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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's all about the starting pitchers. It remains to be seen if this year's projected rotation is even equal to last year's last place crew. In Year FOUR of Bloom's Rebuild, the Red Sox chose to replace three departing starters with one: Old Man Kluber. They took the safest route by not bothering to blow any more money on starters, since they already have investments in Sale, Paxton and Whitlock. It's understandable if ownership is hesitant to spend big on expensive starters, after getting burned to a crisp on Price and Sale. But unless Bello and Mata develop into the next Lester and Buchholz -- homegrown All-Stars under 30 that both bounced back -- then hoping for another 2013 is perhaps imprudent.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's a good point, but hopefully the Red Sox learned that all-or-nothing swinging, even on the road, produced a lot more nothing -- at least in '22. Hopefully the no-shift rule will bring back more contact-oriented attacks. For instance, righties good at hitting behind the runners will have a better chance to reach base themselves and create additional scoring opportunities. I also don't recall many bunt defenses, like in on the corners or any infields-on-the-grass, unless the walk-off was on third.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd like to see the AL's losingest team in extra-innings incorporate this novel idea into their strategies for 2023: move the runner! Imagine Boston's record with 11 more wins last year -- hey, the Sox would've made the playoffs!
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Only for those who like to pretend that the Astros were the only team in the history of baseball that devised schemes to steal signs, and that no other players, coaches and front offices have since -- or will -- from the beginning of the invention of baseball until the end of time. This particular tired story is now almost six years old. All the scape-goats -- the ones on the sidelines who sought an edge for the actual players -- have been rehired in some capacity in the majors by now. All the actual performers -- the ones with immunity who were and still are good enough to rely on old forms of sign-stealing before and since -- continue to star in the big leagues.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Shirley, you jest.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My experiences playing ball in New England and Florida are as stark as the weather.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Realist. Game 162 is 10/1 at Baltimore.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pessimist.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ahhhh, Tee-ball... where baserunners go home to third, players sit in the infield and shake pedals off dandelions, 99.9% of the plays are made/attempted at the mound and at first base, and time-outs are mandatory any time anything flies overhead: bats, balls, gloves, juice-boxes, red-tail hawks, UAPs shooting down UFOs, bumble bees-- "A bee, a BEE, run, it's after MEEEEE!!!!" The question for big league dads: given a choice, would they prefer to help coach tee-ball or take a nostalgic 8-hour ride on a bush-league bus to an old minor league ballpark?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ya, I'll never agree with the "wasting" of any years that include having a great player. I'm a fan, and get to watch Devers play for my team. I'm also not the CBO who tried to justify signing Raffy by bragging about all the young talent that would soon be surrounding him. Talk about putting pressure on yourself... Predictions aren't worth wasting money making bets -- but this year really looks more volatile than any in recent memory. The ceiling might have an open skylight to the heavens. The floor sure looks like there's a hole in it that leads to the bowels of hades.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Compensate? Why not. Improve? I dunno... maybe Bogey, JD and Nate will have better years in a change of scenery, just like Yoshida, Turner and Duvall will. The shaky returns of Sale and Paxton may be the closest to sure bets. Sale isn't build like Verlander, coming back from Tommy John. He'll have a repaired elbow, but the same Sale delivery that bends and rends joints and tissue, only on an older body. He might have another good season one of these years, but success may not be sustainable... unless he turns into Frank Tanana (look him up for a lesson in adaptability).
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I just cannot see how the new balanced schedule will help the Red Sox get closer to the playoffs, when all AL East teams will also be playing the same exact schedules. Even if three wild cards come out of one division, the fifth-place club still won't make the postseason. I guess the hope is that Boston will finish ahead of Baltimore in fourth... but then will still have to count on a total collapse from either Houston, Seattle or even Texas, who all might be as good as NY, Toronto and Tampa.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    With Fangraphs on most. Overs: Casas -- where's Alfaro? Unders: Turner, but still a solid contributor; Story -- too much time away from live, in-game pitching (he's not Joe DiMaggio). Unders on the mound: Martin, unless the infield betrays him... but few walks means few inherited runners for others to let score; Bello -- has dominated at every level but one so far.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... but -- if we signed Mookie, we wouldn't have been able to add Ottavino and Richards!
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Better hope after Ws this crew doesn't try to dance, film and repeat -- otherwise, things could turn into a mishmash moshpit.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But there he was again -- in 2021 -- starting and beating the favored Yankees in the Wild Card. There can be no such thing as small samples in the postseason, where one size fits all...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good point -- maybe not better pitchers, but every one of them will be trying their hardest to get him out, as opposed to big leaguers working on a new pitch or delivery clock.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Half a century? I should have clarified, as my research was only for world champs. As Moon posts, Nate was actually better in relief: Two starts, 2-0, 13 IP, 3 earned, 2.08. Four reliefs, 0-1... but 9 IP, 1 Muncy, 0.99.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Eovaldi was an ace in the 2018 postseason: of all hurlers appearing in 6 games and a minimum of 22 innings in a postseason, only two in the first 50 years of the Divisional Era (1969-2018) had a lower ERA, Opponent BA and WHIP – Schilling and Johnson in ’01.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No one here is confused. But it's sunny and warm today in New England and hope springs eternal. The bullpen has to be better, and the defense won't have Franchy at first, Arroyo in RF or Duran in CF. The names have changed on an offense that finished dead last, so it can't get much worse. New leaders could help Casas and Yoshida emerge as solid big leaguers, and it could be fun watching Alfaro blast a few walk-offs. Everybody also knows if the old unreliables in the starting rotation break down early, it could be a disastrous summer. If that happens, there's also a chance the Sox' lone All-Star is Bello. The masses will take that in a rebuild.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why did they agree to give Morton $15M AAV at the same age as Kluber, who had to settle for $10M with their lowly rivals?
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Kluber toiled all year for the Rays, a playoff team, with results that the pitching gurus in Tampa decided didn't warrant bringing him back. That has to be at least curious for Sox fans -- especially for a division rival who has been spending more lately... If Boston's front office is smart enough not to re-sign Wacha, then what does that say about Tampa and Kluber?
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My thinking on Kluber: old guy who was hurt for three years until 2022, when he labored through 164 innings... the recent mileage on his arm may make him more due to break down than Sale or Paxton, whose wings are spicy from marinating before their big comebacks.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    PA posted video on the Globe of Masa launching bombs off soft toss...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It wasn't a bad take, because Kelly looked brutal in the month before the '18 postseason. But he never had trouble spitting at big moments (just ask Ty Austin)... unlike others. edit: not a metaphor, as dry mouth is a symptom of anxiety disorder during fight or flight situations
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