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The point about the last five Red Sox years isn't really revolving CBOs, but how ownership has changed this century. And it's not just about dropping out as big time recruiters in free agency, but also not paying to keep established stars in Boston. The wisdom or outrage of being outbid for Pedro and Lester was debatable, since both starters had turned the corner on Henry's magic number of age 30. In hindsight, the one worth longterm investment would've been D.Lowe, though most Sox fans didn't predict that at the time (having endured his days of inconsistent closing). But Boston always found a way to keep its best -- Papi, Tek, Pedey -- while knowing when to move on from others, like Nomar and Ellsbury. Everything changed with Mookie.
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I'm not a vroom-vroom guy, but what little experience I have opening it up seems more in the hands and wrists on a bike than pegging a foot to the floor in a car.
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Were Sox fans misled about Breslow coming in and taking charge of an established front office? At his introductory presser he certainly sounded like someone ready to shake things up... ... or were we just aching for massive change from the Bloom Era that we overlooked the obvious clonage of old CBO to new CBO? Of course, we all read the Tom Werner "Full Throttle" quote -- but someone should've asked if he meant Kawasaki Ninjas or mini bikes.
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Ambivalence here. Starters like Stroman and Imanaga will still improve the rotation (even if it's not a world-beater) and also help the bullpen -- by pushing guys like Whitlock and Houck into more prominent relief roles when Jansen and Martin show more age; which is inevitable, even though fans assume they'll automatically repeat '23 success. Two more viable and dependable starters should also provide more stability for fielders honing their craft, and take some pressure off youngsters trying to establish themselves on O and D.
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Is Sandoval on the trading block for some reason? Otherwise, I'm not sure why the Angels -- always hurting for pitching, and who just lost their ace -- would want to give up on a 27-year-old starter with four years of control... maybe, if they're in total rebuild and really like the prospects coming back? Is Sandoval and one year of an ok RHH infielder worth dealing a guy projected with five-tool potential (who missed most of last year with injury)? If the Sox aren't going to be a legit contender, why not just keep Bleis and Yorke and let them develop? The latter may be ready for a call-up mid-summer, fill the hole at 2B, and become part of the future core of sustainedglass...
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A Realistic View at 2024: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
HEY, LOOIE! MIX IN SOME PROTEIN SHAKES AND PUT ON 30 POUNDS THIS WINTER, SO YOU CAN BE THE NEXT DWIGHT GOODEN! ... wait, Gooden had already won a Rookie of the Year, a Cy Young, and two strikeout crowns in the majors by the time he was 20? And Perales will be 21 in April? Fogedaboudit... -
Not necessarily -- often, splitters, curves and change-ups are thrown by design to hit the dirt. If a guy leaves one up or hangs one, and gets taken deep, that's a lack of command. Schilling's goal was to make batters take strikes in the zone, and swing at pitches out of the zone. A lot of it has to do with delivery and deception...
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Ohtani and Yamamoto: unanimous 2023 Offseason Player and Pitcher of the Year (ending)!
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Can sarcasm even exist in a milieu where groan men and growing boys and girls post daily about the various vagaries of a kid's game?
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Some people like to say that posters never change their minds, but if you've noticed I have recently stopped using the L-word (not Losers) when referring to 75% of the Red Sox standings during the Bloom Era. From now on, our beloved, beheaded Sox will be known only as the fifth-best team in the greatest division in baseball history that hasn't won a World Series since 2018.
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Only for utter flops like Boston. Teams that went deep into the postseason played for another month. Any Red Sox club that won 13 games in the playoffs for a title would be remembered as an all-time great by their fans. Try finding any Dodgers fan who hates the season their team traded for and signed a Hall of Famer in his prime, and then won a championship. And there are many posters who care less about the regular season -- as long as one's favorite team qualifies for the postseason... because then anything can happen! But let's not call them hypocrites for dismissing the results of any tournament, even extra long ones, like in 2020.
