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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Side-by-side with the greatest pitcher in the history of this year, Clay Holmes. C.Homie: 2.0 WAR, 6th on NY, G 36, IP 37, ERA 0.49, WHIP 0.73. Schribes: 1.7 WAR, 6th on RS, G 28, IP 27, ERA 0.66, WHIP 0.66.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gotta love beating the Rays at their own game. Sox never would've won if Crawford started, and Davis relieved in the 6th and 7th. It was so obvious that the seven batters Davis faced in the opening two frames were then totally flummoxed the second and third time through the order vs. Crawford. Someone upstairs nailed it, opting for the left-right contrast of release points, rather than right-left looks. Imagine the results if the bulk guy opened instead, then was forced to get bulky for half a game -- and pushed to qualify for a quality start...
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Strahm, Diekman, Taylor, and not Darwinzon... but Verdugo threw mid-90s in high school.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some posters secretly hope they don't, to spare them a possible Robles "mop-up" in the 9th...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Classic Fourth of July slice of Americana: matinee baseball game, first of a crucial summer stretch, hosting the defending division champs. And toeing the rubber is... your fifth-best lefty reliever. Awesome Davis! 1-2-3.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Everybody raise your hand if you said in March you'd be surprised if any veteran starting pitcher over 30 or any Whitlock post-TJS being converted to a starter would be hurt by July.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom is still negotiating terms with Giles, who will no longer be allowed to punch himself in the head after any crappy outing. What's holding up the trade now is Cora insists for every blown save that he gets to punch either Giles or Bloom in the head.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Needs are similar to a year ago: relief and a bat. But instead of picking up two bullpen guys nobody else really wants, it could be imperative for this month to get a good one like Robertson asap. Schwarber, leading the NL in HRs, probably isn't available again, but it would be nice to land Josh Bell, who is having a better year than Juan Soto in Washington. Or maybe CJ Cron can be packaged with Danny Bard. Bell is 29, Cron 32...
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Instead of looking at numbers, I consider this when evaluating a player's worth: is he worth a top-of-the-market rate for a guy at his position? Right now, besides maybe Correa (who has turned it on lately), it doesn't look like any of the recent big free agent middle infielders are worth their contracts. Disappointments include Lindor, Seager, Semien, Baez, and Story. The problem for the Red Sox is that it's hard to argue that Bogaerts' consistency isn't worth as much as all of those other big money mediocrities.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Spare me the automatic payroll reply. We're way past that here, because we all know part of the "cost" of improving the roster is to trade prospects to make necessary upgrades. The Red Sox supposedly have a wealth of pitching prospects on the fringe of being MLB-ready. If they're not going to promote some of them now -- before 17 straight games vs. Tampa, New York and Toronto -- then Bloom has to think about parting with a few to recruit a few legitimate relief arms.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's what tells us he actually hates Bloom. Cora is very smart: as the front office skimps and saves but still forces bodies on him, he gets revenge by intentionally using those recruits over and over. By exposing their flaws and lack of talent, he also exposes the disingenuous front office, which refuses to pay the costs of adding actual quality.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom Era: 1. 2021 - ya, it pretty much sucked in the postseason, but Barnes was an All-Star closer for half a season, and Whitlock was great in multi-inning set-up. 2. 2022 - brutal, just brutal... and the only thing keeping it out of last place is... 3. 2020. Why? How about because 14 different relievers finished games. That's not a unit, but a never-ending audition. For a last place team (but they're first in the Bloom Error).
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Robles is the kind of guy we will see resurface on MLB lowlights for years, blowing games in another uniform. We won't cheer or laugh at his misfortune, but our skin will still creep...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I could see that scenario for an also-ran or rebuilding club. But for a contender, the stuff of Whitlock just seems more dynamic for multi-inning relief shutdowns in a pennant race than the salad-tossing Hill. But that doesn't mean Hill couldn't be a deadly lefty vs. lefty match-up in a tough spot.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think if the answer to #1 turns out to be a Yes, then #2-5 will also be Yes (because #5 may factor into #2). But if the answer to #1 turns out to be No, then #2-4 will also be No. But then #5 will be a big fat YES.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    July is here, maybe the most interesting month of the season for Red Sox fans. Some quizzical queries: 1). Will they hang in there vs. tough AL East comp? Most SOX fans think so. 2) Will Bloom swing a deal for bullpen help before the deadline -- because Boston needs reinforcements now to survive the month? Probably not, maybe with the answer to the following... 3). Will Whitlock move back to the pen, with the impending return of Sale to the rotation? It would make sense, IF the brass would only stop handling Sale like Swarovski crystal -- and btw, they don't face Baltimore again until September; plus, the O's are better than last year. 4) Will #3 strain Cora's status with upper management, which certainly has had a say in making Whitlock a starter? Or... 5) Will there be a roster-shaking trade that jettisons free-agents-to-be and/or players that choose to be unavailable vs. Toronto?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In Little League, some coaches ban throws to third base, where almost every throw guarantees at least one run scored by the time they are finally fetched and retrieved.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If JBJ could be a relief pitcher, then we could stop worrying about way more important Red Sox things than his bat.
  19. 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.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Here on talksox, no one's interested in saving lives... just games in Toronto!
  21. 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).
  22. 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...
  23. 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).
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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