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I meant more PT than I thought he would get entering the season, not compared to when we signed him in 2023 and thought we were getting a high impact stud.

I think that because of the improvements we've made at the plate, we can afford to give it some more time before we jettison one of our better bats on a team that is expected to struggle for offense, even though it has been a juggle to fit in all the OF'ers.

The rules on time travel are similar to the rules of sign stealing. You can do it, but not with the aid of technology. So like if you are superman or the flash and you can run/fly around the Earth backwards fast enough to spin the earth the other way or outrun the speed of light and go back in time that way.....You can do that and make trades with the advantage of knowing the future (or at least how the future played out in that former timeline). But you cant like scour the galaxy for quartz crystals and build a time machine to undo a bad trade. Gotta do it without the tech.

My only nitpick here is that I would argue that Masa's start has resulted in increased playing time. But I agree with the general premise here. That these offensive struggles are too pervasive to be fixed by a minor tweak. And guys are going to have to work themselves out of funks. And the thing that I would also like to point out is that guys have. Story, Duran are waking up to go with Abreu, Contreras. Guys like Durbin - not sure what we will ultimately get there and whether he'll keep the full time starting job all year, but Story and Duran swinging the stick better takes some pressure off Durbin. Just need more time to assess. Especially because the second week of the season has been better than the first week, so now we need 2 more weeks to figure out which of the first 2 weeks more accurately represented where we are.

Right, this is where the whole "we have too many good outfielders and not enough infielders" arguments fall short. There are more good hitting outfielders than infielders.

Fenway crowd is still disinterested in the sport being played, but its no longer a place to pick up hotties - A guy who has picked up hotties at Fenway

In 2006, you could get social media points by taking selfies at fenway. Look at me in my hat, dont I look so cute. Theres not much of that in 2026. Fenway park isnt the preferred backdrop of hotties taking selfies anymore. Hotties, these days, are trying to monetize their thirst trap photos and thats hard to do with trademarked brands in the background.

Its not 2006 and this isnt true.

It didnt warrant a serious response or defense. I didnt make Jordan Walker 6'6 , 260 lbs but it was always a huge part of the reason why he went so high in the draft. James Woods, Jordan Walker, Aaron Judge. Having a big body and a lot of muscles helps. Even the 6'5+ shortstops like Elly and Oneil (before they moved him). Size helps. Judge wouldnt be Judge if he was 6'1 , 190 and neither would Jordan Walker. Jordan is a giant of a man, bigger than 100% of NFL linebackers and now he is hitting HR after HR and his wrists are the size of my calves and his calves are the size of my house. And you cant talk about the guy fairly while glossing over that. The fact that he use to play infield now he plays outfield is not what defines him.

4 sets of 7 per day, until you can do 10, then 3 sets of 10 ......every day......2 months from now, you'll be rolling strikes and thanking me.

If you do 30 pushups everyday for the next 2 months, I promise you that you will see the difference in your bowling average.

Im of the belief that its actually quite hard to ruin talent. I think in most cases its fans trying to blame anyone else other than someone they invested in emotionally. "HOW DARE YOU SAY MY MAN CRUSH IS A BUST! GRANTED HE WAS A TOP PROSPECT WHO IS NOW 29 WITH A .189 CAREER BA, BUT I BLAME.....THE MANAGER"

Jordan Walkers wrists are the size of my biceps, KC just isnt built that way. A better comparison to Walker is Roman Anthony because they are both going to struggle to maintain their athleticisms as they continue along in their careers. And its fine, probs. You either move them to 1b, dh, or you live with the fact that they are both too muscular to be perfect defensive outfielders.

Walker is 6'6, 250 lbs

Crochet.

It hasnt been that long since Salas was considered a top prospect + a rental pitcher has decent value at the deadline. This package isnt nothing. Of course, there is plenty of middle ground between a) a belief that the Sox overrate Duran's trade value and b) Duran not having trade value. For example, if the Sox and BTV peg Duran at about 35 trade value units, and you think thats too high and it should be about 25 units in a fair deal but you also think this Salas/Cease package is worth 15 units and not enough. So if thats about-ish where you are (and im just using it as an example) , I can reconcile you being like Sox shoulda moved Duran in a package, but they overrate and that gets in the way ...... But the 15 trade unit package is too low.

I look at variables. For example , there was a year when career .260 hitting Christian Guzman suddenly became a .300 hitter. And I was skeptical that it was anything more than a hot-streak in April and even into May. Then I changed my mind and realized the elevated production was the new baseline. Why did I change my opinion from just a hot streak to new normal? Well, you may think its because he did it long enough. Its one thing to bat .300 for 2 weeks, and something else to do it for 6 weeks. So you may think the reason I changed my mind was because the sample size expanded. But in actuality, it was because I learned he had gotten lasex eye surgery in the offseason. The reason why Id be nervous about Bo is because of the variable change. New league, new park. Hes not the only guy to struggle in that pitcher's park.

If one person says that someone has a pattern of starting the year in a slump and someone else says that the same player doesnt usually appear to be ready to start the year, I would submit those 2 are agreeing, not arguing.

He should be pitching to induce grounders since hes such a good fielder. Im not sure if the cutter is the right pitch to make primary when he has a heavy drop sinker.

I agree, but I still dont think Id do Cedanne (or Duran or Abreu) for Paredes, even if they threw in a prospect and reliever. I like getting the best player in the deal, and I honestly just think that all of Cedanne/Duran/Abreu are better players than Paredes, even though I agree that a trade could have made sense from a balance perspective. But to me, there is a big gap between the 2b/ss/3b worth going out and getting and the ones who are "fine options" aka "serviceable" and I think that both Durbin and Paredes are in this latter category. My disagreement with regret talk is more about Paredes than anything else. I think hes kind of par/run-of-the-mill. Its like theres "special guys" (and by definition of the word, "special" - there cant be too many of em) and there are "guys". I dont think Paredes or Durbin are special , but I think they are both fine. I honestly think there are not a lot of 2b/3b/SS who are available and worth "going out and getting" And these names dont excite me. YOu want me to consider trading Duran or Abreu, drop a name like Seager.

I believe that Astros preferred Abreu over Duran. I believe Astros were willing to include significantly more alongside Paredes for Abreu than they would alongside Paredes for Duran. I believe they asked for Abreu and we said no. But that last part, that we offered Duran for Paredes and tried to make that happen. And they turned it down. I think people here are making the mistake of grouping Paredes and Marte together because they were both targets at one point and both all-stars with at least an above-average bat. "Get a Marte for Paredes" but in actuality, Marte is like 88-89 overall ballplayer (if I were to assign him a video game rating), whereas Paredes is like an 81 and thats a big gap.

And these are all bad trades.

I agree I dont think they would have subtracted for the sake of subtraction. To move any of our 4 outfielders, the primary why should start with who we are getting, not about creating everyday roles for guys already in house.

Because there are very few 3b and 2b who are better than Duran or Rafaela. Paredes is not, btw.

Dont worry , we have IKF coming up this next inning.