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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This forum is tame compared to posters who respond online to Red Sox articles in the Boston Globe (I paid my dollar for six months). On there, both Old Red and Notin are right: a vast majority of fans want Bloom fired yesterday, and complain daily -- sometimes with humor -- with digs at him, the org, and the writers, who are, after all, employees of Henry (Globe owner)... including Shaughnessy: loathed by many, respected by most, read by all, but never censored for representing old-timers too rickety to cross another bridge year. There is also a small group of regulars who always have to defend themselves for always defending Bloom... so they also exist elsewhere (unless they're the same talksox dudes under different aliases). Bottom line: we all want the Sox to be good again now, and nobody is saying they're ok with a few more years in the cellar.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Of the Big Five SS that were becoming free agents in '21, Correa is definitely the guy I thought was the best player and best fit in Fenway, especially under Cora. He still might be, but I didn't want him at the expense of Bogaerts -- back then I was still hoping X could move to second or third or Raffy to 1B or DH. Correa's non-QO is certainly a factor this winter, and I'll be glad to welcome him to Boston longterm... but I'm sticking with my gut that if Bogey bolts, we'll see a placeholder at short, instead.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Right -- I'm good with most of those guys, but prefer Bogey and Eovaldi to Correa and Taillon. Not that I wouldn't welcome Correa, who's no villain to me. Though as I've said before, a Carlos signing -- for more than what X will get -- could rule out Raffy, as well. Correa could also be more amenable to shifting positions down the road, as he moved to third when he played for Cora in Puerto Rico.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I hope I'm wrong but predict the Red Sox won't sign anyone attached to a Qualifying Offer... including their own free agents. Bloom gave one up to sign Story, and he'll obviously want it back, somehow. Maybe it depends on where the Sox wind up picking in the draft; does anyone know when the new lottery order gets set -- as in, months before or the day of the draft?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not yet. Instead, forum Damage Control contradicts that the Red Sox are a Top Five Spender -- but most of the payroll is dead money from the previous GM. Meanwhile, Henry has Kennedy admit that the current record is on all of them... so doesn't that mean the remaining budget has been spent unwisely? At least thus far...?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hey - no politics on the board, dammit!
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But if the organization didn't really want to spend big bucks on premium free agents this winter, isn't waiting on Bogey the perfect built-in excuse? By the time Boras' clients sign, all the other top talent may have already found new homes. Meanwhile, the impatient fan base should know by now to just get excited about welcoming and watching this year's next diamonds in the ruff.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Counter: so is not surrounding the not-a-rebuild with good enough complements -- including 40-man roster depth -- to stay out of last freaking place.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Absolutely required holiday eating...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not big on reliever ERAs, but I'd say Maton helped Houston in the '21 postseason: charged with one run in 12 games -- a JD Martinez homer. Montero was one of the Stros' big three or four late inning guys in '22 -- and isn't that the definition of an actually good deadline pick-up: a player who will help down the stretch and also beyond. Houston evidently thinks so, agreeing to give him $34.5 million for the next three years... and Montero isn't even their closer or top set-up man (yet). Graveman, meanwhile, hasn't approached his lights-out run with Seattle, and the White Sox are on the hook for a Barnes-like $16M the next two years (neither have been as good since the ban on sticky stuff). Relievers -- the crapshoot of annual investments...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pecan pie and sweet potato pie -- dang, those are some memories of gala feasts visiting my father down south... he had a pecan tree in his yard, and they grew Haymons, which you just can't get up North. Sorry you couldn't connect, but bet you have plenty of yum leftovers...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Appreciate your scenarios, but Bloom might not -- publicly -- as his goal of "sustained contenders" can't include any more cellar dwellers. Schwarbs could rake, but was not a relief pitcher. What I find odd is that this forum may be the only platform in Red Sox Nation where a few posters continue to say Hansel Robles did pretty well in Boston. Yes, he had a really good September in '21, but anyone who thinks Robles saved the season should remember it's because he almost blew it in August, when he was just brutal. And in the playoffs he was entirely unreliable: perfect inning vs. NY, blown save vs. Tampa, lost the first game to Houston. Not to mention 2022 was a total disaster. Come on, guys. Most of us here watch most of the games, even when they're unwatchable.