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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good post -- convinced me. Still remember it took Varitek, a guy regarded as the greatest college catcher ever, a few years to land a full-time job in the majors. He was being platooned with Scott Hatteberg, a guy whose claim to fame was moving to first base -- in a movie!
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox are in position to make a second-half run, but it's folly to expect they'll do it without pitching reinforcements beyond rehabbing injured guys. Buy. Here's a trade proposal accepted by BTV that will help now but maybe hurt later: Boston gets starter Jordan Montgomery and reliever Andre Pallante from St. Louis for Nick Yorke. Pallante is only 24 and possibly a future starter. Jordan Hicks, 26, actually has less trade value and is an alternative. We'll soon see how serious Bloom is about competing this year. After all, he can just sign Montgomery next winter without giving up a top prospect... as long as the lefty accepts a one-year contract of around $10 million.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In Kyle Teel, the Sox not only picked the top-rated catcher in the draft, "he instantly becomes the top catching prospect for the Boston Red Sox" according to NESN's draft reporter. Teel's overall athleticism has drawn comparisons to Buster Posey... and Craig Biggio -- oh. One college coach said he believes Teel could be an All-Star second baseman in the bigs. But all to those posters who weren't in the Red Sox conference room with all their scouts and farmers -- and yet are convinced every team always just picks the best player when it's their turn -- consider this: Teel was described as the top college catcher. Meanwhile, Boston's second pick at #50, Nazzan Zanetello, reportedly has "five-tool potential" ... and the Sox front office is already saying the high school shortstop will immediately get reps in centerfield at the start of his pro career.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hey, I had them for 70 wins -- I'm already two-thirds of the way there!
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The report with that label was from Manfred, who used the Astros GM, manager and bench coach as scapegoats so he wouldn't have to discipline any players -- because that would do the most damage in the public eye. Fans root for their favorite players, not management. Subsequent interviews with members of the Houston analytics dept. (some whom got promoted) by investigative reporters reveal that the video sign-stealing scheme was developed in advance of 2017. Lunhow, Hinch and Cora either knew about it or implemented it, and certainly had roles. But it was system-wide.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is a good point... but also reminds me of a common quote about catching prospects -- with promise -- when scouting reports say, "a chance to stick at catcher." It's just another example of the best players growing up; yes, they all play shortstop... but that's only when they're not pitching or catching.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was all-in absolutely with you ripping Bloom for losing Ward while protecting other flotsam and jetsam. The halfway stats show it's no big deal now -- but if Bloom had instead protected Ward, are there any non-relative Red Sox fans on the planet who could have envisioned the Washington Nationals using that precious first pick in the Rule V to jump on Ort?
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You can believe whatever you want, but like Bellhorn posted, it is well-documented -- with admissions from employees -- that the Houston Astros analytics department masterminded the entire video sign-stealing scheme BEFORE they even hired Alex Cora as bench coach.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Who a team drafts just isn't an exact science, and never has been. When it's their turn, most clubs just pick the best player left on the board. Those evals could be based on universal MLB scouting data or from their own analytics, but most are pretty close. When a team drafts can be more attributable to the GM, based on such determinants as whether a club tanks or receives compensation from someone signing a free agent attached to a QO...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dodgers were trading for 12 years of Mookie. Over and over and over again.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cora's always going to be a stand-up guy because he did his time and kept his mouth shut so that people below him could skate in the eyes of the public. All those Astro rats who threw Cora under the bus owe him forever -- not just for the unfair amnesty Manfred granted them, but for any financial benefits gained for inflated numbers on the back of their baseball cards. AC didn't get one single at bat...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Assuming your question was rhetorical -- and not entirely logical... because we all know that no one coming off any kind of physical injury is guaranteed to bounce back as good as new. Plus, Murphy, Walter and even Jacques at times haven't been all bad. But if the front office is serious about going for it, Bloom really needs to add a healthy, decent pitcher. And Red Sox players are already talking about expecting outside help by the deadline.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... but everything uses sports metaphors -- even peanut butter and jelly. When it's crunch time, and we're in a jam, I need to bring my A game to the table. And not waste any bread.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yankees outfield is so bad they'd make JD break his old glove out of mothballs. Then he'd have to tiptoe around the new pizza boxes; how long would it take him to join Judge on the IL?
