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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That is only a possibility hatched here. I doubt the Red Sox plan to keep him on a bench anywhere. It may be too late for him to be Grady Sizemore, who had four great MLB years by age 25 (and then dropped off the flat part of Earth until he was out of baseball at age 32)... but to improve, Duran needs to be playing every day, somewhere.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Best record in September.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The roster of a contender without one of the many high quality defensive outfielders who were available last winter does seems absurd. Nobody here is arguing about replacing Kike -- our WAR leader -- but how about for one of the two DHs we're suddenly forced to use in the outfield to protect a lead in late innings? At least we now know Schwarber can be shifted to first base, though we should assume a left-right platoon there, even with Dalbec currently on fire.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I lived it, and at the time '78 had the worst outcome of the one game I cared more about than any in my life. But by '03, so many more Yankee fans had crawled out of their lairs to hammer us with their entitlement, new generations like children of gang members or terrorists, indoctrinated and defined by our misery. Even Remy said '03 was the worst, and he actually played (well) in the '78 game.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    whatsamatter notin, don't you get your news from FOX? Ruth/Dent/Buckner/Boone are one long continuous narrative. They still try to revive that s*** whenever they feature NY vs Bos. Unfortunately, casual viewers half our ages only know that the Red Sox have won the most World Series this century. ... and '03 was the worst as a last straw accumulation of angst for long-suffering fans who couldn't take it any more.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gotta agree; if the Sox make it to the '03 World Series, they don't fire Little and hire Francona for '04. So it was absolutely essential that Red Sox Nation suffer its worst defeat so it could revel in its greatest victory.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Typical irony in the Covid age that the Sox' fastest outfielder can't go into late innings as a defensive replacement. But it shows how much Bloom really thought about his club's chances last winter when he wouldn't sign a cheap, glove-first centerfielder to protect leads... despite the talksox miracle of virtually every poster agreeing to pay one. Jake Marisnick cost $1 million. Michael Taylor, who leads the big leagues in outfield dWAR, cost $1.75 mil. There were others.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The mortal sin wasn't relying on Pedro; it was Little changing the plan and messing with the psyche of his players, who had all their adrenaline drained, five outs from the World Series. In an interview, Pedro said he was relaxing in the dugout after the 7th and suddenly asked if he could get Nick Johnson out (soon to be leading off the bottom of the 8th). He agreed, and delivered... and then the plan changed again -- when the guy who was supposed to come in to face Jeter (probably Timlin) was left in the bullpen. The rest is infamy.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's fair. But be honest, how many times have you've said "JBJ woulda had it" -- at least thought it -- on balls that also eluded Kike and Dugo? I know I've also had "Mookie would've had it in his pocket" moments on pop-ups that Renfroe and even the second basemen or first basemen couldn't get to.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    From what I've seen, Duran hasn't missed any catchable fly balls. I've seen Renfroe miss a few, and of course JD and Cordero, and remember a couple deep drives over Kike or Verdugo when they didn't look so good early on. With apologies to Christian Vazquez -- who NESN tells us was recently voted the AL's best defensive catcher (Sal Perez, anyone?) -- the outfield has been the Red Sox' defensive strength this year. Maybe someone can explain dWAR: Duran and Renfroe are each -0.5; Hunter leads the league in both outfield assists and errors. JD is -0.7... Cordero is somehow better than all three, at -0.1 (no penalties for being way out of position?). The only positives in dWAR are Kike 1.6, and Dugo 0.2. In comparison: Bradley 1.1, Betts 0.3, and Benintendi 0.2.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Kudos to ERod, Richards, and Cora (or letting GR finish). Cora detractors may argue he had no choice, since Whitlock and Otto were used Wed, but old fans can appreciate a manager who knows to ride a hot arm to nail down a big win -- and go against the modern book of contriving different relievers for the 8th and 9th when there's no guarantee if either will "be on" on any given night. When he brought in Richards in the 7th, my son and I looked at each other and wondered who'd pitch the 8th and 9th; we could only predict Davis and Robles. It was the best and worst we could come up with.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When I put my car in neutral, sometimes it's inclined to let gravity take over. When Dalbec -- or just about any Red Sox batter -- hits to the opposite field, it's always a good thing.