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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ya, but with a top 1 bullpen... no Hansel and Gretel.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bauer -- won't see him no more. Not in the MLB, anyway. But he'll resurface, much to our chafrowns, either recruited by Al Davis' Oakland Raiders or nominated to run for office by some fringe element.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... to fans of the team, and the team of the fans. I also agree the Schwarber acquisition was made with another season in mind. We all knew that the Sox offense needed immediate help at the end of July, not maybe mid-August. And for those who anticipate Bloom will finally spend big and retool the starting rotation this winter, who are these free agent pitchers, exactly? Old guys not worth tying up longterm payroll or younger guys coming off injuries? Do either of those options sound appealing to Bloom, Cora or any of us???
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never thought Bloom would give up his top prospects for older guys owed big money, even just to pay the rent. There wasn't even any way possible the Sox would take back Kimbrel for "free" and agree to pay him twice as much as Barnes. I agree Boston's prospects may not have been as attractive as other club's. But what bothers me are the low level returns for actually decent relievers that it looks like Bloom was reluctant to part with. For instance, Robles was swapped for minor league reliever Alex Scherff, 23. Meanwhile, the Braves got Richard Rodriguez for spot starter Bryce Wilson, also 23, plus a 22-year old A ball pitcher who's only thrown in 17 pro games. Bloom couldn't top that? Rodriguez has been way better than Robles the past few seasons...
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Is everybody ok? Well... the f***ing hippies aren't. That's for goddam sure.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hey, this is the 2021 game thread.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    While some may say that's being negative, most have been pretty positive of this since the deadline. If fans and media feel that way, how can uniformed personnel not. You'll have to look hard, however, to find someone who thinks the team's play since the deadline is just a coincidence.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It is stunning how bad Hansel is. The Tigers are better than the Red Sox.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was slightly shocked in the 2018 World Series when Hernandez hit a 2-run bomb in the 9th off Kimbrel. I remember thinking a guy named KeyKay just came off the bench and took our closer deep... of course, it was Game Four in LA, the last inning Kimbrel ever pitched for the Red Sox.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The beginning of this game for Perez is just gross, man.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good ballplayers don't forget how to play well as they age -- if anything, veterans learn to improve with experience. But injuries -- minor more than major -- the nagging ones that never fully heal, no matter how much rest, rehab, surgery and drugs one takes; those are the eventual career-enders that fans can't really see. The preceding comes from a battered bastard, living in a broken-down shell of a body and trying to play competitively as long as I possibly could all these decades...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's one thing to go 0hfer, but getting in the way of a pop-up that should've been caught by an outfielder can be fatal in a close game. I know Cordero was trying, and Renfroe or anyone else should have called him off -- if they didn't fear for their lives getting flattened by a freight train.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nellie Fox played in an alien baseball world, where batters batted and moved baserunners counterclockwise... Even when he didn't get a hit, Fox put the ball in play. In his prime decade, 1951-1960, he averaged 190 hits and 4.6 WAR. In 19 years in the big leagues, Fox struck out 219 times -- the same amount that Chris Davis whiffed in 2016. Nellie Fox fanned 15 times per year. And never once stepped out of the box to adjust his Velcro (which wasn't invented yet).
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It was indeed Graterol, but then the Sox rejected his medicals. It's just hard to believe that with all the Dodgers' pitching prospects, they had to get a third team involved for Bloom to get an arm.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You realize you just set yourself up -- smack-dab in the dregs of the worst losing streak of the year -- for multiple angry posts of "Get over it, move on" or the what-was-once-logical "It's a great haul for 12 months of Betts". For the record, I always wanted Verdugo in the deal, and still think he'll have a better career than, say, Benintendi. But I also demanded at least one of the many Dodger pitching prospects. Once we all found out what Friedman was really thinking -- he was trading for 156 months of Betts -- we knew he could've probably been pushed for an arm. But of course, the return was absolutely affected by getting LA to agree to take Price.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Even the people complaining about people complaining have to admit it can be frustrating as a fan when the organization you follow uses social media to send mixed messages -- like mocking early-season skepticism, celebrating resetting payroll under tax penalties, and planting rumors of owners wanting to deal for the top starting pitcher on the trade market... and then not moving a few prospects who may never make it to acquire what the Chief Officer called "the obvious puzzle pieces". Maybe the front office and a few fans agreed that this team wasn't good enough to sacrifice a bit of the future for a better shot at winning this year. But there were also plenty -- including the manager and a lot of players -- who thought this version worthy... instead of assuming/hoping another Red Sox club in the next few summers will be 23 games over .500.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... Of course. If devoted fans -- and that's who were are, not professional media or team employees -- debate trying a guy currently crushing it in international tournament competition (even if it's at a Double A level), it's not fair to mock each other. Not when the alternatives have all been abject failures, and in many cases, have never proven to be big league hitters beyond the dreaded SSS. It's not like anyone is saying Casas should replace a slumping Jon Schoop, CJ Cron, RIZZO or even Moreland.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Is it really a coincidence that the last time the Sox had a notion of contending (summer of '19) -- and passed on significant upgrades -- the team immediately lost eight straight after the deadline? To paraphrase Merloni in the hour after that deadline: "The GM is telling the clubhouse -- in Mookie's last year -- he doesn't think they're good enough! Done."
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm also banking on the overall offense as an improved area because of Schwarber's presence in the middle of the order. He doesn't have to hit 10 HRs in 12 games (like he did before injury), but crushing a couple a week will provide consistent production and a threat to foes, and allow other bats to relax and not press as much. I just hope the Sox don't bat him leadoff like the Nats did, because that's a spot unlikely to feature baserunners on in front of him...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But you'd better use your best reliever. Right, Buck?
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I don't see Schwarber hitting dozens of dingers in six weeks, but do think his presence in the batting order will help hitters around him, seeing better pitches to hit, as well as worrying pitchers to also issue more walks, and managers bringing in more lefties required to throw to three batters (including two righty All-Stars). As for Sale's actual contributions -- I'm not as enthusiastic... If he has 10 starts and the Sox win 6 of them, that is a huge aid. I think there will be a setback, where they have him skip a turn or two. We may have to settle for 7 starts with the Sox winning 4.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Realistic thread Part Ways... Three True Outcomes: Division title, Wild Card game, miss playoffs. What's your prediction with 55 games left? Here's one: the boost from Schwarber may help the offense more than Sale winning games (but his presence will inspire others on the staff to improve). On the mound, Houck will be more effective than Sale, in about the same amount of innings. Sox go 32-23, win WC game, lose ALDS...
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... right, it's worse; at least, to watch as a fan. If I were a scouting director, I'd task my staff with finding the best collegiate contact guys, and then following them in the wood bat summer leagues.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    With posts about JD's slump, and often falling behind in counts 0-2, I looked up 2021 splits. Here are batting averages of each Red Sox hitter in 0-2 counts (at bats in parenthesis): Kike .306 (36), JD .256 (39), X .229 (48), Devers .225 (40), Renfroe .217 (46), Verdugo .209 (43)... Vaz .184 (38), Dalbec .158 (38), Santana .167, Chavis .143, Franchy .067, Arroyo .056, Marwin .037, Duran .000 (9 ABs). Coming soon? Schwarber .188 (16).
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Voters are like judges in a pageant, pretending to listen intently to bikini-clad candidates' goals to bring peace to the world...
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