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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This postseason is just because a lot of teams feature ex-Red Sox pitchers. Last night we saw the NL showdown between Pivetta and Dustin May. Meanwhile the White Sox dominate the AL with Jordan Hicks, David Sandlin and Sean Newcombe -- still influenced by his roots, as evidenced throwing away a comebacker (a requirement to toe the rubber in Beantown). And John Schreiber closed out Boston in WC Game 1. That must have had Tampa smirking... Tolle and Gray couldn't beat the Yankees, but Cam Booser could! The Red Sox may not be able to develop any power hitters, but they sure can pump out playoff pitchers.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bogaerts is not only a winner and still playing, but made three keys plays to keep SD alive last night. On one, his dive in the hole stopped a single from driving in a run, then he turned a nice 6-3 DP to end the game. His best move came as a baserunner, twisting to avoid both the batted ball and broken bat to score the winning run on a head-first slide. For some reason -- only on this forum -- Xander gets a bad rap for his days as a Red Sox shortstop, usually from posters relieved that Bloom didn't resign him so Henry could avoid spending the savings on other good position players. But I suggest he's the best all-around Red Sox shortstop in the past half century, better than Nomar. There's no definitive choice based on career WAR: Bogaerts 44.3, Garciaparra 44.3. Some may argue for Garciaparra and his spectacular offense, but context is important... he played in an inflated era. More context: Nomar won one Silver Slugger as the AL's top-hitting SS (in neither year he won batting crowns); Xander won six Silver Sluggers... and two World Series rings.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As teams, GMs and budget fans know full well, superstar players get recruited and paid for the first half of those longterm mega-contracts, no matter what production comes at the back end. And every Dodger fan will tell you it was worth it to have Mookie Betts and his 5.2 WAR per year the past seven seasons, when he played a big role in winning three rings (so far) for LA... ... and I'll bet every Red Sox fan would say the same thing if he accomplished those feats in Boston during that time instead.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I read all the actual Mookie quotes about how he and his partner, on the verge of starting a family and permanent home, were shopping for houses in the Boston area in the winter it all ended. He assumed contract negotiations were ongoing, and also seriously considered accepting a previous longterm offer the year before that his mom talked him out of (because everyone knew he was worth more). Jim Rice also said on NESN that Mookie called him the night he was traded and said, "Boston was where he wanted to be." Now if Betts or any professional athlete who plays an outdoor sport were asked which locale is easier on the body in regards to aging and maintaining quality performance -- Boston with crappy Spring nights or somewhere in always-sunny southern California -- the latter will always be the unanimous choice.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Whoever it is, he won't be as valuable or win as many rings as a first-ballot Hall of Famer like Betts. Mookie's peak 7-year WAR as a rightfielder is 4th all-time behind only Ruth, Musial and Aaron. So unless the Red Sox can find, draft, sign and extend a twice-in-a-lifetime all-timer, they'll always be losers for losing Betts.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The decision not to pay Mookie his market value is what caused the worst trade in Red Sox history. Obviously Boston has never been the same since. I predicted then that they'd regret it, and soon pay market value to another guy who was not as good. That new regret's name turned out to be Devers.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He was attempting a comeback season from his swinging-too-hard injury so we'll never know. But all we have now is that he's never been the same hitter since.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Whew! what a relief! now we can high five each other again this offseason for not blowing the budget on established elite sluggers who consistently hit major league pitches out of the f***ing ballpark.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Both Anthony injuries were from attempting to do the one skill that made him a multi-millionaire -- before he even used that skill for stardom. Roman didn't get hit by a pitch and sustain a broken bone like Curtis Mead. Nope, he hurt himself swinging a bat. Twice: a year ago it was an oblique. This season, it's a wrist -- no wait, it's his ring finger... well, the finger connected to the wrist. Sorry, I just can't be optimistic that this player will ever be a solid, productive baseball player... not if he can't do damage to pitches without damaging himself. This is no different to Triston Casas (except he's not owed longterm). What is going to prevent them from re-injuring these same tender areas, and if there is something preventative, how can it not prevent them from swinging as hard as ever so they can reach potential????
