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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Since this board and most of Red Sox Nation is blasting Bloom these week, this dawned on me: before the deadline, were there ever any players acquired or promoted the past three years to be regulars at their actual pre-Sox positions... or was Chaim and his boys always focused on outsmahting other front offices? I got Renfroe for RF... all the rest were so versatile in their utility, the Sox contrived new spots for them: Dalbec, Chavis, Pillar, Kike, Marwin, Franchy, Schwarber, Iglesias, Story, Verdugo, Bradley (shifting outfield slots isn't abnormal, but three or four guys a year?)... I'm not counting Vazquez filling in at first or second out of desperation.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ahmed is the kind of placeholder shortstop a team needs when rebuilding towards respectability: good glove (two-time GG), inexpensive, and veteran presence -- maybe he could even guide some of the youngsters on how to conduct themselves with professionalism. Omar Navarro should be easier to acquire now that Ozark has finished its final season.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sign me up for your OF and DH options. As for C, I'm still hopeful Bloom lands a bonafide starter, along the lines of Stallings (who they were in on, last winter). It looks like Bloom values a top defensive catcher, and didn't view Vazquez at that level going forward, which I agree with. My only ish is 2B; I don't see moving Story back to SS, since he, himself, said he's not, and because he looked really good at 2B once he adjusted. Some assets of a good second baseman are soft but sure hands, a quick, accurate arm, deft footwork, and decisive instincts, like knowing when to cut relays or catcher throws and fire back to third or home... or even getting jumps and calling pop-ups down the line between the first base bag and the right fielder. Do any of those qualities read, sound or look like Jarren Duran? I know he played 2B in college, but is it possible one of the reasons he was moved to the outfield was because he was a bad infielder?
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    !!!!!! Was this post just typed by a fan of a team whose highest-paid player is not just snakebitten, but whose entire body is made out of snake food: rodent nests, frog lilypads, snips and snails and puppy-dog tails...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ask any Dodgers fan or put anyone in LA's front office on a polygraph, and they'll all rejoice and admit that they traded Verdugo, a button and a bottle cap for 12 years of Mookie Betts. It will be the same thing if the Sox trade Devers. His new team that gladly swaps a 12-pack of empty (but redeemable) Coors Light cans and two eBay re-packs of 1990 baseball card commons for one year of Raffy wouldn't even be dealing if they didn't intend to make it a entire decade of Raffy.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good to see you're coming around on front office meddling, since it never made sense that a manager wouldn't want to put his players in the best positions to succeed this year -- the one he's actually in charge of -- and not worry about weakening his bullpen by stretching someone out to be a starting pitcher for next year.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... starting in the offseason, when all of us here waste too much time speculating and wishing and hoping for significant roster changes and upgrades that won't happen... and instead, will yawn at a new group of retreads added to the rotation and bullpen that will inevitably get hurt, and hurt the club's standing as a result.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I suspected the location was Heartbreak Hill on the Marathon route. But you make a good point; that time of day there had to be entire Big Foot families roaming the streets taking cellphone vids. Plus, at least one or two UFOs would've posted surveillance tapes of the mid-day ride of Chris Severe on social media by now.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Alright, take it easy big fellas. My commentary has always been that a lame reason not to pay Mookie was his size, when Judge and Stanton were hurt every single year since 2018 -- except this one.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This would be ok, but only if they change the name of the position from catcher to misser. However, Bloom knows better than to call him son, so Duran can't say he's always in his eyes.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He may be moot, but he's not Mook. Judge's body is just too big, and therefore too prone to break down early in life, like Andre the Giant.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Disagree -- I remember Bloom specifically say before the season they still needed an outfield bat. Assuming he wasn't lying, he either didn't want to pay the cost or wasn't allowed to... ... and that either/or basically encapsulates half the bickering on this board the past four months. However, if your go-to is always "We're Number Six!" -- be aware there's a lot of post-deadline media complaints about Bloom deciding to stay over the luxury tax threshold with a last-place team.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I googled the odds of snakebite. This was the first hit: "Even using the highest estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of 8,000 annual snakebites per year, the odds of you being bitten are 40,965 to one." Rounded off, that's 41 thousand to one... #41 -- Chris Sale's number.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I heard from someone who wasn't there because he doesn't exist that Sale wiped out when a big screen TV suddenly ran across his bike path.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gotta say this about Dombro -- he always deals for legitimate big leaguers to fill needs and improve his club. He's barely ever looking to outfox another GM to land a young, unproven player his people tell him could have promise (maybe because he never listens to his people). Cashner was a miss -- but he was 9-3 with a 3.83 on a last-place team when the Sox got him.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All your words ring true. I can't feel sorry for Bloom, though, because in my opinion he is merely doing his job, fulfilling the reasons he was hired for. I do hope he does turn into Friedman some day... so when Ceddanne becomes the next Mookie, Bloom locks him up for at least 8-10 years.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But Bloom has said several times his goal is to produce sustained contenders. Freidman's Dodgers made it to five LCS and three WS in seven years (in the midst of eight straight first place finishes in LA). Fans in So Cal don't have much to complain about (except maybe when the front office orders line-up or pitching changes... then again, it can argued the front office guys are the reason for so much sustained success).
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Keep the faith; I keep hearing the Sox' schedule is only going to get tougher down the stretch -- they're going to play against Major League teams!
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The main issue with this conglomeration of abomination is defense. Fans have grown (groan) to accept strikeouts as a big part of modern offense. But good defense can make mediocre pitching tolerable; bad defense makes mediocre pitching lose. Bad D is also more deplorable to even casual fans. Not everyone truly believes he can hit 100 mph pitching, but anyone thinks he can "catch the freaking ball." Confusion in Red Sox Nation is dangerous to those entrusted with the brand name. Recruiting Story and Bradley to improve the defense was a viable plan, because D is the first and easiest route to respectability. But cutting JBJ amidst half a line-up that can't hit just weakens the roster even more. At least Jackie could do one thing well. Jarren Duran isn't yet a three- or four-tool player. It's not his fault the Sox chose to promote him to the big leagues where he could learn to be one. But before it's too late, someone needs to teach him the professional part of being a pro athlete.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mama Casas
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    KC actually waits to make sure a guy knows how to play baseball at the MLB level before promoting him. The Royals think it makes sense for ballplayers to learn the game in the minors.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This may be the only post this game I disagree with.: did you know that in 2011, playing for California, Nick Pratto lined a walk-off hit to beat Japan and win the Little League World Series? That's the entire world (that plays baseball), not just a title that pits the AL vs. the NL...
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    On the job feigning
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Again, I think the Sox are better now -- on line-up cards -- than before the deadline. Q: can Bloom offer Eovaldi a qualifying offer, thus basically guaranteeing a draft pick? Maybe the straddling-the-fence strategy was to see if they could stay competitive through October, then get something back next summer that they trusted more from their own evaluators, rather than take what was being offered in trade at this deadline.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Bello doesn't make the starting rotation out of ST, he'll be there by mid-season. Too many Sale/Paxton/new inexpensive rehab signings being counted on, once again, not to have major breakdowns, as usual. The young shall inherit the future...
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