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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No one is saying it here, but some have to be wondering: if the Sox are a .500 team come July, Barnes might just be the one player who can fetch the most or best prospects at the trade deadline. How can Bloom possibly resist such a temptation... unless one believes he plans on offering Barnes a competitive, multi-year free agent contract commensurate with the top MLB closers next winter.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Will Polardero
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed. Clubs stash their "Quadruple" A depth in AAA, in case an emergency call-up is needed. A lot of those are guys you don't mind sitting on the big league bench so much... at least compared to the real prospects who need to be playing every day in AA in order to properly develop.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Whenever someone did, it was for a party they were hosting. Guests didn't have to pay two bucks to get in, lest the football lineman at the entrance bounce their heads.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We've been calling them kegs since high school (but never "keggers"; keg-parties -- quarter-keg or half-keg).
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Wonder if anyone is still there to remember when Al Kaline refused a pay raise one season at the end of his career because he didn't feel like he deserved it.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ballplayers had a name for it before the nerds: atom balls.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They could tell him, but Chris Sale only has one gear. Better they keep finding ways to delay. This is why I've never counted on the idea of Sale as a midseason infusion to the rotation. The worst factor for a completely healthy comeback might be the '21 Sox in a pennant race... unless, maybe they give him the Whitlock treatment.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Long Gone" gets my vote as most underrated (and least-known, since it's HBO-exclusive, and for some reason is never re-run, over and over again, like the big money classics). Came out the same time as "Bull Durham", with similar minor league themes, only perhaps a bit more risque. Definitely worth a watch.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You try stepping over the snails that come out at night; they're bigger than the scorpions!
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Tangent: folks like us spend a lot of time at work talking baseball, waiting for the next game. Imagine the workaholics who go to games at stadium suites just to talk about jobs... (I can't).
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It doesn't make sense to give up the prospects it would take for a rental bat to support an injury-prone rotation in an effort to qualify for the postseason during a bridge year. If Bloom and Co. were really inclined to go all in, they'd use resources to trade for a Scherzer. Is Bryant the guy worth giving up a package of Duran, Downs or Casas, plus minor league arms? And if so, you'd also want to keep him around, which means at least a Springer contract... which, as far as we know, hasn't even been offered to Devers yet.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Marwin plays left, then he can't catch Cordero's throw "home" that almost reached first base yesterday (what, did Cordero think he was supposed to throw it to Brock Holt's home in Fort Worth?).
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Excellent point on having "no clue" that is often understandably overlooked by fans... ballclubs intentionally withhold certain info that may be used against them by opponents (especially injuries). But I think because teams don't make all info available to the public, that we CAN question decisions... on the surface. Of course, they could care less what fans think (as long as we keep spending our entertainment dollars on them).
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think if we're all honest here -- and from the time this roster was assembled -- if the 2021 Red Sox are going to be an actual contender, they need at least one more starter -- period. It was always unreasonable to expect Pivetta, Richards or Perez to evolve into a stopper, or for Sale to return with immediate pre-TJ dominance in regular turns (all those are hopefuls, but unreliable beyond uneven contributions). Another starting pitcher with proven postseason experience will most likely have to come from a deadline deal... if Bloom & Co. deem the cost worth it.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The key is how far technology has advanced the modern beer can. Lugging cases of cans is so much safer than bottles, with the risk of broken glass, severed tendons, and other lacerations. Mobile canning operations now drive right to craft breweries on canning day, eliminating the necessity of growler refills (nothing's more depressing or dangerous than an exploding glass growler, slipping from hands onto pavement).
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Baseball fans fanatical enough to hang out on sites like this all year are very discerning. We can see flaws in the Red Sox' offense, defense, pitching, coaching, and general managing. But after the first month or 1/6th of the season, all other clubs in the MLB have just as many -- if not bigger -- flaws. Even the mighty Dodgers are whiffing, just three Ks away from the worst swing-and-miss team in the NL. The Sox were seven games over .500 for April. If they can maintain such a reasonable rate -- and go just 71-64 the next five months -- it's an 88-win pace. In an overrated, mediocre division, that should be enough to contend for a playoff spot all season... and to keep us watching all summer!
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ah, the Kennedy Assassination of Boston baseball... until/if we ever know the truth, guys like us will always debate. One thing we all agree upon is that Chaim Bloom didn't suddenly join the Red Sox and decide to trade Mookie Betts on his own. But if you believe ownership indeed forced his hand, then you have to at least consider that dumping Price was also an order. Packaging them together may very well be the only way Bloom could move Price. And chances are, trading Mookie on his own would have netted an even better return.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Amateur coaches at many levels are now requiring players to listen to the wisdom of Pivetta: https://www.audacy.com/weei/sports/red-sox/the-nick-pivetta-quote-red-sox-fans-seemed-to-love
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe he was afraid they'd all boo or cheer his way? It was weird seeing thousands of unmasked people sitting shoulder-to-shoulder, as if Texas has a force-field protecting it from everything happening across the rest of the planet. Cora mentioned that the team will be very wary this weekend. Meanwhile, my son's Little League requires that kids wear masks in the batter's box... even though hitters face the pitchers -- away from catchers and umps behind them (who only have to wear equipment masks). Once the batter reaches base, though, masks are optional. Batters didn't have to wear masks last summer or fall...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You're lucky if you missed Bagwell for six weeks of Larry Anderson.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I live in New England, and joined this site because nobody talks much baseball or Red Sox in any offseason anymore. As a matter of fact, sports talk shows on TV and radio spend 99% of the time discussing football, 24-7, year-round.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As usual with these decade-long contracts, teams are more investing in the first half as their "long term"; in Lindor's case, for the next five years, the Mets are set -- having the best shortstop in the majors for his entire prime. If they win a title, it's worth it.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They also offered him $200 mil a few years before when Mookie's mom talked him out of accepting it because he was already worth more. And I'm pretty sure they once offered him $100 mil or something close when he first hit arb., trying to lock him up.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Red Sox always lowballed Betts. Boston's offers, while large compared to mere mortals (in and out of baseball), were always aimed at locking him up through years where they knew -- if he signed and continued his HOF pace -- he'd be making less than fair market value.
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