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Teams win and teams lose. If the Sox don't make it, some batters may also feel guilty, for not making contact 3,500 times with a baserunner in scoring position. But Saturday's game when ICampbell couldn't hold a 7-1 lead is hard to forget. Like the various voices coming out of my larynx yelling, "Does this guy have any pitch that drops below meatball level?!?!" -
He had promise as a student, too. One time he promised to pick up all the Lego pieces, but only scooped 37.5 big parts before pulling a lego muscle. And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and finished for him.
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Just don't trade any for Wily Mo Pena. Career WAR: Pena -1.2; Bronson Arroyo 23.4 -- the guy who, when he wasn't a Red Sox pitcher, had over two thousand innings pitched. In the majors...
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Sox claim Nthanial Lowe off waivers.
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Randy Red Sox's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Instantly better than even the most vocal replacement posters could muster. And I don't mean we'd all strike out... but taking a walk is less painful than getting hit by a pitch or running out of the batter's box, down the cement dugout steps and into the clubhouse while trying not to blow out an achilles or snap an ankle while wearing metal spikes. -
The reasons the Red Sox sucked for most of the 1950s and 1960s are black and white. And giving away Betts most definitely was a turning point in franchise history. That new direction of smaller payrolls and rehab Tommy Johns was shoved down our throats for half a decade, while the Tank Sox drafted a future core they could lock up to team-friendly contracts so they wouldn't have to pay market prices to the next Mookie. The biggest key this offseason to let fandom know that ownership is once again devoted to winning won't be trading the farm for Joe Ryan. It will be if they extend Bregman...
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Isiah Campbell needs to go because Cora keeps confusing him with Kristian. And it's time to bring Bernie back from where they were stashing him until Duran and Toro could pass him in errors. Current E tallies: Duran 7, Toro 6, Bernardino 5 (only 1 behind Dollander for the MLB lead for pitchers).
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Only hitters with normal length bats, 32-34 inches or so. The guys who clean deep swimming pools with those long-handled nets might have a better chance of making contact with Wild Bill Hicks Ox.
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Was it only a year ago when Red Sox relievers blew more games than any other bullpen? Before the 9th I looked at my son and said you know who I'm blaming when they blow this game. He asked "Weissert?", and I said it's a guy who won't even play today. He shook his head and muttered, "Campbell." Wilson has been better than I expected, but he was another guy Cora wouldn't use three days in a row yesterday. I knew it Saturday, and was hoping then that AC would just let him pitch the 8th because of it -- he had only faced two batters in the 7th. Then Matz could've thrown a scoreless 9th and saved Chappy for Sunday.
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When NESN voices like Lou Merloni, Will Middlebrooks and Lenny DiNardo praise the defense of Marcelo Mayer, they're not using statistics. There are no numbers that quantify "cool, calm and in control" -- words that these former BIG LEAGUERS used to describe Mayer all year. They don't need to make him look better, because they know what they are looking at. They also didn't denigrate Kristian Campbell with adjectives like "clunky" or "nervous" because they didn't have to -- not when we all could see it on our televisions. The polite way to assess a young player who may not be ready for the majors is to say "the game speeds up on him fast." Everything I just wrote is of course common knowledge for anyone who ever played the game beyond Little League.
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Mayer didn't "mouth off" -- a reporter asked him if he thought he should make the team and he answered the question. He could've just nodded, but then someone would say he nodded off.
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Mayer being injury-prone is the reason I didn't want Arias traded this year. But I think Arias will still be part of a big deal this winter, now that Boston Story is finally Colorado Trevor (AL Comeback Player of the Year?). There's no question, though, the Sox were a better team with Mayer somewhere on the diamond -- and that included since Spring Training, where he proved he was a big league defender... ... unlike Campbell, who didn't prove a thing except that minor league stats do matter. At least to the front office -- until they change their minds...
