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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Great line, Max. Teammates also can't block for each other or slap the pitcher's arm to weaken the pitch. Baseball is the sum deeds of isolated individuals.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd rather trade Duran and keep Rafaela. Both are speed burners who showed a lot of pop in the minors. But one has struggled to become even an adequate defender, while the other has been touted by opposing scouts as a future Gold Glover. A team with deplorable D needs to consider every edge if it wants to improve.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the Sox do the right thing and bring in a GM from outside the org, the new regime may give certain players one more year to prove (and improve) themselves, before making radical changes. That very much includes Chaim Bloom players like Story, Yoshida and Verdugo -- contracts be damned. JH and Co. know that part of the revamping might require eating some money and cutting a lot of losses from their annual 5th-placers.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And don't forget, the '04 Cursebreakers had a GM who actually did something to make the club much better on D at the trade deadline... those numbers reflect overall seasons, but the Sox improved in the second half with acquired Gold Gloves at shortstop and at first base (the latter in later innings).
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Well, neither are the Red Sox -- they already cut Trey Ball, dumped Jay Broome, traded Lars Anderson, and made Middlebrooks an announcer.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This has been the unspoken truth behind most non-moves of the Bloom Era. If guys are hurt, just wait until they return from the IL. Sale will be back soon, againandagainandagain, and Paxton, Whitlock, Houck, Eovaldi, ERod, Hill, Wacha, Braiser/Taylor/OrtOrtOrt. Schwarber's coming, as soon as his leg heals, and Story will be here, as soon as it's too late to unlose all those early games... That's life in the slow lane. Imagine George Steinbrenner's Yankees suffering an injury to a key guy, and not replacing him in the line-up or on the pitching staff with at least a bonafide big leaguer. Those bad old New Yorkers would never wait around for injured players to return so they could contend again.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The thing about the years of control that some forget is that their best years just might be now. Athletic bodies mainly age wastefully, unless enhanced.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In what has been a season of inconsistency, Devers just tied Jim Rice for most HRs in history by a Red Sox batter before turning 27. Rice fell off a cliff at about age 34 and still made the Hall of Fame. Their career on base, slugging and OPS are nearly identical... Raffy should be ok.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A lot of Larry Andersons, but no Bagwells. Pivetta has the most value so far, in that he has opened, closed (in the playoffs), bulked, and #5ed the rotation. Wink's had a decent season and Gambrell is finally getting enough sun and water, which may eventually win a deal for a big leaguer who once had better numbers (like most did when the MLB played juiceball). Abreu looks like he can play, but can he stay?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sale was the last blockbuster Red Sox trade that Boston actually won: Dec. 16, 2016. That said, I'd like to place an order from harmony's menu. I'll take a #3 (Burnes), and either an #8 or #12 (Alcantara or Cease). I understand these transactions to be cashless, and shortstop-prospect-only.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There were a few of us the past deadline that thought the Sox could trade Paxton and still have just as much chance (or just as much no-chance, as it were) at making the playoffs. Not trading Paxton was right up there as one of the worst Bloom non-moves. He could've fetched maybe the best prospect Bloom could acquire in a trade in his four years -- just look at what other clubs gave up for starting pitchers who did not win AL Pitcher of the Month in June, like Paxton did. But alas, Paxton stayed, immediately burned out, and eventually went back on the IL with another injury -- like we all knew he would. Too late now.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Did you try shaking hands with Raffy or Tris Pitch-Speaker this summer?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Watching Montgomery last night; he'd be the perfect guy to add -- a lefty, not too old, not too expensive, throws an effective curveball, which induces lots of grounders. The only problem is that may not be ideal with a shaky defense behind him. Gotta wonder how radical the new regime shakes up the line-up... will they add a full-time second baseman? keep a .180-hitting shortstop? make changes on the corners -- or just assign Devers and Casas extra practice all winter?
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Awesome -- take the Mass Pike to Fenway and $140 million dollars!
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nice quip -- glad to see you joining the rest of us, consigned to the helpless humor of our situation with this club right now. I've never been on board with the Story signing, and don't expect he'll become an offensive star ever again. But looking at his best years -- 2018-2020 -- may give us hope. While always a K machine, Story's .909 OPS had to be boosted by Colorado's thin air... but did such conditions really help his .292 batting average? Grounders or line drives wouldn't be affected much, though maybe Trevor's fly balls eluded outfielders more often in Denver? (researchers: consult your spray charts)
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I would say batboy, but since Mookie was 15 then, he could probably pinch-run for Manny or Papi with the game on the line.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A young batter who makes above-average contact, always hits the ball hard and doesn't chase out of the zone? Is that even legal in Boston? There has to at least be some kind of rule against it with runners in scoring position... definitely if it's a ghost runner.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We might have to be happy enough if the new regime just stops the practice of acquiring square pegs to fill too many holes on the diamond. It wasn't ever clever -- not with three last place finishes in four years... more like cleaver, as in a Sopranos "clean-up" scene in the back room of Satriale's Pork Store Meat Market.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You just stated the real problem with this franchise: instead of extending and locking up young stars at market value -- and thus saving money, before future of cost-of-living increases -- the Red Sox repeatedly try to squeeze every last ounce of blood, sweat and UCL tears out of their players. They could've signed Lester, Betts, and Bogaerts, among others, for longterm and reasonable rates -- if they didn't instead lowball and alienate them all. It's been going on for at least a decade now, so we know that's three different GMs... following orders from the owners'... direct phone calls from Pottersville. Before someone posts huge nine-figure offers that Mookie turned down, remember that every number the Sox approached him with since he was arb-eligible was outdated by at least a year or two by market increases. Every time.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox should find a trade partner for Verdugo who will give up a top prospect and a right-handed bat with more HR pop. Unlikely? Dec. 23, 2022: Toronto dealt for Arizona RF Dalton Varsho, who leads all outfielders with a 2.6 dWAR. He's also hitting .219 with a .663 OPS and 3.4 WAR overall. For Varsho, the Jays traded catcher Gabe Moreno, who has 4.0 WAR in 101 games and Lourdes Gurriel, who has 2.7 WAR with 24 homers. The GM who made that deal for the D-backs, who right now are headed to the postseason, is former (and future?) Red Sox exec Mike Hazen...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Hi, I'd like you to come in for an interview to run my team. This is Lowball Johnny..."
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even if Bloom gets another GM job and wins 10 rings, this will still be in his obit: "In his first year as CBO in Boston, Bloom traded the Red Sox most popular player, future Hall of Famer Mookie Betts." Dombrowski's obit will note he was GM of the greatest team in Red Sox history.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why start now? Oh, that's right -- new boss!
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yeah, the old regime was conventionally conservative with prospects, who usually just aren't good enough to promote (before they can order a drink at a bar). But Teel's top collegiate experiences vaulted him to Double A quickly. And who knows what a radical new CBO might want to do to immediately change the culture -- especially concerning the shoddy D, which is the most embarrassing (and potentially fatal) flaw on bad teams with fans clutching remotes. Teel probably doesn't break camp and go north with the Sox, but if he continues to rake and keeps his pop time better than anyone in the majors, a call-up before mid-season shouldn't be a shocker.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Currently under the holes where the dogs buried their bones.
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