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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    St. Louis has too many young hitters; perhaps they can be persuaded to shed some for young pitching... Houck, Gonzalez and Duran for Lars Nootbar, good RF with some pop and a .340 OBP. However, Bloom may prefer the more versatile Brendan Donovan, who plays infield and outfield; his .394 OBP was fourth in the big leagues, behind Judge, Yordan and Soto. But if the Cards insist on Donovan instead of Nootbar, the Sox must demand they throw in Juan ("Gone") Yepez...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I like his righty power better at Fenway than Nimmo's lefty stick. The latter's D has improved (still a career negative dWAR), and Haniger is a good rightfielder. If Bogey leaves, I'd sign them both, for CF and RF... Spotrac lists their combined AAV under the $30M that Bogey wants.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    WAR is incomplete for pitchers because it doesn't track those who can actually throw to a base and those who can't... (every Red Sox pitcher is a POW).
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bogey, Haniger, a real MLB closer and an ace pitcher. Boston has to get a top starter asap, whether they're going for it or not. Luis Castillo cost Seattle a ton of prospects, but they signed him longterm, and now have a legit starting rotation locked in for the next five years of contention. The Ms could afford to lose a few minor leaguers, because they already have youthful future stars in the line-up. Castillo threw 76 pitches yesterday 97 mph or harder, more than any pitcher has thrown in an outing since pitch-tracking began in 2008.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Top WAR Integration Era 1947-2022 (bb-ref; rounded off) 1. Bonds 163 2. Mays 156 3. Aaron 143 4. ARod 118 5. Henderson 111 6. Mantle 110 7. F.Robinson 107 8. Schmidt 107 9. Pujols 102 10. Morgan 100 11. Yaz 97 12. Mathews 96 (most underrated HOFer?) 13. Ripken 96 14. Musial 95... (The Man could play in any era) 15. Clemente 28. Williams 77 (him, too... and we know he'd be close to the Top 10 if he didn't serve a second time in the military)
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even a Blind Chicken Finds a Kernel of Corn Now and Then
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I have had the same thought. Trades often involve positions of depth. I'd also keep Rafaela because he's already the system's best defensive player. Maybe he won't have a repeat Mookie extra base hit season, but good defense doesn't go into slumps (and having solid D is the quickest way for pro teams to regain respectability). I also think he'll be in Boston sooner than most predict, depending on how much infield Kike has to play.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It all depends on one's definition of "worth it." If you asked a hundred Red Sox fans at the end of the '21 regular season if they thought signing Kike Hernandez for $14 million after he hit .250 was worth it, what do you think the majority would say? What if you asked them after the postseason, when he hit .408 with four doubles, one triple and five homers in 11 games?
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    29 of 30 teams that don't win the final game of the World Series could say their season was all for naught. But for fans of clubs who go deep in October, I'll bet they enjoyed the ride. Red Sox fans did last year and didn't even get out of the AL. As for the payroll, forget the dead money owed Price and any others (I won't even count Sale, with his whopping 5.2 IP), but how much did Bloom pay out for actual new player additions -- Wacha, Hill, Diekman, Paxton's gym shorts, etc? That to me, is the accurate guage of whether a franchise is sincere: how much are they spending that year and on whom? And the luxury tax can't be an excuse this season, since they went over and chose to stay over.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm in between, but as stated plenty of times they have to start investing in star players again (and that could include extending their own). Even if they think Bello can develop into a #1 or #2, they can't wait around for a few years without acquiring an established ace to transition back to respectability. And at trade deadlines, if the team is winning and in contention for a postseason, it should deal for quality to improve areas of need. MLB clubs are in the business of entertainment, and owe it to customers and employees to provide the best product -- and not take for granted they'll have a shot every year (or a better one, next year). The end of last June was the worst front office inaction -- coming off a winning month, we all could read the upcoming schedule for July. Bloom interns will blame it on injuries, but before the ILs we all saw that the Sox had blatant roster holes to fill. Unfortunately, instead of acquiring actual big leaguers, they chose to rely on obviously inferior minor leaguers. That turned off a lot of viewers and TV sets.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Having five or six big leaguers in the starting pitchers will stabilize the club, but the Red Sox nor anyone will actually contend for a ring unless they have a #1 and usually a #2 at the top of the rotation. And it doesn't matter if the roster is a last-place group, the change has to begin with an ace. You fill in other needs and positions around your pitching staff. There's nothing wrong with adding a stud pitcher asap, whether it's Rodon this winter, Gausman last winter or whoever becomes available. All the playoff teams continually add quality pitching; even the Braves with their wealth of young homegrown starters signed Charlie Morton for depth.