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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sargent Schrieber -- Peace, Sahge!
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sam Kennedy just confided to nobody. It wasn't a vote of confidence, just something he can't repeat, in confidence.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Trading Triston Casas unchecks all the boxes for a position the Red Sox shouldn't have to worry about for years. At 22, Casas is the top-rated first base prospect in all of baseball (26th overall). He is everything the Red Sox lack at that position: a good offensive player who chokes up and goes opposite field when down in the count, and was also just named the best defensive first sacker in the International League. For a parent club suddenly severely lacking in the longall, Casas' power potential only adds to his allure. He is 6'4, 250+ pounds and batted third for Manager Mike Scoscia's Team USA as a 21-year-old a year ago. Finally, when Casas makes the big leagues, he will be making minimum wage... until he enjoys some success, at which point Boston will sign him to a longterm contract that will make him rich -- but not break the budget -- and most importantly, lock up his prime years as part of the core of a sustained contender.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's not even a bullpencil... how 'bout bullcrayon.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unless you're the Dodgers, who in the past year: inked Bauer when he was Cy Young, right before he became a banned deviant; traded top prospects for Scherzer, who then signed with the Mets; lost their best pitcher and WAR leader from '21, Buehler, to injury for the season... and yet, they're still 50 games over .500!
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How does a big market team contend for World Series rings over a sustained period of years? Ideally, it combines developing prospects into big leaguers and acquiring additional talent via free agency and trades. It's almost impossible to just buy up all the top big name free agents every winter. And as history has shown, at least half those guys never turn out to be worth the money anyway. It's also bad business not to pay market price to retain homegrown stars as they approach free agency. Replacing All-Stars in the line-up is hard enough, but some favorites are just irreplaceable with the fanbase. The industry trend these days is to lock up young stars through their primes with longterm contracts that make them rich for life, but won't totally obliterate a club's yearly budget in the process. Unfortunately for Chaim Bloom, most of his top prospects haven't even made the majors yet. We don't even know if they'll be MLB stars. In the meantime, he really has no choice but to trade some and also spend big on established players to put a competitive and entertaining product on the field. The fun really starts in about a month...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No idea re. the latter; all speculation, as usual. First priority is always pitching, but most starters in their primes who were too expensive, like Ray or Gausman. I would've settled for Matz or Gray, and both turned up injured and basically busts. Relievers were also too costly here, so we weren't seeing Iglesias for $48M or Graveman for $24M or even Kelly for $17M. Houston paid Hector Neris -- 2 for 17 -- the going rate for a decent set-up man? They have the best record in the AL... Some of us would've taken David Robertson for $3.5 any day over Diekman, though.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Horrible as an adjective is a personal choice, but there are probably posters who would list many Red Sox pitchers ahead of Porcello for that category.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I would've re-signed Schwarber over Story, mainly because Schwarbs was a known commodity proven successful in Boston, which isn't always a guarantee -- as Big Papi tells us. Story is a better all-around player and might still have a good career in Boston, but we know the Sox already won with Schwarber. In retrospect, the latter's HR bat would've made more of a diff in this year's power outage, while Arroyo was more than competent at second (with promising middle infielders in the pipeline). I also wanted Rodon, especially at market value for one year... even Thor; if we're staying over the tax threshold, might as well put some quality out there, as least for the spectators... As for the mystery behind the Story signing -- if it indeed was insurance in case Bogey leaves, the cost left too many roster holes unfilled this season... and that's not only inexcusable, but unfeasible. I'll still be surprised if Story moves back to short, even if X is history...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Couldn't access; what are Ken's big takes?
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A lot of posters saw this preseason and either anticipated or wished for at least one more starting pitcher, preferably someone younger and ideally more durable. Some of them seem to have forgotten this, and instead try to keep defending the Story signing -- which only fortified another position filled by an injury-prone player. In foresight, hindsight and eyesight, which position would be better prioritized for committing $140 million: pitching or second base?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And yet, a massive power outage was one of the many factors that killed the 2022 Red Sox, who most of us consider a big bunch of whiffers. With a month to go, the Sox have actually struck out less than the Braves, Rays and Orioles, and are just a bad Dalbec night ahead of the Yankees and Mariners. The thing is, a 40-home run slugger is going to cost $20 million per -- minimum. And it's been that way in Boston since at least 2018, when Dombrowski recruited JD Martinez. He also hit .330 and finished runner-up to Mookie for the batting title that first year, but a lot was made of his influence on teammates as a professional batsman. We heard and read similar praise for Schwarber and his contributions to the Sox, and how he fit right in and augmented the clubhouse. Guys like that are worth paying for because of their positive effects on team chemistry. Unfortunately for front office types, there may not be a stat for it that factors into WAR calculations...
