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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Watching the segment on TV, one expert had JBJ 7th but no Verdugo... I'm on the verge of calling this the turned-offseason.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Source? Sincerely, Sox Fan craving any news, even bad...
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Flurries can melt by the afternoon. I never expected a blizzard that would lock down the division, but I did expect something measurable -- at least to keep posters busy shoveling it...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Somebody's gotta say it: the Fiscal Fillies' brand new Baseball Officer addressed an area of need -- the bullpen -- and in two weeks traded for Alvarado and Coonrod, and signed Archie Bradley.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I found it odd that Bradford said if the Sox had been in on Lindor, that he would've had to move to second. 1. Lindor was arguably the best defensive shortstop in at least the AL; 2. A few years ago on Alex Cora's Puerto Rican National team, Carlos Correa -- another shortstop better than Bogaerts -- moved to third, deferring to Lindor. Latest Semien rumors indicate that he, too, would move to second if the Sox sign him. Bogie is a really good player, but he's not quite his idol, DJeter, whose hallowed status wouldn't allow ARod (a better defender) to take his position.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was actually thinking both -- in the "flurry" after they trade Beni, of course. Any below-average team could use another above-average bat and above-average glove...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not even expectations.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I see your fWAR and raise you bWAR: Mookie 10.6, Sale 6.8, JD 6.5, Beni 4.5, X 4.3, Price 4.2 in 2018. According to b-ref's guidelines, 5+ is "All-Star quality" and 8+ "MVP Quality"... Fangraphs, which seems to assign slightly-lower numbers in most cases, gives these ratings in its "rule-of-thumb chart": 3-4 "good player", 4-5 "All-Star", 5-6 "Superstar", 6+ "MVP". ps: either way, the Sox had a lot of good players play well in '18.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Chavis can field a grounder; he was a left-side infielder. What he's not good at is the pivot turning DPs -- which is becoming a lost art with teams that insist on using modern shifts on every other batter. If anything, third basemen have become even more vital to a winning defense, since half the time they're manning shortstop and need the range to cover two bags. If the Red Sox build a staff around strikeout pitchers (yes, another Tampa trend), then infield D matters less. Sinkerballers who induce a lot of contact crave the Pedroias of the world... if a guy like Dustin -- and his world -- even exist anymore.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Decent > descent! I think we'd all rather be talking, "Now, we're talking..."
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In most cases, the past influences predictions on the future -- it's all we really have to go by... thus, Henry will spend and Bloom will deal. After all, this is big market Boston, the franchise that bragged about resetting... Very few MLB teams are making moves because of pandemic uncertainties. But let's be honest: based on the patterns the past 1.5 years with our no-longer-new Baseball Officer -- which have only been consistent with his time in Tampa -- wouldn't it be more shocking if Bloom suddenly goes on a wild spending and trading spree and acquires the new starting pitchers, relievers, second baseman and centerfielder that we're all discussing and expecting so we can watch a legitimate team this year?
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I just forgot to list Barnes and ERod. Barnes will gone by the All-Star break. Bloom's probably waiting on ERod to prove there are no longer any heart problems, when the return will be much higher.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I never said I was logical.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I can't shake the feeling that Chaim Bloom won't stop until he strips this roster of most of the 2018 world champions. I just sense he's on a mission to prove that he can build a winner of his own; it's why I predict JBJ, Beni, Vaz and Eovaldi will all be gone this year. It's why they didn't welcome Holt back when he was cut by Milwaukee or why they won't resign Moreland or Porcello. I also think if the Sox suck again and anyone even sniffs that Bogaerts is unhappy, he'll also be dealt off. Devers could be, too, especially if he doesn't get his act together at third. No Red Sox could fetch more prospects than Rafie, and you'd better believe Bloom is well aware of that. I have no proof nor evidence of any of this post -- it's just speculation that we're all forced to type while waiting for any real moves to happen.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    MLB TV doesn't even rank Vazquez in the Top Ten Catchers Now. He not indispensable... while we're rebuilding.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We can accept a rebuild by the front office, as long as they don't insult us by promoting a team that is "going to contend" in the same year.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It actually does, but you have to pay to access -- I paid $6 for a month of Stathead when I was researching a project.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Trading Beni for a prospect would just be giving up on Beni; he had a mediocre '19, and a crap Covid July in '20, so that's it? It's mystifying how a guy can go from top-rated talent -- by just about everyone -- to good MLB hitter and fielder, a 20-20 HR/SB player, to basically cut at age 26... isn't that the kind of guy Bloom likes to acquire? Maybe there's a physical issue undisclosed to the public, even a vision problem. There has to be some reason that quick bat that sprayed gap-to-gap liners in the bigs from '16-18 suddenly fouled back every first-pitch fastball the next year, eventually devolving into too many swinging strikeouts or grounders to second.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's not my gospel, I was sharing the link. I actually like b-ref better, because my simpleton stat brain finds it more user-friendly.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Speaking of Face of the Franchise on a literal level: after Game Seven of the '04 ALCS, someone snuck around NYC and spray-painted a silhouette of Damon all over town.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    With you on tall Marcus; saw him and Duran in the same outfield a few years back and didn't see a single big league tool; at least Duran could fly (and last summer reportedly added more pop in RI).
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It was Fangraphs; a reliable site according to some posters.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    https://blogs.fangraphs.com/top-45-prospects-boston-red-sox/ Interesting projections... the following have ETAs sometime this year: Mata, Seabold, Bazardo, Rosario, Potts, Wong, Whitlock, Feltman, Wilson. My goal is to hopefully still be around in '24 to see the debuts of Matt Lugo and Juan Chacon.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    DJ is great, but Bloom parting with over $100 million, a QO draft pick and a five-year roster commitment for a guy in his 30s would seem to go against everything this particular Baseball Officer has done so far... The modern second base position -- where half the time the guy stands in right field, 15 feet behind first -- is such a low priority compared to the really good pitching the Red Sox so drastically need to be relevant again. Plus, he's 6'4 -- and large Yankees historically break down every season.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bruce Hurst? Jason Bay? Ok... nomar jokes -- and yet: sources confirm multiple Red Sox posters facetiously discussing the cold stove season.
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