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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe the next two drafts (maybe that's the idea). The Orioles may be worse than the Red Sox this year -- right now, last year's bottom team is still chasing last year's 4th place -- but at least Baltimore already has the 2019 #1 and the 2020 #2 guys in their system.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Porcello to some Sox fans -- pros: never injured, innings eater, a guy we used to root for; cons: ERA over 5.00 the past two years. Porcello to maybe some Sox officials -- pros: ERA under 6.00 the past two years; cons: never injured, a guy they used to root for -- so not a potential rehabbing/discovery project.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Me, too. Fans maybe underestimate how much the familiarity factor can positively affect a new player's performance. The Cora connection is also why I wouldn't be surprised to see Correa and hopefully McCullers in a Sox uniform a year from now... As for Marwin, I hope fans will welcome him to Boston -- and remember he looked pretty good slugging homers off Price and Barnes in the '18 ALCS, the year after smashcans.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As long as winning the lottery means another high draft pick that nets a future pitching ace.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How many hours and minutes?
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox may still rush him and hope for an impactful debut, in the hopes of enticing another club to give up an actual good (pitching, please) prospect... all the while planning on Jimenez as the centerfielder of the near future.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Benintendi didn't have any problems making the jump -- at age 21. But once he hit the witching hour age of 24...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What was encouraging about the Ortiz acquisition -- for me, at least (I promise not to make any blanket statements that may be perceived as assumptions of fact) -- is that he was the MVP of a winter league right before '03. That meant to me that he could be a factor in the lineup. This parallels more with Duran (not Cordero), who was just voted MVP of the Puerto Rican league playoffs; at least in the hopes of him being an MLB contributor soon.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I only went as far back as the last two times Boston was trying to win a World Series. But it's been really fun looking up stats for a Yankee to fend off all the reminders I got for making an unsubstantiated crack on a Red Sox board about a player from our arch-rivals. At least Spring Training begins soon to put us all out of our misery or elation (did I cover it all) from this polarizing offseason.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gardner: season OPS, and vs. Boston the same year: '13 .759 vs. Bos. .878 '14 .749 vs. Bos. .869 '15 .742 vs. Bos. .800 '16 .713 vs. Bos. .843 '17 .778 vs. Bos. .714 '18 .690 vs. Bos. .632 '19 .829 vs. Bos. .837 '20 .747 vs. Bos. 1.009
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No, do you? I only watch Yankee games when they play my favorite team, the Red Sox.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If you watched any Red Sox-Yankee games the past five years, you saw Gardner get as many big hits vs. Boston than any other Yankee, often when he was hovering at the Mendoza Line. But I won't call him clutch, because that doesn't exist on this board.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gardner would be a terrible for the Red Sox because then he couldn't bat against Boston pitchers. He hits .800 every year vs. the Sox and a buck-and-a-quarter vs. everyone else.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Especially since Duran is already paid for.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As optimists, we dream of Renfroe and Cordero bombs to the Mass Pike and the Prudential Building. As realists, maybe we shouldn't forget they both played in San Diego on losing teams for three years. Once the Padres got serious, they got rid of both.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I like this lineup and bet we see it soon because Bloom does, too. His old team -- which we don't resemble in the most -- was never afraid to bring up young guys to ease onto the diamond (and replace higher-priced vets of similar skills). Also, perhaps a front office isn't so concerned with service time if it's not so concerned with keeping guys around for six years.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Scherzer turned down a Tigers' offer that would've made him one of the highest paid players in the game, then signed for even more the next year in Washington. I say we can all blame our problems on Max, since Dombro made certain he wouldn't let Price, Sale and Eovaldi get away...
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When I read this I thought two things: if we'll be much better in '22, that means 1) we'll be much worse this year than next; and 2) we'll have to hope improvements come from players already in the organization -- especially a successful comeback by Sale (since a successful comeback from ERod in '21 probably means he'll already have been flipped for prospects), and promotions to Downs, Duran and Mata, at least. I also consider "the whopping 2 years" for EHern as an important benchmark for the Bloom era. When/If he ever signs or extends someone for three or more years, that will be a signal to fans -- and players -- that the front office considers the Sox finally good enough again to go for it... and as a salute and/or plea to keep caring.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't let his uncle, Terry Shumpert, off the hook, either. He had feedback on playing in Boston back in the 90s, during the Duquette-Kevin Kennedy days, when his paycheck was only in the hundred-thousands...
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't they all seem like placeholders while we wait for some of the prospect accumulation to mature? The thing is, fans need to see a few blue-chippers emerging to buy in -- which has been nigh impossible without much minor league ball happening (Covid and consolidation). It's hard to form opinions based almost entirely on reading reports and not watching actual players. Hopefully, we'll see Casas, Downs and Mata in Florida. Maybe Song will parachute in for a game...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed about Cordero, who has never been a full-time regular in the majors. But I'll still be shocked if the Sox sign JBJ to a multi-year, because it would go against everything that Bloom has stood for since he started here (plus, I don't think Bradley wants to play on a loser in a cold city). However, I'd be happy if they ink JBJ (maybe Duran is the future leftfielder), because it would break a pattern and might mean a Devers extension is still possible -- instead of turning into the prospect bonanza that I expect.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "help free up even more funds"
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good list. The Sox need to add someone with serious upside; not just a legit MLB player, but a future MLB star. If Arraez is available, go get him. His swing reminds me of Rod Carew.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We're still waiting. Remember all winter when posters like us thought trading a guy like Beni would help free up even more funds to sign a guy like Rosario or even Ozuna? Maybe that was just the fans' plan.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Hopefully, we won't find out again this year.
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