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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The last homegrown Red Sox player to bat .300 was Bogaerts. The last one before him was Devers. The one before him was Betts. The one before him was Pedroia. All four played together in 2017 for the middle club of three straight first place teams. They weren't just guys who could hit home runs, but guys who could hit. The current roster has no one like that. We hope Roman Anthony can be that guy... but where are the others? Who is part of any longterm heart of the order in Boston, the core of the next sustained contenders? We hope prospects like Mayer and Campbell can make it, and established regulars can cut down their strikeouts... but right now there's nada.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And don't forget this headline that can only be found on this post: Interest Kings Interest King
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB police just pulled you over for seeing double... or at least typing a double meaning. Do the Royals' starting pitchers walk a lot of guys or does KC only have them under contract for a year before they reach free agency? (thrilled that my brain is now wired this way about a pastime; imagine all those kids out there making Christmas wish lists on a budget)
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I do -- in the AL East.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox already have an ace pitcher and a young star -- and you want them to add two All-Star offensive players. How greedy can a fan be? What do you think this is: the turn of the century when Boston had Pedro and Nomar, and SIGNED Manny and Damon. How did that work out for them? They finished in 2nd place eight straight seasons... p.s. pretty sure the club was under different ownership then, for those afraid of change
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    NESN's master(click)baiters posted two headlines today about Michael King. He is purportedly interested in Boston; he went to BC. But the headline writer really blew it -- how could he not realize the irony? Red Sox INTEREST KING
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's not you -- you still post the same amount of trade proposals as you always did. The worst culprit is NESN.com -- they post a dozen new "stories" a day on the Interest Kings. I say stories in quotes because they're barely ever actual articles but more like blurbs with a single shred of something said by someone (an "insider" or supah fan or player's agent's in-law's dogwalker). Most nauseating is the headline writer, who has the word "Prediction" permanently stored in his Control-V and automatically pastes it every time his AI spots a word that starts with P: predicament, predeceased, prednisone, pickyournose. There is never anything new that we don't already know about.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yup. Guys like Henry can walk around wearing their salary caps, but the rule should also require them to wear salary shoes, too. I'm only typing in the best interests of fans... .... because if it's not in the best interest of fandom, then fandom just might lose interest.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This isn't a mystery. Breslow said they were going to repurpose Devers' money, and the owners used it to build a new ballroo-- I mean new office tower behind the Green Monster.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mets gave Polanco two years. Sox can't afford a longterm deal like that.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Instead, we’re getting the latest tsunami of deception, distortion, dishonesty and deceit from Red Sox higher-ups who pass down disinformation in an attempt to defend the existence of a reality they no longer care to preserve." -- littered with alliteration and I llllove it... ... but straight Ds means barely passing. This decade is framed by frequent Fs: frauds and falsehoods of flatuent fakery fraught with failure.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We just don't know with Mayer. Maybe he's a rare talent, but a guy who will miss parts of every single season with bumps and bruises like Byron Buxton. The Twins even tried to just DH Buxton one year so he wouldn't get mangled on defense, and he still only ended up playing that half of that season after all. With most top prospects, you want them playing every day to properly develop... but maybe Mayer is safer never seeing the minors again, and just platooning with himself in The Show.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's ok for Boston, which isn't even a real city. Just a big college town in quaint New England (moon send me some green fonts asap).
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Depends on how much Bloom is subsidizing on Willi. And technically, Brez can sign still Bregman and brag to his dumbass owners that he only signed one free agent. Plus: for all we know, Bloom may want his boy Mayer in trade instead of Duran.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Package Donovan with Contreras and make a trade that gives Bloom an outfielder and a few of the 25 SEC pitchers Breslow drafted. Then sign Bregman, and let's go. Don't worry about Mayer; if he's healthy he'll get plenty of playing time when Bregman and/or Story break down and/or rest one day a week at DH vs. a lefty who's tough on Yoshida.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As presumed, Bregman -- and more Boras -- has held up the position player plan. If the Sox' top priority is to bring back Bregman, they can't overpay for guys like Schwarber or Alonso in the meantime. They also can't overpay for Bichette or waste money on Suarez until they know Bregman is signing somewhere else. Brez can make trades while waiting, but even those may be delayed until he can better target specific positions that are "open" (this is why both management and the front office value versatility so much; to fill in holes for players too expensive for ownership).
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    New owners.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    prioritize... such a contradictory word; the base means before. Those stuck in the past are doomed to get passed by the Rays and the O's.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They had him, just didn't want to use him in the lineup too early lest he win Rookie of the Year and they'd lose one more year of control. So they ended up 5 wins short of top seed and instead had to play all their playoff games in the South Bronx.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Otis played with the Pips in the basement of the Delta House before it was on double secret probation.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Lou Merloni must read my posts. Here's what he said last night: "I like defense and I want contact. Sign Bregman and Okamoto." ... well, maybe not all my posts. I just can't see the Dread Sox signing two big money free agents. More like: 1. Bregman and a trade for a first baseman. Or... 2. Okamoto and a trade for a second baseman. Fans can only hope one of those lines will align with a lineup that lines up with the company line from malign ownership that sells seats at Fenway Park behind giant metal support poles that obstruct the line of sight from the spectator experience.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Anthony lost part of a rib, Breggie some leg tissue, and Abreu the tip of his finger from flipping off posters who say he can't hit lefties, and doesn't deserve TWO Gold Glove Awards as voted by Major League Managers and Coaches, and data from SABR's Defensive Index.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And stationary! Don't forget Red Sox stationary: it's now green monster green to match the new City Connects. Fans may not appreciate it, but Henry just told a bunch of Staples clerks, "Color printing's expensive."
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They were thinking he was versatile enough to top grounders to both the right side and the left side of the infield. Plus, there weren't as many cell phone towers four years ago. So Bloom heard a lot of static when he thought his scout in Japan said to sign Masa. Chaim swore he heard "YO Shida! YO MAMA!" but the scout claims he really said, "NO Shida! NO MASA!"
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... if we trade for Marte AND also retain Bregman OR sign Bichette. Don't overrate team stats and rankings. Boston averaged 4.85 runs per game last year, but scored 3 runs or less 72 times, including in all 3 playoff games. And unless Chapman is about to have another career year at the end of games, the Sox better upgrade the offense.
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