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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I still don't get those who excitedly say, "Next year, Eovaldi's contract will be off the books!" Nate loves Boston, says he wants to stay in Boston, and Boston can afford to keep him; but can the Sox afford to lose him? Having money to replace an ace at the top of the rotation is great... but good luck trying to find another one.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm just assuming Beane is the happy barker, scanning the room, playing bidders off each other, upping the ante, asking all what's a metaphor you?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Never happen, because Billy has been reading how much we want Lou. Well, actually, Billy hasn't been following the forum; he makes Jonah Hill do it.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe he's part of a big trade in the works...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Then he'd get my vote for the Cy Clops Award.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not in the first month, but it happens often in the second half, usually with also-rans or tankers. I just have a feeling with the long lockout, fast ST, expanded rosters and inevitable injuries (and cold weather; good thing Boston didn't recruit any old, brittle arms)... ps. wait, what am I thinking -- it's the 25th century! It won't be a starter, but a bulk guy who becomes a set-up man.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    DJ's a three-time Gold Glove second baseman. I knew this a long time ago, but didn't want to tell any Yankee officials because they were wasting him at first base.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pardon my impertinence for ignoring the unwritten rules about minor leaguers experiencing proper developmental paths, but I'm making a prediction: somewhere in the bigs in the first month of the season, some young pitcher, barely in the pros a few years, will get added to the 28, throw a gem, and become a surprise member of an MLB rotation.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You're welcome to your opinion, but then contradict yourself by typing "we're just dreaming on Casas." I happen to think he's a better overall hitter than Duran is now and last year because of his deliberate approach. Despite weighing 260 lbs, he sacrifices power for contact, and chokes up with two strikes. Casas' goal was never to crush 30 homers in the minors to get called up; it's to stay and star in the majors when he gets called up. The longball will come. I'm not in love with the guy, but I'm enthused about the possibility of a prospect coming to Boston that won't be a K machine like Dalbec, Duran, Chavis or Franchy. The Sox have a history of promoting top prospects when they deem them ready, no matter how young. Meanwhile, what's wrong with looking ahead -- are we supposed to be pumped by the return of Travis Shaw?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Babe Ruth in Boston was nothing but an old-timey version of Big Papi: three rings. Give me Harry Hooper, the greatest winner in Red Sox history, with four World Series rings. Ah, forget it; Hooper also batted lefty. Chaim knows we need a righty-swinging outfielder -- someone who can actually hit, before Opening Day.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's kinda the point -- Rendon got $245M after his age 29 season; Raffy will be a free man after age 26. But to my other point, if Bloom and ownership don't want to commit Mookie money, we know they'll gladly deal Devers for prospects before it's too late.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Marwin was the Opening Day leftfielder for a club that fell two wins shy of the pennant last year. Then he still had a game-winning hit in the World Series!
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rendon got $35M AAV for seven years, so the younger Raffy's market value this year is at least $30M... another two seasons mashing like his last two full ('19 and '21) and the price to keep him will only go up. He knows it, his agent knows, and Bloom knows it. They also know there will be multiple teams willing to pay him.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't think anyone will hold Casas back for long. He already proved himself last summer -- batting third for the Olympic team, playing with ex-big leaguers -- and was more ready, in my opinion, to handle a Boston promotion than Duran. I'm not ruling out a midseason trade of JD that may create a roster opening as a corresponding move, but don't anticipate the Sox or Bloom manipulating service time or worrying about age. They haven't with other top prospects in the past.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This isn't even a joke: a few summers ago I went to a Double A night game that ended before it got dark.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    John Henry feels your pain, comparing boyhood idol Stan Musial to Mookie... (though that may be the last thing he told the Nation after handing the black hood and keys to the guillotine to his latest chief baseball officer). It could be worse. Imagine growing up in Oakland in the 1970s and seeing all your favorites get traded or leave when free agency began. And then years later, which player for the A's do they make a movie about? None -- it was about the GM.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The pitching is more rag-tag reclamation projects with no viable replacement yet for ERod, and I wasn't even a supporter of his. But ERod was under 30 and dependable before and after Covid, and I would say mostly because he was under 30. Barring a trade, the best hope is that at least two young starters take a step forward -- though two is unlikely. I'm not worried about the offense. Story's righty power replaces Renfroe's. Schwarber will be missed, but remember he was only a factor for about two months, and some other bats could improve.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You sure you're a Yankee fan? This sums up what all but the most optimistic Red Sox fans have been saying all winter. When it comes to quality pitching, it's like Boston is still in lockout. Unfortunately, the Sox are undefeated and lights out through the first week of ST, so what we see is probably what we'll get (typing reverse-acquistion post -- hey, it worked for Story).
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Eovaldi, Whitlock, Hill, Barnes (Barnhog Day: April-July overuse, Aug burnout), Sawamura, Winck, Valdez... and whatever Paxton can give us; Sale is doomed for sad and tired comebacks and breakdowns.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wander only played half a year, but gotta like his potential to do more damage as a hitter, just from his 12% K rate, compared to Devers' 21% and Judge at 25%. Vlad the lad was only 15.8%
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's a big problem in a division that now belongs to Franco and Guerrero (and not quite Judge and Devers, like fans in the big markets still want to believe).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    She was a grampire, coming back to get him out of All-Star games, too.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox know DHern can be a weapon... but used in the wrong contexts could risk the end of days. In the meantime, more neutral test sites are needed to ensure the safety of children and other living things.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You're better than this...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Trouble with his mastercard?
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