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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    One thing that's easy to say: they are who they are. Cora gave up early by waving the white flags -- Braiser and Ort. Verdugo had some good hits, but was his old self on the bases (didn't take third on a throw to first). Duvall roped a hanger off the wall, but struckout twice on pitcher's pitches. Devers dumped a curve into left when he wanted to, but with the game on the line swung from the heels and missed three pitches in a row. Raffy also didn't deserve his first called violation K while standing in the box, glancing at the pitcher who wasn't ready, then looking down to take a breath. It was right after he bombed an oppo blast that just missed the foul pole, and right before the Sox mounted a belated comeback rally... Just better hope this is not who they are on the mound: nine walks, and five stolen bases without a catcher throw -- with no pick-off attempts or even step-offs. With 32 employees in the analytics department, is it too much for fans to hope that just one of them would have the club better prepared?
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Did the MLB make new rules to bring back stolen bases just for the O's, and not the Red Sox? Can't blame SIX SBs on the catchers - he had no chance to throw anyone out. But all those huge jumps didn't come on just one Sox pitcher who wasn't holding anyone on... none of them were -- Kluber, Kelly, Braiser, Ort. Is this something the braintrust decided to ignore in Florida, cuz our pitching is too awesome to give up baserunners?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When, in the history of the world, in any level of baseball -- after a pitch -- did a batter get a do-over from the ump from pleading, "That pitch shouldn't count, because I wasn't looking!"
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Devers was in the box in time but not looking up so the ump banged him. Ok, MLB set the example on Opening Day in a blow-out. Still a dumb rule.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So unexpected. And look, the Yankees are the greatest team in the history of this year, too. They beat the Guy Ants.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At least his last Cy Young Award was in this decade.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Look at it this way: Not only did Tampa decide to move on from him, but they paid good money instead to Eflin, who hasn't made more than 18 starts in any of the last three years. Eflin was also Boston's first choice before Kluber...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rutschman out by a mile, so he kicks Arroyo in the head? He should be a better citizen than Machado.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Centerfielder Duvall, feel free to call off the shortstop on that pop-up, so Kike doesn't have to make a Willie Mays World Series catch.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He may have been the greatest MLB hitter ... born in Johnstown, PA. I don't know what kind of hitter Pete Vukovich was, but don't we all know those ace pitchers are also stud hitters growing up.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We've been through this. The SS plans evolved all winter: Ander Bogaerts, Bstory, Cheeke, and Dhang, with Bobby Ealbec waiting in WorZter.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What is this, a presidential election -- stop with the politics!
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Go back and re-read my posts from today. I'm not overhyping anyone from the 2018 team that won 119 games. I also said "positions" when referring to the '20 OD line-up -- you said Turner played the entire season last year. I never mentioned Dalbec once; the OD first baseman in '20 was Chavis, who -- although he played 95 games in '19 compared to Casas 27 in '22 -- was a young #1 draft pick starting at first base. Let's go '23, start the Game Thread!
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Turner played 66 games at third base last year. Chavis played 95 games for the '19 Sox; Casas played in 27 at the end of last year. Yoshida played in a league some view as 4A... To me, the point is that better Red Sox teams -- on websites -- than this one have gone south. It's ok to be excited about the '23 season -- I am, too -- and let's hope all things go right that need to go right. I'm not one of those fans that wants the Sox to crash and burn asap, thinking it will lead to Bloom's firing, and expedite a new direction. Unless Henry hires another Dombro and totally changes his mind again to spend-spend-spend, the next rebuild will be just as long as this one. And as Bloom himself says, "a half-decade of rebuilding -- that can't happen in Boston!"
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe the difference in attitude toward losing Groome is that he seemed like a minor league version of the past three years of Sale...
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I didn't start this discussion, either, but the 2020 Red Sox line-up -- which thankfully tanked enough to net us Mayer -- opened with seven guys who were part of the greatest team ever. The 2023 opens today with exactly two regulars who played full seasons at a position last year: Verdugo and Devers. Hopes are still high that Turner will lead with a full, productive year at DH, Kike-Arroyo-Duvall will have bounce-back, injury-free campaigns, and McGuire can be a big league starter for an entire season. If you're a realist instead of an optimist, and say those are too many Ifs, then at least get excited to enjoy watching Casas and Yoshida evolve as MLBers...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    To be fair, entering '20, Vazquez was coming off a 23-homer, .798 season, '19 Pillar hit 21 HRs for the Giants, and the Sox were starting a youngster at first base who hit 18 dingers his rookie year. And it turned out Bradley -- who had 21 longballs in '19 -- actually had a decent 55-game summer: .283, .814... It was all about the pitching -- or what pretended to be.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unbeaten in April, May and June! It was a warped year -- start-stop-start-flop -- but there should've been more hope for the '20 Sox, whose position players had an average age of 27.1, with only one over 30 (the DH), and a pitching staff avg. age of 28.9. But the whole summer was such a downer from the beginning, with Mookie in LA, Sale in surgery, ERod in isolation, and cardboard fans in the stands. The injuries that fake season seemed like products of pros unprepared for awkward ramping up, down, and up again. This year, most injuries will happen because guys are just old.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'll take Casas as an over based on his OBP. On the mound, Bello will be an under when he realizes he's better off with swings and misses rather than pitch to contact with the Sox' D behind him. For the same reason, the ERAs of Sale and Kluber will be worse, because they just can't put away hitters like they used to. The swings of Turner and Duvall may benefit playing in Fenway, though Turner has at least shown he knows how to go with the pitch. Based on career OPS, one of them should be over your projections, and one of them under. JT's career: .832. Duvall's career: .755. At this point in their careers, I just don't think either will play a full season injury-free.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Houston Rockets? The Colt-45s? The Oilers? The NASA Mission Control Center?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Politi discussions are discouraged on the forum.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Injecting some -isms -- "If everyone was healthy" then Bello would open in the rotation. He's no longer MLB-close, but MLB All-Star-close (and could be the Red Sox lone player representing the American League this summer). Bello has had the best stuff, control and potential on the staff since September. Unfortunately, the minor league depth listed promises very few impact players to improve the parent club. Rafaela's glove and Valdez' bat would make a good amalgam...
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good post. I gotta say, as far as #9 -- I have more faith in Sale bouncing back to decency this season than Story. The latter had a shortcut version of TJ, and even if it totally heals, stardom isn't guaranteed in half a year for swinging a bat at 100 mph fastballs, or gunning throws across the infield. At least Sale had the actual Tommy John surgery and is finally healed after several years.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's not too much to ask, it just makes too much sense. Speaking of, I sense this Opening Day line-up won't last very long -- especially with spectators -- and there will be several combos, since our roster is filled with so much flexibility (not to be confused with flex ability)...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It makes up for a weak wing by flapping it wicked fast.
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