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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yeah, we just need someone in charge who's not afraid to trade prospects for a legitimate big league pitcher. I know we've been through this plenty of times before -- and will discuss until our current or future front office makes these moves we fans crave. Personally, I was never a fan of the approach: We shouldn't invest in any really good pitchers until our team is really good! Bloom, BOH and Sam always say "it has to make sense"... but does that? If they were typing instead of blabbing, maybe it would be spelled "cents."
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Varitek (bench coach, ex-player) put an Underdog t-shirt in the locker of Cora (manager, ex-player). Cora wore it in the dugout during a pregame interview. Story and pic are posted on the NESN website. https://nesn.com/2023/08/why-alex-cora-wore-underdog-shirt-before-red-sox-yankees-series/ It doesn't state the obvious -- which isn't that gamblers made the Yankees the favorites on a Friday night in the Bronx. But the ex-players aren't even being subtle.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    wa-awa-awaa... wa-WAAAH-waa......
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know your point, and I don't necessarily disagree with where the Sox would be in the standings. But as a fan, I'd still get to watch and root for a Hall of Famer... who is still (and may be for years to come) a cornerstone player to rebuild around.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Remember at the time, Henry said, "Mookie has to decide whether he wants to spend the rest of his career in Boston." In retrospect -- after the disclosure Betts turned down $300 million -- Henry was maybe bitter and disappointed. He had put a cap on a business transaction, as if a ballplayer was just another commodity. But ballplayers are individuals, and Mookie Betts was and is a special one. John Henry made the biggest mistake of his career, equating people with soy beans.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yep -- and my girlfriend who left to be with European soccer players and race car drivers is going to come back to me... because she used to really like me.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Where is the qualitative data that should also factor into investing in a face of the franchise: always smiling, never in trouble, always in shape, comes from good stock, feeds the homeless-- in disguise, because he doesn't want publicity, but just wants to help others...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Sox can settle for a .299 guy with 29 HRs... or a .290 guy with 25 HRs... or just find a younger Turner -- someone who goes oppo with two strikes to at least move runners and doesn't just flail away. Maybe they should just make JT the batting coach. Seriously.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even if the Red Sox make the unlikely moves this winter to acquire both a #1 and #2 starter for the rotation, the wildly inconsistent offense needs another anchor. And not just another all-or-nothing slugger, but someone who can hit both .300 and 30 home runs. In the recent past, it looked like Raffy would be that guy -- when he regularly used the entire field -- but nobody pulls their head more in every at bat than Devers this year. Raffy would certainly benefit from more protection in the line-up from another hitter like Turner, but ideally someone in his prime that's not as injury-prone. Yoshida is a contact guy, but not a constant power threat. Story and Duvall, even when healthy, aren't feared. Hopefully, Casas will continue to develop, make more contact, and cut down on the Ks; he's already passed Devers in OPS...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... and not even bother to look for them under the table or in between cushions.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As always with this team, issues with the rotation, and subsequent pen overuse, are inextricably connected. But I don't what the hell is wrong with Red Sox baserunning these days... Can't blame it all on coaches (who are forbidden to grab or trip baserunners to impede idiocy)... doesn't the front office screen players for basic baseball acumen before acquiring them?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A hunch: Rafaela will open '24 on a big league roster... maybe even the Red Sox'. A prediction: fastest mover in '24 will be Kyle Teel, maybe with a cup of coffee in Boston by September.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Greatest Comeback of All Time Varitek Mueller Bellhorn Crespo?
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the Red Sox just miss the postseason, the rotation and D will be remembered as the downfall. Boston's refusal to add a starter when 60% of the rotation was on the IL led to too many bullpen games -- and too many appearances by in-season waiver wire DFAed relievers. And the club's early decision to rely on Kike at shortstop led to too many errors from the key defensive position on the diamond. Despite all the other inconsistencies on this team, the Sox still remain only two games back in the loss column for the last wild card. Is it unreasonable to think they'd have two less losses if they had acquired one more legitimate -- even mediocre -- MLB starting pitcher and shortstop?
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't be scared... it's the plan.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fair point. I'm now a Moon apologist.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The biggest problem with this thread is making assumptions based on a guy's name. If only his parents named him Stay Franco... or at least Settle Down Franco.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... where they have every Monday off (no games scheduled), and never get jetlag (or trainlag, or skateboardlag)
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fangraphs had Boston #4... ... but when you say "you" is that me, specifically, or all analysts in general? And that would include fans, websites, media and voters; for instance, a decade ago, the Red Sox had the Eastern League Pitcher of the Year in 2013, Anthony Ranaudo, and 2014, Henry Owens. That certainly had to help Boston's rankings -- at least as far as pitching prospects. But alas, those awards may have been the highlights of both of their professional careers...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No proverbs on the board.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB Pipeline just ranked all 30 farm systems. Red Sox were #16... they were #11 a year ago... and #12 two years ago. I'm so confused -- Bloom!
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rays could be in ruins the rest of the way: just lost their best pitcher to Tommy John... and maybe their best player to Tommy Johnson.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In Red Sox lore, the anti-Cora was Don Zimmer. While it's hard to blame a manager when players don't perform, Zim infamously burned out the 1978 Sox regulars by never letting up on the gas. He kept playing Butch Hobson at third base when he could barely lift his arm with an elbow full of bone chips, which led to 43 errors -- most in the majors at any position. But Zim admired Hobson because he was such a "tough sumbitch" (paraphrasing Gammons). He had no choice to bench Dwight Evans, though, after Dewey got beaned and was seeing triple. Overall, the '78ers employed only 17 total Red Sox batters -- the team's least amount in a season in the entire divisional era (over half a century)... and missed the postseason by one game. This year's Sox have already used 27...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Throw him a lifesaver. I prefer wintogreen, or pepomint. If he chokes on those, too, he sleeps with the fishes... or ends up in Davey Johnson's footlocker.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... so we have to lower the baaah (or order more at the baah)
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