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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No stats or data here, just quotes. Whenever someone makes another Little League error for the Red Sox, Cora defends the guy -- Franchy, Duran, Arroyo, etc. -- as "still learning"... at the big league level. To some fans, depending on how much time and money they have invested in spectating, such a statement could be chilling, outrageous and unacceptable (and rightly so). Cora's go-to comment could also show his patience as a manager, while at the same time indicting his general manager for acquiring/promoting not-ready-for-primetime players. But after last night's game, Cora said: “We are where we are because we’re short in certain areas." That's not implicit; that's just blatant. How else to explain continually putting people in the best positions to fail? Unless it's all part of a conspiracy of tanking...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'd be happy if Bloom just signs the Tampa coach -- or analytic -- who in two years converted Jeffrey Springs from a Red Sox pitcher with a 7.08 ERA to a full-time Rays' starter with a 2.41.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Boston leads in one stat befitting a cellar dweller: 10 extra-inning losses, most in the league. Every other AL East team has a winning record in extras. Of course, in the ghost-runner era, many factors contribute to the ineptitude, including Red Sox poltergeists swinging spectral bats that pass right through pitched baseballs... like apparitions walking through the greenish monsters of our nightmares.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    For those who watched til the end last night, be honest: who were you thinking you'd rather see on the mound in the 10th? At the time, I was hoping for Connor Wong. Verdugo may have been too amped.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nor should it. Next year, it better get better. Bullpen acquisitions have almost always been low-budget, bargain-basement abject failures in the Bloom Era. Besides exceptions like Strahm and Schreiber -- and not counting Whitlock, who was obviously signed longterm to be a starter -- a few weeks of success doesn't cancel out months of suckitude for the Robles of the world.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Lamo, why all the vitriol for the Sox brainthrust? Where would we be without sly relief pick-ups Whitlock, Schreiber and Strahm? 7th place? 8th? The difference between the clubs in last night's game and the entire second half is that NY's one true star repeatedly came through more times than the Sox' three All-Stars combined. It's probably good for fans that Boston chose to pitch to a guy trying to break a league record, but anyone who doesn't pitch around him in the postseason should be fired...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The worser team lost.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The greatest team in the history of this season's first half went from winning three out of every four games to below .500 in the second half. Since June 14, three months ago, the Yankees have gone 40-40... only 3 1/2 games better than the miserable Red Sox. New York soared early when every pitcher looked headed for a career year before inevitable injuries, regression, and one dumb trade got in the way. A main reason for the improvement is the Yanks upgraded defense at the two most important positions -- catcher and shortstop -- and finally stopped pretending they could contend with lead hands there instead. They're still an all-or-nothing offense, and are trying to become the first AL club since '05 to win a World Series with team hit totals below the league average. Red Sox fans can at least hope that the Twins don't make the playoffs, so NY won't have any automatic postseason wins. The only guarantee is that the next time Boston has a great start, I'll never waste my time joining a Yankees forum just to taunt regular posters who love baseball so much they watch, talk about and type about their favorite team all year, good or bad.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm the opposite; I'd rather spend the money on pitching and not trade prospects who may be a year or two away. This isn't 2013, with a core of veteran champions already in place. There may be too many potential holes to fill, and to hope all new additions can make contributions to another worst-to-first. Buy some starters and relievers, add a bat, and a glove if X leaves. Begin the true rebuild by accumulating reliable pitching, and let the core regulars develop.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Save is just a label, though some officials and agents (and even advertisers) cling to it to make it sound important. To me, it's almost as useless as using ERA to compare relievers. Pitching a 1-2-3 9th certainly helps win games, but how about the reliever who enters a game with two runners aboard, gives up a couple hits that knock them both home, then strands his own runners? His ERA is 0.00 -- what a relief ace! Preventing -- or allowing -- inherited baserunners to score is more relevant for guys coming out of the bullpen. Just ask Brayan Bello... is there a stat somewhere for earned runs he gave up when he was actually on the diamond? If so, please point me to the team stats that show how inept Boston's calvary has been in this category, and how "shutdown" true contenders' relief crews have been.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm sure Bloom's department employees are on it, but maybe looking for less-celebrated -- and thus less-expensive -- arms with potential. This would be where having the best developmental people would then be key; maybe that's why some of the offseason shopping should be spent on coaches in organizations like Tampa, Houston, Atlanta and LA...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Theo did acknowledge lately that he and his ilk were partly to blame for the majors' major issues. I'm still glad he has a say in how to fix things now.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In the decade of the 1960s, Killebrew's .267 batting average was in the AL TOP TEN. Ok, Harm was 10th in BA, but look at some other categories... From 1960 to 1969: Killebrew was 1st in home runs, RBIs, runs scored, bases on balls, slugging and total bases. He was 2nd in OBP and OPS to Mickey Mantle. Killebrew's most expensive rookie card maxed out at around $1,700 on eBay this month. That's at least $12 1/2 million dollars less than Mantle's. Maybe Harm is underrated.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ...mora? Or lessa?