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick... that's not the opening of 60 Minutes (but could be an omen for 60 days -- or less).
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A big guy who never missed an inning for years and years... during the Steroids Era? Whatever the reasons, it will always be mind-boggling that a big league shortstop played every inning of every game for an entire season and only made 3 errors. ... and he didn't even have the official scorers from Fenway Park on his side!
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Talk about the emergence of Duran all you want. But often, the arrival of a new player sparks the season. Mark down July 8 as the turning point for the 2023 Red Sox -- the first game in Boston of... Aquaman.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Games are quicker, too. Less chance to prepare a dissertation or sign a petition.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Didn't we have this 1990 conversation before? SS A aka Cal Ripken (a guy who made a career playing every inning of every game) made 3 errors... for the season. SS B aka Ozzie Guillen made 17 Es -- and won the Gold Glove. But, to your point: CR 435 assists, 242 put-outs; OG 474 assists, 252 put-outs. Obviously those stats show Oz accounted for more outs, and they might show more range... but Ripken was noted for his first step -- before contact -- knowing the hitters and pitchers and anticipating locations of batted balls. Is it possible Guillen had more chances because his pitching staff pitched to more contact, induced more ground balls, and kept the ball in the infield more than Baltimore's? Upon review of '90 team pitching stats, the O's were second-to-last in the AL in strikeouts, while Chicago was better than league average. However, the fact that the White Sox won 94 games and the O's only 76 may mean that Baltimore's pitching just gave up more hard hits out of the infield. The Orioles gave up the second-most home runs; the ChiSox gave up the second-least...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No need to even debate that the majority of any team's fan opinions are always based entirely on three things: location, location, lowcation. The Red Sox are dead last in the standings in their assigned division. We know the record is middle-of-the-pack overall in a 15-team league, but the average fan could care less. We also know the Sox have an outside shot at the playoffs, which is all the average fan could ask for. Now back to Paxton: Bloom would be foolish to turn down what just might be the best trade offer of prospects of his Boston career so far... and he can swing a deal and still keep the Sox in the wild card hunt. Is it really impossible he could get a near-MLB ready pitcher, promote the guy for the stretch run, and get more quality innings out of him than Paxton, who may be hurt again by September?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How dare you use actual data like team defensive rankings (based on a stat MLB has used for over a century) to show how much worse the Red Sox are compared to the teams with the two best records in the American League, the first-place Rays and second-place Orioles. If someone says a statistical category is useless on talksox, then it absolutely must be... to them. Count me as another poster on this forum to admit being totally wrong about Jarren Duran, whose speed and hustle have made him one of the most exciting players on a team defined by inconsistency. But when I watch a high fly bounce next to him, then over him, like last night, it was the second year in a row a chalkmark registered around his head on my "WTF -- this is a big league outfielder?" meter.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    She was fluent in baseball. Never wasted air time asking players how it feels to be a hero (a canned quote to which we can only wish someday provokes this reply: "Loathsome. Cheers are so patronizing. I'd rather be a villain. Boos reflect genuine emotion. I'd like some right now... buy you a drink?"
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Naw, it's all good. They chose to be on TV, and we chose (or had no other choice) to be viewers.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You old man, she was/is a hot brunette NESN reporter that quit to be his wife. The hot blonde left to work for MLB. The only thing I remember about this season is that if the Sox' opponent is good, they'll play good, but if their foe blows, so will the BOSox...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    With his speed and hands, don't you think Story could play centerfield? He doesn't have to be Robin Yount, but with modern medicine bionically enhancing his elbow, can he at least hit the cutoff as good as say, Damon or Ellsbury -- who the Sox won rings with in CF?
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