Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

5GoldGlovesOF,75

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    14,917

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    29

 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 Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by 5GoldGlovesOF,75

  1. 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.
  2. 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!!
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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?
  6. 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...
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I can't trade The Password. Right-handed home run power is a rare commodity in Boston lately. HRs may be too much of baseball's all-or-nothing offense, but the promise and threat of instant runs is part of a balanced attack -- and one we all know will be missed again the next time Boston faces a tough pitching staff (especially after dealing you know who). Plus, look carefully at the video in the article of Garcia. The locks bouncing off his broad shoulders in his home run trot... the side-view replay of the swing extension at 0:32 -- there's no doubt who that looks like...
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    We should just be relieved their last names don't start with L's.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Chapman is not only arguably the Red Sox best player this year at his position, but in the entire major leagues. The only closer with a higher WAR than Chappy's 1.9 is Josh Hader at 2.0 -- and anyone who has read the guidelines on bb-ref or fangraphs knows that WAR is an estimate, and players should never be compared to the decimal point. The Sox shouldn't be shopping him, even if they're not going to the playoffs, but looking to extend him. But of course Boston should be listening to any serious overpay offers. If someone wants Chapman badly enough to part with young stars or Top 10 prospects, it's worth considering... He has that much value right now, which will only increase in the next few weeks...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What you're saying is we already have Kyle Harrison.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    One of the many reasons it was not is that Breslow made sure he got pitching back in return. Bloom really got hosed by the Dodgers, who always have a wealth of good pitching prospects stockpiled. The Price he paid made the Mookie trade even worse.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "the bias is strong enough" by the poster to keep posting the same opinion every week. Have you been able to convince anyone else on the internet that Alex Cora favors Mayer from California over Campbell from Tennessee? Or that Mayer "struggled terribly" at shortstop in the minors? "Campbell a natural SS since he was young should be given the first shot at SS but won't get that because of Cora" .... "If they refuse to let him win the SS position" -- in one sentence you blame Cora, but then correctly use the plural "they" because not using Campbell at SS is a system-wide organizational decision. And despite whatever any of us think, the main reason no rookie is being given a shot at shortstop is because Trevor Story from Texas is under contract for big money for two more years after this one.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    There's no stat that shows he dropped several throws from catchers on stolen bases this spring. The ump wasn't calling the baserunner out, so no errors were charged. But it was alarming, considering good hand-eye coordination is must for big league infielders.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Sox didn't make the playoffs with Pivetta in '22-24. One more veteran starting pitcher isn't going to win the World Series for Boston. Neither is adding a veteran first baseman or another recycled reliever. Teams in a rebuild -- like the 2025 Red Sox -- don't trade an all-around prospect, especially with right-handed power, like Garcia unless he's part of larger deal that brings back a package that includes other MLB-ready prospects.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Campbell has played half his games in Worcester so far at first base -- where he has a 1.000 fielding percentage. He could win a Pyrite Glove there!
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I value Baseball America's list over MLB's, since the former's focus is predominately amateurs and minors. MLB literally has Major League represented in its anagram. Hey, MLB, where's Payton's Place? BA has Tolle better than half of your prospects!
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I just mentioned it because it was always on the radio during the '75 Series when Boston came close to pulling off a major upset. Losing in the last inning of the last game on a bloop single to probably the greatest group of eight position players ever wasn't the worst thing in the world. Early Airplane was classic. I'm still haunted by "Today" as if it were yesterday. Grace Slick even tried to help cure a nation with a plan to slip some acid into Nixon's drink. As a young fan I appreciated her efforts to enlighten an ex-catcher for the Red Sox.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I approve of that "t" you snuck into your last word.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ah, 1975... soundtrack: Jefferson Starship's "Miracles" if only you believe... the underdog Red Sox, without an injured Jim Rice, could upset the NL All-Star team (posing as the Reds). Little-remembered trivia: Boston's Opening Day DH that year wasn't Rice, but another former star slugger who missed the last Sox World Series -- which also went seven games vs. a mighty opponent -- with a more famous injury.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    True. But with the '25 Red Sox, less is more. Most of the regulars who played everyday in the first half had ample opportunities to show the world how mediocre they could be. Now, if Bregman returns and builds off his great start, and guys coming on like Narvaez, Abreu and the CeHeyddanne Kid keep it going, we may have meaningful games throughout the summer.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Not in dollars -- but apparently I'm a consumer of billions of microplastics in everything I eat, drink and breathe.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Crochet has been as good as advertised, but Chapman has been better than anyone expected. Crochet leads the AL in games started, innings pitched and strikeouts: 2.26 ERA, 1.032 WHIP, 11.2 K9. Chapman has pitched in twice as many games but in 30% of the innings: 1.13 ERA, 0.794 WHIP, 13.2 K9. Crochet: 18 games started. Chapman: 21 games finished. The question is: who has been more valuable? WAR assigns numbers for performance, but there are no stats for positive effects like conserving the bullpen, setting examples, eating innings, providing confidence and inspiring teammates in the dugout, clubhouse, hotels, planes and busses. Both are the best Red Sox players at their positions. Like WAR, I have to give a slight edge to the guy who pitched more innings and retired more batters... so far.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Agreed it was a great win. That's two in three games -- and let's hope it's a spark for more offensive balance with multiple batters contributing consistently. But average runs scored per game post-Raffy? In the past two Ws, the Sox have scored 28 times for an average of 14 runs per game. In the other 11 games, Boston has tallied 31 times. That's 2.8 runs per game.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What's irksome about the Giolito signing was that he was coming off the worst final couple months of any free agent starter. The Red Sox looked around the bar at closing time and picked the one sure thing who would go home with them. It was obvious the Sox weren't going to land Ohtani or Yamamoto, and they weren't going to pay what Nola or Snell wanted. But St Louis ended up with Sonny Gray (current NL leader in Ws) for three years at $25 mil per, while Jordan Montgomery -- who reportedly wanted to sign with Boston -- also got $25 mil from Arizona. Sean Manaea, once a Bailey pupil, signed for only $14 mil per for two years, but with an opt-out... which he exercised and then resigned for $25 mil per over the next three. So $25 million per year was established as market value for a bonafide starting pitcher. But Breslow and Co. stole Gio for appx. $19 mil per -- what a coop, what savings for Big Market Boston! New York and LA are jealous. The Yankees probably spend the $6 million dollar difference on barbers, and the Dodgers blow it on front row seats at Hollywood Awards shows.
×
×
  • Create New...