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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ohtani and Yamamoto: unanimous 2023 Offseason Player and Pitcher of the Year (ending)!
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Can sarcasm even exist in a milieu where groan men and growing boys and girls post daily about the various vagaries of a kid's game?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some people like to say that posters never change their minds, but if you've noticed I have recently stopped using the L-word (not Losers) when referring to 75% of the Red Sox standings during the Bloom Era. From now on, our beloved, beheaded Sox will be known only as the fifth-best team in the greatest division in baseball history that hasn't won a World Series since 2018.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Only for utter flops like Boston. Teams that went deep into the postseason played for another month. Any Red Sox club that won 13 games in the playoffs for a title would be remembered as an all-time great by their fans. Try finding any Dodgers fan who hates the season their team traded for and signed a Hall of Famer in his prime, and then won a championship. And there are many posters who care less about the regular season -- as long as one's favorite team qualifies for the postseason... because then anything can happen! But let's not call them hypocrites for dismissing the results of any tournament, even extra long ones, like in 2020.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But let's not pretend for one second that the 2020 Red Sox weren't historically, abysmally bad, and just a club in a slump for two months. Sure, guys like JD and Beni checked out, Mookie went west, and the dislikes of Chavis and Peraza roamed the diamond. But the pitching... MLB 2020 Team Pitching: Most Hits Allowed, Most Home Runs Served UP, Most Walks Issued, Most Runs Allowed Per Game (non-Coors column) -- Boston. Worst FIP, Worst WHIP, Worst LIP (Losers In Pitching) sinks ship -- Boston.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Dodgers also won the World Series in the strike-shortened 1981 season. They made the playoffs by finishing 1st in their 57-game first "half" with a 36-21 record for a .632 winning percentage... then finished 4th in the second "half" (the Reds had the best combined overall mark in the NL West, but finished 2nd in each "half" and didn't even make the playoffs)... LA won the postseason with a 10-6 record and had an overall W-L percentage of .579. In 2020, the Dodgers finished 1st in their 60-game season with a big league best-record of 43-17, .717%,... then won the postseason with 13-5, .722% (the most post Ws ever required for a ring). Their overall mark: 56-22 .718% (in 78 gms, nearly half a full season). For perspective, the all-time '18 Sox: 108-54 .667, 11-3 .786, overall 119-57 .676. If LA was accepted as the '81 world champs in that wack-a-mole season, then 2020 is also legit.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unless they're pitching to Bart (a catcher definitely available, after losing his job to a rookie on the team where the Sox recruited their new pitching coach).
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A couple good pitchers may not propel the Red Sox to the next World Series, but they will boost the club back to respectability -- which is absolutely imperative now. And a respectable team has to be a more appealing landing spot for respectable free agents in the future, respectively speaking.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's why the Betts trade was never going to be a good thing -- no matter how bad the team was going to be because "his salary will suck the budget dry" -- OMG, it would sure suck watching a homegrown fan favorite posting MVP WAR every season, a foundational star to build around. No, we'd rather just suck with a roster full of suck.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Regarding such a concept -- in the John Henry Century -- I've always thought: that does not compute. To any fan of a big market team owned by a multi-billionaire -- saying, "Since we're not good enough, let's not get good players until we're good enough" -- is just not good enough.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Her kid had a bad poison ivy rash, and she bought him Coritzone cream... over the counter!
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This whole month pretending to be big players in the Moto Sweepstakes has been a clever ruse by Breslow and Co. (which is really Company and Brez). Watch: after Yama signs for $400M with a New York team, all the other clubs will scramble to ink the consolation prizes... but not Boston... instead, the Red Sox will shock the world by announcing they paid off Japan to change its rules, and introduce the majors' first $500M-dollar pitcher -- Roki Sasaki!!!
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB.com -- the Yankees flagship website -- ran its daily ranking of "teams that need to sign Yamamoto the most"... ... of course, the Yankees were #1, because MLB so wants New York to be good again -- but don't worry; even if he goes anywhere else, the Skanks will still be predicted to win the World Series for the 89th straight offseason, since that's required typing for anyone who works for the league office. The Red Sox, who only have one sure Minion in their entire starting rotation, were listed as the 6th-most Yamamoto-needy club...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Imagana da vida baby Don't you know that I'll always be true
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB.com reporting the bidding is "about to heat up"... ... so $300 million is what, luke warm? luke skywalker? luke abrasi? Is it possible that a guy who's never thrown a big league pitch to get the largest contract for a pitcher in history? Is it possible he won't? If two or three teams are already offering $300M -- and there's six clubs that covet him -- it's going to take the winner to just blow away the field: do I hear $350M? ... and if the owner of that bid isn't Cohen, what's to stop him from just blasting into the realm of $400M?
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Starting rotation has no clear arms. (except for a Minion)
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... who led to the career year of Benny Cherington. Ah, yes -- Benji... the mastermind behind the if-everything-breaks-just-right '13 Sox. Definitely more of a factor than Loney Tones and Jerry Sands Talent.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Different angle: is it possible Nola lost - or did not gain - at least another $50 million, had he waited until after Yamamoto signs? After all, Nola has had a lot more success in the majors than Mr. Moto Risin...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It was Breslow who encouraged Yamamoto to request second meetings with the New Yorkers, after he assured him that the Red Sox would beat any offer. It was the least Boston could do to help YY make a final decision -- a goodwill display of the utmost respect for our future ace. I just made that whole thing up, but it may be our best hope for getting back into contention in 2024... that is, if this guy really is the goods. Most realists see the free agent consolation prizes as pieces towards stability, but -- barring trades and prospect capital -- are there any real available difference-makers out there? For regulars, no one is even as consistent all-around as Bogaerts (when he hit the market a year ago). Bellinger reduced his K-rate immensely in '23, but isn't he also the position player version of up-and-down Snell on the mound -- too risky to commit to longterm?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They were out when Bloom dealt for O'Neill. (oops, Bloomian slip of the keyboard)
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Yama breaks records, like it looks, Monty will want at least $200M. Whether that's for five, six or seven years is up to some rich owner and desperate GM... The point is, the Red Sox don't have to be that desperate; they're not that close to the World Series.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Yama signs with the Yankees, the Red Sox should save their money. Snell is too inconsistent and will cost both big bucks and a draft pick; there's got to be a reason the clever Dodgers are out on him. Montgomery can help any contender, but will he be worth $40M AAV to the AL East doormat? The rebuilding Red Sox should instead pivot to Imanaga, Stroman, and trade for a starting pitcher they can control into the years when they're actually good again.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yamamoto money...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No one had to ask, because we all knew the Sox could. Usually I'm wrong about predictions, but I was never so sure five years ago when I said the Red Sox would soon spend more than they offered Mookie on a less-talented player. That may have been Raffy -- who we all love and who won another Silver Slugger, but overpressed with runners on base and was just brutal on D. At least he was a legit MLB star. But a less-proven player? Offering the richest pitcher contract in baseball history -- which some club will soon do -- to a guy who has never thrown a big league pitch? Would even Chaim make that bet?
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cohen just called and said, not only would he beat that, he'd bet you a million yen (which he already spent once this weekend, on a good steak and rare bottle of wine).
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