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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If JBJ could be a relief pitcher, then we could stop worrying about way more important Red Sox things than his bat.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What made the Yankees so lovable for me is that for five years they insisted they could win with Sanchez behind the plate and guys like Gleybar at shortstop -- and fans like you agreed, because you weren't being honest with yourselves. Now they finally decide to use real catchers, and an actual defensive player at short, and they're suddenly the greatest team in the history of this century that hasn't won a ring yet.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Here on talksox, no one's interested in saving lives... just games in Toronto!
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I guess this old dinosaur is just exercising his choice to refuse to accept this Red Sox team in the midst of these changing times. When the Red Sox return to the states -- and their freedom crusaders rejoin the club -- I'll still root for all players. But I know inside I can't let myself care as much for this TEAM, knowing there are more games in Toronto on the schedule. It's also bothersome that top contenders like New York and Houston have an edge by choosing to play at full strength in Canada simply by complying with the rules. Bloom and Cora are in a tough spot in this situation, and it won't go away until they address it with changes on the roster. They can't wait it out until it replays itself on the next trip to Toronto. But if they don't assemble an entire team that is all in soon, at least they won't have to deal with any postseason controversies (except how they allowed a playoff berth to slip away).
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Right on both counts. I expected to see Strahm or Diekman, but I'm sure their status (no fans ever know whose arm is loose, tight, sore, off-target, etc. night to night) and match-up reports by everyone from the historians and futurians in the analytics dept, and coaches in the bullpen and on the bench factor into the decision of who to use. Ultimately, though, the Red Sox were dashed by a pastry and a fairy tale...
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I love your poem. But the correct spelling isn't esp, it's reps. Bradley isn't the fastest outfielder in baseball -- and has probably never even been the fastest on the Red Sox -- but he might get the best jump of any outfielder in the world. He was already a star outfielder in college. Duran is still learning the position, and outrunning his non-jumps to catch up to flies with his speed. It's what most ballplayers have always done when first playing outfield. And most professional outfielders are converted from the infield -- we know this to be true, because at every level growing up, the best players are always pitchers who play shortstop when they don't pitch. .. and they bat clean-up (and eventually get elected class president, date the prom queen, and are always taller than you).
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You have registered your opinion. My source, baseballreference.com, lists Manoah at 3.1 WAR, Gausman at 1.1. Manoah leads the AL in pitcher WAR, tied with sweet-singing Martin Perez.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Red Sox are a different team than when they lost 5 of 7 to the Jays in April. Travis Shaw, who hit zero, is gone. Rafael Devers, whose sweet spot expands in the summer sun, is here.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nice contribution to the discussion; I didn't even name them. You think the only Red Sox fans disturbed by this situation are posters on this forum? Do you have an outlook on the actual games in the series and the players participating? I think the Sox are hot enough to still win two out of three. I'm surprised that some Blue Jay stars haven't starred like last year, while unheralded guys are carrying them.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox took care of Cleveland, a good team in a bad division. Now Boston is back playing with the big boys. If the Central isn't the AL Least, the East is at least the AL Most. Toronto is led, of course, by their WAR leader: Alejandro Kirk. We all knew he'd be the best Blue Jay in 2022. Ace pitcher is naturally Alex Minoah, making approximately 30 times less money than Kevin Gausman. And as unusual, Santiago Espinal has more WAR than Chapman, Gurriel, Bichette and Biggio. As for the Red Sox in Canada, I am totally on board with every player who chooses to attend this important series. If your job is to play a team sport, it's that simple. I'll miss no one who refuses to accompany their teammates, because I'm only interested in guys who are all in for their team.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's just like that with us, on this board. Posters are so patient when someone makes a point, because we all know how hard it is to conjugate verbs while dangling our modifiers, sighting stats and always keeping an I on homophones.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This should be a fun series between two AL contenders who have been playing pretty good baseball this month; Boston and Cleveland have the third and fourth-best run differential in the league. Pivetta vs. Quantrill; Winckowski vs. Bieber; Hill vs. Civale. Prediction: one of these games expected to be a pitchers' duel will be a slugfest, while a pitcher with the worse stats will beat a guy with better numbers.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I still consider it a minor miracle -- and already underrated in Red Sox lore -- that so many key guys got sidelined with Covid last summer and they still won 92 and went as far as they did. From August 27 (when half a dozen guys tested positive) through September 8 (Bogaerts' last missed game), Bloom and Cora were somehow able to coax the Sox to a 7-6 record and stay in the hunt. There's a group statue in my dizziness of Arauz, Iglesias, Jack Lopez, Taylor Motter, and Yairo Muniz.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I did type one day. It was Game One of the '65 WS; I mistakenly said Sabbath, but it was actually Yom Kippur. Don Drysdale started instead and lost to Minnesota. Koufax started Game Two and lost that one, too. Then he threw complete-game shutouts in Game Five and Game Seven...
