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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Verdugo is most likely to be in another uni. Yoshida may be the hardest to move because of his contract, but will also be a guy fans are glad was kept around as he continues to adjust and improve. Duran will again have bursts of stardom like last season, because speed doesn't slump... but not as a fulltime centerfielder (he's just as much a part-time DH candidate as Masa). LF/DH: Yoshida/Duran CF: Rafaela RF: new acquisition/righty bat 5th OF: Refsnyder
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Two or three of them may be infusing another club after a blockbuster for MLB talent. Storylines to look forward to in '24 will be the development of Teel as a cornerstone to build around, and the comeback of Miguel Bleis.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... flosses without slicing finger, releases emergency brake without snapping UCL, and empties dishwasher without incurring concussion from bumping head on open cabinet door. (latter is always a good trick)
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Re-read my hints! The forgotten 5-tool Red Sox prospect! And I didn't say he'd play in the majors next year, but will explode nationally in the minors -- and have posters and placards a-clamoring...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We're just sucky right now. And I look pretty crappy sometime. You better you bet. Need new guys. Voices of the next. Future nostalgia: which No-Flaw McGraw Red Sox superstar in the late-20s was affectionately known as Five-Tool Miggy or Fireplace Bleis (for his warm smile and incendiary skills)? You heard it here last: an overlooked prospect will take the baseball world by storm at such a rate in '24, that the new CBO will be compelled to trade other prospects at the deadline for talent that will catapult Boston back into the postseason.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And most of you are ignoring that besides starting pitching, the one position Breslow has revealed his thoughts on so far to the public is DH, where he'd rather not have a full-timer, but instead use as a revolving door to give regulars a rest from playing defense. That should actually make some posters happy, at least those who complain about Cora giving scheduled days off to certain batters, just when they seem to get hot...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    2023 Second Basemen by bWAR Semien 7.4, Kim 5.8, Gimenez 5.3, Hoerner 5.1, Marte 4.9, Arraez 4.9, Albies 4.7, Stott 4.3, GLEYBAR 2.9, Altuve 2.8, DUBON 2.7 (overall value, including 79 games at 2B), ZACK GELOF 2.6, Julien 2.6, GORMAN 2.4 (75 G @ 2B), CABALLERO 2.4, McNeil 2.4, ESTRADA 2.3, Lowe 2.1, IBANEZ 2.0 (77 G @ 2B), POLANCO 2.0, DRURY 1.9, RENGIFO 1.9, Schneider 1.8, NICKY LOPEZ 1.8 (49 G @ 2B), Frazier 1.7, TURANG 1.6, INDIA 1.4, Westburg 1.2 BTV: Gelof 20.5, Gorman 38, Caballero 8.8, Estrada 21.8, Ibanez 4.3, Lopez 5.1, India 7.7... ... have at it.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Man, the whole baseball world really needs Ohtani to sign soon. Then the amateur speculators can resume speculating about speculations, instead of biding our time bickering about how professional speculators speculate... ... and then the Red Sox can acquire some new players, so we don't have to keep pretending to rearrange the existing roster of last place losers.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You maybe just described how a guy like Bloom approached trading average big leaguers for minor leaguers who projected to be average if they made the majors. But Breslow is almost committed to swap actual quality in return for upgrading the MLB roster. As soon as all the execs from the last meeting recover from the stomach bug...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not saying I disagree with your high values, and as a biased Red Sox fan (who always wants to believe some of the hype), I'd lean closer to some of yours than BTV. However, it is amazing that many prospects rate above guys who've actually made the majors, only because they have unlimited ceilings... as well as floors. It's like keeping a wax pack from 50 years ago unopened -- collectors will always pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for a chance at a Hall of Famer's mint rookie card, but once the pack is unsealed, and all that's there is a handful of commons, the value plummets... ... you can see why if Breslow is smart (at CBOing), he'll move a few prospects while they still have potential... meanwhile, maybe Bloom already held on to a few too long...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dont know how long Brez Ops would tolerate that... Werner says we're "goin full throttle" this year, Cora's last under contract. Oxford's verb meaning of throttle is "attack or kill someone by choking or strangling them." Someone needs to tell Tom fans are done with choking.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And Mary left on a jet plane.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's interesting which of Verdugo or Duran has more trade value this winter -- I'm talking beyond salary/control -- as in, which guy offers more desirable assets for contenders or rebuilders? One is a good outfielder and good hitter; the other turns singles into doubles and steals pizza boxes ripe for the taking under new MLB rules. FanGraphs gave Duran 2.4 WAR and Verdugo 2.0 WAR last year. Baseball-Reference gave Verdugo 2.6 WAR and Duran 2.1 WAR last year. Since both formulas are performance-based, I assume neither considers paychecks or years under contract?
