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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Of the rotation and bullpen listed, all but Bello, Pivetta and Schreiber are coming off injuries, surgeries or Barnes issues. Fortifying the pitching staff with big leaguers has to be the priority. We already know a line-up with All-Star hitters like X, JD and Raffy can finish dead last without pitching. Sign Rodon, Montero and Eflin while they're still available.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If they let Devers become a free agent, a year from now will be a rerun of the same pretensions they're now spewing about Bogaerts, as he heads out the door. Where is the love? Somewhere warmer...
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Depends: in a Florida instructional league game, a simulated game vs. rehabbing batters or in a bullpen?
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not prepared (and seriously doubt Bloom is, either) to deal either Rafaela or Bleis period -- not to mention in addition to Yorke and a pitching prospect; especially not for one position player. The only way I'm emptying the farm -- and besides Mayer, all those guys are the best in the system -- is for Alcantara or another ace starter in his mid-20s. And when's another time BTV is this relevant? Are Gonzalez and Duran really an overpay to the Marlins for Pablo Lopez and Garcia's contract?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A's are ready to deal Sean Murphy, a #1 catcher that can spearhead a rebuild. BTV accepts a trade of Yorke, Houck and Schrieber... but instead of the latter (a reliever coming off his first good year who will be 29 at the start of 2023), maybe the A's would instead prefer Walter -- the Sox' #2 pitching prospect. A new team will acquire Murphy this winter.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why does this quote always seem to sum up the entire pitching staff? Here's the thing about upgrading the bullpen: the Red Sox need to acquire at least two relievers who were legitimately good in 2022 -- not guys who were once good closers and are now bad to mediocre; not guys who are coming off injuries or operations; and not guys -- please -- who were never good, but someone in some office analyzing some graph has data to show they might be good... someday. The new Red Sox relievers don't necessarily have to be called "closers," since those are the most expensive of relievers. But having a lockdown set-up man or two at the back end, in the 7th and 8th innings; would've made the difference in four or five more wins last season -- and at least a winning record. This is a last place team we're discussing. Boston needs to get back to respectability before it can actually get serious.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Throw me up for that ughfest.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If a budget-conscious CBO is considering giving Nimmo $100+M for 5 years, isn't Benintendi a much better value? Beni -- not Nimmo -- was an All-Star and Gold Glover the past two seasons. Andrew is also two years younger...
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Better hope the first four words of the rumor aren't because of the last three.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Tryptofans worrying about or even staying awake for any sports after Thanksgiving is pointless.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I should have said since they both left New York... Gray has pitched in 92 games. Paxton has pitched in one. But I won't argue health. It's probably the story with every pitching staff since the beginning of time... yet it somehow with Bloom rotations it seems like an even bigger factor than talent and potential. Hell, when I was healthy, even I was much better (at a few things, anyway).
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Paxton never seemed better than "medium upside, high no-side" (or "hide and go seek)." He's not even Sonny Gray... or Sonny and share. Definitely not Santino, who at least made it to the tollbooths on the causeway.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ya, this winter may be more important than ever for Bloom that any pitchers he acquires, actually, you know... pitch. 2022 pitchers starting a minimum of 25 games -- Houston: 5, Boston: 2 (Pivetta and Hill). Past Red Sox rotations -- 2021: 3, 2018: 3, 2013: 4, 2007: 3, 2004: 5, 1986: 4, 1975: 3, 1967: 1 (Jim Lonborg, who started 39).
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If fangraphs numbers materialize, would Red Sox fans rather have deGrom at 3 for $141M or Rodon at 5 for $120M? Each have injured histories and could become Sale contracts at any second. If I had to choose, I'd take Rodon because of the AAV -- $24M is basically half of $47M for deGrom -- which would be a lot better for a rebuilding team's budget. Also in 2023, Rodon will be 30. deGrom will be 35 -- or two years older than Nathan Eovaldi.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was going to use the quarter on a scratch-off.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dang-yo, Walter is already 26, will turn 27 in September... who's got a quarter?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Will Cohen please go so far over the tax threshold that his penalties can pay what Henry will owe in taxes so Bloom can actually sign some good big leaguers this winter?
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... which led to what is now infamously known on talksox as Huffy's Cliff. (not to be confused with Duffy's Cliff, which gave Fenway fans a literal standing room view -- on the field -- in front of the Monster for the first 20 years or so of the park). The first-half of the latter featured the legendary outfield of Duffy Lewis-Tris Speaker-Harry Hooper, which was intact from 1910-15. Hooper, of course, is the greatest Red Sox winner in history with four World Series rings ('12, 15, 16, 18) and the all-time leader in outfield assists for a rightfielder with 333, 78 more than runner-up Roberto Clemente. Gotta wonder how many of those Hoop assists were force-outs at first base on would-be singles in the shallow deadball days...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not bad: a little more than Bloom signed Diekman for... or around what he couldn't stomach to pay Benintendi that brought us the Franchy Error.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I like the effort, but I gotta have a slightly better return for both my #2 and #3 pitching prospects... at least, for the reason that some evaluators are saying this is the best crop of arms at the top of the Sox system in quite sometime. Are Walter and Murphy at least better prospects than Winckowski and Seabold?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The point for Red Sox fans -- especially this winter -- is that we shouldn't have to hope the guy in charge of assembling the roster in Boston has to find a steal or get lucky when recruiting ballplayers.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Without listing every salary of the 40-man, who besides Sale is due a ton of money on the '23 Red Sox? Is there any dead money still on the books (Price, Pedroia, Manny, Bobby Bonilla etc)?
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I have little hope he'll swing all the necessary moves in the next few months to make that much of a difference for the 2023 team... ... but that doesn't mean we don't have a lot of work to do: posting unreasonable trade proposals and suggesting expenditures that only big market franchises can afford. The real frustration with the Bloom Era includes all those posts within reason that responsible typists have been submitting since the Fall of 2019. Like, how many teams do guys like Brad Hand and David Robertson have to pitch for while the Red Sox keep choosing the Robles, Diekmans and Familias of the bullpen gutters? The answer is 9 or 10 so far (if you count the Olympics) combined for Hand and Robertson -- who were good enough to pitch in this year's World Series.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Baker Street -- now that's a good one to have stuck in my head. Just last month my son and I heard it on Sirius 26 while driving to baseball practice. I admit, I turned up the V with each sax riff... underrated guitar solo at the end, too.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Give Bloom credit; he just saved Boston another approximate $120M by not overpaying to recruit Diaz and his trumpeeter...
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