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"Chaim, we discovered this guy in Japan who is half the size of Ohtani and hits the ball half the distance!" "Classic! If I can sign a player half as good as Ohtani for 1/10th of Ohtani money, it will make me look like I got my Yale degree in Classics." -
No one wants to say anything that can get them fired like the Red Sox scout or shipped 3,000 miles away like Raffy. Luckily, they have fans who can post for them, and never let liars get away with how their deflection points just don't seem to malign with their malignments.
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But those green shirts and caps are outselling yellow!
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You can be a Devers guy and still admit he wasn't running before. And that wasn't just this season, either. It's one thing to refuse to play a position that nobody knows for sure if he'd play well or play like hell. It's another thing to actually dog it on the field, in front of teammates, coaches, media and paying fans. Even those who love Cora suspect he sometimes covered for Raffy. I loved watching Raffy mash, and admit his production won't be replaced this year. But I also wondered lately if he was intentionally jogging himself out of Boston. If he plays first base for the Giants, that says it all.
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Breslow on WEEI just now responded to Lee's story about strife with some long-time front office employees: "I'm here because results on the field have not been good the past few years." Can't argue with that...
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Toro replaced Devers in the all-important second spot in the batting order. Toro hustled to leg out a grounder to the second baseman and knock in the Red Sox second and final run. In one night, the culture already changed.
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Because the Red Sox are hot! Imagine if Raffy went on a homer streak and carried them for another couple of weeks as they closed in on the one-player Yankees (who even today only have 5 more wins than the Sox, who have been mediocre for almost three months). If the rotation suddenly became consistent, with Raffy raking, and Boston got on a roll through say, July 4th, then the front office could never trade his arse. They wanted him gone asap, and shipping him out will undoubtedly end any notions of contending for 2025.
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Was this all a plot since the offseason to get rid of Raffy? Remember, Breslow went to Yale, and all his Asst. VPs are so smaht. It didn't even have to start out nefarious: We need to get better on D, and Dever is only going to get older... so let's upgrade. Well, he's an emotional guy and might not like being moved off his position... Hmmm... what's the worst that can happen: he gets pissed enough to do or say something that would justify us trading him and his contract. But the fanbase??? Ah, we've got younger, cheaper stars coming soon: Back to the Future!
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The only possible way the Red Sox organization can convince their fanbase that they're still trying to win-- this year --- is to make more trades and bring back legitimate big league talent.
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First reaction (in my board brain) upon hearing the news: NOW who's going to bat second??????? Do the Red Sox even have a best hitter left? Obviously, this is Bregman's team now, so maybe it's him when he returns... I always thought he'd be the perfect #2, a star who bats righty (which immediately breaks up the Sox top-heavy lefty line-up). Hopefully, Anthony relaxes a bit more and his high On Base habits begin to translate, now that we know who Cora was actually referring to when he said there was a painful decision coming... Roman may not replicate his .400 OBP in the minors, but if he can approach .350 in the majors, with pop, he could bat in the top third of the order. The more immediate question is where is Boston going to find the next consistent 30 home run man that every true contender needs?
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Mookie fed the homeless and wore a hoodie so he wouldn't be recognized for doing a nice thing. Raffy fed his teammates, coaches, media and fans an indigestible three-course meal of selfish pie.
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Hard to tell if Boston will stay in the wild card race all summer, but nobody else in the entire league looks all that good, either. Yankees may be the most unbalanced first place team in recent memory: one superhuman slugger and a few good pitchers. Hanging around the Red Sox so much lately is even rubbing off, like when the Martian froze on the basepaths and ended a rally. Worth noting the Sox' winning streak has been led by starting pitching... as every club with a good team ERA is currently playoff-bound, either leading a division or in prime position for a wild card.
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Anthony mostly played leftfield in Triple A, as the organization prepares him to be this century's Ted/Yaz/Rice successor. The only reason Boston has him in RF right now is because Abreu is injured. The Password has been used almost exclusively in CF and RF in the minors; the me-myself-and-I test says he's a better defender than Roman in these two more difficult Fenway Park positions.
