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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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"help free up even more funds"
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A Realistic View at 2021: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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. -
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.
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Hopefully, we won't find out again this year.
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A Realistic View at 2021: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Are you sure the Red Sox are good enough to get Dickerson? He's a full-time player, and that goes against every acquisition of Bloom's offseason. Plus, if they' were going to spend $8+ mil on a left fielder, Rosario was available... and suggested by Vazquez, and had a Cora connection (hope those weren't negatives). -
What -- you haven't seen kids wearing the new jerseys, where the team lists Years Of Control in parenthesis under player names? I was just watching two kids trading baseball cards the other day, and one was celebrating he got an Ozzie Albies because he's under contract for five more years, with a team option or buyout in 2026!
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The question is: how much patience will current ownership give Bloom for his team to show improvement in the standings and therefore, the turnstiles. That the latter haven't spun in a year does provide an added grace period. It's worth noting, though, that this ownership hasn't shown much patience in the past 20 years, as Bloom is GM/Chief Officer #4...
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Ok, but if a guy still young enough to haven't reached his prime isn't part of the future, then what is the plan? Right now there is no core of regulars, a group that needs time to play together, develop into a contender, and grow on a fandom that identifies with familiar faces. Please don't tell me the plan is to give playing time to Renfroe and Cordero, and just when they become fan favorites, maximum their value at the trade deadline by exchanging them for prospects...
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Careful with the Tampa comps -- someone might yell at you: "But we're not the Rays!"
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We're all grown-up (at least in age) enough to accept the rebuild. Just don't tell us we're going to contend while stripping down the roster. Cora probably doesn't like it, either, but at least he's got his job back. But a competitive guy like Bogie in his prime? How long does he wait around? These players know a lot more about their professional landscape than we do, and they saw guys like Eddie Rosario and Marcell Ozuna available for months. Instead, the Sox are going into ST with exactly four projected starting position players that have been regulars over an entire 162-game season: X, Vaz, Devers and Renfroe (though he figures to be platooned, but we know Verdugo is a guaranteed a fulltimer).
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Run scoring over the years since 1966
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Bellhorn04's topic in Other Baseball
It's worth considering that the MLB raised the mound in '63, so the nadir of offense was '63-68... though a hard-hopper through the middle then was still a base-hit. The mid-70s were maybe the weakest power time, even in the AL with the DH. In '76, only one batter hit over 30 home runs -- Graig Nettles (32). On the Red Sox pennant-winner in '75, the leading HR man was HOFer Jim Rice... with 22. -
A Realistic View at 2021: Part I
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Good ballclubs need players who can catch the ball and hit the ball. This offseason the last-place Red Sox have added two clunky, swing-and-miss outfielders. -
The Thriller B's comprised the Red Sox best defensive outfield trio in the past 50 years. Benintendi, Betts, and Bradley were a joy to watch in leading the '16-18 defense to three straight first place crowns. My board name honors the '75 Sox outfield, which featured five Gold Glovers on the roster. But judging by what better baseball men than me have said (mainly, the actual Seventies Sox, themselves): Betts > Evans, JBJ > Lynn, and without a doubt, Beni > Rice. Through their careers so far, the B's are all positive dWARs; Rice-Lynn-Evans were all negative dWARs. However, the '75 postseason outfield -- when a rejuvenated Yaz replaced DLed Rice -- was the equal of the '18 postseason outfield. Both gave Red Sox fans unforgettable thrills.
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Bogaerts and Vazquez are the only two fulltime position players left from the 2018 champs. Wonder what they're thinking this morning. Surely, it has nothing to do with contending or pretending in '21 -- at least not in Boston. More likely it's: Where will I be playing in the next year or two?
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Rafie and Cora just may have a symbiotic connection, as far as one affecting the other's longterm future in Boston. It will be hard for Devers to exceed '19 when he led the bigs with 90 XBHs; it's unreasonable to expect him to become Adrian Beltre, but at least his D could become more consistent.
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Was 2007 the best up-and-coming Red Sox team?
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to kenmeister's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
One STRIKE away, like three times. But it wasn't vs. the Yankees... -
Not a poll, just wondering: which Red Sox player will have the most impactful comeback in 2021? There are many candidates: JD, Beni, Rafie (on D, at least), ERod, even Sale, perhaps, or Cora, himself... But based on age and potential, I'd have to say Darwinzon Hernandez. ps. not counting new Sox, like Richards
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Was 2007 the best up-and-coming Red Sox team?
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to kenmeister's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
"And there's pandemonium on the field!" Ned Martin taught me as much vocabulary in those days as Stan Lee (but not alliteration). Both were more meaningful to kids in New England than any text books.