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Signing a guy like Sato is more likely than trading Arias, unless Elly is coming back. Blowing BIG bucks longterm on a position player like Alonso or Bregman was always unlikely -- for those of us who concede John Henry really is that character of the same name in Moneyball. But anyone could've invested a lot less in Murikami or Okamoto and had a 30 home run hitter. Granted, that comes with a lot of Ks, which is why I don't want both and would also go after Arraez, whose contact skills are more rare than longballers. Then again, look at the White Sox: unbeaten in the playoffs with two 30 home run guys who also have over 400 strikeouts combined this year (unlike Colson M and Moon Attacker, they also have a third 30 HR man, Vargas, who's not a big whiffer).
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And reiterates why some posters thought the Sox should've just paid the price to hang on to starting pitchers that did work out in Boston: Eovaldi and Wacha (see AL Innings Pitched 2023-26). Then maybe they don't have to trade their maybe catcher of the future for Crochet, and the next year trade 2 maybe Crochets for their next maybe catcher of the future.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No politics! dog timmad!
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not used to a talksox poster taking the overdog in a week like this.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A career minor league manager who was just given a 3-year contract because he is not Alex Cora? Put it this way, it would be shocking -- no matter how pointed the questions get -- if he doesn't say "... ultimately, these were my decisions."
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sam will spew the most general unfinished quotes: "Ownership has the utmost confidence in Brez and Chad..." (to not spend big and longterm on elite position players, and instead to use the roster of rehabbers and never-has-beens) Brez will talk in circles: "Our analytics department prides itself in optimizing pregame preparation for the coaching staff, which would otherwise be bereft of cutting edge paradigms that align with organizational philosophies morphed into policies." Chad: "Ya, I guess."
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Again, returning from the moon after a year, I'd see a winning record and a postseason berth. Decent season, right? Then I check the data: one-fourth of a season world beaters and 75% of the rest of the schedule total losers. And the way it ended -- getting absolutely obliterated by arch rivals -- couldn't have been more obscene. Indecency bias.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mickey's only 30; that's like 4 in dog years.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He'll be ok. We're on our last gasps.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "Hendriks, Sandoval, Buehler, Giolito and Campbell were all terrible" -- guys signed hoping for past glory (Campbell's was in the minors) "Chapman deal was great. Gray and Contreras trades were very good. Suarez signing is good, I think. Crochet trade was good." -- guys signed in their primes at market prices (though Chappy did re-emerge) There's seldom no mystery or magic to You Get What You Pay For
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In other words, darn near the worst in the majors in the two most important slots in the batting order. At least our middle and bottom are invisible in the postseason, too.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He'd make a better forum name (since he just had Sam Horn's half of a rookie season): Last-Gasp Gaspers.com
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I tried not to type about that, but it's an image the epitomizes the pit of this pendulum.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He impressed the Front Office by following orders with their predetermined pitching changes. Though it didn't matter where he batted guys in the line-up... The roster, as his predecessor said many times, is the roster.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Imagine after last year's 90-win season (one W in the Wild Card) we went on a trip to the moon or somewhere without wifi and just returned. "What? Boston won less games and got freaking destroyed by the Yankees this time in the playoffs?!?" Who in their right or left minds would think that was an improvement for the Red Sox? And worth extending for 3 more years the CBO who built that roster...
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's a pretty good one. Don't forget Narvaez, so 3 arms? (his throwing arm, not the ones that swing a bat) ... and I was going to blame moon for posting too much about "next year" before we were even crushed yet in this year's playoffs... So how does everyone feel about all the crap coming out about the Front Office forcing Tracy to piss off Sonny Gray so they won't have to worry about paying him a star salary ever again? Not to mention alienating the returning veterans and free agents who may cross Boston off their potential list while earbuds are blasting Led Zep's "Communication Breakdown"...
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