drewski6

Im just immune to all the cliches. If you think that pitching is more important to hitting , youve internalized cliches. Im borderline that pitching + defense even equals hitting. Build your team around your bats.

Also , an 8-7 game is still a lot of fun.

Who told you that defense matters more than offense, i want names.

You really dont see a difference between a team with aaron judge and a team whose best hitter is a 21 year still growing into his body?

ROmy isnt depth , hes our #2 hitter against lefties. If he gets hurt, we wont hit lefties or righties.

I would have been fine with Crochet, Tolle, Bello, Early, Crawford So we've added a ton of pitching depth. But I dont think our 5 starters today are better than they would have been. Or much better. I think Tolle is better than Gray or will be by season end, Early vs Ranger, I lean Ranger but its not really the same as upgrading a position player who will play every day. The impact of replacing Early with Ranger I dont think is huge. So fine, you built a team that has elite pitching and sub-par hitting. I would have went the other way and I dont think its a preference. I think that teams with good hitting and suspect pitching generally go further than the inverse. But I understand that we didnt want to spend what it would have cost (yes, thats thing) to have a good offense, so we put together a great pitching staff cuz the big dogs know that hitting matters more - so youre competing with small dogs for pitchers vs big dogs for hitters and we came up short. But Im not goin to lie to myself and say this was plan A for us or Breslow. He missed on improving the offense so he built a great staff. Okay but.....we;ll need some serious breakouts or great hitting external acquisiitons to win the AL, which we always needed and still do.

Young pitchers also seem to do better to me than young hitters.

Pitching can be figured out, and it can come from nowhere. Look at early. Also, you really dont need more than a true ace and a few more average starters to win. Its simply not the same. Also, defense contributes heavy on the run prevention side, so its not the same Offense (50%) = pitching (35%) + defense (15%)

Cliches bounce off my ears. So i dont believe that pitching wins or anything like that.

Capable of? I believe Anthony is capable of .850-.900 this year, and I think hell improve his launch angle over time, and eventually be even north of that. But I think the downside is closer to .800 because he doesnt hit the ball into the air enough (right now). Im expecting a .830ish OPS. I think it could be .900. I think Abreu is....the thing is, honestly, that last year he was our #5 and #6 hitter (like in the order), and we struggled to score runs. So leaving him there, Im fine with and its a huge plus. But if we're moving him to 2,3,4 in the order I get a little sketched out because we failed to score runs last year with him at 5/6 and i think hes an excellent hitter for that spot, but not as much for a 2/3/4 guy Lets inverse it. Pretend its pitching that is worrying me. Lets say last year, we finished the year struggling at pitching, and then we lost our #2. And you tell me "youre underrating our #3". Well, my issue is that lst year, pitching wasnt great, and now you are moving up your #3 to #2 and while I think hes good and like the guy, im a bit nervous when you consider last year. I love Abreu as a hitter in the 5 or 6 hole. But if we move him up, i get concerned that the hitting wasnt great last year with him at 5/6 I dont think you are identifying me correctly (no offense). I dont think the issue is that I am underrestimating Anthony or Abreu. I think I have a very high bar for offense. Top 3 in MLB. I can live with top 5.

Understood, but I dont care. THere are three types of teams in mLb Teams with a top 3 offense Teams that are trying to improve their offense Jokes

According to projected wRC+: we have - RA #38 in mlb Contreras - 80 in mlb Abreu - 90 im mlb Duran - 149 in mlb. Paredes is 31 in MLB. U-G-L-Y ANd I dont care how good the pitching and defense is - wihtout Paredes this team is unwatchable and it is NOT a serious contender. Paredes helps a lot, as he'd be the best bat on the team, but its still not great with Paredes. But yeah, we need him, right now, or really any top 30 bat. Id take a top 30 hitter who plays outfield. And I dont care. We are desperate for bats.

I agree with Paredes, it isnt bad. But its not great, and there isnt much offense to spare. Injuries will happen, but no Paredes, or Duran for Paredes and no additional offensive additions, and we're not gonna score enough. The simplest solution is to bring in Paredes for pitching. Then we'll have a C- offense and an A+ staff (we can lose Bello and still have an A+ staff) Right now we have D- offense and an A+ pitching.

THe issue with the roster is that we dont have enough hitting. Its 2 injuries away from being a bad lineup tho

No either keep 4 OF'ers and trade pitching for Paredes OR Trade an OF for Paredes, separate trade for a DH

Duran for paredes is too close to 0 sum for me , hitting wise. It does leave Yoshida alone at DH, so we could make ANOTHER move to bring in a DH, which I prob would. But better to just leave the OF rotation intact, and trade a pitcher for Paredes.

Meant 16.4, but when you said minor leaguers, i think you meant pre-arb.

is adderall allowed? If you have a script? Kinda gray area Cuz like its medical, but it would help his production. Give Duran some speed (the drug, not the attribute) and hes back to 8 WAR+ lol

doesnt give me hope he'll be serviceable at infield.

probably because they had a 2b who couldnt play OF and this way they could get both bats in the lineup.

Id do it. In 2026, elite Catchers pick up a CF glove and become elite CF's in a year. Everyone is moving around. Duran's CF defense + 2b Raf's defense vs Raf's CF defense vs Durans 2b defense 80+80 vs 100+ ? Does Duran clear 60 (on a 1-100 scale), eh, honestly probably not. So I wouldnt do it, becuase Id play Cedanne there instead.

820*20 = 1.64, the difference is prob like Campbell (minor leaguer making more than pre-arb)

Not with sales body, though. You gotta have the frame to pitch like that for that long. Crochet will leave Sale in the dust because he works out.

This is probably the first time a pitcher has been my favorite Red Sock since Pedro.

Crochet changed everything. We are now a playoff team, looking to get better and the next step is deep playoff run aka true championship contender (I wont split those hairs) He starts the clock in a way, because in a world without Crochet, we dont make the playoffs and we are talking about developing, building a core. But with Crochet, that hurdle is cleared and that is why I suspect some of us (certainly me) are more aggressive (on here) with wanting the team to be more aggressive with roster building/improving. Im not sure how long Crochet will be at or near the top of the mountain, and thereby how long the window will last. But Im feeling a sense of urgency to maximize his prime, and thats a big reason why I really want to improve the offense.