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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And we didn't even sign them. GMs may be ultimately responsible, but since there were two different guys in charge with the same ghastly results, it's all blatant organizational failure.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unlike the fable, our Boston tortoise has finished last twice and never first... but his club did pass some teams ahead of them one October. And let's give credit where it's due: one trade that made it happen was getting Pivetta, used in relief because Bloom tortoised on better back-end arms. Pivetta did give up what should've been the game-losing, ALDS-changing hit to Kiermaier, but give credit to Bloom again for signing Renfroe, who strategically kicked the ball into the bullpen. Bloom also traded Betts in time, because Mookie would never boot a ball out of the playing field, so that losing run would have counted. See, no blame here. Just kudos.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This just in on MLBtraderumors.com/boston-red-sox: Sterling Sharp is back! The Sox re-signed him! Did you know he had departed... "after a brief first trip to minor league free agency." Did you even know he arrived before that... "The 27-year-old had spent the tail end of the 2022 campaign in the Boston organization." Depth. Load up on those depth charges... Ka-bloom.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Incorrect. According to Matrix metrics, the strained flexor slowed Story's torque avoidance reflexes by 0.1 fraction of a second, and he couldn't remove his wrist from the pitch flight before impact... It's all there on baseballirrevence.com.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Friday the 13th talksox debate on the '23 Red Sox outfield: Looks like we'll be ok, as long as we have Moe and Larry as our corner outfielders. But who do we want to play center: Curly or Shemp?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe it will be awesome, but just hearing Mr. Bloom address his students the other day sure sounded like a 4th grade teacher trying to contrive enthusiasm for their next Social Studies unit: the Oregon Trail! "No wifi, no headphones, no cell towers... but covered wagons! on dirt roads! for days and weeks and months!"
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "I'll have what he's having..."
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I've never heard Bloom mention any of these young pitchers by name in any conversation about the MLB roster for '23, but nothing would give a fan more hope for the staff than if one or two of them emerged as next-level legitimate in Florida, beginning next month. To me, that would be even more encouraging than watching one of the oldsters get their sea legs back on the mound (since we all expect them to start wobbling again soon).
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Patience. You know Chaim would be remiss if he didn't explore all possible options, including those we abhor as all probable outcomes. He wouldn't be doing his job if he didn't wait and let other GMs do his job for him by signing or trading for almost any availables, thus narrowing the field and eliminating the chance for spending more money and years on stopgaps we're all clamoring for. Bloom will get us a shortstop and second baseman and MLB outfielder and catcher and under-the-hill under-control starting pitcher with control. And when he does -- remember what he promised at Raffy's presser -- "it's going to be awesome."
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No shida.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is how bad it's gotten in Red Sox Nation. We are mulling the possibilities of starting a player in centerfield who has absolutely struggled in his big league career so far. He can't hit MLB pitching, can't catch MLB fly balls, and can't even make the right choices to always accompany his club to all MLB ballparks. But there are reasons Jarren Duran got drafted, progressed through the minor leagues and made the majors. Many professional evaluators -- including none of us -- approved of his promotions. As noted by others, many ballplayers are late bloomers (yes, pun intended, because even our favorite CBO reminds that not everything is linear... unless it's a line graph depicting the ups and downs of life in the fast lane). Surely make you lose your mind...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Duran is 26. Roberto Clemente didn't hit .300 in the bigs until the season he turned 26 (his 6th as a regular in the majors). The other thing they had in common in those years is hitting at least as many triples as homers. That's all I got...
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Adam Duvall is an unsigned free agent all-or-nothing right-handed power hitter that makes too much sense as a replacement for Trevor Story in the batting order. In 2021, Duvall helped a first place team win a World Series. He blasted 38 homers, led the NL with 113 RBI, and played Gold Glove defense in the outfield. Couldn't a last place team use a guy like that?
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    On the mlb.com prospects list, the Red Sox list 13 infielders in their top 20, including 8 shortstops. Many are the sought-after, versatile, multi-positional players valued so highly by this administration. Mayer and Rafaela have to be Boston's #1 and #2 prospects going into '23 (since Casas and Bello are now big leaguers). But there has to be one or two of the other 6 that at least one of the other 29 MLB clubs might want in a trade: Romero, Lugo, Paulino, Bonaci, Coffey, Koss. We don't need 8 future shortstops -- package one in a deal for a major leaguer to play there this year... and/or a centerfielder... and/or a second baseman. Let's go.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Quick, sell him to Baltimore, where he can join Darwinzon and further boost our chances to climb out of the basement.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If one of his pitches hits a batter...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's a great way to avoid spending on all the higher-priced players who are in actual demand... especially if you're hired to build the best possible team costing the least amount of resources.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Over/under on '23 Casas: 20 HR, 80 RBI, 80 BB, 80 K, .250 BA, .800 OPS I'll take over on all...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Neither has ever started even one-half a regulation MLB season in the infield. If Turner is primarily the DH, that leaves exactly two players on the Red Sox roster who have started half a season in a big league infield: Raffy and... Dalbec! Is you ready?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is actually not opinion: a month before Spring Training 2023, the Red Sox' infield is half-empty.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Felger and Holley on NBC Sports Boston are killing Bloom this morning, for asking Red Sox Nation yesterday, "Now do you see our vision?" They were like -- for finally signing a homegrown player? Felger: "What vision? Right now your MLB team sucks. The Red Sox blow."
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom, according to Tom Werner yesterday, is "one of the finer heads of baseball operations in baseball." Maybe someday it will come out that an owner or another sharp spear of influence recruited Story -- instead of Bloom (like in the Larry L days). Meanwhile, your first big money signing -- the guy you specifically added to replace your star homegrown shortstop -- can't replace him. Not one of the finer head's finer moments.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When assessing the worth of some of these, especially pitchers, the rings are certainly a factor. But my point was about investing long and large on starters -- is it just bad luck or more bad management that the Red Sox' mound targets all seem to miss entire seasons in the rotation: Schilling, Lackey, Sale... not to mention paying Price to miss entire seasons in Boston. If it's not incompetence or a curse, I guess if someone analyzed other big money free agent pitchers, there would be similar results? Scherzer was an exception, but even he's had breakdowns or early exits in recent postseasons. Cole has been durable so far... (but not good enough when it counts for Yankee fans).
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Understood. So is the concept that you're only signing him for three -- instead of six -- albeit, prime years.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's impressive you compiled it. Yikes, how many were actually worth the entire investment? Certainly, Big Papi... Bogaerts for three years (but a reason to never again grant an opt-out clause)... JD, Porcello (won a Cy, leading winner on the greatest Sox team)... maybe Drew: 4-year average .853 OPS (his 5th year was half-a-season, but final seasons of contracts are accepted as lost causes).
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