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That’s a Fair statement. Couple that with Signing young guys on team friendly deals, under control for 5+ years to increase AAV we could have spent a lot on a couple of obvious candidates……. Breslow attempting to be smartest guy in room is getting very old.

I think that’s my argument, admittedly I lean towards a “worry about the future in the future” type mentality. Where I think you try to put yourself in the shoes of the GM more. My stance is probably a course correction from hearing so much about these rising stars (campbell, Mayer, Casas, Anthony) who are all going to continue to ascend to greatness. I’m starting to question a lot of those players. Roman injuries are starting to worry me, especially the WAY he gets injured, both the back last year and the wrist this year. On just a routine swing of the baseball bat. Rafaela/Abreu have taken that step forward. Duran/Yoshida/ Story/ Durbin/ Mayer/ Narvaez have been far worse than I expected. IDK here is my hot take: I don’t think you can expect a Red Sox to be able to systemically improve their offense via progression, ergo you have to look externally. If look externally at the free agent classes in the next two years. 1. The Quality of the sub 30 YO bats is just not great. 2. Quality bats in free agency tend to lead you to have to sign for longer or more money than you’re comfortable with. I know Adames and Chapman would have some inherent risk, I think it creates an opportunity for us to improve offensively in the short term and over the next 2 to 3 years. Is there a risk absolutely….. does the tail end of those those contracts look good? I don’t know probably not.. I’m not even in love with either of those players. I just think you gotta make a move, and those are the type of players/ contracts you’re gonna have to get a little uncomfortable taking on. But look at the Nolan arenados, Xander Boegarts, Mike trouts. Good players can get you good results later in career if you’re willing to take that stab in the dark. I also acknowledge that many players continue a downward Trend.

Adames can play more than just short. Arias isn’t a guarantee….. For all your age regression you love to speak of, Xander is having his best season since 2022. Good baseball players are good baseball players. And guess what you’re gonna have to get uncomfortable in free agency or you’ll do what you did last year-every year and whiff on all the good hitters be stuck with trading for little durbies.

But the Adames deal could coincide with Franklin aria is coming up so you could offset the salary by having a young guy getting paid peanuts. And Matt Chapman defensively even if he regressed would still be better than whatever the hell we’re getting out of Caleb Durbin. I don’t know, man we’re still only what three games out of the wildcard halfway through May this move makes a lot of sense. And it’s not like there’s good free agents in the next couple of years. It’s kind of a weak couple of FA classes.

Willy Adames + Matt Chapman for Yoshida & Story (throw in Durbin)

Don’t disagree……… Definitely the Brewers do a great job at developing young arms as well. To your point though, when you see how Bennett has improved, and take into account how a whole offseason with Red Sox pitching program, how would that look for Harrison? Probably pretty good. I Just said that from a worst case scenario, that I’d rather have Harrison and Bregman/ +other big bat than Suarez/Durbin. And you can imagine how good we would be with those 5 young lefties (including Crochet)

Marte is the best 2nd baseman in baseball he will bounce back. Our offense is absolute dog sh**, I’d much rather have Bregman+ Marte+ Contreras. SP- Crochet, Gray, Harrison, Tolle, Early 1. R Anthony/ J Duran 2. A Bregman 3. K Marte 4. W Contreras 5. W Abreu 6. T Story 7. J Duran/ M Yoshida 8. C Narvaez 9. C Rafaela

No I’m not saying I thought Harrison was a difference maker…… but had we signed Bregman (which I was ADAMANT about) Harrison by proxy would still be here And sadly probably less effective in RS uniform. I commented what I did because Breslow diagnosed exactly what this team needed in October then overcomplicated it. I believe Duran/ Anthony maybe even Rafaela would be better with Bregman helping guide them.

I would have preferred Bregman + Marte+ Contreras+ trading for SP2+ Harrison over Suarez and Durbin I would have preferred Bregman + Contreras+ Gray + trading for SP2+ Harrison over Suarez and Durbin. I would have preferred Bregman + Alonso + trading for SP2+ Harrison over Suarez and Durbin.

. Pitching is awesome again….. but it doesn’t matter.

They’d be better in Boston

Trying is keyword

I think extending pre arb contracts is a microcosm of everything with Red Sox since 2022. They are always seeking to win trades, and get + value vs compensation… Instead of just putting the best teams together. scared of their own shadows of having a couple guys be negative value late in contracts. (mookie, Schwarber, Bregman) it’s trying to run the Red Sox like the freaking Brewers. It’s just ridiculous. I’m tired of this sh**.

Have we started every at bat 0-2? Watching 94mph fastballs right down the middle.

Why do we make every average AF pitcher look like the next cy young pitcher? Beta Breslow we are living your dream, you stupid POS. Top 3 runs saved defensively , top 7 in Bullpen ERA. Yet still the sh**iest team in AL. This team is the worst to watch of all time.

He’s such a coward, he will probably just run to his yacht or Europe for the year.

It’s not working out…. We are 8 games behind Yankees and it’s not even May 1st. who knows what this lineup looks like with Willson + AB2? Maybe Roman would be hitting better. We’ll never know. But it’s definitively not working out.

Because what good is a stolen base if you can’t string together 2 hits in the same inning? This team hits well when there is no pressure on, which tells me they are all trying to do too much. That boils down to not trusting your teammates around you. We have 4/9 hitting spots on platoon, or excessive tinkering due to roster construction DH- 2B- C- OF in general. This is another reason why I hate Beta Breslow’s roster construction of this team. You have so many guys, in and out of lineup, the pressure to perform to earn more playing time has crippled these guys. Which is especially detrimental to young development guys, and cancerous to the locker room... It’s like Breslow built this whole roster on contingency plans. “Depth for the sake of depth.” Seems like with all of his analytics, he forgot without fail the most important one chemistry/psychology.. My belief is that everyone does better when they have a role, even dogs do better when they know their jobs within the pack. Who knows their role on this team? The answer is “Not near enough of them.”

Good hell…… Story is a** cheeks.

YES I think the RedSox had the prospects to get Alcantara without using Tolle or Early in the package. Yes 100% I believe they did.

Way off: signing Bregman 9m more AAV than R Suarez trading Bello, K Campbell + a young arm for Alcantara 2m more AAV payroll saving by not signing IKF (6m) trading Tolle/ Mayer/ Duran for Marte 5m more AAV. 10m more in AAV would make us look much more offensive. so like I said it’s the over value of homegrown guys like Mayer/ Campbell/ Tolle etc. more than payroll.

No Roman…… RA19 Red Sox for life!

Way to take 1 line out of my ramblings and dissect it……… HOW HAS HIS AAA ERA HELPED THE BOSTON REDSOX???

I could see Bohm, or Vientos/Baty on a Red Sox roster in the near future….. just as a reset for both teams