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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB.com picks the New York teams as most likely to win the Yamamoto sweepstakes because of this evidence... "they're the Yankees and the Mets!" The Red Sox are third, presumably because they're not... If the Skanks do get Yo Yama, will it change the next generation of AL East baseball? Depends -- maybe we can get an idea by looking at the recent Masahiro Tanaka Era: Tanka joined the majors at age 25, wearing pinstripes from 2014-2020. In that time he led all Yankees in innings pitched and victories (well ahead of runner-up CC Sabathia; more than double the rest) -- as a top starter on the AL's winningest club (no, the Yanks didn't win any pennants in the crapshooting postseason... while the Red Sox won a World Series and finished last five other times). Tanka also did ok in 10 postseason starts, with a WHIP of 0.981. Seven years for $155M, plus a $20M posting fee = $25M annual expense. So was Tanaka worth the investment?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A phrase like this -- depending on the mood of certain posters -- could get challenged with comments like, "So you think Whitlock will vomit, if Cora requests 140 IP?" or "Are we really regurgitating this, or is it just some kind of AC reflex heartburn?"
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The only thing I know about Bailey as a pitching coach is what the media tells us the past month: that he greatly improved the San Fran staff in his years there. But without going into a deep dive, I looked the 2023 Giants' stats: they literally had a three-man starting rotation -- three full-time starters who started 33, 28 and 19 games (that basically covers half their season schedule). But they had five others who were primarily relievers who started 10, 10, 11, 12, and 13. In comparison, the '23 Red Sox with their doomed blooming openers featured five guys who started at least 19, plus swingman Pivetta, who started 16. The word on YeahRod is that some interested MLB teams want him to start.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Brez pivots to Rodriguez, maybe it's not ERod. Maybe its YArod...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I could see the Cards going retro -- Lynn McGlothen, Hoot Gibson -- but Pete Gray only had one arm.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Do the Brewers really need a young outfielder or a shortstop to replace impending free agent Adames? It would make sense if the Brewers are losing Woodruff, Burnes, maybe even Williams, that they'd want back pitching. If the Sox want Burnes, better prepare to flip Perales and/or Gonzalez...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not ascared of any Homer. But watch out the new pitching coach doesn't recruit Bart, now that his namesake took over in San Fran as #1 catcher...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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).
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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...
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bradford trade proposal today: Duran, Yorke, Perales for Cease, Jimenez... I'm in. Brez?
  19. 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.
  20. 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
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not if he starts trading prospects... which is the only alternative for upgrades, unless the owners let him SPEND, as promised...
  22. 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.
  23. 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..."
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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