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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But what's our OPS?!?!?!?!?!? Remember, doubles and triples are included in the S... which in Boston also factors into LOB. HRs -- as someone reminded the forum AND BREZ today -- immediately count on the scoreboard.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I read an eval on him at the time that said he could be a GG at either. I don't remember the source, but I didn't make it up. I also saw him in person make special plays at short with range nobody else had in Boston at the time or since.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Right -- it's like they were worried he'd turn into another Mookie so better lock him up cheap so they wouldn't get excoriated for trading another generational player when refusing to pay him fair market value. Comparisons may seem absurd now, but in the minors Ceddanne had more pop, could run, and was said to have a big league Gold Glove in CF and SS. That's potentially a five-tool star that could become very costly... when Betts was in the minors, no one projected him in the majors to win a batting crown, hit 3 homers in one game six times or make himself the best defensive rightfielder in the game.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This year it's the bar (Sox are driving more fans to drink) -- or at my recliner, because I don't drink and drive. Second would be at the cororner.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They can't make it much lower and they won't push it back, so we all know MLB will revert to their tried and true solution -- especially if there's another obnoxious lockout and they're desperate to bring back fans: JUICED balls (that batters hit).
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When two batters K in front of the home hitter, you get a lotta solo shots.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Somewhere on the top shelf of the safe in the front office is a secret formula that only these geniuses devised that calculates which approach saves the company the most money. Locking up a group of young players longterm at team-friendly terms in case one of them becomes a superstar worthy of top of the market value is one trend. As a fan, I prefer they pay controlled guys minimums and then market value when the times comes -- which Boston doesn't seem to mind, either, to appease the base... as long as there's not a No Trade clause so they can dump them sooner than later. The reason I'm on board with the latter is that it would appear to provide more budget flexibility to fill roster needs with legitimate talent year to year. But don't trade Mookie Betts, you complete and utter baseball no-minds!
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This regime doesn't mind long extensions for youngsters -- and it really isn't about not having to pay true market value for a star in his prime... because that really hasn't happened, has it? (If someone can think of an example of a Red Sox rookie or second-year man signing longterm and then reaching an age where his status made him a ridiculous bargain, please chime in. I'm not talking Pedro, who was a Cy Young when he got to Boston, or Papi, who kept agreeing to team-friendly contracts... but young guys). The reason is the same reason that caused Bregman to walk: No No-Trade clauses... because as soon as Henry tires of paying someone what he offered, he dumps him.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dr. Breslowstein and his office full of Igors did the mash a year ago, congratulating themselves for their Campbell creation. But then the monster turned on them and now no one can control him. We all know the reasons he was demoted a year ago, but every time I see him swing now it looks like he's hurting himself trying to pull the ball in the air. Yesterday: tying run on 3rd, winning run on 2nd -- a single could've been enough... but KC tried to kill the ball. I know the minors don't put as much emphasis on winning, but being a walk-off hero can't hurt a guy's chances at getting noticed by a parent club in desperate need of offense.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You asked two. The first one is totally your assumption. KC was 0-for-4 with two bad Ks and a questionable approach when a four-run homer was unnecessary to win a one-run game. From my observations of watching Campbell in person in games several times this season, Campbell has not shown he is a big leaguer. He looks the same as he did last year: a pro athlete, but not a major league baseball player. Have you even seen him hit this year? Arms, legs and head are all out of synch, with no consistency from one AB to the next. Guys who can't mesh those working parts in games in the minors aren't considered for the next level. When Anthony, an outfielder/DH went on the IL, why didn't Eaton get promoted over Gasper? Eaton can run fast on the bases and in the outfield. But Gasper has had Woo's most consistent bat and the Red Sox need more.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I-witnessed Worcester report: (typing in the Realistic thread for those who still think Campbell is an option in '26)... Woo lost, 3-2, to the Scrankees. Gamboa looked decent, Anderson threw meatballs and Guerrero is so big and fast, he lets go of the pitch about five feet from the plate. Guys who guessed right made contact, but others were overmatched... though he won't be in the majors until he stops bouncing 101 off the dirt. Woo had the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th, down one with one out and clean-up batter Kristian Campbell up. He was O-fer with two Ks already -- one fishing, one looking. But this was his chance to be the walk-off hero. All he needed was a single somewhere... but swung out of his shoes, pulled his head, and missed the first two pitches. What was he thinking? KC then grounded to 2nd for a game-inning DP. The only realistic position prospects right now look like Seigler, who can hit, and Ward, who is so disruptive on the bases that it's conceivable some MLB contender will want him included in a package at the trade deadline.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We can trust them to spend... at least on Alaskan king crabs for their next lunch meeting on how to get out of paying market value to established position players .
