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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In 18 minutes, one poster just provided evidence for why Boston will never hire two ex-GMs with rabble-rousing experience... ... that's why he's MVP (I can't even get GG votes, unless I raise my BA).
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Put it this way: if Nostradamus told us that a new CBO was about to lead Boston to the following: '24 last place, '25 ALCS, '26 last place, '27 last place -- you might need to borrow NASA's Deep Space Communications Dish (that detects faint radio signals from distant spacecraft) to hear any Sox fan cheering, "Four More Years!
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unrealistic Postseason thread: Phillies' eight regulars in eight playoff games: 34 extra-base hits, 31 singles.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The old Red Sox would never swing the deal unless it included a Godfather offer that immediately locked up their new star longterm, announced at the Welcome Back to Relevancy press conference. Otherwise: why trade Mayer or Anthony -- for anyone?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Globe runs a story about Red Sox lacking star power in the outfield. NESN runs two articles extolling the virtues of bringing Juan Soto to Boston. Some talksox typers have been ahead of both of these sources... ... beat reporters, defeated posters -- linking up to make Sox better! Imagine the damage Devers and Soto could do together if they could just get back into the postseason -- and get to swing at the obviously juiced baseballs MLB is using in every playoff game!!!!
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For two more months of stretch-run Betts, Dombro could have demanded what Bloom could not: a legitimate starting pitching prospect! But don't know how much narrative it would change in Boston -- all LA's young pitchers get hurt every single year.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We all do, but believing is seeing. And there's no possible way the Sox don't upgrade the rotation -- who and when will say a lot.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I knew DD's Phils were better than Bloom's Sox! But imagine the poor Philly fans getting stuck watching at least another year of Schwarber, Castellanos, Strahm, 15-game winner Walker, and Turner (forever)? Not to mention Harper, Realmuto and Wheeler... hey, at least we got Noah Song back.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Sox have already decided to keep many longtime front office employees -- peeps already near or at the top of the org, like BOH, Romero and Racquel Ferreira. Does it make sense to bring in another outsider with no Boston experiences to boss them around? Also worth considering: if it's Ng, how does that dynamic affect Ferreira or her colleagues, who may feel RF's seniority qualifies her to be first choice to run things. How about a Ng CBO, Racquel GM combo?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Romero gets upped and Cora doesn't wear Overdog shirts, the Sox will have collaborators with past organizational success in Boston. As long as everyone realizes there won't be any major upheavals on the roster or on the diamond. Unless one considers trading Verdugo or losing Turner to free agency is major for a last place club. The best we can expect are a few upgrades in the starting rotation. The least we should expect is to have more patience with the younger players transitioning into the big league line-up...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe they already have. Except Kennedy, whose job it is to always fabricate a process to mislead the masses.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    SIX syllables?!?! Luckily, I just finished my first beer... indeFATigable
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    From this highly-touted group, I'd say four regulars, who if they hang in there long enough should have two All-Stars (that it, two selected to an AS team, but without MVP votes or HOF WAR). The odds are so against an actual group making the majors together in two or three-year spans, and then all becoming immediate All-Stars or even Rookie of the Years... ... like the Braves: Acuna, Albies, Riley, Harris etc. Plus, though the Sox have a history of homegrown stars, there are plenty of overrated prospects who also fizzle out, once they arrive in the MLB (and leagues develop "books" on them). Guys that are really young have plenty of time to develop talents, but that's also extra time to pick up bad habits, unhealthy lifestyles, and subsequent injuries that may hamper progress. To that end, there's something to be said for drafting solid college stars like Matt McLain -- he may have a lower ceiling than 5-tool teenagers, but there's a higher floor to count on...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nothing wrong with optimism on prospects, especially nowadays when fans can actually see them perform (and assess/project), with so much live or recorded video available. Speaking of DD acquisitions, it's hard not to look at the Phillies' success and these free agent signings: Harper, Wheeler, Realmuto, Castellanos, Schwarber, Turner (even Kimbrel/Strahm this October). I'm prob forgetting some, or maybe some signed pre-DD, but are any Philly fans complaining their front office has saddled them with albatross contracts that will haunt them years from now?
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In '22 and '23, the answer is obvious -- according to any media covering the club, including Papelbon in the NESN studio. But the Sox didn't fall in '21 until the postseason, when the lack of bullpen reinforcements -- compared to the team that won the pennant -- kept them from the World Series.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The same thing happened the year before with a different core. The roster just isn't good enough. If we're honest, 2021 -- when they persevered despite a post-deadline stretch where half the team was out with Covid -- was the anomaly... with the same maligned manager in the dugout.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Here's where the front office may be counting on the future even less than selling the fans on counting on the future. How many of those prospects -- Chaim: "you know what's coming" -- will not only stick in the majors, but become big league stars? Longtime fans (basically, the majority of fans these days) are spoiled from so many Red Sox rookies becoming almost instant stars -- one wave after another: Fisk/Rice/Lynn to Clemens/Boggs to Greenwell/Burks to Mo/Nomar to Pedroia/Youk/Ellsbury to Papelbon/Lester/Buchholz to Bogaerts/Betts/Devers etc etc etc.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I really appreciate your analysis, especially when posts see both sides -- like today's optimism/pessimism preview. But I also think it'd be best to cut back on the pipe when looking at the last-place roster, and thinking the addition of two top pitchers will make the current personnel that much better. It's not like there are any rumors of candidates for new Chief Officer rushing to Boston the past month, so maybe not so many view the Sox as quick fix title contenders yet...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you Bloom is soon to be rehired
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Can I have a hit off that pipe?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Does anyone really believe a team with the worst defense is just two pitchers away from becoming good again? No matter which starters Boston lands -- unless they're Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson clones -- the fielders will still have to make plays behind them. If the Sox actually do hire someone from the outside to run things, it very well could mean they're open to also making major changes on the big league roster. Would it be so surprising if at least one major shake-up of position players happens -- where maybe they actually move a big contract to make room for another? One of Story, Yoshida or even Devers could be gone, if it's all part of a package that makes the club better.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Vito: JH, speaks with a whisper Tom: Tom Sonny: Chaim... for whom the toll booths Michael: AC -- today we settle all roster business Fredo: Sam... "I'm smart, too" Luca: Lebron, sleeping with fishes Johnny Fontaine: Neil Diamond Clemenza: Papi Tessio: Manny Connie: that's Sam, too, shrieking, "Michael!!! You killed my Kluber!" Carlo: Kluber Paulie: Kike Joe Pesci?: Pedroia... not in the current Red Sox movie, but still should be, so they're not so damn soft
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    She actually traded an All-Star for an All-Star. The nerve of some people.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Who's pretending that? Here's my quote in the post you replied to: "Some posters love to argue against acquiring pitchers who are injury-prone' or 'IL risks' -- but nowadays, are any not?" They are all big risks -- old guys, young guys, Bearclaws, even mop-up position players who throw blooper balls slower than Little Leaguers -- ALL of them. So should GMs avoid signing the good ones -- the pros who have the stuff to top a rotation, lead a staff to the postseason, and better yet, those who have proven themselves in Octobers past? Raise your hand if instead you'd rather just load up on DFAed or rehabbing projects who if lucky may combine to get within three or four innings away from Neil singing: "To believe they never would..."
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If only Bloom had signed more indestructible rocks of the mound like Richards, Hill, Wacha, Paxton and Kluber.
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