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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I wouldn't trade Bronson Arroyo for him. But I actually think OBP can be a bit overrated for certain guys; I want my sluggers swinging more at borderline pitches they can drive rather than being too selective and walking a lot. Not from the heels, though -- Ks are worthless. That's why I have hope for Casas, who reportedly chokes up to make contact (until some pitchers at the next level find some weakness). Bregman chokes up, too.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    b-WAR's scale calls a 2+ a "Starter"; at his best, Renfroe was a 2.3 and 2.7 in '18 and '19 (he was a zero -- or no better than a replacement player -- last year). b-WAR also calls 5+ "All-Star Quality"... He's got power, but so did Wily Mo Pena (one of his comps). But how are Sox fans underrating him?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm still trying to figure out how Sox fans are underrating a guy like Renfroe. Even if we dismiss his .158 batting average from the Covid season, he's still a .228 career hitter.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some of us half-glass drinkers would see this as less mileage on the arm... though realists may choose to sit back and count how many guys who missed an entire year -- in the majors -- will just instantly transform back into the athletes they were when they were two years younger.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He'd have to play "pitcher" or first base... because any T-ball fan knows that 99% of balls in play don't make it past the mound. But just make sure he doesn't run from the batter's box to third base.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe no one on this board is as skeptical about the Red Sox 2021 rotation as I am. Here's the rotation, as of now: #1 If, #2 If, #3 If, #4 If, #5 Martin Perez, #6 If. But then, here's the rotation of everybody's preseason AL favorites: #1 Cole, #2 If, #3 If, #4 If, #5 If, #6 If. They look a sure thing.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Losing Fisk, Lynn and Burleson -- for what they got back in return -- was as depressing as two Mookie trades. Those Sox teams still had a lot of star power, but their rise back to respectability was due to the development of young pitching... finally: Hurst, Boyd, Ojeda, Tudor, Nipper and the youngest, Clemens. The latter ace made them an actual contender.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes. Can't win if you don't get in. Wouldn't it be contradictory to one of the main themes of this board to refuse to try to qualify for the Crapshoot? Getting "bounced early" shouldn't count, either, since that would be in retrospect (and after all, just a product of the Crapshoot). Plus, the best-laid plans have a history of backfiring; otherwise, Vegas and bookies everywhere would have gone out of business long ago. Also, for those convinced Bloom's ingenuity will turn this current roster into a playoff team by next year or maybe even this October, I was a diehard rooter as a kid and adolescent from 1968-1985, watching and listening to the Red Sox... when they made the postseason once in 18 years. Don't forget the '04 champs were Wild Card sharks!
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But better than cheering for Jeter Downs?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think 700's point was keeping and building around generational guys who started in Boston. But ya, it sucked to see Pedro leave, because his prime here was arguably as good as that of any Red Sox in some combo of accomplishments, impact and influence -- he just may have been the best player in baseball at his specialty longer than Yaz, Rice or Ruth (while here)... except Ted.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not me. It's worth the extra $10M (of someone else's money) to hire Jake and never have to watch DP pitch again without a pitch clock, condemn reporters like a cult leader from a podium, or call his own press conference to disrespect Hall of Famers.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm totally spoiled, and '19 was anti-climatic and disappointing, considering expectations. But as for enjoying '19, it was a great year to watch Devers and X, while JD and Betts were still really good, all the way to the last day when Mookie scored the walk-off from first on a Rafie bouncer. I'd say "nobody" should be more like "nobody here" -- I read this forum that year before joining. RestGate wasn't a rampant concept all over fandom -- and Sox fans had logical reasons to hope that the rotation would be even better in '19... IF Price and Eovaldi had entire seasons like they did in October '18 when it sure looked they both had turned a corner. Sale was a question mark, but there was also optimism because he totally dominated the last three batters of the 2020 season.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not disagreeing, but obviously those Sox would be better to watch surrounded by other top talent. Maybe Bloom will acquire some a year from now. For me, a longterm contract for a star player doesn't have to be justified by winning a World Series. That's the ultimate goal, but the journey is often more valuable than the destination. The Red Sox almost won in '86 with Dave Henderson in center, and they finished first a few times with Ellis Burks out there. But I had more fun watching Fred Lynn in the '70s.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All we know for sure is where they did go without him last season. "Better" will always be debatable, even if Betts gets hurt and breaks down as he ages. Will his replacements ever approximate his contributions? Will the savings be reinvested in actual top tier talent by the officer who traded him? In the meantime -- however long it takes for Boston to become contenders again -- the experience isn't the same for fans without a generational player like Mookie to enjoy watching.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox75 made some great posts of just some of the many ways having Mookie Betts helps a franchise. Even if he really wanted to play somewhere else, losing Mookie is partly on the Red Sox. They did lowball him -- many times -- starting with insults at arbitration over a few thousand dollars. Then they reportedly offered him $200 million, when his market value had already surpassed that figure. And finally, they offered $300 million -- again, after Betts' market value had blown past that benchmark. People can scream about a ballplayer turning down $300 million, but if a team is actually prepared to spend that much to keep their best player, then they can afford another $50ish mil to lock him up. Do you know where Mookie ranks on the salary scale for 2021? TWENTY-SIXTH... think he's worth it? https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/rankings/
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dodgers fans are so relieved that Mookie's albatross contract didn't prevent LA from upgrading their defending champs.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good for them. Only one NL team in a hundred years has won back-to-back rings. And standing pat -- especially on the pitching staff taxed from a title -- is not the way to do it (ask the '19 Red Sox). Adding an elite arm, especially connected to a guy who hasn't won -- and should be hungry -- is a smart move.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    @ poster Red Sox tweet offer $40M to Odorizzi, Ozuna, Rosenthal, Marisnick for '21... then delete it, because it might make them a wild card contender, and they'd have to spend more as buyers at the trade deadline.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But even if you fold, if you want to play again, you still have to ante up.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I think Beni has more potential to rebound than Renfroe, so I'd tip the balance on the lefty half of that "platoon", which may not even become one. If the team is as bad as it currently looks, I also predict 100 each for Duran, Downs, and maybe even Casas, by the Fall (no pun intended). That's only about 25 games each.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yaz was an All-Star from the neck down... according to Eddie Stanky.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In that Rosenthal interview there was talk of waiting for the new vaccine and that the MLB wanted to get players vaccinated first (though I don't know how feasible that is).
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I have, and it's the worst part of him being traded; if the Sox had kept him and made a pandemic Godfather offer last summer, he just may have signed in Boston. I think he wanted to play somewhere else, but I never thought there would be a possibility of him returning once he was dealt.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There was nothing prudent or sensible about their decision whatsoever, which is based entirely on partisan politics and the looming CBA battle. But it's not surprising, since the latest CDC data shows that ego-centric (my adjective) young adults are now the biggest spreaders of the virus in this country.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mookie wanted fair market value -- at least as much as Harper and Machado -- and another team established his market by offering him a contract he signed. If Betts' deal hampers the Dodgers' pursuit of other talent, as very few fans probably fear, that would be a detriment. But now they're reportedly one of the two finalists for Bauer...
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