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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never hated Bloom but hated what he represented as soon as he started shopping Mookie. Then came the bins... and Story and Bogaerts and Yoshida... and Breslow... and Raffy. Naturally, I loved what Dombrowski and Epstein represented -- and Dan Duquette, the forgotten man in the glorious history of Boston's 21st century. All those contracts, all that money, and no opt outs (except for Price and JD Martinez, who never opted out when we needed them to... unlike Bregman, who opted out when we needed him not to).
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In Boston the term "front office" is a misnomer, because they're so smart, they know the smart thing to do is sit around on their smartasses. So when a guy does fall in their laps, their asses are protected.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yup, each offseason there is finite assistance available on the market. But when the roof is leaking through several holes, there's no time to sit around waiting to be able to afford new shingles. Refinance, take out a loan, get it done. Buying a few tarps may keep things dry temporarily, but a collapse is inevitable once the season changes to the harsh cold winter of frozen precipitation.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    While the prospects ferment, I've never believed teams in a rebuild shouldn't use resources to sign or trade for an ace pitcher. Don't wait for a window -- a big league ballclub has a responsibility to its fans to open one! The Red Sox finally did that with Crochet, but make no mistake, this team is still in a rebuild. They have what looks like a promising group of young pitchers, decent catching, and some above-average all-around outfielders. But they're also missing a major league infield, quality contact in the batting order to get them to another postseason, and more longball threats to make a deep run in the playoffs. A really creative CBO might be good enough and lucky enough to make moves to acquire primetime players with multiple skills that overlap all those needs and expedite title contention -- but nothing is guaranteed... ... except you can't win the lottery unless you buy a ticket.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bugs Bunny just put on a Boston batting helmet and tried to imitate that order, but swung and missed so many times he passed out cold from vertigo.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But the depth chart includes a lot of really strong D1 All-Star arms that Breslow stockpiled last summer.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Exactly, but Epstein pivoted because he readily admitted by June the Sox couldn't win the World Series with Nomar at shortstop. And then he did a course correction at the trade deadline (how refreshing back when someone in charge admitted a mistake and then did something about it). Ultimately, none of the regular season defensive metrics and rankings meant jack in '04. The only stat that meant anything is Boston's record in the last eight games of the postseason: 8-0.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm all in on Bichette and Yandy. Or Bregman and Marte. Either combo would do wonders for the Sultans of Swing and Miss in 2026. Probably only one of each duo would still be a viable force when the core of sustained World Series Championship Contenders actually matures... And '04 didn't sacrifice D for O, the Sox' owners actually allowed the front office to obtain Pokey Reese, Doug Man K Vitch and best of all, Orlando Cabrera -- nails with glove in the clutch that entire postseason.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The last homegrown Red Sox player to bat .300 was Bogaerts. The last one before him was Devers. The one before him was Betts. The one before him was Pedroia. All four played together in 2017 for the middle club of three straight first place teams. They weren't just guys who could hit home runs, but guys who could hit. The current roster has no one like that. We hope Roman Anthony can be that guy... but where are the others? Who is part of any longterm heart of the order in Boston, the core of the next sustained contenders? We hope prospects like Mayer and Campbell can make it, and established regulars can cut down their strikeouts... but right now there's nada.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And don't forget this headline that can only be found on this post: Interest Kings Interest King
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB police just pulled you over for seeing double... or at least typing a double meaning. Do the Royals' starting pitchers walk a lot of guys or does KC only have them under contract for a year before they reach free agency? (thrilled that my brain is now wired this way about a pastime; imagine all those kids out there making Christmas wish lists on a budget)
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I do -- in the AL East.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox already have an ace pitcher and a young star -- and you want them to add two All-Star offensive players. How greedy can a fan be? What do you think this is: the turn of the century when Boston had Pedro and Nomar, and SIGNED Manny and Damon. How did that work out for them? They finished in 2nd place eight straight seasons... p.s. pretty sure the club was under different ownership then, for those afraid of change
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    NESN's master(click)baiters posted two headlines today about Michael King. He is purportedly interested in Boston; he went to BC. But the headline writer really blew it -- how could he not realize the irony? Red Sox INTEREST KING
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's not you -- you still post the same amount of trade proposals as you always did. The worst culprit is NESN.com -- they post a dozen new "stories" a day on the Interest Kings. I say stories in quotes because they're barely ever actual articles but more like blurbs with a single shred of something said by someone (an "insider" or supah fan or player's agent's in-law's dogwalker). Most nauseating is the headline writer, who has the word "Prediction" permanently stored in his Control-V and automatically pastes it every time his AI spots a word that starts with P: predicament, predeceased, prednisone, pickyournose. There is never anything new that we don't already know about.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yup. Guys like Henry can walk around wearing their salary caps, but the rule should also require them to wear salary shoes, too. I'm only typing in the best interests of fans... .... because if it's not in the best interest of fandom, then fandom just might lose interest.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This isn't a mystery. Breslow said they were going to repurpose Devers' money, and the owners used it to build a new ballroo-- I mean new office tower behind the Green Monster.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mets gave Polanco two years. Sox can't afford a longterm deal like that.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Instead, we’re getting the latest tsunami of deception, distortion, dishonesty and deceit from Red Sox higher-ups who pass down disinformation in an attempt to defend the existence of a reality they no longer care to preserve." -- littered with alliteration and I llllove it... ... but straight Ds means barely passing. This decade is framed by frequent Fs: frauds and falsehoods of flatuent fakery fraught with failure.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We just don't know with Mayer. Maybe he's a rare talent, but a guy who will miss parts of every single season with bumps and bruises like Byron Buxton. The Twins even tried to just DH Buxton one year so he wouldn't get mangled on defense, and he still only ended up playing that half of that season after all. With most top prospects, you want them playing every day to properly develop... but maybe Mayer is safer never seeing the minors again, and just platooning with himself in The Show.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's ok for Boston, which isn't even a real city. Just a big college town in quaint New England (moon send me some green fonts asap).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Depends on how much Bloom is subsidizing on Willi. And technically, Brez can sign still Bregman and brag to his dumbass owners that he only signed one free agent. Plus: for all we know, Bloom may want his boy Mayer in trade instead of Duran.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Package Donovan with Contreras and make a trade that gives Bloom an outfielder and a few of the 25 SEC pitchers Breslow drafted. Then sign Bregman, and let's go. Don't worry about Mayer; if he's healthy he'll get plenty of playing time when Bregman and/or Story break down and/or rest one day a week at DH vs. a lefty who's tough on Yoshida.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As presumed, Bregman -- and more Boras -- has held up the position player plan. If the Sox' top priority is to bring back Bregman, they can't overpay for guys like Schwarber or Alonso in the meantime. They also can't overpay for Bichette or waste money on Suarez until they know Bregman is signing somewhere else. Brez can make trades while waiting, but even those may be delayed until he can better target specific positions that are "open" (this is why both management and the front office value versatility so much; to fill in holes for players too expensive for ownership).
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    New owners.
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