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A real first baseman.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jeisson Rosario with a game-winning homer -- oops, he now bats clean-up for the Yankees' AA team that is 32 games over .500. On a more relevant note (from an eye-witness): NY's AA closer, Carson Coleman, threw in the high-90s and was absolutely lights out. Does New York have any other Ottavino contracts Bloom can take back, if they throw in Coleman?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom says he's excited about assembling the next core of sustained attenders.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Looking ahead to actually compete again in the AL East, would it be too lofty a goal this offseason to prepare an entire roster of big leaguers to travel to Toronto in 2023?
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox starting outfield this year has 18 HRs... total.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Conforto has more to prove, but you're right; he may have to accept less to do it -- which may make him more attractive to the Boston spenders this winter.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A professional hitter once coveted by Boston, still getting it done... it would be worth it, not to have to watch him crush Red Sox pitchers any more.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    One ex-player turned media member (cough, Merloni) says the Sox should target these guys: Cron or Abreu for RH DH/1B, Conforto and/or Nimmo (depending whether Pham returns), Rodon for top of the rotation, get a closer, and keep X and Raffy, of course. If you're already over the tax limit, might as well be good.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... or Hamilton or Binelas? When can a trade be definitively evaluated as bad or good? When all the players exchanged have retired, so we can compare their final stats? The discussion was about how brutal the Renfroe trade was this year, and I added that we've had twice as long to reflect on the players exchanged in the Benintendi trade (and we're talking actual bodies, not how the savings on his albatross $3M was subsequently reinvested, whether it was on office supplies or grooming for Wally). A lot of fans view the Mookie trade less favorably after watching Jeter Downs completely flail in his big league debut this summer. But did you see the assist Connor Wong had the other night to cut down a runner at the plate on a wild pitch? It was an amazing 50-foot back-hand line drive toss to Strahm covering. Wong could very well split catching duties for the '23 Sox, then we'd have two regulars in the line-up from the same trade.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If you're going to argue that, then Binelas and Hamilton have 12 years left combined, right?
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And yet, the Benintendi trade is overlooked by some as what it is: an abject failure (remember, this discussion is about the players exchanged in trades). if you look at the return for Beni -- so far, because there are minor leaguers who haven't made it yet, just like in the JBJ deal... ... the two guys who have made the majors, Cordero and Winckowski, are both negative WAR players -- or by definition, below the value of replacement players. There's Franchy, -0.7 in '21 and -0.3 in '22 for the Sox, and Josh, -0.3 in '22. Posters can argue that Beni was worthless in his last 14-game summer in Boston... but not worth less, since he was only -0.1 in 2020. Since then, Beni has made an All-Star team, won a Gold Glove and posted 3.0 POSITIVE WAR. It doesn't matter if you liked Andrew or not, that trade was also a flop.
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