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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Or not maybe: he was THE #2 on a World Series champion this month.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He can't even pitch. Meanwhile, Mad Dog Russo says stay away from Hader, because he refused to pitch the 8th inning of a big game in September. If only the posters who were never closers could invite him and Kimbrel and Papelbon to a thread to show stats that say there's no difference what inning they pitch or whether their teams are ahead, tied or behind. They just need the right statistical state of mind. Or to schedule their nightly amphetamines one inning later (the players -- I'm talking about the players)...
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For pitchers who have started less than 90 games the past three years, Lance Lynn led the majors in home runs allowed (81 HRs in 81 GS). The only guys taken deep more are Lyles, Corbin and Giolito (who doesn't pitch half his games in Fenway; hope he never does). Others close to Lynn: Cole, Nola and Taillon - 77 bombs each. Pivetta just missed the top 10, serving up 74.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If he signs in Boston for 5/100 and turns out to be just like Eovaldi -- wins a World Series every five years -- I think Sox fans would be ok with that.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think Anthony is going to be a lefty Tony Conigliaro, who became the youngest American Leaguer to hit 100 home runs (104 by age 22, before his career was altered by beaning in '67). Actually, the AL record for most HRs by a left-handed batter through age 22 is still held by Ted Williams, with 91...
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It remains to be seen if Breslow will go all out to sign Yamamoto. We do know employees in the org he hasn't fired yet have been scouting this pitcher for awhile. We also know Bloom would sign him for sure, if only because in the last three Japan seasons, Yamamoto won the Sawamura Award!
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Glad you're reassessing. What is the Windy City word on why Dylan ceased to be as good in '23? And no way someone so much smarter than me like Breslow will giveaway the one guy in the Red Sox entire organization described as a 5-tool player, especially to another GM trying to out-clever him by buying low on a rehabbing future star. Brez really doesn't want to known as the Bloom replacement whose first big deal was trading the next Mookie... The current Red Sox suck. While maybe not a bottom-five team in the majors, they're just blah -- mediocre in so many areas. Teel and Mayer may be keys to solidifying future relevancy, but Bleis could be the guy to electrify the fanbase.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Breslow just read your post and is making a list of the longtime execs who have been twiddling their thumbs trying to grip stitches on pitches he vows to reshape... ... after he reshapes the damn front office!
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Before I'd even consider it, I need to know why Cease's ERA jumped almost 2 1/2 runs per game and why he had the worst WHIP in the American League last year.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wasn't that the same year Story was extremely good at second base? Hmmm... If Mayer isn't traded as part of a package for Burnes and Adames, it would seem easier for Story and his artificial elbow to just supplant himself at 2B now, with Kim the swingman (when Marcelo's time comes).
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What's the formula for WAR per million? Darvish is 37, joined MLB at 25, and has 31 WAR. According to bb-ref, Darvish has made $167M to date... can we agree he's earned that? If so, does that mean Yamamoto would need close to 60 WAR to justify, say, a $330M contract (cost of living adjustments included for the next decade)?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Of course not. DD gave him the 7 so he'd be around next year, at least.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He's injury-prone, so he must pitch for a living. All he can do is win a World Series, every five years. Gruntled fans will be quick to point at those banners every time they see them flying, at least until eternity...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But rationally (watch, this has double meaning), don't most teams secretly accept that the total contract amount over a 7-year deal is effectively paying for only the first 4 or 5, at best? The modern lack of a back-end really ups the front-end AAV then... So Nola's 7-year AAV of $24.6M is probably worth $34.4M to the Phils if he's good for the first 5 -- though they're really hoping they're not paying him $43M for just 4.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I could be misremembering, but weren't the late trips to the IL in '17 and '18 (that maybe cost him Cy Youngs), both shoulder-related?
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There's more than that today that could fully throttle the Red Sox next year...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And now good 'ol Dombro just locked up Nola for another lucky seven... ... did anyone here really think Philly would allow Aaron to test the market, if Dave thought he was still really good?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No, because at the time it looked unnecessary, when he was still under contract for one more year; the Sox gambled that he'd fully recover and be his usual dominant self for an entire season -- which would've made him even more money for a Cy Young ace on the open market. Every pitcher is an injury risk. You can't win if you don't pay them.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Is Yamamoto too risky to sign for the first big move from a new CBO? Yo Yama may be the most hyped and yet unproven free agent right now, but Red Sox fans remember Dice K, not to mention Yoshida (a good but certainly not great ballplayer). Plus, does anyone recall last year's WBC? When was a Yamamoto start ever must-see TV? The most enduring moment of the entire tournament and pro baseball season in general in 2023 was with Ohtani on the mound, striking out Mike Trout to win the world.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This has been said before, but the lowball Red Sox tried to lock up Betts at least twice -- each time offering a contract his market value had exceeded -- before they realized he was adamant about getting what he deserved. Once they knew Mookie was serious, they extended Sale and Bogey -- who both accepted lowball Red Sox offers below what they may have earned in free agency. Sale got hurt (and maybe already was), so we'll never know about him, but X certainly did ok for himself last winter. Eovaldi also accepted his first big payday from Dombro -- which, like JD's, was a true market value contract: $17M AAV for a good starter (even though a few posters who still complain about his health forget he is a pitcher).
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Giving up cheap dingers to RF in Woo is an important stage in development. It prepares them for WTF moments in the Bronx.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    JD was a huge success in 2018, but his contract also had a huge bearing on the doom of the Bloom Sox. Certainly, there are Red Sox fans who remember hoping JD would opt out twice: 1. so they could keep Mookie (no less than Sam discussed publicly how hard it would be to keep both), and 2. so they could sign Schwarber to DH instead. Either one of those scenarios would have changed Red Sox history -- not necessarily with banners, but with the kind of star power that keeps teams relevant, fans entertained, and maybe even new free agents more interested in Boston...
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The only one I can't see is Wacha. I know someone is already typing money and respect, but there should be at least a handful of decent clubs that will give him both, after his last two seasons. But if you're a once-fragile starter looking for a good payday before your 30s catch up to you, would you choose to pitch in climes closer to a cold rainforest or always-sunny San Diego?
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yamamoto gets posted Monday. If Breslow sees early on that other big markets are sending Brinks Truck convoys to Uber him, I'd like to see the Sox swing immediate side deals. When everyone else is busy falling all over themselves for a guy who has never thrown an MLB pitch, Brez should swoop in with a big Burnes trade and make Montgomery an offer he can't refuse. Let's GO.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He also tried the ghost of Mondesi, but every grounder went right through him...
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