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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You maybe just described how a guy like Bloom approached trading average big leaguers for minor leaguers who projected to be average if they made the majors. But Breslow is almost committed to swap actual quality in return for upgrading the MLB roster. As soon as all the execs from the last meeting recover from the stomach bug...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not saying I disagree with your high values, and as a biased Red Sox fan (who always wants to believe some of the hype), I'd lean closer to some of yours than BTV. However, it is amazing that many prospects rate above guys who've actually made the majors, only because they have unlimited ceilings... as well as floors. It's like keeping a wax pack from 50 years ago unopened -- collectors will always pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for a chance at a Hall of Famer's mint rookie card, but once the pack is unsealed, and all that's there is a handful of commons, the value plummets... ... you can see why if Breslow is smart (at CBOing), he'll move a few prospects while they still have potential... meanwhile, maybe Bloom already held on to a few too long...
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dont know how long Brez Ops would tolerate that... Werner says we're "goin full throttle" this year, Cora's last under contract. Oxford's verb meaning of throttle is "attack or kill someone by choking or strangling them." Someone needs to tell Tom fans are done with choking.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And Mary left on a jet plane.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's interesting which of Verdugo or Duran has more trade value this winter -- I'm talking beyond salary/control -- as in, which guy offers more desirable assets for contenders or rebuilders? One is a good outfielder and good hitter; the other turns singles into doubles and steals pizza boxes ripe for the taking under new MLB rules. FanGraphs gave Duran 2.4 WAR and Verdugo 2.0 WAR last year. Baseball-Reference gave Verdugo 2.6 WAR and Duran 2.1 WAR last year. Since both formulas are performance-based, I assume neither considers paychecks or years under contract?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I dunno... a not-so-great 2B man who once had considerable pop reminds me too much of Urias, who's already here. To me, Polanco wouldn't be worth trading away the Incredible Bulk.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jorge Polanco emerges as another available 2B option: switch-hitter, 33 bombs in '21, capable middle infielder. Who would cost more to acquire: Polanco, 30, or Torres, 27 (next month)? Take your pick: 162-game averages - Jorge 22 HR, 87 RBI, .780 OPS; Gleybar 27 HR, 83 RBI, .789 OPS. Baseball-ref Similarity Scores... #1 most Similar Batter to Gleybar Torres: Jorge Polanco.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The big problem in '22 -- according to interundisciplinary typists on talksox exit polls -- was the bullpen. Remember, a big reason the '21 Sox got in the hunt early for the playoffs was that Barnes and Whitlock threw like first-half All-Star relievers. A big problem in '23 -- according to Doominati, Red Sox stakeholders and stockholders -- was that the CBO who built the '22 rotation decided not to keep it together and instead watched his top two starters go win 31 games for other clubs.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So... what's bonafide? MLB average number of starts in 2023 was 20, which includes Sale, Maeda, Carrasco, Blackburn, Cabrera and Martin Perez. Jordan Lyles started 31, had a 6.28 ERA and lost 17. Lance Lynn started 32 and gave up 44 home runs. Giolito served up 41 HRs, lost 15, and started 33 (only Mikolas and Gallen started more). Those are all bonafide, real, genuine starters... Breslow didn't say there's a need for a pair of aces (what -- he didn't have time yet to check this forum?). Would anybody settle for the old high-low seven-card game where the best and worst hands split the pot?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I wasn't thinking Hoskins for OF, just as a cheaper RHH DH (or 1B when Casas needs a break) instead of Castellanos -- who has been a negative dWAR in the OF the past nine seasons. The Sox just cannot take on another bad regular defensive player as part of a new CBO's new roster. Castellanos did make a few decent plays in RF during the postseason, but he's another DH waiting to happen...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was also thinking Dombro might bite on that one. But Brez may just choose to sign Hoskins for a year instead...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The only memory I have of Bauer is watching him on TV in July, 2019, when he got mad on the mound, turned and threw the ball over the centerfield fence. Tito immediately left the dugout, confronted Bauer in the center of the diamond, and mouthed, "What the f*** is wrong with you!" The next day Bauer was traded to Cincinnati. Cleveland was a 93-win team, and missed the playoffs by a few games that year; with two months to go, Bauer still finished second on the Tribe in games started -- but it was apparently worth it, to get rid of him.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Soxprospects.com also ranks Red Sox shortstops not named Mayer at #4, #9, #10, #11, #18, #20.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Brewers in full rebuild. BTV accepts Mayer and Whitlock for Corbin Burnes, Devin Williams and Willy Adames. It's almost not outrageous.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Who are you, what have you sacrificed?
