 60 frames left in it. If he's limited to 5 per game, that could be 12 starts down the stretch... Why can't he be The Guy?
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