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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm ok with moving Kike to short if Rafaela makes the team. Verdugo is brutal in center, and reports are Yoshida isn't a great outfielder, either. But every eval of Rafaela is that he's a big league defender right now. His quick-twitch bat might not be ready yet for a steady diet of MLB sliders, but the Red Sox need some quality defense as they attempt to return to respectability. Posters can snort about bringing up not-ready-for-primetimers, but fans of the Dead Sox can really use some youthful exuberance -- not the kind that stand there and watch inside-the-park homers. Plus, Rafaela can run, and baserunning will be a big weapon with the new rules -- especially for teams that can't hit.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox are a bad punchline nationally today. Talking heads on a national "news" show -- which includes both Boston and New York fans -- concur on two points: 1. Sox are operating like a small market team 2. New England fans are very angry The host implored, "What is the plan? Tell us the plan." Another said a lot is riding on the next moves, that better start with signing Devers. A third just said, "Chaim Bloom stole my Christmas."
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No signings are overpays anymore. Working fans have always been obsessed with athletes' salaries since the beginning of professional sports. In baseball, the numbers will always be insane, but good teams always pay good money for good players. Clubs that want to spend less have no choice but to hope their prospects develop into big leaguers. This explains the noticeable lack of multi-player trades, because no GM wants to part with young MLB-ready guys. The A's are going nowhere, but wouldn't trade Murphy to the Cardinals unless they got back both Nootbar and Donovan. Some franchises (and CBOs) may get desperate -- and trades for cost-controlled regulars are where the true overpays will take place. Just hang on to Miguel Bleis...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Just learned that Yoshida's agent is Boras, who we all know loves to shop players for as long as humanly possible to squeeze out every possible penny... ... unless a club totally overpays, like San Diego with Bogey -- or Boston with Yoshida (which is the consensus across the industry). I still like the signing, because a guy who doesn't strike out and consistently gets on base is always valuable -- and nowadays, a rarity. Now Bloom just needs a couple big righty boppers to drive him in (like JD or Xander in their primes).
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Globe story on a stunned Bloom finding out at the airport has really added to the outrage in New England today.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm smaaaht, too.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Does that even exist anymore in the MLB?
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was talking about projected regulars. Won't see him no more. I shouldn't say that -- watch Bloom converts him into a bullpen option or opener.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe not, but all righty prospects could use some BP aiming at the short porch in right in Worcester to get ready for Yankme Stadium.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mayer... Niko!!!!!! Seriously, Nick Yorke may get promoted next summer.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cut off in Sicily by Greg and Tanya on the vespa.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But not fer Gallo, ffs; he's lefty, too! And ferget Conforto, Brantley, Lefty Grove and Lefty Luciano (Lucky's unlucky brother).
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There is no front office. Or back office. Everyone went remote during the pandemic and never returned. The Red Sox are run by a spare bedroom.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Righty bats in Fenway 2023: infield Arroyo, Story; utility Kike. Can somebody please call Rico Petrocelli? Tom Brunansky? Jason Bay? Nick I forgot his last name Vertigo? Don't tweet Manny until after the Bruins play there or he'll slip on the ice and pull a hammy...
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That was because LA was forced to take Price or there was no Mookie. Until anyone working for the Sox at the time ever comes clean, I'll always assume getting rid of Price was a mandate, and maybe the priority.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe there has been too much business sense by the business people who run the business, and can't seem to appreciate the emotional attachments fans have to players -- who are in our living rooms every night for six months (which is more than a lot of other family members). Fans do realize any industry is a business, even one predicated on winning -- but if you're in the business, please just stop giving us the business about how much you care about winning.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Newspaper? These guys don't read anything made out of trees. But he'll surely suffer metacarpal funnel scrolling the stock market on his cell.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My ugh was based on your post of just Casas and Story for power, so a lot depends on who they project to play third base and lead the team in run production.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't tell me he's shell-shocked. If he truly is, he should get canned today. Not even anyone on this board would offer a one-year contract extension to a client of Scott Boras and think that would work. If last Spring wasn't an intentional ploy to prepare Bogey's departure, then the whole front office should be replaced.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ugh -- how can we be Red Sox fans and not look at those options and think right now, this sucks even more than last year. Meanwhile, Chaim and Sam may be celebrating over their mimosas this morning about all the money they just saved.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't see who supplies the offense, especially with any power. Maybe the MLB keeps using the juiceless ball and it will be all about stealing bigger bases, moving runners, and punching hits through unshifted infields.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yup, a hundred million dollars for a guy who's never played a day in the majors. Like Bloom says, the deal has to make sense for the ballclub.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... that's why I said "if all goes according to plan." Do you think for a minute a guy like Dombrowski wouldn't trade them for a Cy Young ace like Alcantara? Of course, Dombro is an older gent, who may feel he's ducking doom more than the younger Bloom (who we now know revealed as the Grim Reaper of Red Sox baseball cards).
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yoshida doesn't strike out -- hype has nothing to do with that kind of hand-eye coordination or batting approach. We've seen enough of all-or-nothing swingers trudge back to the dugout, dragging their bats, rallies and won-loss records behind them.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The devil you ray... In three years, if all goes according to plan, the core of the next sustained contender in Boston will feature guys like Casas, Bello, Mayer and Bleis -- and all will be extended for the same total investment that the San Diego Big Macs just gave Xander Bogaerts.
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