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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    2025 MLB players survey results: Best athlete, best teammate, and best choice for his own talk show after he retires -- Mookie Betts. This on the No-No Thread won't surprise Red Sox front office and ownership from 2019... Should we pay this guy market value; what he's actually worth? NO! But isn't he the ideal ballplayer and personality to keep here for his entire career as a Hall of Fame talent, Face of the Franchise, and Ambassador for Boston baseball forever after? Uhhh.. NO! What a No-No.
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    I'm thinking this is Eduardo Nunez. Edit: MVP a second earlier
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Fans have to be willing to live with that, because it comes with the badge of badgering management to finally trade for some young pitching. Bet the Yankees wish they had Fitts right now, instead of basically firing Verdugo.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Only reporters know what thoughts or actions baseball pros almost had or did. Ask one of the scribes contemplating what bait they'll use this morning to cast for suckers. Shiners or garden worms? Or maybe something artificial; especially effective this time of year are lures.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why do posters claim every preseason that good Spring Training batting statistics are worthless, but bad stats show that someone is not ready or failed to win a job? Cora keeps telling everyone what matters most to him is defense -- especially turning double plays that need to be made. The guy who looks the most reliable to AC at the pivot will get the most playing time.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This may be the post I agree with the most... though I don't think the Red Sox do. From what I've seen on defense -- all three candidates look awkward or clunky at second base. That's the main reason right now that Campbell won't open in Boston; he's the Minor League HITTER of the year, but needs to show improvement at the keystone sack. The Sox really need to assign a top infield coach to KC, if they really value his future as a regular heart-of-the-order bat. The ST offensive stats don't matter -- just like when Anthony's stats didn't when he was promoted in A ball -- and the job would already be Campbell's if he was smooth on turning DPs.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yup, and the organization has had a role in that failure -- and not just from picking the wrong guys. Pittsburgh has as many last places as Boston in the past half decade, but pitchers drafted by the Pirates are overall looking better -- and not just because they lucked out in the lottery for Skenes. Jared Jones was pick #44 in 2020, Bubba Chandler #72 in '21, and Thomas Harrington #36 in '22 -- and every GM in baseball would take any of them right now. And for those who want to argue that the Red Sox' homegrown starters are comparable, note that Houck, Crawford and Bello were all either drafted or signed in 2017, which is in a different half decade than 2020-2024. Perhaps, as some have pointed out here, there has been less incompetence in the Sox' scouting and recruiting departments for pitching, but more in the planning dept. -- if intentional focus has been less on arms and more on position players. Hopefully, Breslow will be around long enough to change the culture.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They're in the group of better young pitchers that Breslow couldn't pry loose when he traded Nick Yorke to Pittsburgh.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Don't leave out the Pirates' top two pitching prospects -- Bubba Chandler, MLB's #15 overall, and Thomas Harrington, #78, with this eval: "He has as high a floor as a future big league starter as anyone in the system." (what does that even mean: an attic loft with space for foam pads and sleeping bags?)
