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Everything posted by 5GoldGlovesOF,75

  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I blame our bipolar society, and always on twoselves! ... and all the tripolars and quadpolars, who are into self-swapping.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If we weren't idle, we wouldn't have time to speculate!
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is what it comes down to. We've all seen how hapless the Red Sox are when their best players don't have great games... or even have bad games, like last night. The supporting cast just isn't... When the role players have big nights, they score 16 runs or hit pinch-hit triples or walk-off grand slams. But Franchy is not a first baseman, and can't cover up the fact that this roster is incomplete, and filled with mediocrity. It's June and we're 50 games in.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Then rename your Tear Down thread to Build Up (but don't assume it will be better, if forces in power with other agendas in the org refuse total approval).
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Any big market ballclub would love to have the best young hitter in baseball leading its core of sustained contenders. Why pick on our CBO, just because his name rhymes with Prime Doom?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At least here we don't continually make crap up that viewers automatically believe as gospel -- mainly, because there are several stat checkers ready to immediately disprove any kind of false data-driven decisions. We're all allowed opinions regarding issues like the bullpen, but facts are facts, and no one really knows if Whitlock's best role is as closer. We do know that the Red Sox were a first-place team through the first half of 2021 with Whitlock as a set-up man and Barnes as an All-Star closer... In '21, Whitlock's ERA in the 8th inning was 0.56, while in the 9th it was 2.89. For OPS allowed: .544 in the 8th vs. .797 in the 9th. Then again, he was also better in the 6th inning than he was in the 7th (source: bb-ref splits). Moon's long post is right on about the Red Sox needing to recruit defined pen men for at least the 7th, 8th and 9th... which even pitching coach Dave Bush recently agreed was ideal (hint to roster-building CBOs).
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My bad on the plural form. She is a rare optimist, but 10-15 minutes per week are probably a safe limit when all your star players strike out swinging at balls in the dirt on the same night against the worst team in the majors.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some posters may dismiss this as irrational rantings, but all perspectives are fresh reminders of the rationality of grown men and women who choose to spend their free time typing opinions on a board called Talksox about professional athletes getting paid millions to play a kid's game ...
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And despite your other posts about 2021, the Red Sox bullpen also stunk last postseason. It's the main reason Boston fell two wins short of the World Series. Virtually every reliever got lit up, so much so that Cora had to try using starters as closers. Both dramatic walkoff wins vs. Tampa were made possible because the pen coughed up late leads. The Sox bats were shut down at the end of the ALCS, but Boston could've won the first four straight if the bullpen didn't lose two of them. The turning point in Game Four came after they blew another late lead and Cora tried using Eovaldi at the end. He lost, they lost, and the team that made deals for actual good relievers at the trade deadline won the pennant. Then the club with the best bullpen won it all.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They have some good prospects and a need for a starting pitcher... maybe Wacha, Hill or Eovaldi would enjoy a pennant race by August.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I still don't see the difference in the full season... Turner signed a contract with LA for '22, Betts was under contract for '20 when he signed, so isn't that also an extension? I made my point about Price -- he was never Scherzer, only paid like him.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You mean the 64 combined regular season and postseason games that LA got from Trea Turner in 2021... ... compared to the 64 combined regular season and postseason games that LA got from Mookie Betts in 2020.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... a Betts-type position player (though not as good), plus a pitcher on a Price-type contract -- but one who actually earned it. LA also threw in a better catching prospect than Connor Wong. And we're still paying Price not to hang around Boston. Grrrr...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I actually had the same order as you. But I do think a mutual understanding is coming with X-man, and that he'll be open to showcasing his skills for a contender if it comes to that.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What's more realistic in the next two months: 1. Bloom will ship prospects for a closer... 2. Bloom will receive actual prospects for JD, Eovaldi and Wacha -- who may never have more peak value, this high, again... 3. Bloom will get what he can for Kike, Vazquez, Hill, and anyone else on a one-year contract... 4. Bloom will land a really good prospect for Xander Bogaerts...
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All we are saying, is give Bloom a chance. By this summer's deadline, he will have traded in all his chips -- except, hopefully, not Devers. All Bloom has to do is land one Joe Ryan or one Yordan Alvarez to come out ahead. The only issue in acquiring a guy like Yordan as a teenager is that it will probably take him another three or four years to make it. Some countries change presidents every four years.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's totally excusable if you're not good enough.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If we try stepping away from team-building from the perspective of fans -- who want to win now (especially those of us who may not have the luxury of a lot more tomorrows) -- and look at it from a front office standpoint... ... the next two months presents perhaps the greatest opportunity in Chaim Bloom's master plan to recruit, secure and supplement a legitimate core of what he hopes will soon be a sustained contender in Boston. That is, unless he decides to trade Rafael Devers with a year of control left next winter.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Starting to sense the answer to various posts and thread questions that can be paraphrased with: "Why is so-and-so still on this team?!?!" A: Showcase... In the next month, no matter how many games the inconsistent Red Sox eek over or fall short of .500, expect a lot of MLB scouts in attendance. With more playoff berths than ever before, July will be a seller's dream.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nick, you're ok. Who's telling you Sawamura isn't a journeyman? His journey has spanned around the world, from the Far East to the East Coast; he's thirty-freaking-four years old already!
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's not just Cora -- Hill has been getting hosed since Dave Roberts yanked him with a one-hitter in the 7th inning of a World Series game after he struck out Eduardo Nunez. Even the then President of the United States of America questioned that one...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... unless someone makes a godfather offer... from which -- we'd have to assume -- the acquiring club would receive that missing link to put them over the top and secure a title. Sox probably aren't quite there, yet. Then again, what was the single biggest reason Boston fell two wins short of the pennant last year? (those who think "no offense the last three games" let earlier images of grand salamis obscure bad memories of the biggest weakness)
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... unless we're waiting on Sale to step in and be the savior... subjugating all Machados down to one knee, while closing out the Ws.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So basically, the reason I encouraged the Margot-Kimbrel posts is because it's time now for Bloom to fortify the roster with an actual quality closer. We all know even some of our hottest hitters will cool off eventually, and we'll start losing more games again because of the inadequate bullpen. Trade from prospect strength -- whatever the Red Sox deem that is -- it may be a big bat, like Binelas or Jordan or Kavadas or Northcut... or it may be a starting pitcher from Portland or Woo; if not, promote one into the rotation and send someone good to the back end... or see if the rook can relieve, then slowly transition him into high lev. If Bloom doesn't make a serious move in the next month, it means the Red Sox will most likely be sellers before August -- because this roster will be exposed in July playing the Yankees, Rays and Blue Jays 17 games in a row.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    One of the problems is every year salaries always go up (unless there's collusion), so it's inevitable that eventually someone not as good as Mookie will sign for more than Mookie. It's not all about respect; a parent has to be able to afford the cost of baby formula... Devers at his age and his level of accomplishments already deserves a top of the market paycheck. Somebody will definitely give it to him, and if it's not Boston, a lot of Red Sox fans won't be thrilled to see the savings spent on other players with lesser abilities.
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