Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

5GoldGlovesOF,75

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    14,511

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    24

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by 5GoldGlovesOF,75

  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not me -- because of that dumb Boston contract, he'd already be a Dodger by now, after opting out and getting a raise that the Red Sox obviously weren't prepared to match two winters ago.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We gotta take cara this kid, right?
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Son of Tom Robbins and Mary Poppins.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yes -- no reporpoising of fun there... forever the place for boys, girls, and manatees.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Rusney just turned 38 yesterday! He's currently playing in Mexico for a manager named Jose Offerman.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Please point Hammy to Route 290 West.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's not meaningless... We now know the Red Sox whiffers can obliterate minor league pitchers, and Giolito can shutout minor league hitters. And the big pitcher -- Mr. Crochet -- is finally smiling. Because any momentum is better than nomentum (momentum is just another word for something left to win...).
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Let's just hope Brez doesn't do something Raffy and trade Duran right after some home run blasts and a six-game winning streak.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was horrified when an org constantly in need of developing pitching traded their #1 mound prospect. And what the hell did i know... Espinoza is now pitching in Japan -- and if he never makes it back to the majors will finish with a career WAR of 0. I am going to assume that ties him with almost all of the posters on this forum.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I like your Boggs' comparison... but as for Romy -- he may feel like he actually has reverted to his true self (after being cut by a team so pitiful that they're literally nicknamed after a racist brothel).
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed. Teams willing to trade bonafide big league pitching always want minor league arms in return. This is where Breslow and Bailey's Flying Circus needs to identify building blocks from expendables. It should help that they're ex-pitchers... .... just don't trade Anderson Espinoza for Drew Pomeranz!!!!
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Breslow's three biggest expenses last winter are the three Red Sox to make this summer's All-Star team.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Romy Gonzalez is the greatest player in the history of baseball ever cut by the worst team in baseball history. The preceding is irrefutable -- even if Romy never has another good MLB season again in his life...
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    And Duran -- if neither is traded, Cora can mix and match according to metrics and match-ups. It will be an analytical department's dream (not like they don't already have too much control)... think of the bench options when needed late in the game: speed on the bases, pull power, big arm on D, contact to move a ghost (if Masa's on the pine), energy!
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Santana may be washed, but he's an old pro who won a Gold Glove at first base just last year, and will cost nothing. A veteran voice that commands respect. We've got to change our evil ways.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Eugenio Suarez is the rare batter to lead both the American League and the National League in the same offensive category in different seasons: STRIKEOUTS. Suarez has actually won K Krowns three times in his career -- and in all three seasons had more whiffs than any Red Sox batter in the history of baseball. The last thing THIS Boston batting order needs is another all-or-nothingnothingnothingnothingnothingnothing swinger.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I like your attitude, and so do the ghosts of Christy Mathewson and Joe McGinnity -- who threw all but one inning of the '05 Series for the champion Giants... and their staff ERA of 0.00. That was 1905.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Any of them... Soxloafer (bake loaves, not WAR).
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If Duran, Chapman and Bregman can carry a team to the World Series, then why not us? Painter is still just a prospect, like Kyle Harrison, recently a top-rated lefty pitching prospect. Their minor league ERAs this year are nearly identical: Painter at 4.79, Harrison at 4.85. If Breslow is just going to add prospect depth, then he can deal from his own prospect depth -- like middle infielders. He can acquire a platoon bat, and a few arms for marginal talent, just like the Sox do every summer. Boston isn't likely to get any pitchers better than Houck or Harrison for the stretch run. Might as well give them a shot and see if they can catch Tampa for 3rd place... by the end of this month, the Rays play almost two-thirds of their remaining games on the road.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not much of a statistical difference yet in the post-Raffy offense, as the Sox are still #2 in team Ks and #4 in BBs. But Devers was among the league leaders in both, so season percentages like OPS are hard to gauge. Less Devers homers, but more contributions from Story and Ceddanne. And Bregman is coming back. First in team hits and doubles could actually last, and #4 in team stolen bases trends to manufacturing runs -- or at least a balance beyond all-or-nothing. Raffy and Campbell had a lot of swing and miss in their ABs, and they're gone, but now Anthony and Mayer are full-timers and adjusting through growing pains. The return of Yoshida, a professional contact hitter, should help. The O certainly feels like it has more energy lately, but let's not deceive ourselves into thinking everyone is suddenly good vs. pitching staffs from Washington and Colorado. But: if Boston is still .500 or better at the Break, Breslow owes it to the batting order and Sox Nation living rooms to add a Schwarber-type deadline deal.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Cora sucks at uniforms. One night he orders his players to wear home whites, then the next night he has them in ugly yellow jerseys. As if those weren't bad enough, this year he makes them wear green -- GREEN, these aren't the Celtics and this isn't basketball! Cora won't even let them wear blue unis anymore -- which goes to show you he doesn't care about winning, because the last time the Sox won it all, they were in blue shirts!!
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    excuse me! forgot to write IN THIS DECADE, since this is where we're living. I did hear the Red Sox once had a great left-handed pitching prospect who was so good there was a candy bar named after the daughter of President Grover Cleveland, whose city had a pro team called the Spiders that was so bad they weren't celebrated until Ziggy Stardust, whose creator finally made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but didn't accept the award because he wasn't a first-ballot inductee and actually on tour at the time.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    As much as I covet Joe Ryan, I wouldn't trade Tolle for him straight up. Ryan is at the top of his game, and actually has a higher WAR than Crochet or Fried. He's having a better year than most of the starters selected to the AL All-Star pitching staff. But Tolle is a monster in an organization that never has a pitching prospect with monster potential. He'll be in the majors soon and should make an immediate impact.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Raffy was a salary dump masked as a malcontent. Priester was a desperation move by Milwaukee that brought back minor league depth. But Chapman should be the most sought-after deadline asset in baseball. He'll have a bigger impact down the stretch and certainly the postseason than Duran. If a Chapman trade doesn't bring back legitimate big league talent, the return better include MLB-ready prospects. No one in Boston's front office can wait until 2027 or 2028... Henry must have noticed Washington cleaning house after just getting swept by the Blah Sox; imagine fandom's reaction if the Rox pull the same trick at Fenway this week... Think that can't happen with Winsome/Loathsome mediocrities?
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    2025 Chapman is the Red Sox' best trade chip at the deadline in their frozen assets era. He's better right now than when the Rangers gave up Cole Ragans or the Cubs gave up Gleybar Torres for him. If Breslow is dealing Chappy, he absolutely cannot afford to miss a big time return -- another Harrison or Hicks as throw-ins won't do it. Plus, as others have mentioned, a Chapman swap should signal that a Boston firesale is open for business...
×
×
  • Create New...