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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I just can't see making a strong run with a weak defense. Recently, someone posted that shortstop wasn't really a focus (paraphrasing) of past Sox teams that won titles. I looked them up, and all had positive dWAR for Boston in '04, '07, '13 and '18: Cabrera 0.9, Lugo 0.8, Drew 0.2 and Bogaerts 0.1. While I'm not an expert on calculating WAR, I understand the acronym as a stat showing that all Red Sox championship shortstops this century were therefore better than a "replacement player." So far this year, Kike Hernandez is a negative dWAR shortstop. I'm not sure how his handful of games at second base or in centerfield factor into his total dWAR, but he has 14 errors at short and zero at any other position. Since WAR is now probably the most popular metric used to gauge player value, considering its very definition... how hard can it be to find a replacement player to replace a guy currently performing below the norms of a replacement player?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Posters here have been noting this since the offseason. If the pitchers don't have swing-and-miss stuff, the fielders better have sound fundamentals -- or you're sunk. Waiting for injured guys -- whose ailments, even in recovery, don't guarantee improved defense at the MLB level -- won't make a difference if it's too late. A big market team that is all-in contending for the postseason -- and not full of crap -- makes necessary moves to fill glaring holes with Big Leaguers in June.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As we age, maybe we've all been in relationships that are just broken, even irreparable. While we know the next one won't necessarily be better, we come to realize that it's still just time to move on.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Amazon uses cars for shipping. Nobody gets seasick unless they're texting.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So tonight will be the result of a climate change in Boston...
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I really like Bello, and posted over the winter that the season would hinge not on Sale and Paxton, but on the development/recovery of Bello, Whitlock and Houck. But to answer your question: I don't know how anyone could say "yes" right now, when Eovaldi and Wacha were named the AL and NL Pitchers of the Month less than a couple weeks ago. And if you want to counter that they're both better than they were in Boston, the Sox aren't better yet for not having them in the rotation that has ranked near the bottom of MLB for the first third of the season.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ties are worse. And uncomfortable. And any public educational institution requiring them of male employees is breaking the law of gender bias established by Title IX.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't rush them or you'll make them psychotic.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know it happens, but Baez was billed as a top five shortstop in his recent free agent class. Where do we think Kike ranks on the list of big league shortstops this year? Or even on the list of good-glove, .230 centerfielders?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Welcome to the inbetweenside, Sox fans. Hey, Sam, does that mean for every other game at Fenway, you'll charge the lowest prices in MLB for tickets, parking and concessions?
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm going to say the least informative stat is number of walks to 2023 Devers. If he walks more, does that mean he's becoming more selective, or do opponents realize the Sox have absolutely nobody that can protect him in the batting order (until maybe Duvall shows he can bop again with a bum wrist)? Or does it mean Raffy is adopting Casas' approach, looking only for the perfect pitch, and welcomes the base on balls? But does anyone even want their $300 million dollar man strolling to first every game, on an offensive incident that generates traffic on the bases, but only ever moves it one car at a time -- instead of swinging from the heels as much as possible trying to clear the bags?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The names already being discussed as trade bait for Boston are all damaged by time, and not really difference-makers in even a Wild Card race. Don't expect any better return than a prospect with maybe one decent asset, like Valdez' bat.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe the inconsistencies and frustrations are just typical of a .500 team. Most of the roster is full of guys right now in various stages of their careers when most of the time they are not stars, but don't always suck.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If only we had a .400 hitter to trade for a Pablo Lopez...
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If only Bloom is... If -- as the old adage goes -- pitching is indeed 70% of the game, and starting pitching is at least half of that (based on a meager 4.5-5 innings per start), then Bloom has failed pretty miserably in this most important category: acquiring sufficient young arm depth for his current and future staff. Of the quartet of Bello, Houck, Crawford and Whitlock, only the latter was added to the organization by Bloom. Paxton has been decent, but no one will be surprised by another IL trip or even a deadline trade before the end of the summer. We know Bloom doesn't want to deal any of his hitting prospects, probably until the front office has had enough time to identify potential core big leaguers. So we just have to be patient, and content with yet more one-year free agent signings next winter... in Year Five of the Pretension of Contention in the Bloom Rebuild.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Come on, we all blathered about losing the face that the franchise claimed was its Number One Priority. Bloom and the boys also claimed he was staying, up until the witching hour when they were suddenly stunned when Bogey left. Nobody is really pining for X anymore because we've learned in the Bloom Era that it's always time to move on from fan favorites. But everyone is lamenting the biggest blunder -- even beyond losing three decent starting pitchers -- and there's no denying this: Bloom still hasn't replaced the Red Sox starting shortstop with an actual starting shortstop.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Always fun to shut up multitudes of New York fans on a Friday night, bleeting like seals in a circus: https://nesn.com/2023/06/yankees-fans-celebrated-foul-ball-not-walk-off-home-run-vs-red-sox/
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't have employee lists, but have to assume some current guys have worked for the organization since before Bloom was hired. For example, GM Brian O'Halloran has been around for all four rings this century. If anything, some of us are still waiting for and wondering when Bloom will recruit other like-minded execs from actually successful franchises that share his vision.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Stills was more succinct about the Bloom Era: There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Someone is going to say he hit two homers in his very last game last October and figured something out... like Bloom said Wacha did down the stretch in '21 (or like Kluber didn't in '22). My question is what did JD do differently to have 15HRs in only 200 PA this year? Did NL analytic departments just not watch video of him in a Red Sox uni?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jake's my boy! I talked to Jake in the gym. He asked me about you. (from Sixteen Candles)
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I saw Yorke from the stands at a game I reported on a month ago. He had the exact same stance as Story last year, and struggled with it. Maybe you missed my post.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Trevor Story, the guy who draped his bat down behind his back and was often too late bringing it up to the hitting zone last year; he led the NL with 191 Ks in 2017, when he had a 34.4% whiff rate. He fanned 122 times in only 94 Red Sox games before an injury ended his season, but still finished second in team Ks to Martinez' 145. JD's K-rate was 24.3%, Trevor's was 30.8%.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't like it. Story was a K king with it last year, and Yorke and Rafaela will need to adjust their stances if they want to stay in the bigs when they get there vs. nighty 100-mph velo.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed. Duran is best drilling balls in the gap and flying around the bases -- the type of guy in his prime a line-up needs batting in front of a guy like Casas, in his prime. I don't know if they'll ever bat 1-2, but if the Sox' best hitters in the next half decade are Yoshida, Verdugo and Devers (when he rebounds), with Mayer the best prospect, that's all lefty swingers. The new GM will have to add a couple premium righty bats... among his many priorities.
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