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... especially in this age of ghost runners. It's almost like the industry won't tolerate bunting -- because why? Analytics has data that says it's bad to give away outs? Or do all the agents and players outright refuse, because there's no money in not swinging for the fences? It just has to kill certain old school managers, who absolutely know how to move runners from scoring position to the plate without launch angles -- and that keeping their jobs is based (ideally) on wins and losses.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Schwarber. And before some semantic posters jump down my screen because he didn't hit 30 HRs or lead the league for us, we all know how much more potent the Sox' heart of the order was when Kyle joined it. All reports from the clubhouse noted Schwarber was a difference-maker, providing more thump in the batter's box, lengthening the line-up, and influencing teammates in both his approach to wearing down pitchers, and the subsequent meatballs that they got to feast on. He wasn't re-signed nor replaced, and the club isn't as good without him.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The two veteran starters added last winter were definitely better than the two you listed that left. But some of the other match-ups are a stretch, since guys like Marwin, Andreise and Santana didn't even last the season last season. You've made other posts that Story effectively replaced Renfroe, right? Plus, you left out Diekman, and that Robles replaced Robles, and the fact that Bloom didn't replace a league-leading home run hitter he didn't even try to resign. Most of the additions you listed have been ok, except for 10-1 Wacha, this year's unexpected star. But with all the money coming off the books, the Sox are primed to add legitimate All-Star players and not just another handful of mediocre acquisitions (and that counts Story, a decent contributor, albeit with a 30% K-rate).
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Traded by Tampa for a 40-year-old DH... and yet, the Red Sox couldn't get anything for a 34-year-old DH (or wouldn't take just anything).
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the concept of a pen is keep things in, then the Red Sox need to open all the gates, turn off the electric fence, cut all the barbed wire, and hit the hay.
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    I approve of this message, and I'm not running for anything.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The comparisons to the situations of Betts and Devers may be similar, but a valid question is who is the best bet to produce a consistent HOF career going forward? Some of the factors could include age, injury history, body type, and (the perception of) personality. For the latter, we know Raffy can hit hard line drives to the opposite field on outside pitches any time he wants, but we've also seen him try to obliterate every single pitch to kingdom come the last month; is that his way of overcompensating for a nagging injury? This is a guy who can hit liners on pitches that bounce in the dirt... Will he mature and someday contain his swing just enough to lead the league in batting average, as well as OPS? Has his fielding also been affected by ailments? Already slowed by leg and/or back ssues, is Devers' body at age 25 worth investing in for the next decade and committing $300 million dollars?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's always been my point. Verdugo's batting .284, and only five RBIs from the team lead, and he's still only 0.4 WAR better than a replacement player? Watching him play defense or run the bases sometimes, and it seems like his ceiling is no higher than the top of a door. And I like the guy... Like Bell alludes to, there are questions about Betts in Boston that will never be answered. But seeing how fast, long-and-large the Dodgers moved on locking him up, I'm convinced Friedman had every intention -- and confidence -- of dealing for Mookie to keep him in LA. But fans will never know what's really discussed behind closed texts between execs, agents, players and their families...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not necessarily, if he wins the trade. But the return would have to include a few diamonds in the polish, specifically on the mound. If ownership expects an another quick about-face in the MLB standings, the organization has to be committed to spending both funds and prospect capital on massive amounts of pitching. We're talking three legitimate established arms that are more dependable than injury comebacks in their mid- to late-30s. And since the last time Boston splurged to acquire a relief ace in his prime was the Kimbrel trade in 2015, expect an influx of starters. The new rotation members should be innings-eaters to solidify the bullpen by lessening the workload, and also by moving younger guys like Houck and Whitlock to the backend permanently. As uncomfortable as it is to ponder for fandom, the front office knows that Devers is its best trade chip for a successful overhaul...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Long Gone: Dixie Lee Boxx was hotter than Annie Savoy.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We're Numbah 13!
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Remdawg always tried to be multicultural: Spanish greetings, Italian food Here comes the pizza!, nibbling grasshoppers, playing air guitar...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We get you, Moon. A Globe story last week said the Red Sox' actual spending -- not what they owed before Bloom took over -- was only ranked 13th of 30 teams (and it added "15th, not counting Story"... though, I don't know how we couldn't). But even Sam Kennedy noted yesterday that a lot of dough is coming out of the oven this winter. Let's see if they can cook up something new (please, no more refried beans).
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