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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... and not even bother to look for them under the table or in between cushions.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As always with this team, issues with the rotation, and subsequent pen overuse, are inextricably connected. But I don't what the hell is wrong with Red Sox baserunning these days... Can't blame it all on coaches (who are forbidden to grab or trip baserunners to impede idiocy)... doesn't the front office screen players for basic baseball acumen before acquiring them?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A hunch: Rafaela will open '24 on a big league roster... maybe even the Red Sox'. A prediction: fastest mover in '24 will be Kyle Teel, maybe with a cup of coffee in Boston by September.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Greatest Comeback of All Time Varitek Mueller Bellhorn Crespo?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the Red Sox just miss the postseason, the rotation and D will be remembered as the downfall. Boston's refusal to add a starter when 60% of the rotation was on the IL led to too many bullpen games -- and too many appearances by in-season waiver wire DFAed relievers. And the club's early decision to rely on Kike at shortstop led to too many errors from the key defensive position on the diamond. Despite all the other inconsistencies on this team, the Sox still remain only two games back in the loss column for the last wild card. Is it unreasonable to think they'd have two less losses if they had acquired one more legitimate -- even mediocre -- MLB starting pitcher and shortstop?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't be scared... it's the plan.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fair point. I'm now a Moon apologist.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The biggest problem with this thread is making assumptions based on a guy's name. If only his parents named him Stay Franco... or at least Settle Down Franco.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... where they have every Monday off (no games scheduled), and never get jetlag (or trainlag, or skateboardlag)
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fangraphs had Boston #4... ... but when you say "you" is that me, specifically, or all analysts in general? And that would include fans, websites, media and voters; for instance, a decade ago, the Red Sox had the Eastern League Pitcher of the Year in 2013, Anthony Ranaudo, and 2014, Henry Owens. That certainly had to help Boston's rankings -- at least as far as pitching prospects. But alas, those awards may have been the highlights of both of their professional careers...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No proverbs on the board.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB Pipeline just ranked all 30 farm systems. Red Sox were #16... they were #11 a year ago... and #12 two years ago. I'm so confused -- Bloom!
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rays could be in ruins the rest of the way: just lost their best pitcher to Tommy John... and maybe their best player to Tommy Johnson.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In Red Sox lore, the anti-Cora was Don Zimmer. While it's hard to blame a manager when players don't perform, Zim infamously burned out the 1978 Sox regulars by never letting up on the gas. He kept playing Butch Hobson at third base when he could barely lift his arm with an elbow full of bone chips, which led to 43 errors -- most in the majors at any position. But Zim admired Hobson because he was such a "tough sumbitch" (paraphrasing Gammons). He had no choice to bench Dwight Evans, though, after Dewey got beaned and was seeing triple. Overall, the '78ers employed only 17 total Red Sox batters -- the team's least amount in a season in the entire divisional era (over half a century)... and missed the postseason by one game. This year's Sox have already used 27...
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Throw him a lifesaver. I prefer wintogreen, or pepomint. If he chokes on those, too, he sleeps with the fishes... or ends up in Davey Johnson's footlocker.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... so we have to lower the baaah (or order more at the baah)
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Post, repost and postage stamp... until paid actors mock our ire straits... or... ... the baah-- belly up
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Doing the quick math -- and based on the concept of WAR (correct me if I'm wrong) -- as of August 15, 2023, the Boston Red Sox' shortstop position has performed at a negative overall value for the season... so below that of a "replacement player"? If so, can all the injuries, bad luck, front office/management paralysis and "dumb contract" arguments render that acceptable? The best part is that Pablo -- the literal definition of a replacement player, acquired from the minors from the worst team in the league -- has played better than replacement-player levels.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Stop ruining baseball cards by sticking them in the spokes of bicycle tires!
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ambivalent about Soto. He was called the next Ted Williams in Washington (not for managing), but hasn't been quite the same in the city where the original Kid grew up. K-rate is up, BA down, still a negative dWAR. However, Soto maintains obvious pop and as usual, leads the majors in bases on balls -- which may help explain why he still has a higher WAR than any Red Sox... but at the same age as Boston WAR leader Brayan Bello. Anyone who has seen Soto play regularly in the NL West, please post observations and opinions. Is this a guy who would embrace leaving the best climes in the nation to play his prime nights in the miserable spring weather of New England? Would Boston ownership actually offer more money than it was willing to pay an overall better ballplayer in Mookie to sign Soto longterm? (I keep hearing Chaim, BOH and Sammy K saying, "It has to make sense")
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... ideally, with the Red Sox on the winning side. However, the Nats are the hottest club in the NL East, and you-know-who had the walk-off hit in their latest W (surname rhymes with Clowns)
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    DH should make it easier to bat in many more games for certain guys. Jim Rice played 163 in '78, when I assumed he was mostly the DH. But upon checking, while he was the most regular DH, it was only in 49 games. He played 114 in the OF. Yaz? His position on bb-ref that year is "UT": 71 OF, 50 1B, 27 DH. Nope, bb-ref lists the "regular" DH for the infamous 99-win '78 Red Sox as... Bob Bailey, in 43 games. For some reason, Beetle -- who hit .191 -- didn't make it onto my Red Sox nickname painter cap.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We are -- but it's also reasonable for fans to temper expectations in a summer clinging to the preseason motto of If Everything Breaks Just Right...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Because even rebuilds start with starters. An ace changes the losing culture and makes everyone around him better -- the team knows it has a better chance to win every time the rotation turns over, defense and offense focus, the bullpen usually gets a rest, plus other starters want to follow his lead, learn new pitches/grips/batter weaknesses, and other winners want to join the staff -- even good position players want to come play for a club that fills the stands with fans who come to cheer the next Looie or Pedro...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Larger? If we're talking starting pitching -- and that's something we've all agreed has been neglected as far as the top of the rotation the past four years -- then how does anyone know for sure this trend will change? We all want it to, but that's all we got. That, and Henry's past: "Do not invest in any starter over 30, wait- except Price, oh, and Sale- uhhhhhhggggg...."
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