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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ok, then I'll take Bello over Paxton in the rotation since he's pitched twice as many games and has twice as many Ws the past three years (in the bigs). Then again, Bello is a good bet at this point to double up on Paxton again in just '23 alone. Unless Sale runs him over on his stationary bike or hits him with a big screen TV.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Statistically. It just depends on which stats fit the narrative. One can argue against any cold, hard stats, but here are some facts from 2022 (not 2017): WAR -- Wacha 3.3, Kluber 0.7 W-L -- Wacha 11-2 for a last place team, Kluber 10-10 on a playoff team ERA -- Wacha 3.32, Kluber 4.34 (that's like... a run per game) WHIP -- Wacha 1.115, Kluber: 1.213 H9 -- Wacha 7.8, Kluber 9.8 Even if those numbers don't show a clear edge, age might make Wacha, 30, more attractive than Kluber, 36. The Red Sox could use them both, anyway, when their other old and/or injured starters inevitably break down again.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... in those time frames, more frustrated in '21, because Bloom didn't add the necessary bullpen pieces that would've given the Sox the best chance to go all the way. There were a lot of good relievers on the block changing teams at the deadline, but Bloom's MO was to wait until they were all dealt to other contenders and pretenders, and then acquire Robles and Davis at the last minute. ... by the deadline in '22 it was too late to really give a crapshoot, because we all knew the time to make moves for reinforcements was at the very beginning of July, to replace injuries or upgrade holes before the looming killer schedule.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The lunatics won't be on the grass, but in the seats. Or they'll be on edibles.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My beer mug is also half-full, but only because I had to chug half after looking at a rotation of past-their-primetimers and converted surgery comebackers. I'd argue that they're still a last-place AL East team even if they add Wacha, who was just plain better than Kluber last year... but of course, Klubes, 36, at $10M is a lot better value than Wacha, 30, for $30M -- which he's surely anticipating, at least, for a three-year deal in this market. Wacha deserves it, anyway, after leading the AL in shutouts (1).
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He's too short. You'll see. Wait until he turns 25.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It is a sad season indeed when the best trade your bossman makes in the summer is to dump a guy who sucked that he himself recruited and wasted money on in the spring (cough, Diekman).
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Sox needed another legit starter going into the season for depth when any or all of the three veteran health risks Bloom added got hurt again. You and I both demanded it. But our posts must have been at night, when Bloom's petals closed up because of the cold frosty air.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm assuming you mean the deal would add a young, controllable MLB starting pitcher. Otherwise, I don't see how losing your three best starters, plus an All-Star Silver Slugger shortstop -- and downgrading with lesser players -- could be considered winning anything.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    People trying to make sense of Bloom's signings this winter might have this one right: He picked up four relievers to turn into more prospects at the trade deadline next summer. Hopefully, the strategy will be not to overuse and burn out Martin, Joely and Mills before August. There doesn't seem to be as much risk about Jansen, who's used to closing out victories.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Until Bloom somehow unleashes an unlikely multi-team multi-player blockbuster that says goodbye to Devers, Pivetta, Houck and Verdugo (his only touchable MLB trade chips), and lands a return that miraculously transforms this abysmal roster into an overnight sensation, the direction is clear: They're all out. It's Lose Now Mode.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Four? Two old guys and two recent surgically-procedured young guns. Apparently, the Sox valued Eflin more than Eovaldi, offering the Rayward one the biggest reported pitching contract of the Bloom Era. I was in on Eflin early, but as a late-innings option, after seeing him in that role in the postseason. The one word to describe Boston's offseason that I'm seeing more lately is confusing.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Glove it.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Scratch Rich Hill off the list to replace himself or two other starters missing from the rotation. He just signed with another last place team. Go Pirates!
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All good suggestions. I don't why Iglesias isn't also an option; he really fit in down the stretch in '21, and was almost like a player-coach for Cora -- especially, when ineligible for anything but cheerleading in the postseason.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree, and while I'm not crying over Bogey, it would've been nice to replace him with another good player. There were several available, but the costs were prohibitive -- or antithetical to the long-range plan -- for this regime. I get that, but still find it unacceptable that the front office left the roster woefully incomplete last season and is doing the same thing this offseason (as far as idling, whilst many, many viable candidates find new homes with actual contenders). Especially when they're still trying to pretend they're trying to win the World Series.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't blame the fans for doubting the plan. It sucks to come in last place, and then lose your best players and not even replace them before the next season. Why would anyone look forward to that? Part of the outrage about Bogaerts is that fans invested in watching every game -- and reading and writing about the Sox year-round -- now rightfully fear we'll also lose Rafael Devers. The only goal isn't to just win rings, because that's unreasonable (and elitist). Fans want to be entertained, and cheer for their favorites -- who are hopefully forming the core of an improving ballclub. Most don't give a damn about a GM or CBO who's clever enough to recruit low-cost players who are merely functional.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox are incredible.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I've seen Koss at shortstop in Double A; not bad. Goodrum in 402 career MLB games: negative dWAR. Not good.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not a chance; the medicals are a perfect excuse not to pay Correa. Bloom rejected medical reports on Brudstar Graterol, who in the past three years in LA has pitched in over 100 games -- more than twice the MLB games played by Downs and Wong combined.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Music soothes the savage breast. Anyone noah song?
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MVP just cut his wrists with braiser lades.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Who is even the starting shortstop for their Triple A team? You know, the guy who may have to be promoted to fill in when our MLB shortstop we don't even have goes onto the IL? If it's Rafaela (whose name, at least, seems inevitable to evolve into the next Raffy), ok -- then play him there all year. But what's the point, you may ask, if Mayer is moving up soon? Then we'd need Ceddanne to man CF. I've seen Rafaela play short and center in person, and he's pretty good at both. Versatility may be overrated by Bloom, though... since we all remember Marwin with the bat or how bad Franchy was anywhere on the field.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's a thad, thad, thad, thad ward.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sung to the beat of If I Only Had A Brain: I would pitch in Oklahoma If Yoshida hits a homer Or we'll face the Old Red's wrath Kike moving to the infield Makes the Red Sox team way better If we only had a staff...
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