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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Quick -- someone please start a game thread vs. Detroit -- the Red Sox aren't just back in Boston, they're home at Fenway, where they'll be cheered by a loud crowd so intent on celebrating, many students are already skipping Friday classes to begin the party asap (some haven't even gone to sleep yet from last night). Doesn't matter if the Sox are swinging banjoes, or using bobble-heads in the field, or throwing pitches off batter's toes -- the rowdies will carry hosts around the diamond on waves of enthusiasm... ... rooting for players wearing walk-off greens!
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I might compare their WARs if they both played outfield. But Cal's defensive position is only the most important of all regulars on the diamond -- and he backstopped a division champion.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Exactly -- Cleveland is 18-3 in the past 21, but who have they been beating up on? A: Central casting. And let's not forget who gave the Guards two Ls to start the month... Meanwhile, Detroit is 5-15 in September, after tangling with both New York teams, and two others with winning records this month, the Braves and Marlins. Last year the Tigers made the playoffs with 86 wins, and were one of three Central teams in the postseason -- who coincidentally played in the same division as the losingest club in big league history.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I've considered this term before: it always describes someone with wheels, and often with strength of arm and/or swing (exit velo, distance, hard hit rate, etc). But if the guy just isn't a good hitter and whiffs a ton -- like O'Neil Cruz, for example -- does that mean he makes poor swing decisions or does he have poor hand-eye coordination? If it's the latter, that kinda cancels out some of the athleticism... In that case, I'll take Jacob Wilson any day -- for his sheer baseballisms. Maybe his 7.2% K-rate makes him the modern freak.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Anthony update: Roman has made significant progress... at breakfast -- from using his hands to eat wake-up wraps to a metal fork to eat blueberry flapjacks. However, only training staff are currently allowed to wield butter knives to pre-cut the flops into bite-sizes.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And fans in Washington would freak if Toboni came in and traded Wood -- even for Boston's Big Three... ... and fans in Boston would freak if Breslow traded a haul of org-hyped future for one freak.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And two are even against big league pitchers.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sad Max beyond the SkyDome
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Highway Romyry
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know, but are any exaggerations? He's a great talent, but a negative dWAR outfielder with 215 Ks. For Boston's current needs, Wood is not an upgrade on D or O, except for his home runs. Rather than deal the farm for a guy like that -- if he is even available -- wouldn't it just make more sense to pay money to sign Schwarber to DH and keep all the prospects?
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Looks like Brez and Toboni will make good trade partners. What talent does Washington have that would fill immediate Red Sox needs? Gore is damaged goods, while Wood is a big power threat who also leads the majors in strikeouts, bats lefthanded, and is poor outfielder.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The O has been the most inconsistent. When the entire line-up struggles against a pitcher with command, in-game adjustments need to be made at the plate. Seeing veteran batters shorten up swings and hit to the opposite field has been the right approach lately for guys like Story, Bregman and Lowe, and is also a key for free swingers like Rafaela, Duran and Narvaez.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I agree Brez not bolstering the line-up could be fatal, but if he's to blame, how can we fault benchwarmers and platoon players for not coming through? Won't it be more of a miracle if these guys, inspired by Cora the magician, actually make the playoffs? The mighty Red Sox, featuring a clean-up man with 2 home runs on the season... meanwhile, Yoshida is batting .327 in September -- and relying on a guy who was cut last year by the worst team in history... Romy, batting .367 this month.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The hero is the bullpen. BoSox got timely hits from Lowe and Narvaez last night, but there's nothing like four relievers throwing a no-hitter vs. the team leading the majors in hits, batting average and on base percentage. The Sox will go as far as Wilson, Whitlock, Slaten and Chapman can carry them.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And check the check the checks.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    After last night, the Tigers-Guardians series means less to us. Houston can't beat out Boston for a wild card unless the Astros win one more game than the Red Sox in the final five. So if the Sox go 2-3, the Stros need to go 5-0. Even if the Sox win just one more to finish 1-4, it will still be a tall task for a slumping club like Houston to finish 4-1. But I still wouldn't want to be Detroit wobbling into Fenway this weekend with all the pressure of history squeezing their tracheas.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pedro came via trade, but the free agent HE recruited helped win three rings: Big Papi.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And you'd think NEW YORK would want the Blow Jays to lose.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If there wasn't enough to overturn Safedanne Rafaela, there wasn't enough to overturn Bregman being safe... NEW YORK.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Your post does not belong on A Fatalistic View of the Last Days of 2025. But it could be on An Opportunistic View of the Last Days of 2025.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Now that we've seen all the Red Sox top-rated hitting and pitching prospects drink at least a cup of coffee in the majors, it kinda makes you wonder if only Boston's fans and media fell for the hype machine. Anthony looks decent on D and circling the bags, but shows two legit tools to be a star hitter: barrels and reaching base. The rest of the potential regulars -- Campbell, Mayer, Garcia -- show promise in the minors, but possess maybe only one or two assets that can contribute to MLB wins... so far. Narvaez, while not developed in the org, seems solid, but with flaws that can improve, like blocking bad pitches and making two-strike contact. On the mound, though, the young arms were maybe guys other clubs coveted more -- Early (who Brez turned down a bid for), Dobbins and his command, or Tolle and his fastball extension.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They may have viewed the Bregman signing from the beginning as his replacement, and Raffy being a selfish jerk just made the plan even easier. Bregman's opt out may also be part of the plan, as they expected him to leave after an All-Star season -- which it has been (at least when he made the AL squad after a great first half). The $80 million saved when Bregman leaves could be funds to lock up Marcelo Mayer longterm -- if he shows more star potential next season. We can be sure there are some in the front office who view six more years of Mayer in his 20s as more valuable than two more of Bregman in his 30s.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Breslow is gold right now to Henry for the biggest accomplishment of the season: ridding the Sox of Devers' contract. While consensus among fans and media has always been that the Raffy trade was the ultimate consequence of major miscommunication and mishandling by the front office, why have no personnel ever been punished or even reprimanded in public... ... for losing and not replacing the club's top home run hitter/run producer/on base/slugging/OPS leader? (on a team that might just miss the playoffs because of a lack of offense that couldn't even overcome an injury to one rookie who wasn't called up to the majors for over two months after he proved he was good enough?)
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    this is A Realistic View of 2025: the Blue Jays not only have the best record in the AL, but the best home record: in Toronto, they are 50-25. Since the Jays win 2 out of every 3 games at home all season, it is realistic to expect Boston -- tepid at best all month -- to go 1-2 this week. That's not the end of the world, though, since Cleveland vs. Detroit means one of them is guaranteed to lose at least 2. But then the Red Sox will pretty much have to win the final series at Fenway Park this weekend to get into the postseason... which is full frontal feasible with the added adrenaline of a raucous weekend crowd, and suffocating pressure on the visitors to stave off what could be an all-time epic choke.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fanfools parfait gives the following odds: +- 0% chance Red Sox win today, +- 0% chance Red Sox lose today. The over-under is a neutral integer. However much you don't bet today, they will double that amount in invisible ink.
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