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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I actually think that combo is the most likely to become Red Sox pitchers. However, Brez and Drew Bailey will have their work cut out for them to turn the rotation into lights-out K-men...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Believe me, I am so sorry for miswording, because I was not trying to mislead you or anyone -- especially additional posters who feel they have to chime in to blast others, when they don't have anything interesting to share about baseball with the board. Here, let me rephrase: after being acquired at the deadline, Giolito and Flaherty were either cut or left off the playoff starting rotation by their new clubs. The reason is that they both sucked. And now to back up that opinion, I use a statistic still universally accepted, even on this forum: ERA. Gio had a 6.89 for LA, then a 7.04 for Cleveland (who added him for the stretch run). Flaherty had a 6.75 for Baltimore. For a team trying to get back into contention, it might be best to avoid recruiting either...
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Thanks for the link. Thoughts: Brez is looking for swing-and-miss pitchers; Nola and Gray are more pitch-to-crappy-contact and thus, guys who would've relied-on-crappier-Red Sox D. Glasnow and Snell have more elite stuff (and obviously more MLB-proven than Yamamoto). I think Brez and Bailey have to land one of those two. Montgomery/Burnes is Homer's boss and consistently greedy, always looking for more outs. Also covet one of those two (even if Smithers isn't part of negotiations). The two new Boston starters won't both come from trades, however, because Brez won't liquidate the farm. So expect one trade, one free agent signing. Which combo do you prefer -- A: Snell and Burnes... or B: Glasnow and Montgomery? I'll take either, but am leaning to A... mainly, because I don't want to see Duran or Rafaela haunting us from Tampa until 2030 (when we could reacquire them).
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's the whole point this winter. The Red Sox need to improve now and can't wait around to see if Perales will be a good big league pitcher in a few years. I'd rather Brez spends big bucks than deal big prospects, too... and based on recent health and consistency, would rather trade for and extend Burnes instead of Cease, Glasnow or the Beiber.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My mistake -- I only joined to talk with other fans about our favorite team. But thanks for ordering me to avoid your arguments.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You're welcome to that opinion, and no statistics -- no matter how someone twists them -- can ever definitively prove someone's opinion is wrong. We think we know what we'd be getting from Cease, and what Duran and Eloy have to offer. No one knows for sure what's in store for Yorke or Perales -- or if they'll even make it. But there is an outside chance one or the other goes off next season, makes the majors, and earns more WAR than the two White Sox players, who maybe continue to regress...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My thought processes have never been consistent -- at least, I don't think so. But it's so reassuring to have posters on a forum based entirely on discussion consistently point out the flaws of others' opinions.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox need righty power, and Eloy turned 27 today! Change of scenery, about to enter his prime, under contract for one year with a team option... most similar batter is Ryan Mountcastle, or Lee May at his current age. I can live with that for a staff ace.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Giolito was CUT by the Angels - here, let me rephrase the point for posters who live for nit-picking: they both sucked after joining new teams after the deadline.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If he's not from Japan, he'll come from a trade. I just can't see firing Bloom and hiring Breslow without making significant pitching additions; not guys like Flaherty and Giolito, who were cut or left off postseason rosters.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bradford trade proposal today: Duran, Yorke, Perales for Cease, Jimenez... I'm in. Brez?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Enough of lesser. Lesser is worser. Lesser is valued below a replacement vowel -- an O away from Losser... and if you lose an S, it's just Loser.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even other factors may tip the scales... West Coast: warm weather, close to home, happy faces vs. East Coast: crap weather, far from home, scowls for wearing your pants too high
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not if he starts trading prospects... which is the only alternative for upgrades, unless the owners let him SPEND, as promised...
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dunno -- maybe the media sensed that opting out was highly unlikely for a pitcher who'd average 1.0 WAR over the last three years of a contract still worth $96 million dollars (that total does not include money he forfeited by staying home during Covid). This is not saying that anyone expected Price to barely pitch better than a replacement player... just that no one, especially David, felt there was another sucker out there who'd pay him more to do it.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For this fan, it was all about the fall of 2019, when the media started saying the Red Sox couldn't afford both JD and Mookie, Dombrowski said, "You can't sign'em all" and Kennedy pretended, "There is a way we can keep both JD and Mookie..."
