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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This all started 60 years ago when Koufax and Drysdale held out together for a month before the 1966 season. Imagine two Hall of Famers asking to be paid at the top of their market. LA did, and eventually made them each the first pitchers with salaries of one hundred thousand dollars.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No matter if they make another $100M or $200M, these are young men who will never have to work another day in their lives. Right now. What's the risk, really? They continue to perform at high levels for two or three years and then sit by their pools or vacation beaches, waiting for agents to present new bids for millions more -- or they really go all out, pushing through aches and pains to win a title or two and even more recognition... which just might net them a permanent limp, but hundreds of millions more. In other words, they can't lose -- unless they do something really bad that turns the public against them for the rest of eternity (it happens sometimes to "celebrities").
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is where a good year from Contreras is vital. Let Duran and Story run, and with 1B open, teams pitch around Anthony at their own risk. But good point about Ant angle: Roman Candle > Roman Anthills. And the cheerleaders were just learning their '26 chant: "Roman Anthony, he's our man -- If he can't do it... Whoooooooo?"
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That hole in your #3 slot is very real and very scary. Marte is ideal, but Hazen says no deal. If so, the best option is Paredes, but Cora would never bat two lefties in a row, followed by two righties in a row... so Anthony may still wind up batting third. Nico Hoerner doesn't slug but can get on base and run. He'd be ok batting in front of Roman. Right now we're looking at Duran-Story-Anthony-Contreras-Abreu. And if Geno joins them in Florida, fans will feel the breeze from the Sultans of Swing And Miss all the way to Alaska.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox may view Contreras the run-producer who'll drive in Anthony in the L-R order. But with WiLL 4th he won't provide much protection for Roman if the latter is leadoff. And now without Bregman, it will be just too easy to pitch around Roman -- when he's hot -- and go after another big whiffer. This is one of two reasons I don't want Geno Suarez (the other is his D). Obviously, the batting order is still missing that one more quality contact bat, which we can't or shouldn't be distracted from after just pivoting to another quality pitcher. Just remember, even if Contreras is the viable replacement for Devers the offense won't even be as good as last year until they replace Bregman.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know batting your best or most dangerous hitter leadoff is the trend -- like Ohtani or Schwarber -- but the Red Sox' offense is so weak, we really need to maximize Anthony's hard contact skills. I'd bat the guy with the second-best On Base Percentage directly in front of him. That has to be Duran -- who most of us lament just doesn't get on base enough to bat leadoff. But his 2025 .332 OBP is by far the best of the returnees... Look at these craptacular OBPs: Abreu .317, Story .308, Yoshida .307, Narvaez .306, Rafaela .295, Mayer .272 (do we really want the two worst batting in front of Roman?). Contreras, a bat already slated by Cora for clean-up, reached at a clip of .344 last year. Paredes was .352 -- he'd be a good get.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Franklin: not just another whiny elite fan who got off by electrocuting himself flying a kite connected to a metal key in a lightning storm. At least he invented the woodstove, which is what saved me after losing electricity for weeks in two different weather catastrophes. Ben was also smart enough to invent the library, so future generations would have a place to go to use computers. He also thought the national bird should be a turkey instead of an eagle (he knew what was coming). If hired by the Red Sox front office, Franklin would erect a statue of Ben Affleck for robbing sacks of money from Fenway Park, which made all games cashless from now on,
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why wouldn't there be? Is someone supposed to boo because the Red Sox just signed a good pitcher? A lot of posters' worries were only based on the facts from most of the offseasons of this decade. The Sox were also only the last team -- out of 30 -- to sign a big league free agent. Ranger Suarez can't hit third in the batting order, but no one is going to argue that Boston didn't just improve.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just because Suarez is the longest free agent contract the Sox have given in half a decade doesn't mean they weren't trying! The front office has told us every year they're all in full throttle so why wouldn't we believe this administration? Things didn't align -- it happens... over and over again. Why would fans whine, anyway, when all they have to do is pay annual increases for ticket prices, concessions, cable, streaming and new shirt colors? Ranger has no opt outs! (the Sox must actually want to keep him in Boston, while The Window's propped open with a shattered maple Old Hickory).