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It's not just Roman 1st, but the combo with Breggy 2nd that wear out pitchers and make them more susceptible to mistake pitches to free swingers like Duran and Story -- who have not coincidentally been the Sox two big RBI men lately. Following them with a better contact guy like Yoshida has also been keeping the line moving...
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Boston brought in several players this year who have postseason experience and won rings: Bregman, Chapman, Buehler, and now May. Having another position player in the dugout who has contributed to a recent World Series title can't hurt.
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Sox won with only three hits -- two by Story, one by Bregman. Note that all three were to right field. This is nothing new for Bregman, who I once saw take an entire bucket of BP pitches to right. He was a 40 homer guy, but still insisted on practicing going oppo -- that kind of preparation should be normal for a professional hitter, but he's still the only big leaguer I've ever seen do it. And now you see Bregman's influence on a veteran like Story, who for parts of three years was a dead duck on pitches that broke down and away. With more and more sweepers being thrown -- at least at Boston, this season -- it more and more important to go with the pitch. But this adjustment is only what haters of 15-strikeout games have been clamoring for for years -- and now the Sox finally have a leader to show them the way.
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Lowe had 16 homers, 68 RBIs on a crappy team. Only Abreu and Story have more HRs on the Red Sox, and only Story has driven in more runs.
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Lowe and Toro actually have a lot in common, besides being four-letter words. Both have playoff experience for teams from Texas. Two years ago Lowe hit three home runs in the postseason and won a ring. That same year Toro hit two homers for the season and ate a ring ding.
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Red Sox 2025 Trade Deadline Thread
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Should have spelled it Ted Kluszewski. -
You had me at slashed... then I bled out.
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Nats DFA Nathaniel Lowe yesterday right after he hit a grand slam. They're activating Dylan Crews. Here's one assessment I read this morning: "Despite Crews' struggles, it makes more sense for the team to allow the 23-year-old to figure things out over the final two months over keeping a 30-year-old veteran who hasn't hit up to his usual standard. One of those guys might help them next season and beyond. Still, that has to sting for Lowe. There's an opportunity for this whole thing to have a happy ending. Lowe could get claimed by a contender and wind up playing meaningful baseball down the stretch. Despite his struggles, Lowe does have an above average 104 wRC+ against righties this season. He could be a useful platoon bat for a team in need of power in the middle of a playoff race."
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Based on WAR, Chase Meidroth is the White Sox greatest player in the history of this year from the Crochet trade.
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Shirley, someone saw the Cam Booser clue to sarcasm in my post about Meidroth being the key to the Crochet deal.
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White Sox don't make that deal without getting Meidroth. First of the four to make the majors, and has been a positive middle infielder all year. But Pale Hose knew they could afford to lose Crochet, since they had a second deal in the works with Boston to acquire Cam Booser.
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part II
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
If it means keeping Bregman, the Sox will name him player-manager and bump Cora to the front office. Strike that; Cora will be promoted first, so he can convince Breggy to take over the dugout. -
Red Sox 2025 Trade Deadline Thread
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
What, the Red Sox' offense isn't good enough for you? Boston has the greatest offense in the MLB that can go 2-4 on a road trip by winning two blow-outs, then only score 1 or 2 in two others, and of course, lose two more one-run games. They traded away a guy who has more homers and RBIs than anyone on the club and didn't replace him... not just his level of production, but with any established big league hitter. The Raffy savings definitely made it easier to pay Anthony, but if they are committing to youth, then the Mayer injury delayed the plan... and probably made it easier not to recall Campbell, since there may not be a need for more young quick twitch skills if the Sox aren't quite all-in this Fall... -
With 40 games left, they could get eight more starts apiece. They probably won't, for all kinds of reasons, but if both Buehler and May continue to be inconsistent, the edge in the playoffs would go to the postseason hero. I'm not saying I agree with either, since I'm always one to favor talent -- like young Harrison, just a year removed from status as one of baseball's best lefty pitching prospects... but your point about not using an experimental project on a do-or-die stage makes sense (unless they experiment with him all September).
