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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jazz nor any other infielder at any other level from Little League, American Legion, High School, College, or Slow-pitch Kegball was throwing from centerfield for a tag play at home plate when there was a force-out at first base that would've ended the inning... ... unless it was Banana Ball. Then Jazz would be dancing the ball over to first.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Any respectable GM willing to deal a solid MLB starting pitcher will expect at least one good pitching prospect in return. To get a guy like Ryan or even Lopez in a winter trade, the Sox won't have to part with four of their top 20 comparable to what it took to land Crochet -- but it's still going to be painful. BTV is only a guide, and the Twins already turned down a package that possibly included Garcia, Arias and Tolle last summer -- according to Brez, who didn't name names, but implied all minor leaguers were available. Then one beat reporter (Pete Abe?) said recently someone wanted Early, but was turned down. Duran and Abreu are quality trade chips, but neither pitches, so if the Sox do land a #2, expect either Tolle or Early to be gone.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jazz had measurably longer strides than Eaton. Jazz scored from first base on contact with two outs for the winning run. Eaton stopped at third despite running on a 3-2 pitch with two outs and the batter hitting one up the middle that an infielder dove to knock down, before bouncing a throw past the first baseman. But enough of these two flawed teams that were closer in talent than most fans and pundits realize. Boston could've swept, but New York could've swept, too. The Yankees choked in Game One, when they didn't score with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the 9th.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Story seemed to wobble just a little less than the other two full-time regulars -- Duran and Rafaela. Ultimately, there were really no landlubbers on the overrated offense.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm on your side. I think it's better for this team full of all-or-nothing swingers to acquire more .300 hitters with 20-home run power like Bichette and Yandy Diaz, rather than 40 HR guys like Suarez who also K 200 times. The last thing this batting order needs is another big whiffer.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ARod 22 year regular season: .295, .380/.550/.930 Jeter 20 year regular season: .310, .377/.440/.817 ARod 12 years in post season: .259, .365/.457/.822 Jeter 16 years in post season: .308, 374/.465/.838 There. I gave Jeter the credit he deserves for repeating his consistency when it mattered most.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ARod was also the more famous baserunner: -- most playoff games slapping a ball out of the pitcher's glove, -- most times yelling at opposing infielders to drop pop-ups.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Greenwell, along with Clemens, played on four AL East champions in Boston: '86, 88, 90, 95. Red Sox could use a few more Mike Greenwells in the batting order... 162-game averages for a 12-year career: 17 HR, 93 RBI, .303 BA, .368/.463/.831, and a 7% K-rate. ... I always liked Mike because he always hustled. It was a pre-Manny, pre-Raffy time when all players ran out comebackers to the mound, and sprinted to back up fellow outfielders.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    One big bat? That line-up in the Bronx needed a whole chimney of bats flying out of it at dusk.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Key starters on IL for playoff teams -- Philly: Wheeler, Chicago: Horton, Mil: Woodruff, NY: Cole, Boston: Giolito, Houck ('24 All-Star), Seattle: Woo, Toronto: Bassitt-Berrios-Frances? The Dodgers sign so many star pitchers, they always have someone hurt or coming back from time off. Now they've identified who they want to start -- Ohtani, Snell and Yamamoto -- and who they want as relievers -- Glasnow, Sheehan and Sasaki (the latter trio must be nice to have in bullpen games).
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rooting hard against Detroit -- 25 games over .500 on August 23 -- who for some mysterious reason on the last day of the season couldn't hit a career minor leaguer mysteriously called up to start, after an 0-9, 7 ERA at Worcester... (... except Javy Baez, who crushed a hanger because that's the only way he swings at every pitch).
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Suarez, Polanco, Torres -- or Geno-Jorge-Gleyyyyybar -- starring in "The Three Stunads go to Negative dWAR"
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Realistically, the Sox need all three of Bregman, Alonso and Schwarber, if they want to stack up against the elite batting orders of true contenders. They're not going to the playoffs because of their gloves, like the NL's top four teams in defensive efficiency did: Cubs, Padres, Red, Brewers. The other two NL favorites, LA and Philly, are so loaded they can compensate for other weaknesses. When one stud has a bad game or slumps, there are always other stars due up who can change the game with one swing. Having a deep line-up with several longball threats is vital in the postseason, so foes can't always pitch around danger. Boston lost Anthony, but the Blue Jays also played without their best hitter in Bichette -- and still blasted 9 home runs in 4 games vs. NY.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ownership is also getting what it can out of a marginal coaching staff -- from third-base coaches who can't wave home baserunners to batting coaches who don't teach making contact. Cora is well-paid for a manager, but it's cheaper to let him deal with uniformed personnel that for the most part doesn't command top industry dollars. AC's best value is more to inspire mediocre rosters to the playoffs, like in '21 or '25, than to command powerhouse clubs like '18, where he can sit back and tape photos of winners on his office wall.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yankees sleep with the fishes wearing red socks... ... and after all that -- the defending AL champion New York Judges won a total of 97 games, but only played exactly one more week than the Dread Sox, who finished with 90 Ws. But give NY credit for going for it at the trade deadline and acquiring closer David Bednar, who pitched in 5 of 7 postseason games, and only cost two extremely young prospects from Florida A ball. Bednar, who pitched 6 innings in the playoffs and struck out 9 batters with a WHIP of 0.66, is now a free agent...