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's all it should be about here. It's not like before vaccines were available, when a president of one country ordered workers back into the close quarters of meat processing plants while a deadly, contagious virus was raging. That could be considered political to some. These are unprecedented times. Someone mentioned Sandy Koufax refusing to pitch on the Sabbath for religious beliefs. That was almost 60 years ago, and he only missed one day -- not an entire series or multiple series. Fans were still ok with Koufax in that World Series, since he still went out and won a ring and the MVP. At least Sox fans have to like Bloom deflecting responsibility away from his players. He noted it was his job to ensure they always had enough depth to overcome any missed games by guys on the roster. It's a tall task, though, to instantly replace the production of both a new closer and leadoff batter. If anyone deserves a break by the fans in this situation, it's Chaim Bloom...
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Something I've been thinking for awhile, especially now that Cleveland is in first place: the AL MVP is Jose Ramirez. Devers has two other star hitters protecting him, and Judge has the Bronx Bombers, the greatest team in the history of this year. Ramirez has Steven Kwan (actually, the shortstop Gimenez is a pretty good player, too). But it's not like MVP voters don't already know the value of Ramirez: Top 6 or better MVP finisher in four of the past five years. We just never hear him discussed in the same breath with Trout, Betts, and all the young NL studs. The Yankee website named MLB.com -- which features daily updates on top NY prospects -- hardly even knows how to spell Gardeeyans.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's bad enough imagining the playoffs; if the Jays are the top wild card team, all their games are home in the first round.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But back then, those guys broke league rules by making unhealthy choices. This is about complying with a country's national law. For some reason, the players' union of one single professional sport is allowed to make that optional. It makes one wonder how many aspiring big league ballplayers never made it because they chose not to get required college vaccines so they couldn't accept athletic scholarships, develop skills, get scouted and subsequently drafted. There must be dozens we never heard of, now dominating slow-pitch softball leagues.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Globe reports Duran won't be playing in the Toronto series because he chooses not to comply with that country's eligibility requirements. But the Red Sox can't replace him with Ryan Fitzgerald, since he's also ineligible. Fitzy -- who has yet to make the majors -- said, "It is what it is." But that's ok with me, because as a loyal fan I choose to root for all players on my favorite team, whether they wear long hair or short hair, or pant legs down to their cleats or rolled up to their knees. It's all about choice -- so what if the rival Yankees and Astros choose to play the Blue Jays at full strength... Our kooky Red Sox will take on the world with one hand tied behind their backs... and they'll even tie it themselves.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't think this a great point -- unless his wife is having babies every other month and maybe during the postseason, or whenever Boston has to travel to Toronto. Besides, I already said trading a guy who refuses to always be available for his team isn't a penalty to me; I just want players on my roster who are all in. As a fan I just want guys i can count on, and I always felt that way about my teammates when I played.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And as baseball fan who cares about his entire team -- any suggestion about trading Houck wasn't to penalize him for his personal choices -- but purely from a fan standpoint: I want guys on my team that I can rely on to play for my team, who will always be available... especially in the biggest games against division rivals. Period.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm with Nick, there's nothing political about this: as Red Sox fans, our only concern is with our team... and there is one key player who chooses to leave the team shorthanded in a big series. The Sox will replace him, but won't be as good. That is just unacceptable to some fans -- maybe a lot of fans -- and there shouldn't be anything confusing about that as fans.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm with those who think chemistry is an actual factor in team sports, not to mention the implications of a key player abandoning ship in an important game or series -- which the Red Sox will play next week in Canada. I loved Sale in his healthy Boston years, and was encouraged by Houck's potential last season. But if I'm running a team or any group working together towards one goal, anyone that's a no has got to go. Houck's value -- especially to NL clubs that aren't as worried about playing Toronto -- and the subsequent trade return, is definitely worth exploring.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's not an unapproved vaccination, either. A lot of these balking ballplayers -- oddly mostly pitchers (check other clubs with similar issues) -- went to college, and presumably chose to get their required shots so they would be allowed to attend classes and play ball. There was nothing political about following the rules of those various institutions.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Where does he belong if Boston plays Toronto in a wild card series in October and the Blue Jays have home field advantage?
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