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But... payroll flexibility, and they're further from paying competitive balance taxes -- fans should celebrate.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Out Gate C, left on Lansdowne St., right on Brookline to the middle of the David Ortiz Bridge, jump off onto a flatbed heading west on the Mass Pike.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If only he wasn't working in a country where the lies will keep him prisoner.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yoshida's career stolen base success rate is better than those of Rickey Henderson, Lou Brock and Ty Cobb.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I totally understand -- he's a bad fit: Masa can hit but a last-place team last in every batting category doesn't need a hitter. They don't call themselves the Boston Run Preventers for nothing.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Last year teams were challenging the rookie more with hittable pitches and he wasn't quite yet the media messiah he'd become all winter and especially after the WBC. Obviously, Junior has shown a ton more power so far, and here's where I personally don't view OPS as the end-all be-all stat: I don't care if Anthony draws more walks, because I want my young star swinging more... not at benders in the dirt but at first-pitch fastballs down the middle. That's why I hated him as leadoff, where the responsibility isn't just to get on base, but to work pitchers and let teammates see tonight's arsenal. I want my best hitter going up there looking to do one thing: DAMAGE.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Anthony turns 22 this week. Read an article somewhere comparing Roman to Junior Caminero, who is also 22. Junior has 10 home runs so far and last year cranked 45. He is exactly who Boston fans want Anthony to be -- because the front office and media expects Anthony to be a guy like that. Somehow, Caminero was able to overcome all the hype and pressure he got in... Tampa Bay? Florida?
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Masa may just take his converted money and go home, but I can still see him delivering key pinch hits for a true contender that goes deep into October some day (like the A's the year Reggie blew out his hammy).
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Pretty obvious what the Red Sox org feels about Yoshida at this point. Just wondering about certain Asst. VPs in the front office who scouted and pushed for him during the Bloom days and how they all escaped the wrath of Michael Corleone settling all family business two weeks ago.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Devers wasn't owed a kajillion dollars, he'd be exactly the kind of midseason bat that could actually help a team that is last in the league in slugging. I'm not talking specifically about Raffy, but the typical all-or-nothing whiffer who hits the ball out of the park more times than others when he does make contact. Those types always hang around past their primes because of one elite skillset, since the longball can be an instant game-changer and is a luxury true contenders can afford to carry. There are even non-quantifiable factors of the positive effects he can have on the entire batting order, with the added stressors to opponents on how he is pitched to and game-planned. Of course, the Giants would have to eat more spinach than Popeye to get someone to take the Big Puppy off their hands -- and you'll notice I never once typed the name of his ex-club as a true contender in this post.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why would a team that hits like crap want a guy in the batting order with the highest batting average on the club since he joined in 2023? Oh, that's right -- he's a bad fit.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But the Red Sox have one guy in their bullpen where his own coaches tell the manager don't let this guy beat you. So I'm here today to apologize to all the posters who I disagreed with when they told me all winter the Boston offense is better than I think. Because last night I realized it would be -- if our hitters got to swing against Weissert, like all the other clubs in the bigs. Facing the worst pitcher with inherited baserunners in The Show -- the past two years -- would certainly help the Sox' batting average with men in scoring position. And yet I implore the Boston braintrust: please don't let him beat us again.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    In his final will and testament, he gives every team a Grand Torino.
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