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not going to say Breslow's familiarity with Stroman makes him more likely to be offered a Boston contract (because notin would argue that nothin has anything to do with nothin). But Breslow and Stroman are former colleagues who recently worked in the same department together in another big market city... just a few months ago.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm shifting my hopes, and now prefer to keep any prospect deemed by the org as a future star -- with the general plan to lock them all up longterm as soon as they're proven big leaguers. I'd rather watch a young core of bordeline All-Stars or 4 WAR warriors grow and contend together for the next 5 to 7 years than to give them up in a deal for a veteran who will cost a lot more to sign for less prime production. I'd rather the owners and front office just decide to spend on free agents, especially the guys without qualifying offers who won't cost draft picks. Yes, that means the Sox may take a tax hike and lose some other flexibility, but so what -- it happens, they'll be better shortterm, and longterm... and the future core they keep can offset picks or int. signings they'll lose.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There's gotta be some analysis done in somebody's R&D dept. on this. Pitchers are bigger, stronger, faster, and thus more injury-prone? Where is the data when over-training superseded over-throwing (in the days of complete games... or Japan)? Or is it something in modern cow's milk that builds muscle and makes tendons and ligaments brittle at the same time? Should any human drink the milk of another animal... or only their mother's milk when infants -- like every other creature on the planet?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Imagine you've just been promoted and got a huge raise, entrusted with spending the company budget to improve production and increase stock value. But instead of investing on recruits who are tried and true in the industry, you take a big chunk of the funds to the race track... to bet on the favorite, granted (almost a sure thing, according to odds' makers). That kind of stunt may be tolerated by ownership after you've made them kajillions more by boosting the brand... but first move?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sunday morning COLDstove in RSNation blabs: Brez and the rez may disagree. Isn't it folly for a first-year CBO to gamble so much on one guy so MLB-unproven? For what it will ultimately cost to bet on Yo Yama, wouldn't it make more sense in a rebuild to use the same amount to sign two other established big league starters? Or will going all in on this winter's big mound prize be looked upon as bold... ... even though the bold moves most hinted at in Breslow's early pressers were more connected to trading prospects or feng shooing the front office...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just wondering, now that two relievers are in charge of fixing the pitching: if the Sox get outbid on the top handful of free agent starters, if they would pivot to stockpiling a power bullpen as an option. Instead of breaking the bank for Hader, Brez could probably sign two other guys who throw over 100 mph -- Hicks and Fujinami -- plus, add a recent Bailey pupil in Manaea as swingman.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rafaela and Abreu will be graduates. Bleis will jump the most in '24 and make the majors in '25. He's still the Sox' 5-tool prospect, but slightly forgotten because of injury and Anthony's ascension. The latter, along with Teel and Mayer, will all get MLB tastes next season; maybe not a cup of coffee, but at least shots of expresso by September. Also, if Breslow somehow restructures Boston into contention, don't be surprised if an arm or two gets called up for the stretch run: Gonzalez or Monegro (if they dominate the minors), but more likely a Guerrero or Fernandez (if they're still in the org and not dealt). Most likely to move up fast on the farm are NazzanZ or Anderson, but the star could be Cespedes. Pure hitter who may force a big league promotion: Hickey. I don't know enough about Castro; never seen him play. Someone please elaborate...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    With how hard pitching is to secure, project and develop, why aren't there more cases of these best-player-availables being converted from shortstop to the mound? They all have cannons, and already can presumably hit the vicinity of a first baseman's mitt from deep in the hole... Holy crap -- Frankie Rodriquez is 50! Wasn't he just on the cover of a baseball card prospect mag? There's gotta be some smart CBO somewhere -- say, an ex-MLB pitcher whose specialty is revamping pitching R & D for an entire system -- that Boston can hire to do this faster than you can say Javy Guerra.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As usual, my post -- like just about anyone's -- isn't all-inclusive to make a point that can't be picked apart with a specific stat by another poster always in the mood to argue. I know this has been rehashed plenty of times before -- some have even pointed out that Houston rebuilt with top picks, but not so much #1 overalls wasted on two pitching busts... but later first-rounders like Bregman and Springer. But it's hot stove with no real Red Sox news so far. I was merely commenting about one aspect on the vagaries of baseball's amateur draft, and how even the highest of high picks is no sure thing -- especially when it comes to choosing a guy who looks like the best future pitching star each year. Skenes is the latest, just like Leiter was automatic a few years ago (Jack must have won a few Cys by now...). Nothing is guaranteed, but perhaps we can at least agree that of all the major sports, the baseball draft is the most dubious, as far as the top of the first round altering a franchise.
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