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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB Channel panel called out the Red Sox for "not acting like a big market team." Yonder Alonzo did a thorough segment on why the Sox should lock up Devers. Dan Plesac made a great case for overpaying to keep Bogaerts. MLB extra base hits, 2019-2022: 1. Devers 264, 2. Semien 248, 3. Ramirez 244, 4. Alonso 241, 5. Freeman 239 MLB shortstop WAR 2018-2022: 1. Bogaerts 23.4, 2. Turner 22.9, 3. Lindor 21.8, 4. Correa 21.1, 5. Anderson 16.3
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nimmo had a good year, but did you know that Average Alex Verdugo had more hits, doubles, RBIs and a higher BA? Doogie is also three years younger, but does anyone think he's worthy of a $20 mil AAV? Or is Nimmo just lucky this winter he's the best outfielder money can buy not named Judge?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Trading Devers this winter would be the worst possible scenario for Boston and Red Sox fans. It would show -- yet again -- that the Sox are unwilling to pay fair market value to their homegrown stars, the faces of the franchise. It would also send the same message to all up-and-coming prospects, and to future free agents. And to teammates in the clubhouse, dugouts and bullpens, it would confirm that management is unwilling to use its resources to provide them with the best possible support towards achieving the ultimate goal of a professional sports team: winning.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And Story.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm ready for Devers' payday to get gross. Losing all the Red Sox top homegrown faces would really rot.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Every season the Yankee fans I know target one hated scapegoat they can blame for not winning it all that they want dumped off their team. Gallo was this year's winner by far. They'd love one more reason to make fun of Boston.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I have to put this out there on the world wide web, at least for my own sanity: All-or-nothing Gallo will really move the needle for Sox fans... to empty.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe it's the weak free agent class, but I just don't see Nimmo as an elite outfielder worthy of a superstar salary... $24M per? Is he really worth two Benintendis or two-and-a-half Kikes? I'm all about guys getting fair market value, but if someone is willing to pay Nimmo that much, I don't think it will be Bloom. Not when someone like Rodon can maybe be had for that kind of contract. The Nimmo value makes taking a shot at Conforto even more palatable.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Correa does not have a QO, so think like Bloom: we can replace Bogaerts with a younger Correa and get a draft pick for Xander signing elsewhere.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox choose not to resign Bogaerts nor Devers, and then don't reinvest this offseason in bonafide star baseball players... ... based on everything we know about Bloom -- and not Henry, who hired him -- evaluate the above statement with the more likely adjective: possible or probable.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In on the pitchers. I'm already on record for wanting Eovaldi back, and Rogers as a bounce-back closer (All-Star just two years ago). Senga throws 101 mph. Conforto is only intriguing. Can he return to a 25 homer, .350 OBP guy? He's been a negative dWAR outfielder the past six seasons in a row. As I've said before: at this point in the Bloom Era, Red Sox fans just deserve more than hoping for yet another rehabbing ballplayer to make a comeback contribution...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Free agents ineligible for Qualifying Offers... any of these guys would be much more appealing to Bloom and his luxurious taxpaying ilk (my bold-faced choices aren't that bold...). José Abreu (White Sox), Brandon Belt (Giants), Carlos Correa (Twins), Nelson Cruz (Nationals), Zack Greinke (Royals), Kenley Jansen (Braves), Craig Kimbrel (Dodgers), AJ Pollock (White Sox), David Robertson (Phillies), Carlos Santana (Mariners), Will Smith (Astros), Noah Syndergaard (Phillies), Justin Verlander (Astros). Elvis Andrus (White Sox), Josh Bell (Padres), Andrew Benintendi (Yankees), Brandon Drury (Padres), Joey Gallo (Dodgers), Trey Mancini (Astros), David Peralta (Rays), Tommy Pham (Red Sox), José Quintana (Cardinals), Taylor Rogers (Brewers), Christian Vázquez (Astros) The Tallstop question: does Bloom settle for Andrus as a placeholder or go all building block on Correa?