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You've been around almost as much as me, so you know better than to ever assume there'll be another ring -- at least soon. Look at Seattle -- still never been to a World Series, despite a lot of all-timers playing together for the M's in the 90s and 00s. I'll actually be ok with the Red Sox contending and finishing first a few more times and having deep runs in the postseason like '21. The frustrating part isn't losing, but losing to a team like Houston that acquires relievers like Graveman, Montero and Maton at trade deadlines... while Boston adds Robles and Davis. I'll be ok as long as I can keep convincing myself that front office and frontline players care almost as much as the fans do...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You would if you were a big leaguer for another AL East team and got to bat against them.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Depends on the criteria... this could delve into MVP arguments on a team scale. Are the Red Sox the most successful for finishing dead last more times than they won it all? Consistently qualifying for the postseason is a factor, but winning some playoffs has to count, too (as does going 16-2 vs. the Twins, Yankees...). Houston is definitely #1 the past decade, and though it's easy for some to trash the Astros, it also took losing over 100 games three years in a row to get there. New York has won the most games and made the most playoffs, but most of its true glory came at the tail end of the dynasty from the 1990s. No Yankee fan would dispute this. In between are two model NL clubs with the best unis: Dodgers and Cardinals. Both have deep farms they don't decimate when trading for stars others can't afford (like Boston once did, for Pedro and Schilling). LA can also buy anyone it wants, and in this century, has had two losing seasons... but St. Louis has only one. Dodgers won one ring in a pandemic... Cards won two. I vote St. Lou.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Tom also said, never slow down, never grow old. Man, have I aged the past three winters...
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's ok by me, as long as Sam Kennedy's driving a UHaul.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rendon's not a good comp for anyone -- we know it, and the industry knows it. But if he got $38.5M AAV at age 30, then Devers' similar production when he's about to enter his prime should be worth $30M, a valid number in the current market. That's not an unreasonable pay rate for Raffy, even if he moves to first base or DH, since his bat always profiles as elite. Here are the all players in MLB history who had 90 extra base hits in their age 22 season: Joe DiMaggio 96, Rafael Devers 90.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    bb-ref lists him as slighty below a replacement player, but to me, his personality negates the negative.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox need more Strahms... including Strahm.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree with this post, except you forgot the lefty-righty platoon plan of JBJ.2 and Christian Arroyo, the Luis Garcia of dancing rightfielders. Also, before the season, Cora said JD would be playing more outfield. So we were all set. It's not Bloom's fault they all somehow underperformed..........................................................................................
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But not one of the three posters automatically arguing about D acknowledge that Rendon also got paid for what he already did in his previous "prime" years of age 26-29... of which Devers has yet to embark upon.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I am gobbling this up! Now pass me that bowl of relievers; I'd like a couple more slices of set-up men, please...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If I'm Devers' agent, I just keep pointing at Anthony Rendon, whose contract will pay him $38,571,428 for each of the next four years for his ages 33 through 36... ... a slight overpay according to BIV (Baseball INSANE Values), but Rendon got paid -- starting at age 30 -- because of these 162-game averages for ages 26-29: 29 HRs, 112 RBI, 104 runs. Devers' 162-game averages the past four years through age 25: 34 HRs, 114 RBI, 110 runs. Does anyone really think he won't command an AAV of $30M?
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If you agree that Raffy has some maturing to do as a hitter, then he can be even better. His injured hammy in the summer ruined what could have been a career year in '22... look at his splits -- first half: 22 HR, .324, .981; second half: 5 HRs, .249, .713. Even though he was hurt, he just kept swinging from the heels... but it seemed like if he focused on just hitting liners, he could've won the batting title in a year when .316 was the highest average. It still amazes me what he did in obvious pain in the '21 playoffs -- 5 homers, 12 RBIs, 10 runs in 11 games -- swinging the bat with only one healthy arm.
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