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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If we're to believe Bloom -- and some fans really want to -- then Duran won't just be a big leaguer, but a star. For such a transition, perhaps the initial plan will be for a regular left-right platoon with Arroyo, with Kike starting every game, either in CF or at 2B. Schwarber and JD will alternate at LF/DH. That makes Verdugo, not Duran, the trade bait. Of course, such alignments don't upgrade the defense. If that's really a goal, the Sox will need different players...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Semien, Springer, Bichette and Vlad Junior already made special hotel reservations in Boston just for their bat bags, and Robbie Ray chartered a jet to fly them there.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rally-killing DPs are the only times you don't mind JD flailing and whiffing at sliders low and away.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Sox have ripped at least eight rockets right at fielders. Meanwhile, the Lowe kid one-stitches his first hit the Rays' way (when they aren't hitting bombs off ERod).
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes they should. Everyone watching at home knows he interfered.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But we do know Bloom has a twitter department that taunted skeptical tweeters back when Boston led the AL East.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ha, the offseason advice was to fellow GMs belonging to this board. But I have seen some increasingly blunt advice to the chief officer on the comments page of the Globe Sports Section.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hugh, I agree with 1. and 3., and parts of 2., since there's no evidence of a directive. However, 4. is dubious until it's not. The Red Sox bragged about resetting a year ago, but the wild speculation of going back over has never come from anyone in the organization. For all we know, the owners and their employees may cringe at the concept until fans stop buying tickets.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Case in point last night: Nelson frickin Cruz swings and misses at an ERod breaking ball down and away... Immediately, two fans in my kitchen -- exhausted from watching Red Sox batters flail at the same pitch over and over and over all season -- both yell, "Throw it again!" And yet, someone -- Vazquez or ERod or Kevin Cash -- called for a fastball next instead. Home Run! SHOCKING...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This only echoes what most of us posted, hoped for, and advised last winter -- and yet, Bloom didn't bite, not even for the relatively paltry cost of what some CFers got: $1-2 million. Why does anyone think he'll change strategies a year later? [note: note a rhetorical; I'm interested in replies... "because he's admitting the Sox' defense is the worst in the majors", "because he actually plans on contending in '22", "because he wants to buy new patio furniture and needs to keep his job", etc.]
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The "race" may come down to which Covid-ravaged rival -- New York or Boston -- survives to get expunged by Toronto, a city in a country where, not coincidentally, protocols are more strict or may be taken more seriously.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Peacock's ERA is now 24.30. The Red Sox analytics department just sent this text to Cora: "If we give him a start and he goes six innings, we've determined he'll only give up 18.1 runs... but that's if you limit him to pitch six times through the order..." (18 runs + 18 outs + 18 LOB = 54 batters divided by a 9-man batting order = 6 times)
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't forget Nunez at third and Pearce at first conspiring on the first play that saved the postseason!
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm with you on this one. Verdugo in leftfield is a better all-around MLB player than Dalbec at first base. We'd also be dealing from surplus, assuming Casas is ready to step in when JD leaves and Schwarber becomes fulltime DH in '22 (if not sooner).
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That 2018 Red Sox team was a good if not excellent defensive team. The staff was loaded with fly ball pitchers, and that outfield -- strictly on D -- was the best I've ever seen... and I lived through the 1970s and loved Rice-Lynn-Evans. When Yaz played left, the unit was the best in the league with the gloves, but JBJ > Lynn, Betts > Evans, and 2016-2018 Benintendi was a better fielder than Rice (bb-ref has Beni as a positive DWAR in '18). Moreland, Kinsler and Leon were all above-average with the leather when they were in there.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Long ago, my father told me the adage, "You make your own luck"... ... and while it's not Sale's fault or Devers' fault the Rays dribbled five bleeders 20 feet, the Sox did make Tampa's luck by playing like crap. Putting Motter at second instead of Jack Lopez is an example of Boston making its own luck. Motter hit 24 home runs in Triple A and got cut; bet it wasn't because of his offense. The question for MLB is: can the Rays keep this string of forcing inferior teams to hand them games all the way through the postseason?
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He's had some good showings in no decisions, but the road ERA is relevant because if the Sox scrape into the WC game, it will most likely be on the road. But I'll take Nathan in Yankee Stadium over Sale any day.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I tried to explain to my son that we're rooting for the laundry this month, but he still ripped his Verdugo baseball card into pieces.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Whitlock -- the Sox' ERA leader -- has shown cracks lately of wearing down and/or being a rookie under pennant race pressure. All other relievers have been inconsistent, at best (except Richards, who had a horrible first half starting). As for the rotation, we knew contributions from both Sale and ERod would be spotty this year while they healed from lost seasons. Eovaldi, Boston's top player this season according to WAR, has an unreliable 4.87 road ERA and 1-3 second half record. However, I still favor Nate and his five-pitch arsenal to start a possible Wild Card game. He's the best bet to complete a serviceable six innings before turning the ball over to two rookies out of necessity: Houck and Whitlock.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There's not a single pitcher on this staff that I trust in a big spot, like in any inning of a do-or-die Wild Card game. Not a starter, not a closer, not an in-betweener.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The simple fact is that the Rays are just better in every facet of the game. The Red Sox have five All-Stars, but when they play each other, Tampa has better players at every position, including the starting pitchers and the bullpen.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    20 to nothing in the 10th.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The player with the most home runs for either team is batting now.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The player closest to the Hall of Fame just drove in the go-ahead run.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The best player in the game leads off extras for Tampa. The fastest player is in scoring position.
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