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know. But there are only so many #1 and #2 free agents available before we have to start using prospect capital in trades. I'm not opposed to the Sox using both the budget and farm to improve the rotation, because it's the key back to respectability. Bello and Pivetta are the only two projected starters who are entirely healthy, and most people rate each as a #4 or #5 (though Bello's stuff is as good as anyone else's). Bloom can stockpile as many #5s as he wants, just so long as he doesn't skimp on top quality, too. There's always the chance in a rebuild that a front office adds to its roster just to field a big league team, and then bills it as improvement. Depth is definitely essential, but a staff deep in #5s is destined for the depths of the division.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It is for me, because by now I know better than to count on any injured or rehabbing Sox projected for the '23 starting rotation. I will take anything I can get as a bonus from Sale/Paxton/Whitlock/Houck etc., but the last thing Boston needs is another pitcher trying to make a comeback. Want a free agent arm from the Dodgers? Sign Tyler Anderson, who won 15 games last season. Heaney was only durable enough to go 4-4 for a club that won 111 regular season games. If the Sox lose Wacha and Eovaldi, they realistically need to add three new starters to the rotation to sniff respectability. I'm not opposed to deGrom, but he's also damaged goods, so I'd target Bassitt and Anderson, too. Or Rodon. There's a lot of dough coming off the books, and even more when Bogaerts signs elsewhere.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A Heaney signing would just be a continuation of Bloom's low-risk, bungee-cord, we're-bored acquisitions (the kind of move some in the industry think he can't survive another winter doing). But true fans will know we're really in trouble when rumors start circulating about star players and the Red Sox' "interest." Then it will be time to take a long winter's nap.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... as they always are, with fans who don't snort between the lines. And yet, Sam Kennedy will still be running for Speaker of the House.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But what GM worth his Wong will give up anything decent "for just one year of Devers?" Brusdar, I see you in the morning Brusdar, asleepin next to me Brusdar, let the memory of the evening Be the first thing that you think of...
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Lugo is not lights-out, but sometimes lights-flickering (three '22 Mets postseason games: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 3 K). At least he's a big league reliever... Re. Heaney: a last-place rotation doesn't really need another #5 starter. I'd rather bring back Wacha or Eovaldi; they've both proven they can pitch in Boston, and can't cost that much more. If Bloom signs Heaney, it'd better be at the same press conference that introduces Chris Bassitt.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Of the rotation and bullpen listed, all but Bello, Pivetta and Schreiber are coming off injuries, surgeries or Barnes issues. Fortifying the pitching staff with big leaguers has to be the priority. We already know a line-up with All-Star hitters like X, JD and Raffy can finish dead last without pitching. Sign Rodon, Montero and Eflin while they're still available.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If they let Devers become a free agent, a year from now will be a rerun of the same pretensions they're now spewing about Bogaerts, as he heads out the door. Where is the love? Somewhere warmer...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Depends: in a Florida instructional league game, a simulated game vs. rehabbing batters or in a bullpen?
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not prepared (and seriously doubt Bloom is, either) to deal either Rafaela or Bleis period -- not to mention in addition to Yorke and a pitching prospect; especially not for one position player. The only way I'm emptying the farm -- and besides Mayer, all those guys are the best in the system -- is for Alcantara or another ace starter in his mid-20s. And when's another time BTV is this relevant? Are Gonzalez and Duran really an overpay to the Marlins for Pablo Lopez and Garcia's contract?
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A's are ready to deal Sean Murphy, a #1 catcher that can spearhead a rebuild. BTV accepts a trade of Yorke, Houck and Schrieber... but instead of the latter (a reliever coming off his first good year who will be 29 at the start of 2023), maybe the A's would instead prefer Walter -- the Sox' #2 pitching prospect. A new team will acquire Murphy this winter.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why does this quote always seem to sum up the entire pitching staff? Here's the thing about upgrading the bullpen: the Red Sox need to acquire at least two relievers who were legitimately good in 2022 -- not guys who were once good closers and are now bad to mediocre; not guys who are coming off injuries or operations; and not guys -- please -- who were never good, but someone in some office analyzing some graph has data to show they might be good... someday. The new Red Sox relievers don't necessarily have to be called "closers," since those are the most expensive of relievers. But having a lockdown set-up man or two at the back end, in the 7th and 8th innings; would've made the difference in four or five more wins last season -- and at least a winning record. This is a last place team we're discussing. Boston needs to get back to respectability before it can actually get serious.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Throw me up for that ughfest.
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