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But let's not pretend for one second that the 2020 Red Sox weren't historically, abysmally bad, and just a club in a slump for two months. Sure, guys like JD and Beni checked out, Mookie went west, and the dislikes of Chavis and Peraza roamed the diamond. But the pitching... MLB 2020 Team Pitching: Most Hits Allowed, Most Home Runs Served UP, Most Walks Issued, Most Runs Allowed Per Game (non-Coors column) -- Boston. Worst FIP, Worst WHIP, Worst LIP (Losers In Pitching) sinks ship -- Boston.
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The Dodgers also won the World Series in the strike-shortened 1981 season. They made the playoffs by finishing 1st in their 57-game first "half" with a 36-21 record for a .632 winning percentage... then finished 4th in the second "half" (the Reds had the best combined overall mark in the NL West, but finished 2nd in each "half" and didn't even make the playoffs)... LA won the postseason with a 10-6 record and had an overall W-L percentage of .579. In 2020, the Dodgers finished 1st in their 60-game season with a big league best-record of 43-17, .717%,... then won the postseason with 13-5, .722% (the most post Ws ever required for a ring). Their overall mark: 56-22 .718% (in 78 gms, nearly half a full season). For perspective, the all-time '18 Sox: 108-54 .667, 11-3 .786, overall 119-57 .676. If LA was accepted as the '81 world champs in that wack-a-mole season, then 2020 is also legit.
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A Realistic View at 2024: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Unless they're pitching to Bart (a catcher definitely available, after losing his job to a rookie on the team where the Sox recruited their new pitching coach). -
A couple good pitchers may not propel the Red Sox to the next World Series, but they will boost the club back to respectability -- which is absolutely imperative now. And a respectable team has to be a more appealing landing spot for respectable free agents in the future, respectively speaking.
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That's why the Betts trade was never going to be a good thing -- no matter how bad the team was going to be because "his salary will suck the budget dry" -- OMG, it would sure suck watching a homegrown fan favorite posting MVP WAR every season, a foundational star to build around. No, we'd rather just suck with a roster full of suck.
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Regarding such a concept -- in the John Henry Century -- I've always thought: that does not compute. To any fan of a big market team owned by a multi-billionaire -- saying, "Since we're not good enough, let's not get good players until we're good enough" -- is just not good enough.
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A Realistic View at 2024: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Her kid had a bad poison ivy rash, and she bought him Coritzone cream... over the counter! -
This whole month pretending to be big players in the Moto Sweepstakes has been a clever ruse by Breslow and Co. (which is really Company and Brez). Watch: after Yama signs for $400M with a New York team, all the other clubs will scramble to ink the consolation prizes... but not Boston... instead, the Red Sox will shock the world by announcing they paid off Japan to change its rules, and introduce the majors' first $500M-dollar pitcher -- Roki Sasaki!!!
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MLB.com -- the Yankees flagship website -- ran its daily ranking of "teams that need to sign Yamamoto the most"... ... of course, the Yankees were #1, because MLB so wants New York to be good again -- but don't worry; even if he goes anywhere else, the Skanks will still be predicted to win the World Series for the 89th straight offseason, since that's required typing for anyone who works for the league office. The Red Sox, who only have one sure Minion in their entire starting rotation, were listed as the 6th-most Yamamoto-needy club...
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A Realistic View at 2024: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Imagana da vida baby Don't you know that I'll always be true -
MLB.com reporting the bidding is "about to heat up"... ... so $300 million is what, luke warm? luke skywalker? luke abrasi? Is it possible that a guy who's never thrown a big league pitch to get the largest contract for a pitcher in history? Is it possible he won't? If two or three teams are already offering $300M -- and there's six clubs that covet him -- it's going to take the winner to just blow away the field: do I hear $350M? ... and if the owner of that bid isn't Cohen, what's to stop him from just blasting into the realm of $400M?
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Starting rotation has no clear arms. (except for a Minion)
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... who led to the career year of Benny Cherington. Ah, yes -- Benji... the mastermind behind the if-everything-breaks-just-right '13 Sox. Definitely more of a factor than Loney Tones and Jerry Sands Talent.
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A Realistic View at 2024: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Different angle: is it possible Nola lost - or did not gain - at least another $50 million, had he waited until after Yamamoto signs? After all, Nola has had a lot more success in the majors than Mr. Moto Risin...
