Sox 42
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A Realistic Look at the 2026 Red Sox: Part I
Sox 42 replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
If Brigham takes $40M fine - that is his option. If he wants more and more years let him go. Move Story to third and let's see if Mayer is worth the hype. If we can get Ryan by including Duran or Abreu and maybe Tolle I vote yes. We need power at First and DH - Spend money in free agency (overpay if necessary). Some of our injured pitchers must recover even if just for depth. We should have won game 2 vs Yankees. -
Having a cleanup hitter with 3 homers seems OK at this moment
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This game might be the difference! Can our ace out-duel the Hall of Fame vet? It was a good move moving the rotation to allow Crochet to start the playoff if we get in.
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I don't know if someone hitting under 280 with no clutch hits since I can remember is worth 40 Mil a year. Good in the clubhouse but average with a bat???
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Well I guess that disproves replacing the new guy with the proven Vet/
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that's what I was talking about - 6 innings of a shutout and you are replaced!
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Tom Glavine and Greg Maddox used to get by with 5-6 pitches in an inning. Course they had an extra six inches on the outside corner with most umps. Now our pitchers seem required to strike batters out and end up being done after 5-6 innings due to pitch count. Don't know what this has to do with tonight's game but thought the pitch count got pretty high quickly.
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Don't even know if what has been said previously has anything to do with the current situation, but we must win at least two out of three from the A's. This is the worst team remaining on our schedule - we must take advantage or fold our cards. Don't count on a Texas loss. Getting in the playoffs is not the goal - anything but winning the series sucks!
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Well we have improved from last year by being at least 2 games over 500. If we are to get in the playoffs it will be our pitching that gets us there. Let's see how the youngsters do in the next 2 games.
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We are not ready to win the playoffs - We should get in but we can't win with the current lineup. We have a DH with little power hitting 227 and a replacement first baseman hitting 219. (Yoshida/Lowe). We scored 4 runs in 2 games against good pitching - Just like you will see against playoff teams. I like our young pitching but we must get replacements for the 2 mentioned hitters thru free agency or trade to contend. Don't see a solution in our farm system. Those two spots need to hit with power.
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This team has been very streaky. We've had times like this before, when we look terrible, then we bounce back and look great for a while. I'm holding out hope we can get hot, when it counts. Maybe an Abreu return can jumpstart things.
Certainly, if we keep playing like the last 3 games, we aren't going anywhere.
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Projection of 2026 - 2 of the 3 AAA starters prove to be the real deal which leaves those currently on the IL being expendable. Brigham is going to opt out and we won't win the re-sign. I would move Story to third with Mayer at short. You have to keep Gonzales since he has the best BA and plays many positions. First is wide open and a free agency sign or trade for those expendable starters works. I would trade Abreu (I like Duran better). Bullpen looks OK. Ryan is expensive but maybe worth the price. The Oriole catcher is worth a look.
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There is no such thing as an ugly WIN!!
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Lets win the game and worry about what happened to our ACE later.
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If you are good enough to be in the major leagues then you can learn to bunt!
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Yesterday's topic was sacrifice bunts - what about bunting for hits? Rod Carew of the Twins was a master of that and I believe led the league in average without hitting a home run. I think guys like Duran and especially Hamilton would be wise to use bunts as a weapon.