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What -- no one ever read Mad Magazine? Breslow is merely using the feature What He Says and What It Really Means: "To optimize the morphology of our extant extent, we plan to stretch out all rotation candidates, ligaments, tendons, and possible permutations" (I don't want to insult any guys on the current roster until I replace them).
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I get all the praise here for Gleybar's bat, but two things to be wary of: Yankee fans are done with him, and it remains to be seen how Breslow shores up the D. With a groundball pitcher in charge, I just have visions of sugar plums dancing across the diamond.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Like I said, the way official scorers suddenly and regularly rewarded hits on bobbles and even grounders through the wickets last year, he must have thrown a lot of balls away. Meanwhile, today's latest trade block candidates: the Brewers and White Sox have said they'll listen to offers for anyone on their rosters. Also, Hoskins is a free agent and Castellanos could be dealt... -- let speculation continue! But no Dalbec and Bearclaw for Robert rumors...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nothing personal, but I don't want either Torres or Donovan for second base. Both had negative dWARs last year; Torres somehow made 15 errors at 2B -- which means he really sucks on D, considering the scorekeeper scam of giving hits on anything not thrown into the stands or Charlie Browned.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe that's the kind of guy who would be worth giving a second chance. He was a 4.2 WAR at shortstop just two years ago, when he led MLB in triples. Dodgers tried him at 2B last summer, where he was errorless in 190 innings. Then again, the Sox already have a bounce-back guy who was a 3.1 WAR two years ago, and 3.3 the year before that in Urias...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nothing -- except Brez is already talking like he doesn't want a full-time DH. Yoshi seems like he has the kind of bat control where he could just zone in on the Monster and easily hit .300 with tons of singles, bad-bounce doubles and pop-fly HRs that drop over the line. With enough practice and intent, he could even be more effective at it than Devers, because Masa won't try to knock it down. (Raffy won't stop trying, though, so nix any reason or logic)
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    While he has shown improvement, Duran is not a good MLB centerfielder. By all accounts, Rafaela already is -- and as a prospect who has hit at elite levels on his way to the Show. Duran's best position for Boston may be LF, but so is Yoshida's, and even if the latter gets to DH a lot, he'll still be roaming pastures somewhere. If I had to choose between trading one or the other, I'd like Brez to deal Duran at what may be peak value to optimize his return. I don't think Masa has reached his ceiling yet as a big league batter, and is worth keeping for now (his contract would also bring back less trade value). As for Refsnyder, he is the perfect bench-warmer and a happy role-player, and no poster should waste any more typing time complaining about that.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good stuff; I do think Lourdes as more of a righty version of Dugie (who will be traded), than a replacement for Masa (who will DH more no matter what). Then the platoons become Duran/Rafaela in CF, Abreu/Ref in RF. If Duran can repeat '23, or Raf or Abreu break out, that's not a bad outfield.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You provided a single stat to make them look like the same guy... but it doesn't offset the defensive data I posted that clearly separates them as outfielders. Not to mention that LG is a right-handed hitter with pull power that may be a plus in Fenway Park for 81 games a year. There just aren't a lot of ways for Breslow to appreciably improve the defense in one winter... unless you want to overhaul the infield and trade away a cornerstone in a blockbuster. But anything's possible.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But -- the Babe played his last 28 games for Boston... 6 HR, 12 RBI, .181 BA, -0.3 dWAR... but still a positive 0.1 bWAR (1/10th better than a replacement poster?) re. Soto -- who would seem much cheaper to trade for than Tatis -- the Sox will have to decide if it's worth it to pay him for at least a decade... or instead, use the funds to sign a couple top-of-the-rotation starters. Does a pair of aces beat five-of-a-kind (LHHOFers)?
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