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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes -- for Diekman! Addition by subtraction! Bloom is selling and buying. McGuire has a higher dWAR than Vaz this year.
  2. 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...
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not puzzling; MLB teams need three MLB outfielders to play MLB games. Plus, it makes someone else expendable or endable.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never thought for a second that the Dodgers considered Betts a rental when they decided to trade for him.
  7. 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).
  8. 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!
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom is Chief Baseball Officer. But like they asked in Slapshot, "who owns the chief?"
  10. 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.
  11. 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...
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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...
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good post.
  17. 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)
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's easy; there's an entire website devoted to lead Yankee stories and daily articles about the same three future superduperstars. It's called MLB.com.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm skeptical the return for our pending free agents will yield anything shiny, as in highly-regarded by the industry. Most of our trade bait is damaged goods: Nate and JD don't look 100%, Kike's been hurt forever, Wacha-Hill-Strahm, etc. Maybe the best we can hope for are a few hidden gems... Vazquez has more value, but should probably be re-signed since there's no catcher in the system as all-around competent. If the Sox really want to do this right, and land someone legitimate that can be part of the rebuild, they should shop Houck, who would add controllable quality depth to a contender's bullpen.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unless they really tank, forget about a top five draft pick. Don't forget how much better last place in the AL East is, compared with all other sub-.500 teams; right now, the Sox are still better than about half the MLB teams. But there's always hope...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Related to the Beni trade and just how incompetent Franchy has been as a big leaguer, there is also today's quote: “He’s still learning the position,” Cora said. “He hasn’t played too much at first base … When you don’t play good defense, this is what happens.” For those who blame Cora for playing Cordero, it doesn't take much to read-between-the-lines in his commentary. This is the roster Bloom has given him. The major leagues are no place for on-the-job training, and no big league manager should ever have to rely on such a concept. Duran in center, Arroyo in right, Franchy anywhere, etc., etc.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We're not a big market, we're a Boston Market -- where loyal fans with pork bellies are mere orange juicers on a billionaire speculator's list of commoddities.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe we should be more excited there about righty pitchers who show they can consistently keep lefty swingers in that ballpark.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It also makes the Benintendi dump look even worse, since Beni was then earning about a third of what JBJ is owed. But I guess the Franchy trade could prove worthwhile if Winckowski can actually take regular turns in an MLB rotation for a few years, and Beni the All-Star signs for a contract too-rich for Boston Market.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Contrast the free agent slugger the Red Sox let walk to the one they signed instead -- Schwarber: 30 HRs, 125 Ks, .202, .802; Story: 15 HRs, 105 Ks, .221, .713. According to WAR, Story been more valuable: 2.1 WAR to Schwarber's 1.1 WAR (obviously, because of defense). Some may argue they fill different roles, but both were immediately moved to different positions upon joining Boston. Is this partially what Papelbon means when he says the Sox always think they can "outsmaht" MLB?
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