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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Definitely. He never could hit lefties-- career avg: vs. LHP .000, vs. RHP .176.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Now we're waiting for the GBP to cool off the Jays, but maybe they get a pass after being forced to be nomads half the season.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We've already been through how horrible some posters think Duran has been in center for the Red Sox, just killing them, based on some metric. Meanwhile, we haven't read one single fan who has seen Verdugo in centerfield all season think he's a good fit in the middle of the outfield. I actually like Verdugo on either corner outfield spot, and thought he was just as good in right last year as this year's Renfroe, who leads all big league outfielders in errors.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't disagree, but we know the offense can't outbash all the issues on the mound and on defense. So who do you trade to improve the team for '22? Surely, no one is suggesting Bloom stands pat and brings back the same starting nine with the MLB's worst Total Zone Total Fielding Runs Above Avg (a hideous NEGATIVE 65)...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Everybody would, because right now Dalbec is a better big leaguer. But he might also fetch a better return for Bloom as part of a trade, and a deal makes sense if the Sox sign Schwarber or someone else to keep first base warm until their top power-hitting prospect is promoted.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Did you watch him play outfield this week?
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I just meant that while Duran and even Verdugo have struggled lately, Dalbec has really improved, and thus, so has his trade value. A lot can happen in the final 20 games, but if Dalbec stays hot, fans and media will grow more attached to his potential. Two months ago, we couldn't have gotten Mazza, Kickham, Hart or Hall for him. Dalbec is still the most logical trade candidate, as he remains blocked in the near future at 1st, 3rd and DH... unless there's a major blockbuster (I just figured out the literal meaning of the term). And now, he's better than Chavis...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That line-up would probably mean Bloom sold high on Dalbec, which would be both unpopular with fans, and probably the best way to bring back an actually good young arm. It's also makes the most sense -- dealing from strength, with Casas knocking on the door.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It would be great... but teams would insist rosters expand so they could carry 20-man bullpens... then it wouldn't be.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Like I said, some fans really want to believe him... ... but we can't help it, since we're used to straight shooters like his predecessor, who once told us, "They're just prospects" -- before trading most of them.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This may be jinxing the Sox, but who would fans rather face in one game: New York or Toronto? I'd love to see a one-and-done vs. the Yanks, who sport many of the same flaws as Boston. I actually favor the Red Sox in Fenway or the Stadium (but only if Cora starts Eovaldi in the Bronx). I also think the Blue Jays will crush anyone if they get to the Wild Card game. I'm not assuming any of them get in; maybe it will be an A-M match-up...in the PM.
  12. 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...
  13. 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.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rally-killing DPs are the only times you don't mind JD flailing and whiffing at sliders low and away.
  15. 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).
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes they should. Everyone watching at home knows he interfered.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But we do know Bloom has a twitter department that taunted skeptical tweeters back when Boston led the AL East.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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...
  21. 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.]
  22. 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.
  23. 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)
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't forget Nunez at third and Pearce at first conspiring on the first play that saved the postseason!
  25. 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).
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