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So who is the coveted free agent for 2024 that will make it time to go for it -- Josh Hader?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Better get used to Kike; he may be the shortstop in 2023.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom and Co. are backed into a corner -- the one where the cellar door leads into the garage, and off into the sunset. The mouthpieces have told the Nation they're going to spend and be way better in 2023. A bunch of Garrett Richards guys or even veteran comebackers like Wacha and Hill just aren't going to do it this winter.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed, and even though a 5-year contract for a pitcher usually ends up as an albatross, let's face it: there's no way the Sox are going to get an ace to sign in Boston unless they offer the same years or more from other contenders. Let the trades begin. One issue: Bloom's history is he takes forever to swing a swap, but maybe it's time to identify targets and get them, before someone else does.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just a phrase; what it really means for Judge to play for the enemy is that the Yankees would no longer have him on their side. That would weaken New York considerably, but Boston would also have to anticipate a slip in production since he'd no longer get to feast off Red Sox meatballers. In regards to the former: back when Steinbrenner signed Luis Tiant, even with his career winding down, there was definitely a demoralizing effect in the Sox' clubhouse and throughout the Nation. I'd still rather Bloom spend on Rodon, Diaz and Haniger on 5-year deals.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The case for signing Judge: homers, rightfielder, stick it to Yankees. The case against spending $300+ million on a 30-year old: tons of strikeouts -- 202 per 162-game average; Sox fans happy to no longer see JD flail at sliders down-and-away be careful what you wish for, because Martinez never fanned more than 150 times in Boston... plus, Story is here for four more years... Schwarber, another all-or-nothing whiffer, is not, but his contract was only for four -- imagine Boston watching Judge the next decade as his bat slows. Then there are the injuries: Judge has only played two entire seasons without missing time with physical issues... does anyone think his muscle tissue will become less brittle as he ages? A competent CBO can certainly find better ways to invest $300M on more players plural for less years committed, especially in the middle of a rebuild to contention. Or just extend Devers, who is five years younger.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Schreiber is suddenly valued at a 24.2 on BTV -- the Red Sox' most valuable non-rookie trade chip besides Whitlock and Devers. Wouldn't a team in rebuild almost have to sell high on a guy like that, meaning someone who's been kicking around in the pros for almost a decade, playing for nine different teams, before suddenly arriving as a solid big leaguer at age 28? The question smarter men than us need to answer: did he just have a career year or did he find something that will propel him to All-Star status for the next decade?
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Berti led the big leagues in stolen bases this year, so he'd definitely be on the radar of a smart club preparing to exploit the new speed rules. For that same reason I doubt the same front office would give up Rafaela, who can also provide wheels soon, but at minimum wage. Yorke and Jimenez and it's a deal.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wait - what? Who forgets Kike's postseason heroics -- from coast to coast?!?!? He Arozarenaed the AL playoffs just last year... after blasting three home runs in LA's pennant clincher in 2017. Hernandez' shirt sales were repeatable, too; his jersey was the Dodgers' best seller before they traded for one year of Mookie. How clutch can a guy be who gets a Miss Universe to marry him?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... for my posts -- or others that keep typing about this offseason that will define Chaim? Can we really trust a guy with silent letters in 40% of his name?
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Where you been, man? The Red Sox just nabbed catcher Caleb Hamilton from the Twins... although unfortunately they had to DFA Almonte, a guy they valued more than Plawecki, when he got cut. Hamilton should fit right in with what they're looking for; mixed in among his 60.9% K-rate in '22 was his one hit -- a home run! This is a good sign for fans convinced this offseason would see the end of Bloom's dumpster diving. We be bolstered.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Can't help but wonder if the big misses were maybe the pitching coaches and/or developmental staff that worked with Springs and Perez in Boston.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Now that's an under the nadir deal.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So move a Tampa Ray North.
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