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I can't compare the Sox to the Pirates. Sure, they've both had three last place finishes in the past half decade, but Pittsburgh somehow keeps drafting, signing and developing pitchers whose ceilings are higher than back-end starter or middle reliever.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm still waiting for Hammy to play LF and Abreu at 1B, like AC said in January.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Past regimes didn't make the wrong calls bringing up Bogaerts and Devers at such a young age. Both were Silver Sluggers by age 24. But the draft picks they insisted were MLB ready right out of college -- pitchers Hansen and Meredith -- were overrated... which maybe says more about why Boston's pitching/scouting/developmental infrastructure failed for so long. As for the Big Three -- and any doubt they'd be starting in the majors Opening Day if they played for other mediocre franchises -- all we have to do is look at how fast Kavadas and Yorke were called up by new teams after the last trade deadline. There's a good chance Teel makes his MLB debut before his old buds, too. They're going to love that.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to a whipping post.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The only thing I ever found in translation was in the Czech Republic, where no means yes. (explains why in pubs and clubs there my K-rate was always higher than my OPS)
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Think of any Red Sox big wig this century fans felt like they could trust at least a little. First, cross out anyone with a share in ownership... Now pivot to the front office. There are two: Epstein and Dombrowski. Both were all-out and mostly public about their pursuits for top talent to improve the team. Theo spoke intelligently, but not so obnoxiously to cloud intentions. Dave was always decisive about upgrades he was determined to make, and not shy about divulging company secrets (lest they weaken his plan). Yes, each apparently had the keys to the vault, but that doesn't necessarily make an executive honest to his constitue- I mean, the public.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Anthony has been a star player at every level in his life, and there's no reason to think he won't be in Boston. As a corner outfielder, is there any doubt he's a better all-around player right now than Refsnyder or Yoshida, or more ready than Abreu? If the Sox make him play the first month or two in Worcester, we also have to realize the possibility he won't be as good as when he becomes a big league regular in May or June. What's left to learn in the minors: ballpark field conditions and lighting are crude, the food's barely edible with meager meal money, and long bus rides make body parts stiff and soft in all the wrong places? Mayer also looks the part of at least an MLB starting shortstop. Campbell, on the other hand, still needs AAA reps to establish himself at a defensive position somewhere on the diamond that is acceptable in the Show.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    When they played tournaments in Europe, a lot of players bragged how their numbers increased when measured in kilometers.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Is the extra year of control over Anthony even a factor if the Sox pay him a market value extension this season, like other teams who don't screw around risking losing a potential All-Star? If they instead "lose" that extra year of control, and Anthony wins Rookie of the Year, how much is that reward of an additional draft pick worth (the kind where they selected Anthony and Campbell in the first place)?
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    That might be the only line I can believe. You are hereby banned from ever running for office (especially a front one).
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sorry, I thought I was replying to notin with a notin-type response. But I do have to wonder about the various posts suggesting Rafaela in RF. Cora has said multiple times he wants Ceddanne in CF as much as possible, and hasn't tried him in right in any Grapefruit games (as far as I can research). I keep thinking back to last decade, when the Sox moved a future Hall-of-Famer to RF to make room for Jackie Bradley Jr. -- the better centerfielder. Meanwhile, Cora has played Duran in RF a little in the past, and Jarren has shown a lot of improvement defensively since then, so who knows. He doesn't have the arm for it, and he's no Mookie, but Betts can't lift as many bowling balls as Duran, either. Maybe they're just counting on an Abreu comeback by April, or Anthony by May.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Second base remains the most awkward position in camp. No one has played there that looks smooth enough for a legit contender. Campbell at 2B appears maybe uncomfortable? at times. Returning second sackers Hamilton and Grissom have had shaky moments with their hands, trying to catch and throw. The Sox two best infielders, Bregman and Story, haven't even taken reps there, because they're busy anchoring the left side of the diamond. Marcelo Mayer has looked too good at shortstop to move elsewhere. But if Raffy can accept change, other veterans could soon also do what's best for the team. Cora, an old keystone cop himself, knows how important it is to the pitching staff for the men behind them to turn double plays...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Anthony's not ready yet to hit more homers at farther distances than both of them combined? Lost 10 pounds from the plague and still hit one out of camera range last night.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They're not going let you watch baseball on those TVs when everybody else is chanting for Let's Make A Deal! and the The Price is Mookie!
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That must mean one of the sicko fans advised Brez to make it his first priority to dump the Sox' Ghost of Rotations Past. But I'm not quite sure what Boston fans with a life look like: pink hats and yellow jerseys? Maybe they wear authentic replicas with Number 9 on back under the name Williams and yell at New York fans with a life who wear Number 3 on their backs under the name Ruth (even though names weren't on baseball uniforms until 1960, or on Red Sox road jerseys until 1990).
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is all I could find: Tommy John with original parts in place: age 20-31 for 31.1 WAR, 2.97 ERA, 318 Games Started, 2,1656.2 IP Tommy John with tendon harvested from right wrist sewn into left elbow: age 33-46 for 31 WAR, 3.66 ERA, 382 Games Started, 2,544.2 IP There is nothing on the site about Tommy John Underwear...
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