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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Man, the Beni haters on here... Benintendi won the Gold Glove his first year, continuing a five-year string of fielding awards for KC leftfielders (though Beni had a positive dWAR, unlike Gordon in his last two seasons).
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They just locked up Franco after a quite promising half-season... or was that back-ended deal just setting up Tampa for dealing the Wanderkind for a haul, once he reaches his prime?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Carlos is holding his hands over his eyes looking at your post and saying, "This is my thread!" He's younger, and as a better fielder continues to project as the best all-around shortstop (until he moves to third in five years to make way for Mayer). Bogaerts does not project to be a good defensive shortstop going forward, because he's already part of the problem on defense. I'd be surprised if Bloom hauls in Correa, because it goes against everything his regime has stood for. But if it happens, it would basically be a parallel to how Epstein viewed the end of the Nomar days: it means the boss thinks the team won't be as good at short with the incumbent, who he also feels won't be worth the cost to keep around.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No one here said Benintendi is a superstar, though some may dislike him because he was once projected to be one. The comparison is that his WAR shows he's at least as good as Renfroe. One has more power but whiffs more, the other has more speed and is a better outfielder. The big difference fueling conjecture about their changing teams is that one makes twice as much money as the other... which may also be a reason why Hunter is on the move again, as he's due for a raise (but at three years older, maybe not equal to Andrew's salary).
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ok, but we also know how Hunter did in 'treasure time' in October. That's just one context, but in Boston's last postseason, Beni led the Sox in hits and runs. They both also made arguably the play of the playoffs in '18 and '21... though Beni actually caught his.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Like I said, the Renfroe transaction isn't directly connected, except that he just came from the '21 budget. As for the Beni Five, I have some hope for Winckowski (it'd be great if he can join the rotation sometime this year, and let us keep Whitlock as closer), and zero hope for Franchy. As for the other three prospects, maybe one of them will turn into something, even if it's trade capital.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I bet some fans still refuse to believe that in '22, Beni was at least as good as Renfroe -- 2.4 to 2.3 bWAR... (... I'm only comparing those two outfielders, because there was a theory here that the savings from dumping Beni allowed Bloom to sign Renfroe; not that they have to be directly related, since part of Kiki's salary could have been seen as the difference in savings, or Sawamura's etc., etc.)
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some of these guys maybe focus too much on top prospects when evaluating entire systems. Mayer should automatically elevate Boston's status, but it's also not hard to imagine national scribes possibly overlooking overall depth beyond the top 100 or 150 hopefuls... ... it's also not hard to imagine a guy like Blaze Jordan or just one of the two true targets (power or speed) in the Renfroe trade taking big steps up the minor league ladder this year.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Our local DQ is on the side of the players. For my son's birthday, they made an ice cream cake with Devers hitting a home run on the top, imaged into the frosting from an internet pic my wife sent them.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not speaking for all the players, but as a dumb jock, myself, when I hear the term anti-trust, it says to me don't-trust the owners or their puppet, Rob Manfred (which literally means steal from men, Fred)...
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As a Red Sox fan, I prefer Xander, because he loves playing in Boston, while it seemed like Nomar hated it (at least at the end). But I have to admit Nomar was better: six times finishing in the top 10 in MVP voting to one time for X. For most of his Beantown years, Nomar also wasn't bad on D; nobody else could make that running, gunning 6-3 across his body. And those "Nomar's better" jeers were true, from '97-03... #5's dWAR 9.5... #2's dWAR -1.5...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB didn't give out MVPs of the LCS yet, but most observers would agree Yaz was the Most Valuable Player of the '75 ALCS. He led the series in OPS at 1.318, led the Sox in batting at .455, and played great defense in left field, throwing out runners at 2nd and 3rd, and diving in the gap to prevent an extra-base hit by Reggie. In the '78 playoff, Carl gave the Sox an early lead when he pulled a homer off Guidry, who was capping the best season of any pitcher that decade (Hawk Harrelson went crazy in the booth, praising the old man stepping up in the big moment). Yaz also ripped his RBI-single off Gossage in the 8th inning, then scored the last run of the game...