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A trade is next, and besides Roman Anthony, the only other player who should be off-limits is Ceddanne Rafaela. A ballclub built around pitching needs good defense to maximum that strength. Boston led the majors in errors and was one of the worst teams in Defensive Efficiency. The Sox just lost their best infielder, so the last thing they need is to also lose their best outfielder. Ceddanne robbed dozens of batters of hits, led the AL in assists, and was tops among all MLB outfielders in dWAR. A team with crummy D doesn't trade a guy like that -- or move him to second base. MLB Sirius was discussing why they thought Andrew Jones should be in the Hall of Fame. Not only is Jones the career leader in big league history in outfielder Total Zone Runs (second overall to Brooks Robinson), but he actually helped three teammates already get into Cooperstown... tracking down mistake pitches by Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz for over a decade.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gotta get a good infield glove now -- Ranger is a ground-ball machine. Breslow did say -- after just losing Bregman -- that another way to improve was to focus on pitching and defense. Plus, being a ground-ball pitcher, himself, Brez knows the importance of having a 2013 Pedroia...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox agree to 5-year deal with Ranger Suárez
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hi-Ho Silver! (dollars and sense!)
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Boston is already over him. Didn't see one Bregman shirt walking around Fenway Park last Saturday. Anthony #19 was everywhere, and runner-up by far was #16. Mayer changing his number this season should also help the Sox sell a lot of leftover #11 green shirts.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And just a few small steps away for both. But the Red Sox don't need another Bohm at 3B. Duran for Paredes -- All-Star outfielder for All-Star infielder -- solves two issues.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But we have 12 Number Fives! The one reason anyone rates New York over Boston is because the Yankees have a Hall of Famer. The Red Sox have some Hall of Gamers.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    FROM NOW ON: I aggressively refuse to click any Red Sox report with "aggressively" in the headline. I'm no longer interested in wasting time clicking any Red Sox headlines with "interested" in them. And I predict I won't click any more Red Sox news with "predict" in the headline. I will, however, only agree to click articles that state the Red Sox and a free agent or trade partner "agree" on a contract or deal...
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Another way to shore up the D: Breslow and Bailey are collecting tall pitchers with big arm extensions for pitch-to-NO-contact.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hard to dispute any of Max's points. The big mistake won't be losing Bregman, but if Breslow feels he now has to fill the void by trading a top pitching prospect. Boston is not paying Bichette, who isn't even a good fielder, or burning the farm on Marte. The best available options are good second basemen like Donovan or Horner. But without a doubt, the Cards and Cubs will want MLB-ready pitching in return. No, thanks. Let's see what Early, Tolle and eventually Witherspoon can do. Live-and-let-die with Romy, Hammy and Sogard-Sogahd-Sogaahd.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Teams based around pitching better have tight defense, especially in the infield. The Red Sox just lost their best infielder. Maybe Mayer can play an entire season for the first time in his career. Contreras is supposed to be ok at 1B, though last year he had a negative dWAR for the first time -- even after leading the NL in errors at catcher in four different seasons.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bichette and an expensive longterm contract are not even a blip on the Red Sox' NADIR.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "How do we align our public comments to align with what our president spews a'lyin to the Nation about how we just missed alining our roster with another player who didn't align with our malign alignments?"
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Look -- I'm ok with adding a trusty glove anywhere on this sieve of a defense. But I can't won't don't want anyone else swinging a bat nicknamed K-Brain.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ARod was a top shortstop and decent but not better at 3B. Pokey Reese could shine with the leather at any position. Hanley Ramirez could hurt himself and teammates at any position. Robin Yount and Ernie Banks, Gold Glove shortstops, were both basically negative dWAR in the second half of Hall of Fame careers at CF and 1B. (I won't even mention the ex-Red Sox superstar traded in his prime who will wear an LA cap on his bronze plaque that moved to shortstop in his 30s and kept winning World Series rings)
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's the nail polish. Black is at a premium more than ever in these dark times. A lot of young people turning 18 are just registering as goth.
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