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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Which Sox? Fangraphs gives Boston a 30.7% chance to make the playoffs, which is better than Chicago's 27.8%. Are the White Sox, with more under-30 regulars, really a bigger underdog to win the supposedly weaker AL Central? Potential break-outs or bounce-backs in or on the verge of their primes: CWS -- Anderson, Jimenez, Robert, Moncada, Vaughn, Sheets, plus pitchers Cease, Kopech, Giolito vs.BRS -- Devers, Yoshida, Casas, Verdugo, Arroyo? plus pitchers Bello, Whitlock, Houck. Chicago's closer is ill, but both Cease and Giolito have received recent Cy Young votes. At least Pivetta led the league in starts last year. Predictions must really be banking on comebacks from Boston's old rehabbing pitchers...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was thinking more of acquisitions the industry knows aren't ready when you get them: Schwarber -- worth it; Paxton -- not yet; Mondesi -- iffy (speed guy with blown ACL).
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yours is realistic, but we know they have to stay in the running for a wild card to keep sales and viewership up. But can we agree there's no way Bloom or ownership sit on their hands again at the deadline this summer? If the Sox suck, look for a fire sale -- at least with any attractive bullpen pieces...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Reply to your first statement: that was my exact point with these revolving rosters. Reply to your last: disagree -- Bloom isn't waiting, but always hoping for a player's upside. That's the ceiling when picking up pieces off the floor.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Compete for what... place these in their most likely order: 1. Tickets, concessions, parking, merchandise sales 2. TV viewers 3. #1 overall draft pick lottery 4. Fourth place 5. Wild Card 6. 2 wins away from going to the World Series 7. rings
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good thing we have a lot of flexibility. As soon as Arroyo gets hurt, we'll have Dalbec or Turner or Wong at second... or we could move Duran back to the infield, as his speed will be more in play with no shifts (don't worry about his arm; we've been told speed offsets a weak arm... run the ball over to first, even from deep in the hole). Or Kike could slide over to second, with Chang or Dalbec at short. We just have to get by while waiting on Mondesi -- Bloom's latest not-ready-for-on-time acquisition.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Today's column about Henry missing the point about fan frustration reflects a true narrative. At least, for this fan. I'm looking forward to another baseball season, but does the owner honestly think we should feel good about a season featuring as many as five guys out of position on the field? "The Red Sox are attempting to build a sustained winner, but there's skepticism that the farm system can support it. While we wait, we're being force-fed yet another stopgap roster prioritizing depth and versatility over talent, and we'll probably do it all again next year. Foundational homegrown stars keep walking out the door with little (Mookie Betts) or nothing (Bogaerts) to show for it." "Chaim Bloom's roster feels like mixing two sets of puzzles and then wondering why only half the pieces fit... maybe we simply don't like what we see." https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red-sox/red-sox-owner-john-henry-entirely-misses-point-why-fans-are-angry
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm just dreading City Connect weekend.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Roberto might be higher if they didn't remove him from the shelves in Florida. They're just checking to make sure he wore 21.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mookie will be paying off for LA for a long, long time. He's comfortable in Hollywood, and could someday be a team ambassador extolling Dodger Blue, like Papi and Pedro still sell red socks a couple times a year. I don't have any proof on this, but I'd bet Betts is also the main reason the Dodgers sell more merchandise than the Sox now (it's probably not from Hernandez shirts, lately).
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What, Henry doesn't read NBC Sports?!? "Which MLB teams make the most revenue? 1. LA, 2. Yankees, 3. Red Sox What is each MLB team worth? 1. LA, 2. Yankees, 3. Red Sox $3.9 billion Which MLB teams sell the most merchandise? Yankees, Dodgers, White Sox, Braves, Blue Jays, 6. Red Sox Which MLB team has the biggest cash spending budget (highest payrolls for '23)?" Red Sox... not in the Top 10
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sam shouldn't be allowed to count the number of tickets he gives away to his family.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Geez, but remember, Kennedy said, "there's a way we can keep both Mookie and JD." I believe everything Sam says. And keeping good players -- like your ace pitcher, and your homegrown star shortstop and rightfielder -- is part of retaining a sustained contender.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hopefully, the Devers signing is money well-spent. One thing no one ever brings up is how the Sox were willing to give Mookie $300 million, but when he wouldn't sign for that, they never came up with the bucks to sufficiently replace him with quality. For example, Toronto signed Springer for half that: 6 years, $150 million. He's no Betts, but he's no Franchy, either...
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    One thing very clear about "the type" of spending this winter of Boston compared to the Mets, Phillies and Padres, among others: the Red Sox are not loading up their roster for a pennant push. They're just trying to field a team.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe he just wanted to stay in Chicago. But Boston is apparently done spending. John Henry's comment reported in a recent email spells it all out. When asked if the Red Sox would compete again on the same level as the NY and California clubs, he bragged he had more titles than all of them combined this century and added: "... if you are asking if we are going to now move into $300 million payrolls, the answer is no." Chaim just telling you what I read...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No one is saying the Red Sox are going to be good, but at least they're different, and going into a new season that has to be better. The Yankees that finished the regular season 38-39 and got swept in the playoffs by Houston are just a year older. The fate of both clubs just may rely on similar hopes for health from injury-prone pitchers and contributions from a few promising youngsters.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hearing a lot of speculation on who might be in next year's sweepstakes for Ohtani. Favorites are NY, NY, and all the West Coast teams. Any combination of reasons for him coming to Boston are said to include (not necessarily in this order)... 1. improvement by the Red Sox, 2. New Balance incentives, 3. Yoshida and other potential recruits (Yamamoto, Sasaki, Murakami, or the next star of the WBC), 4. New GM encouraged by ownership to spend on #3 and Shohei. What else you got?
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Can't believe there's so many posters making fun of the greatest team in the history of the first half of last season.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Being Number One in two categories just goes to show how wrong the beat writers are about the Red Sox' "irrelevance." Heat on Bloom just means his signings have been incendiary...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's what can happen to a suspension bridge when cold March winds blow in New England.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All in all, he's just another plank in the bridge.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the Red Sox have a bad team and a bad April, it could prove fatal (for any employees "on the bubble" anyway)... because then in the first three weeks of May, Boston plays 18 straight games vs. legitimate playoff contenders. It would still be "early" -- but with the ages, health concerns and many one-year contracts, this club doesn't seem built for patience... just more changes.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Shouldn't we be talking about the Sox' first nine games on the schedule? Three each vs. Orioles, Pirates, Tigers. Boston could really jumpstart '23 and get off to a winning beginning -- 6-3, 5-4. Why not? Otherwise... the Sox then play the next 14 vs. better comp: Rays, Angels, Twins, Brewers... and finish the month with the O's and Guardians. Rut-roh...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Probably slot #2 -- Kike has never had an .843 OPS in his career. Plus, I don't see him as a classic batter to hit behind the runner (the old job of a #2 hitter). Check out career BAs for opposite-field: Kike .255, Arroyo .280, Turner .313... Devers .413 Then again, here are career BAs for pulled pitches: Kike .389, Arroyo .472 (SSS?), Turner .427, Devers .355; the latter is bound to improve with no shift, right?
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