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Remember, Raffy (through the media) also told Breslow to do his job and fortify the pitching staff at the 2024 trade deadline. Breslow fired a guy who wasn't making $300 million for calling him a f***ing stiff; does anyone think he forgot what Raffy said in Brez' first summer as CBO?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Have you ever heard any other Red Sox CBO call baseball a zero-sum game, like Brez did at Monday's presser when he didn't come up for air for an hour? Some zeroes didn't even interview for the job, presumably because they couldn't BS fast enough to fool anyone... (or maybe they just didn't feel like shoveling it). "While scoring runs... this is kind of a zero-sum game, and it doesn't really matter how you score," said Brez, "but in the postseason, a lot of runs come via the home run because the pitching is so dominant." So then it does matter -- for a franchise that is all about winning CHAMPIONSHIPS (plural), Craig. Home runs are huge in the postseason -- when clubs face pitching at least good enough to win enough to qualify... and one longball off one mistake is more apt to happen than the three singles it may take to score a single run. Someone's one run may be easier than someone else's, depending on who's really built for October.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I started to laugh, then realized I can't watch Mobland because I can't understand the dialect.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ya, I'm not into trading Duran for little return other than somebody agreeing to take Yoshida off our hands. He may be overrated as an outfielder and leadoff man (his .332 OBP was 67th, which means about 2+ batters on every team reached base at a higher rate). But an everyday player who gives you 40 doubles, 10 triples, 20 HRs and 30 Steals is so above average -- and probably something Abreu will never do. At age 29, there's no reason Duran can't match his counting stats from the past two years for at least another couple seasons (lookit what Ramon Laureano just did at age 30). Duran is so valuable he was listed as a candidate in the board's MVP poll, which excluded Trevor Story. So the only way I'm dealing him is if the return is an above-average starting pitcher; the #2 this club needs.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Me, neither. At least not at the prices still being discussed after his second half. Though I did covet Ryan in his first full season after the Rays gave him up for 40-year old DH Nelson Cruz. If only Yoshida was about 10 years older...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even if, I can't see a guy with Duran's energy ever being satisfied sitting on the bench in any game just to get four at bats. And as long as he can still run, some team will play Duran in the outfield. Jarren is smack-dab in his prime and never misses a game -- he's got that ultimate availability, which is a big WAR factor. I know he's a fan favorite in Boston, but if the org decides he's not going to be one of the best three defenders in the pasture, he's gotta go.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The problem with waiting on Bregman is waiting on Bregman. Boras is in the business of dragging out his clients' free agency through months of foliage, snowstorms and even birds chirping. The Sox offseason cannot hinge on third base when they clearly have other areas of need. Breslow needs to target and go right after fortifications for the rotation and heart of the order, as soon as the best options are all available.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You just described Casas, but he needs to be surrounded by guys that are gonna goon it. Being surrounded by hackers flailing at sweepers in the dirt of the opposite batter's box gives pitchers no reason to ever challenge anyone with a fastball below the letters.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox were one game over .500 at 37-36 when Devers was traded. Then they played .584 ball the rest of the way at 52-37. While Raffy's power was missed, runs per game didn't really change: 4.84 to 4.87 (source: another Sox site). What did change were runs allowed: 4.53 before, 3.88 after. Pitching was the difference. The Sox were 17-7 in July and 17-11 in August (first dog days this decade they dogged opponents). In August, Giolito and Bello became elite: Gio 3-0, 2.39 in 6 starts; BB 3-1, 2.27 in 5 starts... crappy Crochet was just 2-1, 3.19 in 5 starts. Since Raffy was a DH, how -- you may ask -- did him getting traded lead to improved pitching? Obviously, they were all uptight knowing the I-Me-My Guy was batting for them... once he was gone, the whole rotation relaxed, appreciative of other roster buds taking their swings.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nobody is giving up on Campbell's bat. But it is still mystifying that professional baseball evaluators in the Boston Red Sox system thought or still think he can play major league defense somewhere in the infield. Maybe KC becomes the new platoon corner outfielder if one of the LHH is traded this winter. Otherwise, unless Campbell suddenly cranks 30 home runs (he's never hit more than 20 in the minors), an MLB contender can't live with his current shaky D, even at 1B.
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