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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Disagree. The best hope for significant rotation improvement are third tier brass: Breslow, Bailey and Bloom (the latter for prospect capital he wouldn't trade that will soon be dealt...). The Standstiller Bees are about to become the Uphiller Bees.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The price of the rest of the big name free agents just jumped a hundred million apiece (according to agents with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads)... Sox better jump on Lugo while they can afford him, because all the elite starting pitchers that were waiting on Ohtani are being now fitted for pinstripes -- black and blue.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't forget Montgomery and Scherzer at the deadline... point being, the champs were never afraid of adding expensive starting pitching. All year. Meanwhile, interesting article on MLB.com today regarding teams' glaring needs. The first mentioned for Boston? CATCHING. ... the list is based on Fangraphs' projected WAR by position. The Red Sox catchers are rated 28th, with this note, "No team had a higher strikeout rate from its catchers than Boston in 2023, and none of the Red Sox backstops rated as a positive defender" (latter determined by FG's Fielding Run Value). Maybe Maldonado isn't just a Cora binky, after all.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Too many mushrooms in his peanut butter...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    With our defense? If it was just a handful, you know we'd drop it. Then again, if it was only a footful, we'd probably boot it.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Texting him right now. Should have a reply soon... he's... still researching.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Henry may not be loudly insane -- like the Ghost of trade proposals past, or the pandemic poster who called Agent Orange "the greatest president in the history of this country!" But JH has been known to simmer before impulsively erupting into action -- like driving to WEEI to voice a stance, or flipping his wallet at his CBO to sign Raffy, after deciding two better all-around homegrown stars were not worth keeping at market values...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Brez is definitely taking a chance that Tyler O is a change-of-scenery guy. Not a confidence-booster for Sox fans sick and tired of Bloom fliers -- especially if this means there will be no spending on an outfielder who's actually good now, like Gurriel. I also don't like the assessment that TO's a former "Gold Glove LF who can play CF and RF." Sounds too much like Duvall, another injury-prone righty power bat. Duvall was not the answer in CF, Duran isn't either (and good luck, Yankees, neither are Verdugo or Judge). Yet speculation by the Globe's Julian McWilliams is Duran would play LF "if he isn't traded", with O'Neill in CF... Then again, word from the brass is they prefer Yoshida play offense and defense, so don't mark him down as the new DH just yet. There has to be at least one more move for this outfield...
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Does he throw 97 with a change-up?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    O'Neill is everything Verdugo was not: a two-time Gold Glove leftfielder, a guy who hit 34 home runs in his one full season ('21), and a right-handed batter. Most importantly, on bb-ref's Similarity Scores, Tyler O'Neill's most similar batter is.... Wily Mo Pena! Also a factor - Ty cost two borderline fringe depth pitchers instead of free agent money, the better to be saved for legitimate big-time starters...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No place below us... above us, only BaltimoreTampaTorontoNew York
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Imanaga there's no heaven... it's easy if you try
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Come ON, have a little optimism. Sox will still be the fifth-best AL East team!
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Brez hired El Guapo for security for the sit-down... mainly to keep Pablo Sandoval from anywhere near the building.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Frank Zappa: "Moving to Ohtani soon..."
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Chaim Bloom, Winter Weekend 2023: "You better be ready to surround that bet with a whole lot of talent or you’re not going to win… To back up that bet we needed young talent back in the organization, so we made the move that we made with Mookie..."
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe, but anywhere near the zip code of Fenway you need to pay $50 bucks to make sure it isn't towed.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe, but their front office has to be looking for any way to improve; it's not all about money -- gotta give up something good to get a good return. Plus, they might not view Gelof as the high profile guy (drafted 20 picks after Bloom chose Jud Fabian at #40... who refused to sign, then went #67 the next year to the O's).
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What's your point? You posted a question, and I replied.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why not, if they can get two pre-Arb guys who are highly rated by the genius Boston Red Sox? Shouldn't a 50-win team try to stockpile as much talent as they possibly can before they move to another desert?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bradish, 4.9 WAR, third for AL starters, behind Cole and Gray. Lost Game 1 in the playoffs, but didn't pitch badly (2 runs, 9 Ks, 1 BB, yanked in the 5th).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Sox may be relying on hope for young position players to have break-out seasons: Casas or Duran making an All-Star team, Abreu or Rafaela vying for Rookie of the Year votes, even Teel providing a spark as a late call-up... Imanaga, Stroman and Wacha (coast-to-coast good the past two years) -- would all fortify the rotation, but probably not supply the starting consistency needed to pace the bullpen and boost the Sox into serious contention. No one goes seven innings anymore, but is it asking too much to just complete six; what now constitutes a quality start? Spending big on more "elite" starting pitchers may not make sense in the short run, but having the stability of a stopper or two at the top of the rotation establishes a foundation for longterm success. Inspiring your teammates -- who expect to win every time you toe the rubber -- changes the very culture of a dugout, clubhouse and ultimately, the fanbase.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I keep going back to Las Vegas and Zack Gelof -- their best player, who has to available on any team that only won 50 games. Gelof was pretty great in half a rookie season: in 300 PAs he was a 14-14 man (HRs/SBs) and had a plus dWAR. The Sox could give the Jokers plenty of value that would help in their annual rebuild... BTV matches Houck or Crawford, or a combo of Rafaela and Schreiber, or Wink and Yorke. Why not.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If he does, he'll finally make the All-Star team, now that Soto is there to take all the pressure off... ... unless Dick Fitts gets called to Boston and outpitches King in always-sunny San Diego.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not many, because most of us would rather spend it on guys we know will pitch again soon. But imagine if Henry approved of the $600M... good thing he canned Bloom first, because he'd be at the front of the GM line to sign someone with the promise of waiting many a moon before the star could shine again. On second thought, maybe Bloom would just take the dough and blow it on 60 rehabbing has-beens on one-year deals...
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