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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe someone might like to know this (from today's Cincinnati Inquirer): MIAMI – Cincinnati Reds general manager Nick Krall called left fielder Tommy Pham one of the hardest workers he has been around in the clubhouse. “He was really good, very prepared, took his craft very seriously and worked his butt off,” Krall said. “We really enjoyed having him in the clubhouse."
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Trading Vazquez shouldn't be a surprise for any fans who have been following the Red Sox since last winter, when Bloom showed he was ready to move on from Vazquez when it was disclosed there was a deal discussed for Stallings (who instead was swapped to Miami). They weren't going to resign Vaz, so at least they got two lottery tickets for him before he left. I'm not a big Bloom apologist, but at least he's showing he's not just cleaning house, after adding a new catcher and outfielder. If indignant fans could just shut up about the new guys' character flaws -- oh, the horrors -- they'd see that.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    None of the actual baseball players in the clubhouse care in the least about opinions of flawless fans devoid of human imperfections. All they care about with teammates is that they care as much as they do. Pham is highly-regarded as a hard worker who takes winning seriously; it's worth reading quotes about him from people in the Reds' organization.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Obviously, the two-year deal is more desirable when dangling controllable asshats.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Plus, a player to be named later. Bloom is scouring parole reports throughout the system right now...
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No misterdemeanor... disorderly: wasn't doing it right... or maybe too animated?
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For fans who grew up in the nights of drive-in movies, cars and parking lots were never considered part of the public. Maybe convertibles with the top down?
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... both turned 23 this season as Houston's #28 and #29 prospects. Both lefty swingers with promising power.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes -- for Diekman! Addition by subtraction! Bloom is selling and buying. McGuire has a higher dWAR than Vaz this year.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My point is, maybe one of them is "good enough" for a contender to trade for; Verdugo is a proven postseason performer, for instance. Duran can run fast...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not puzzling; MLB teams need three MLB outfielders to play MLB games. Plus, it makes someone else expendable or endable.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't see how Bloom, Henry or anyone can sell tickets for 2023 if the Red Sox don't have at least one new fulltime MLB outfielder. If Kike can't fully heal or isn't re-signed, then they're going to need at least two. They can even be as bad as Mike Greenwell, who for some reason gets absolutely no credit for playing a dozen years in the big leagues with a career batting average of .303 and an .830 OPS.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gee, let's see, since they both play/ed the right side of the infield for Boston, then Story's power bat replaced Schwarber's. Nobody replaced Renfroe's. And all of us that posted last winter expected or demanded Bloom finish building the roster by adding an outfielder who could actually hit, preferably from the right side. We're still waiting.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never thought for a second that the Dodgers considered Betts a rental when they decided to trade for him.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom apologizing to Red Sox fans for not replacing Renfroe's power bat in the outfield? ... but isn't Dombro the exact type of old school GM going for it now that a rebuilder like Bloom wants to take advantage of? Don't be surprised if Eovaldi has a good outing tonight that he isn't also part of a package to Philly with JBJ. And maybe we get a bidding war with the Mets, who'd want Vaz and Nate (to keep him away from the Phils).
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Assuming X and Rafey are off the table... the only way the next two days get really interesting is if Bloom acquires MLB-ready talent, and the only way that happens is if he packages pending free agents with controllable players and/or Red Sox prospects (start with Houck, Duran and Crawford). Otherwise, the names we get for JD, Eovaldi and Vaz will be lower level, and maybe not even make the big leagues for a year or two. And yet the price of parking around Fenway will still go up; even if attendance goes down, they'll find a way to create bigger demand for parking by reducing supply, repainting bigger spaces for gas guzzlers. Hey, someone's gotta pay for the paint, brushes and labor!
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom is Chief Baseball Officer. But like they asked in Slapshot, "who owns the chief?"
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Right. Red Sox fans are mostly ok with a rebuild if it includes exciting young players with upside. But not if Bloom promotes another handful of big whiffers. Dalbec, Cordero, Duran and Downs -- the faces that launched a thousand remotes.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I went to a Double A game the other night, and Barnes broke out. It was the 4th inning -- so low leverage -- and minor leaguers ripped away at his 94 mph fastball. He did hit 97 once... but every breaking ball bounced in the dirt. Still figuring things out...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I have always assumed that every team's PR dept. has a representative posing as a fan posting positives on forums like this. In this age of multi-media misinformation, it would be surprising if they didn't.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Saw Ceddanne in person last night (10 rows behind home plate): hit lasers all over the field. First AB the pitcher got ahead with offspeed stuff, then challenged with a fastball, which Rafaela shot into the stands in left-center. Next two trips were line singles to center, and in his last licks he launched a curve to deep left that was foul. The hurler went back to the fastball, and Ceddanne lined a double to the corner in right. Impressive adjustments. Rafaela also played shortstop the entire game and looked good there. On one play he ran a 60-yard dash to catch a pop-up over his shoulder in left near the foul line. Hope for the near future.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was all in on Berrios, and have also acknowledged that he's a bust this year. So credit to Bloom if he or his office knew something we mere mortals didn't. But I still say proven guys under 30 are the type that builds stability in a rotation... and come on, they're less likely to break down midseason than the comebacking Wachas and Hills... ... unless you have a scout with inside info that the guy is a bad risk, for whatever reason.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yankees better hope Minny does better than this by the deadline. Otherwise, the Twins might not make the postseason. That could ruin New York's entire October...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good post.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gold Glover at second (when my son was 8 and first collected cards, Yolmer was his first favorite player because of the white-framed shades)
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