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nobody is wrong about Pedro. He was obviously the Red Sox' best pitcher and had had a great Game 7 for seven innings in '03. And before entering the dugout he was obviously done when he tapped his heart and pointed to the heavens (like he always did after punching out his timecard). The most underrated part of what followed is how nigh impossible it is for any pitcher who shuts it all down -- physically and mentally -- to ramp it all back up again, especially in the biggest pressure inning and game of the season. Yes, Posada hit a freaking blooper, but that was only after three other Yankees smoked Martinez: Jeter, Williams and especially Matsui -- after Grady's mound visit, when Pedro's bobblehead eyes told us not to look. That double by Godzilla, when Little didn't escort his ace back to the bench after handing the ball to Alan Embree, is the exact moment that got the manager fired.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    At bat, Duran has obviously been overmatched in his first month in Boston. But I've seen progress in just the past week, when he made two adjustments in his batting stance that resulted in MLB hits: one with a split grip to go the other way, and last night raising his hands to pull the game-winner. As for D, I just haven't seen the part where Duran "cannot" field. In contrast, Cordero looked incompetent at times this year trying to catch fly balls or pop-ups in both the outfield and at first base.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The point is the years; Franchy has played in the majors for the past half decade. He still can't play offense or defense good enough to stick. The guy can't be washed up if he never got dirty. Cordero is the opposite of career minor leaguers who finally make the big leagues after lifetimes in the bushes. Franchy is the anti-Crash Davis, Yermin Mercedes... Jack Lopez! When Cordero runs out of potential, someone will ultimately say, "He finally got his chance to not be in The Show."
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ...or Noah Song -- what could go wrong? (at this point, I'll be encouraged if he changes his name to Maybe Song...)
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Duran has been in the big leagues about a month. It is quite possible he'll make adjustments and maybe improve -- like holding his bat higher so he could catch up to the Rays' habitual heaters that resulted in last night's game-winning hit. Cordero has had longer parts of many MLB seasons where he has proven over and over he is not a major leaguer.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And nobody was until the PR leak that the Boston owners wanted Scherzer...
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not now, but it depends on player projections and where the acquiring club stands in their rebuild window or longterm quest to sustain contention. Plus, I was only dropping the names of the Red Sox' two best prospects for a comparative scenario...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But it's all about pitching: better relievers preserving more wins, or a better starter preserving existing relievers' arms for preserving more wins... Scherzer has gone 4-0 with a 1.29 ERA for the Dodgers, who are now finally back in first place. He may not have made them any better, as he replaced another (banned) Cy Young, but he assures LA of being an October favorite. In Boston, Scherzer would have assured the Red Sox of a Wild Card. But he couldn't also be the closer, or shore up the infield D, or drive in runners from third with less than two outs... so I don't think many of us would have agree to trade Casas and Mayer for Scherzer and Trea Turner.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Whitlock, as young as he is -- or should I say, because his youth (and post-op recovery) dictates his use -- is more like one of those old blackpowder muzzleloaders with a ramrod that takes such a long time to reload.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree with many posts today: Two actually good relievers would have made the difference in three or four more wins, and not just with their own stats, but by preserving pitches and elbow/shoulder stress for the rest of the totally spent bullpeners. Yep, the names are all hindsight now (who would've predicted that Brad Hand -- who some of me wanted for $10 mil last winter and for a prospect at the deadline -- would be as bad as Hansel?) But what we'll never know is how the Red Sox players really felt about certain guys getting traded to other clubs and not to Boston. We do have the perspective of the media -- many of whom say the front office demoralized the clubhouse by not acquiring good reinforcements. Did it have an ill effect on the product on the field and the collective effort going forward? If you think that notion is overblown, you also have to admit the professionals who cover sports for a living are a lot closer to the pulse of teams than internet posters.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Most posters are pretty positive... that the Sox are toast. My wife started a fight last night incredulous that I kept watching that debacle of a game. I can't help it; I need to see which players still appear to care even an iota of what we do.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the Red Sox don't win Sale Day, mere masks won't protect them; they'll all need to wear face shields with windshield wipers...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No, just that he shouldn't be allowed to play first -- and this is even more critical than JD playing outfield (where he may stand around without any action for half a game). There are just a lot more outs that should be recorded at first base by a big leaguer who can actually scoop one-hoppers. But I would play Dalbec at third this month once they're buried in 4th and out of it, just to see if he is better there and to build his trade value.
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