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In 5-on-5 type sports like basketball and hockey, star power can dominate games. Hockey also features goalies, who can single-handedly control outcomes. But in team sports with basically double the players - football, baseball - even key positions like QB and pitcher need a lot of support from teammates. Not last night. The Yankees have been carried all year by one superhuman slugger (they do have a few really good pitchers, but they didn't work Friday). Meanwhile, the Red Sox had two greats collaborating: Crochet and Narvaez. Chapman also contributed his usual consistency. This trio has been money all season, but it hasn't been enough... a healthy return of Bregman and the maturation of top prospects has to combine for the Sox to make a playoff run...
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I know he was a beast, but 1985 bugged me. The Mets had become a contender, but both Pedro Guerrero and Dave Parker deserved NL All-Star starts over Strawberry (Tony Gwynn and Dale Murphy were the other OF starters). 1985 First half stats: Guerrero 21-48-.312-.990... Parker 16-62-.304-.891.... Darryl 8-19-.229-.794
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Question of the week: Are you buying or selling?
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Question of the week: Are you buying or selling?
5GoldGlovesOF,75 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Definitely selling. The Red Sox are in a rare position this year, with top prospects about to become core players, and a surplus of regulars that they would be remiss not to use in trade to improve what is always the biggest issue -- good young pitching. In recent summers, the Sox had a few veterans that could've helped contenders at the deadline -- except Bloom froze. But this time, Breslow has available guys that will be in high demand: a star closer, a couple of starting pitchers, and at least one award-winning corner outfielder (All-Star MVP, Gold Glover)... not to mention, some bench specialists who can hit. Standing pat again will be like standing water: stagnant. -
Early favorite has to The Password - didn't even make the majors yet but is already the answer on game show trivia. He'll be like Darryl Strawberry, who got voted to All-Star games for decades by casual fans just because they liked his name on the ballot.
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Red Sox are in 4th place with a losing record in mid-June. There are those of us who watched Spring Training and thought then Boston was at its best with Mayer, Anthony and Campbell on the field. Best case scenario is they provide a spark to help the Sox get back in the race. If not, a line-up without the Big Three -- and Bregman, for now -- has already proven its not good enough. The worst thing that can happen isn't that the young guys struggle and the team stays also-ran. It will be worse if they're not allowed to struggle, adjust, and transition -- so they're ready when Breslow finally adds and develops enough quality pitching to contend...
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I may not be on a list, but I know an ignoramus when I look in the pond on a clear day. But I'm confused why sites create a special ignore function when members can already scroll past posters they don't want to read.
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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
Blue Moon = dumb commercial. Now it is. Now it's dumb. Now it's still dumb. Take your dumb peel outta my beer. -
I crack stupid jokes all the time, because I'm well aware of the folly of my spending so much time caring about grown men playing kids' games for a living. Posters are free to give opinions, but be prepared if your take is so shallow that you need to resort to name-calling of other posters. That approach never won arguments, even back in grade school. Using insults can always be avoided. However, any post that paints a picture of something as intolerable as say -- racism -- always deserves to be called out for the stain on society that it is.
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It's not that I want to deplete depth by trading good players, it's that there are two specific needs: making room for the Roman Empire, and acquiring legitimate pitching. Put it this way: if the Sox trade Duran or Abreu for a good arm and then one of the remaining starting outfielders gets injured, they can fill in the OF spot from the bench or another promotion. But if they don't upgrade the pitching -- even if no other pitchers get hurt -- they still have the same mediocre pitching.
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Crochet leads AL starters in innings pitched, and Chapman is right up there for AL relievers in innings and games pitched. But the main reason Crochet and Chapman are Boston's two best players is that they're strikeout pitchers... and that by far makes them most valuable, as it limits the perforated defense from touching the ball (except throwing it around the horn after Ks).
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He has been the Red Sox most consistent performer this season.
