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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You mean like the projections a month that Yamamoto will command a contract of $200M that all of sudden will now demand $300M?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Older fans who lived through the last four decades before the century turned would vary. An interesting concept is to contrast Sox fans who grew up in the '00s with those who were kids in the past dozen roller coaster years. Or Yankee fans who grew up in the 70s or 90s, compared to those from the past decade... my son's Yankee fan buddies have never been alive when the Yankees were in a World Series.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I always make sure to step on the foul lines whenever I'm on a diamond. It actually horrifies veteran baseball peeps. But I will say "no-hitter" when a pitcher is working on one. Like, "This batter is another no-hitter up there. Their line-up is full of no-hitters."
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But if you're the new CBO of the fifth-best team in your division, is it worth giving up one of the top prospects in baseball for a player you're only guaranteed to have for one season?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When asked wtf, all Tom Warner would say was, "VROOM-VROOM!" But Sam Kennedy added, "We're in the business of winning world championships. We hired an ex-reliever to beef up the pitching staff, and Craig has already acquired half a dozen big bullpen arms. And our next CBO will be an ex-hitter, who will then focus on adding OPS guys..."
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Burnes also has the Boras' factor; the Sox can't possibly trade a top prospect and potential future All-Star like Mayer or Anthony for one year of a good pitcher attached to a 99% chance of not agreeing to a longterm extension once in Boston...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Burnes may be unlikely, because the Brewers will want pitching in return, and it doesn't make sense to deal Bello (who, let's face it, is probably the Sox only young MLB pitcher anyone really wants for a big chip).
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't be so shellfish. I do suspect Brez to ink a pitcher from Japan, but at a lot better savings and a lot less risk than Yo Yama... ... and after he signs Imanaga, he'll swing a big blockbuster for another starter and regular position player that will blow up the board.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I once knew a guy who, when we entered an establishment, would scope out the best lookers -- and always approach their friends instead. The other men blew a lot of time and money competing for the high-demand elites. But my pal was never lonely...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Betts was a patsy -- set up to take the fall in the David Price hit.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not sure if owners of the Red Sox feel quite the same way about their club. Ever-increasing irrelevancy may bother them, but Fenway still thrives as a lucrative tourist attraction, especially now with more tickets available to fans from opposing teams happy to invade Boston on group road trips.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A few notions we should prepare for: if Breslow isn't going to overpay for a free agent pitcher, then at least one of the red names will be traded soon; also, if the org decides instead to go with the org, the ETA for others may be accelerated (to even 2024)... especially, mound prospects, who the new pitching regime may want to work with more in-person; finally, look for some of the names at the bottom of the list to double or triple their value next season -- who do you like?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes. It's a mystery why Boston wasn't listed as the first key player on the Yamamoto List. Full Throttle or Full of Crap?
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Breslow is so smart, that he left two pitchers exposed to get picked out of the top six selections -- just to open up a spot for an arm he coveted from Texas, that the Mets agreed to draft and immediately flip to Boston in an obviously pre-determined agreement. This is how molecularly physical our new CBO is: Boston set a record for losing the most guys on Rule V Day WHILE trading up for their top choice (that they somehow seduced another club to nab...)...
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Damn -- Fitzy... a legend on his own Woo t-shirts. Brez was on this; he knows the Sox just got a new Fittsy in the Dugo Purge...
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Drohan picked 4th by White Sox!
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I totally expect Breslow to acquire a viable right-handed hitting outfielder soon (and this will be an immediate difference from Bloom, who identified the same need in early '22 and took a year to fill it). If Duvall is resigned, he can play LF, while Yoshida DHs more. Or someone like Gurriel or Teoscar may be in LF, with Duran and maybe Michael Taylor platooning in CF (unless Duran is traded), and a rookie platoon of Abreu/Rafaela in RF. Taylor, a Gold Glove, actually hit 21 HRs last year.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know a song
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just busting balls... ... unlike Holley: "Verdugo for three nobodies!" However, Tomase points out that one was Eastern League Pitcher of the Month. Hint: his name was dreaded in school by any substitute teacher who had to take attendance... "Who's -- "
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I get it -- "any return is better than letting him walk and just getting a draft pick" -- but then again, look where it ended up: Verdugo -- "the centerpiece in the Betts trade" (as he was called by media, even when it was just him and Graterol and no center) -- has now become, basically... just draft picks -- that the enemy deemed expendable. I was all in on acquiring Verdugo because of his potential, but looking at his Boston career, he wasn't even Benintendi, who some posters deem overrated, as well -- Dugo had 8.2 WAR in his 4 years for the Sox; Beni 10.2 WAR his first 4 years... and Alex never hit 20 homers or stole 20 bases, like Andrew. The latter was also an All-Star and Gold Glover once he left Beantown... achievements that have eluded Verdugo so far...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Sox fans who defend Bloom's trade in any way want to insist it was just for one year of Betts, then they should never care about how good Mookie has been in LA since 2020. But the Dodgers traded for 12 years of Betts. It's apparent their intention was to build their sustained contenders around Mookie, as they locked him up longterm in the first month he played for them. The Red Sox could've, too -- they've never denied they couldn't -- and Mookie has said he and his wife were shopping for homes in Boston the winter he was traded.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not a salary dump, but a Verdugo dump (like he dumped on Cora and his teammates, showing up late on game-days). Good for Breslow, who just opened the door for an outfield acquisition... unless he resigns Duvall. The Sox aren't going with Yoshida-Duran-Abreu, unless they want to finish fifth again. If not Duvall, I'd prefer Gurriel, for his all-around solid game... but suspect it will be Teoscar Hernandez; the guy is a two-time Silver Slugger.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't how many steals he allowed last year, but Giolito gave up the most home runs in the American League. No thanks.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... or the guy who replaced Duvall in Godfather III... ... or the guy who replaced Duvall in the Sox '24 line-up -- who Breslow hasn't even signed yet (but who we already know will swing and miss at low sliders off the plate)... ... or just Godfather III.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But a lot of older fans actually preferred Curly, when he replaced Shemp...
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