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I’d forgotten about IKF… he’s gonna be “slow played” back to health, see if we have any injuries.. but I think it would take a lot to give him PT. Romy, IKF, Mead, Story, Monasterio, Seigler maybe Arias: a lot of right hand hitting MIF

Yeah we 100% agree, but are leaning/ planning for IF or when guys revert back to their personal mean. If Mona keeps at a 850+ OPS he isn’t going anywhere. Nor should he.

Hard to get a lot of clarity on our MIF. Mead will most likely be 2b, especially if Roman gets back. At that case I really like Monasterio 1-6 or 7 innings, Cheng 7-9 if Red Sox are up defensively, with Story to PH/ pinch run if situation presents itself.

Even 2025 Story really lacked in areas I think this team needs out of MIF down the stretch this year. And 2025 was by far his best season in Boston.

Just to clarify…….. So you want guy on right to hit at DH? As opposed to Duran or Yoshida? And you’d rather have guy on left defensively at SS? I do agree Story shouldn’t see the field at all….. unless we have another injury.

Story K rate, swing and miss, and lack of walks drive me nuts. Mona is not good defensively, but neither is Story. I’d rather have Mona’s bat in the lineup. to me I’d tell story, clearly we have been better without you. “don’t tell us you’re ready until you’re pain free” do a full minor league rehab….. and tell him “we can’t have a black hole in lineup.. he should watch Taylor Wards approach at plate, learn from it.. and get really good at sac bunting.”

No doubt, but I absolutely was furious that We didn’t offer Alonso, trade Mayer and Early for Marte, and of course I was on team Bregman after all that had happened with Devers……. I’m the first to admit I was completely wrong. The way Durbin has turned around. He is absolutely my favorite Red Sox player and I’m just so glad we have him for years to come. I think his mental toughness is stuff of legend I still wish we had Alonso at DH all year, but I’m sure Craig did as well. It’s easy to spend someone else’s money.

Is that standard? I mean the only other time I remember a turn around like this was the Phillies this year, and Mattingly still has interim title.

Breslow looks like a completely different GM than a year ago. I wonder how much of an internal struggle there was between him and Cora. He has shown growth/ decisiveness/ aggression at times. I literally didn’t have a single positive thing to say about him June 2025- July 2026 (called him Beta Breslow)…. Probably couldn’t find a single positive remark I made in regards to him. I just like that he is evolving even if just a little. Regardless of how this season turns out, I can see the vision Breslow built this team on and it’s been a fun year. I’d like to see Breslow and Tracy lead us in 2027.

When do the Sox pull interim tag off Tracy? He has been a revelation. He’s not batting 1000, but he does so much right day to day. And it feels like the locker room follows him. Breslow has shown growth and vision with this team… Regardless of the results of the 1st 3 months of the season, if you would have said to me “no impact on season from Anthony only plays 30 games and has mid 6’s OPS, and Crochet will only start 6 games and a 6.3 ERA…. What do you think Red Sox record would be on Aug 5th?” I would have said best case scenario .500

Why sogard at 2b as opposed to Siegler?

Didn’t know this existed. There goes the idea that Narvaez was “chemistry guy”… I can’t find podcast different name?

Where? Give us some details?

So you want to prop up Narvaez on past #’s but use Adley stats from a specific date of may 1st? what are Adley career stats? Compared to Narvaez? Not even worth comping. what is Narvaez doing may 1st til now? Ops+ 50, ops of 535. Lol

He was there I just couldn’t figure out where to play him. Good luck to Tracy.