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A couple other Big Papi postseason homers, both in the Bronx, that are forgotten by many but were absolutely huge when they were hit: ... Game 7 ALCS '03, top of the 8th, off lefty David Wells, brought in specifically to pitch to Oritz; it put the Sox up, 5-2 (but the horrific ending rendered it futile); ... Game 7 ALCS '04, top of the 1st, off Brown; it put the Sox up, 2-0, and silenced the crowd, coming immediately after Damon was thrown out at the plate. This showdown turned into a bombastic blowout, but Papi's HR gave Boston a lead it never relinquished, so technically it was his fourth game-winning hit of this postseason.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was just explaining that season to my son, who asks -- MLB take note -- every single day if the owners and players have an agreement yet and if there will be baseball soon... '72 sucked, but the Tigers won fair and square, taking the first two of the final three vs. the Sox in Detroit; it was basically a best-of-three, and once the Tigers clinched, both teams rested regulars in the finale that Boston won to finish a half game back.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yep, but it beats talking about how good the Yankees project to be if they're ever good again.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I can't forget '74, either (as a horrified teenage fanatic at the time): Boston had a 7-game lead on August 23, still in first in September... but played 10-games below .500 and flopped into third place. Getting shutout four times in five days can do that to a club.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ESPN did a Top 100 MLB Players of All Time list, and ranked Big Papi #63, two spots behind Yaz. They haven't released their Top 50 yet, but we can assume Ted Williams will be in there somewhere. Some would argue Ortiz is the most important and impactful Red Sox player of all time, as the linchpin in three World Series titles. His career WAR as a DH lags at 55.3 bWAR, compared to Yastrzemski's 96.5. For those who think Captain Carl was overrated as an all-around player, it's worth noting that he led the American League in WAR for two decades, 1961-79...
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Three runs on five total hits in Game 7; still would've been nice to have Rice swinging against Gullett and McEnaney... That A's club pre-free agency had the best supporting cast in the business, and are somewhat underrated by history, despite winning three rings in a row vs. the Red Machine's two. Though Cincy in '72 didn't have all its parts, either, before Foster and Griffey became stars in '75. And yet, who led the AL in bWAR from '69 through '74? Hint: Jackson was second, Yaz third.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's hard to win the World Series without your home run leader in the heart of the order, and Rice led the '75 club with 22. But Yaz was so good playing left field in the postseason -- where he moved from first base to fill in for Rice -- that it didn't seem at the time that the Sox could've done any better. At least, it didn't feel that way... except when Cecil Cooper batted. Coop, who had an underrated season (.311 BA, .899 OPS), was Yaz' replacement at first base and the worst hitter in the World Series: 1-for-19.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good thing the AL East's best playoff team doesn't also have an ace starter vying for his first full season after Tommy John surgery... or an ace reliever trying to come back from his own diced pepper surgery.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like they use some sort of metrics for these rankings. If so, how are the third-place, wild card-choking Yankees the favorites AGAIN? Did they make ANY improvements to their injury-prone pitching depth or weak-ass defense? Or are rankings just based on how many big bucks new guys NY is expected to sign in the mythical window before the mythical '22 season?
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some of these guys at the bottom, as you know, were above-average defenders, so may not deserve to be on a thread of "worst" players. Griffin, Pena, and Burleson won Gold Gloves in Boston, where the Rooster also was a three-time All-Star who received MVP votes in four seasons. Barrett is overlooked now, but was one of the leaders on the field for the '86 AL champs, and hit 24-for-60 in that postseason. Maybe they weren't great, but they also weren't Gorkys Hernandez or Chris Owings...
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was serious when I said the Red Sox may expect continued progress from Dalbec. It's maybe one of the reasons they felt they could part with Renfroe. It also makes Bobby D. a more valuable trade chip -- and obviously, the most expendable, depending on Boston's timetable for Casas... which is also partially to be determined by service time agreements yet to be settled during the clockout.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Franchy probably didn't even have 140 PAs but it seemed like 140 games. Santana pinch hit close to 140 ABs in the playoffs and struck out every time.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... hits homers and strikes out -- what more do you want from a big leaguer?
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