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I dunno... a not-so-great 2B man who once had considerable pop reminds me too much of Urias, who's already here. To me, Polanco wouldn't be worth trading away the Incredible Bulk.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jorge Polanco emerges as another available 2B option: switch-hitter, 33 bombs in '21, capable middle infielder. Who would cost more to acquire: Polanco, 30, or Torres, 27 (next month)? Take your pick: 162-game averages - Jorge 22 HR, 87 RBI, .780 OPS; Gleybar 27 HR, 83 RBI, .789 OPS. Baseball-ref Similarity Scores... #1 most Similar Batter to Gleybar Torres: Jorge Polanco.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The big problem in '22 -- according to interundisciplinary typists on talksox exit polls -- was the bullpen. Remember, a big reason the '21 Sox got in the hunt early for the playoffs was that Barnes and Whitlock threw like first-half All-Star relievers. A big problem in '23 -- according to Doominati, Red Sox stakeholders and stockholders -- was that the CBO who built the '22 rotation decided not to keep it together and instead watched his top two starters go win 31 games for other clubs.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So... what's bonafide? MLB average number of starts in 2023 was 20, which includes Sale, Maeda, Carrasco, Blackburn, Cabrera and Martin Perez. Jordan Lyles started 31, had a 6.28 ERA and lost 17. Lance Lynn started 32 and gave up 44 home runs. Giolito served up 41 HRs, lost 15, and started 33 (only Mikolas and Gallen started more). Those are all bonafide, real, genuine starters... Breslow didn't say there's a need for a pair of aces (what -- he didn't have time yet to check this forum?). Would anybody settle for the old high-low seven-card game where the best and worst hands split the pot?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I wasn't thinking Hoskins for OF, just as a cheaper RHH DH (or 1B when Casas needs a break) instead of Castellanos -- who has been a negative dWAR in the OF the past nine seasons. The Sox just cannot take on another bad regular defensive player as part of a new CBO's new roster. Castellanos did make a few decent plays in RF during the postseason, but he's another DH waiting to happen...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was also thinking Dombro might bite on that one. But Brez may just choose to sign Hoskins for a year instead...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The only memory I have of Bauer is watching him on TV in July, 2019, when he got mad on the mound, turned and threw the ball over the centerfield fence. Tito immediately left the dugout, confronted Bauer in the center of the diamond, and mouthed, "What the f*** is wrong with you!" The next day Bauer was traded to Cincinnati. Cleveland was a 93-win team, and missed the playoffs by a few games that year; with two months to go, Bauer still finished second on the Tribe in games started -- but it was apparently worth it, to get rid of him.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Soxprospects.com also ranks Red Sox shortstops not named Mayer at #4, #9, #10, #11, #18, #20.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Brewers in full rebuild. BTV accepts Mayer and Whitlock for Corbin Burnes, Devin Williams and Willy Adames. It's almost not outrageous.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Who are you, what have you sacrificed?
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What -- no one ever read Mad Magazine? Breslow is merely using the feature What He Says and What It Really Means: "To optimize the morphology of our extant extent, we plan to stretch out all rotation candidates, ligaments, tendons, and possible permutations" (I don't want to insult any guys on the current roster until I replace them).
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I get all the praise here for Gleybar's bat, but two things to be wary of: Yankee fans are done with him, and it remains to be seen how Breslow shores up the D. With a groundball pitcher in charge, I just have visions of sugar plums dancing across the diamond.
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