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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So if "need" isn't a factor in taking a top draft pick -- but you could have your choice of a guarantee from the cornfields of hardball heaven -- which would you choose: a Hall of Fame hitter or a Hall of Fame pitcher? ... in a sport rife with cliched quotes like "pitching is 75% of the game" and "good pitching beats good hitting" and "pitching and defense win championships"...
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The most desirable traits for a star catcher are behind the plate -- not standing on the side of it, holding a bat. I'm in agreement that great D can be found in many ways and places beyond using the #4 pick in the draft. Pitching is always a priority, but the need in Boston to develop homegrown arms has been growing for over a decade. After last summer's debacle, watching the worst-ever Red Sox pitching staff, it may be more dire than ever. Using a high pick on a pitcher is risky, but there have been two stud rotation aces looming at the top for months, both with pro athlete fathers. If ever there was a year to take the gamble, it's this one. The Sox may not (hopefully) get another pick this high for a long time.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I just think Bloom was rebuilding and jumped on a chance to add five bodies for a guy who hit .100 during a lost season. Beni may have been a disappointment to fans who expected more from a top-ranked MLB prospect, but he was a pretty solid player in his three full seasons in Boston. Here's where he stood among regular AL leftfielders from 2017-19: first in runs scored, double, triples, walks and stolen bases; second in hits, RBIs and OBP... fourth in OPS at .794 (Brantley led with .842).
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree with you, but I also think Bloom disagrees with us. His stance may be: why in the world would I let my best trade chip walk in two months for nothing in return, when I was hired to continually improve organizational depth and save as much money as possible in the process?
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Since this is the Realistic thread, 2021 version: how many here think Matt Barnes has suddenly turned the corner on his career and will have another decade like the last two months and go straight to the Hall of Fame? Now, how many here think Bloom also thinks that, and is planning on making his first longterm big money contract offer to a... relief pitcher? What makes more sense for the guy Henry and Co. hired to change the Red Sox business plan: lock up Barnes or cash in on their best deadline chip and deal Barnes to a contender blessed with a bountiful farm system?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But at the trade deadline of a playoff year in '19, Bloom and the second-place Rays traded Ryne Stanek -- a top reliever and their main opener -- for what turned out to be an upgrade in Nick Anderson.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's still 50-50 Barnes gets traded in the next month, no matter where the Sox stand. He's the one chip that could net a really good prospect... and the next three-year contract offer from Bloom in Boston will be his first.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's a fair comparison, both are having decent seasons so far. Hunter is more a power hitter with a stronger arm; Beni makes more contact and has more speed (once a 20-20 guy). It just felt odd that big market Boston would covet the 2 million savings diff that much, but the 5-for-1 trade could yield more value down the road -- depending on whether any of the lottery cards pay off or are involved in future deals.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I've really found a home here on TALK sox, discussing fun topics with like-minded Red Sox fans, fondly reminiscing, passing the time together with our beloved pastoral pastime.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "medical resources"
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some possible advantages that can help good hitting prospects called up to the bigs: better visuals ("batter's eyes", better lighting), more consistent (theoretically) strikes to swing at, bigger cheering crowds, easier travel modes and durations, more meal money (or a raise) that affords better meals and nutrition, better practice and medical resources, better training facilities, better groupies...
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Chaim disagrees with you, because he sent Cordero back to the minors. If you've watched the majority of Red Sox games the past half century, here's a question: who are -- in your opinion -- the top 5 best regular Red Sox left fielders on defense since Yaz? There have only been two with a positive career dWAR. Career dWAR: Crawford 1.5 (but a negative in his one full season in Boston), Beni 0.4, Nava -0.6, Greenwell -2.7, O'Leary -3.5, Bay -7.6, Rice -8.0, Gomes -12.2... Manny -21.7. My Top 5: 1) Benintendi, only GG finalist; 2) Bay, 1 E in 198 games; 3. Greenie, always hustled, learned the wall, fewer Es than Rice and O'Leary; 4. Rice, mastered the wall, very conservative range; 5. O'Leary, can't recall complaints about him.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And in the opinion of the front office of the KC MLB team, he's good enough to trade for three guys and play every day in LF in the big leagues.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Being a big slugger has absolutely nothing to do with being a good outfielder. Benintendi has been a starting outfielder since he made the big leagues in 2016. In 2018, he was a finalist for the AL's left field Gold Glove. Rawlings uses Sabr stats to nominate candidates: https://sabr.org/sdi/2018-final#ALLF You're entitled to your opinion, but it's a fact Beni was -- at least once -- regarded as an above-average Major League left fielder. He's 26, the same age as Franchy Cordero, who has never been a good outfielder in the bigs. Now there's a bad outfielder... in my opinion. From what I saw in just two months, Franchy may be the worst leftfielder I can remember playing for the Red Sox. Maybe if Hanley didn't get hurt so quickly he'd have been worse... but I'd take JD or Manny over Franchy any day.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Well, counting the 2018 ALDS, Eovaldi has won more games in Yankee Stadium than any other ballpark in the bigs (I know he was a Yankee for two years, but he's now been a Red Sox for parts of four).
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Perez was maybe the only offseason move I was in favor of that has worked out... well, the Sox also did well that Bloom didn't listen to me to sign Ozuna, Rosario, Odorizzi, Springer, Yates, and an actual centerfielder (albeit a cheap one). Note to OB: fans could care less about relievers' ERAs. Where are the stranded runners stats???
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm using this speech before our Little League game tonight. But I'm not letting them swing into the shift (which, against our club is to position the catcher behind home plate). Belt is the bunt sign; "B" for bunt!
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Unless you're the GM in Moneyball and freak out all the old bird dogs sitting around the table (or if you're a GM who really likes that movie).
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He went. He read too many posts here about how he wasn't a good outfielder, even though the MLB used metrics for Gold Glove nomination in the past.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't forget Price was 0-4 vs. NY in '18, including the playoffs, with a double-digit ERA.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Re. player development: what we just saw on the mound for three nights in Houston couldn't possibly be attributed to any widespread rule-"bending" (see comments from Cards' Manager Schildt) -- but how did the Astros' coaches teach three starters to throw offspeed pitches that break three feet??? Nobody on the Red Sox has stuff like that; and obviously, nobody on the Sox can hit stuff like that.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Another player one letter off in Boston was Pablo SUX (there's probably more in that family, at least one or two a year, except 2020 when it was an entire family reunion, catered by Bogaerts and Verdugo).
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I like notin's idea of drafting pitchers and then spinning them while they're still highly-regarded prospects for quality position players. Liberatore had a great rep, and the Rays wasted no time in trading him for Arozarena, the star of the '20 postseason and a possible MLB regular for the next five years.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We can say at least three of those names will be available with the Sox' #4 pick. The intrigue -- for Bloom, anyway -- is that so will all the other draft-eligible amateurs in the baseball world.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sub-.200 averages are the .250s of yesteryear (yesterdecades?). If it makes anyone feel any better, a Yankee relative of mine said he did a scan of batting orders the other day, and the Sox were the only team that day with zero sub-.200 guys. The Bronx bummers featured FIVE below the Mendoza Line.
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