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Post by chrisfromnc on Apr 12, 2024 18:34:40 GMT -5
Look, nobody scored against the Boston Red Sox that inning!
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Post by incandenza on Apr 12, 2024 18:36:16 GMT -5
I can't believe how many of you look at this team and think the solution to the defensive woes is to move Rafaela - as a CFer he's the only truly plus defender they have!
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Post by rhswanzey on Apr 12, 2024 18:37:05 GMT -5
This team isn’t (hitting on all three of) Mayer, Anthony and Teel away from being more than a .500ish, mayyyyybe fringe wild card contender I disagree that if Mayer anthony and Teel all hit that they won't be very good in say 2 years but it's gonna be a long 2 years in between. We have a rotation full of arms that have never thrown 160ip in a season and a lineup handedness balance issue with no obvious solution. Not to mention that locked in DH-only contract while we deal with enormous defensive questions at positions including our franchise anchor corner infielders. I think assuming we’re going to hit on all of our top prospects is a really bad plan A and this organization has hemorrhaged so much talent in recent years. It could be a while.
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Post by strike23 on Apr 12, 2024 18:38:22 GMT -5
This team isn’t (hitting on all three of) Mayer, Anthony and Teel away from being more than a .500ish, mayyyyybe fringe wild card contender I disagree that if Mayer anthony and Teel all hit that they won't be very good in say 2 years but it's gonna be a long 2 years in between. With how the rotation has looked this team is just an MLB quality middle infield away from being a fringe WC contender, hopefully Grissom is half of that
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Post by chrisfromnc on Apr 12, 2024 18:38:55 GMT -5
Please hit a home run, Bobby. Please.
Pretty please. With sugar on top.
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Post by cdj on Apr 12, 2024 18:39:50 GMT -5
Nice to see Dalbec graduate to 2 outs an at bat
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Post by wildsox on Apr 12, 2024 18:40:31 GMT -5
Also fun to watch an infield turn it
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Post by greenmonster on Apr 12, 2024 18:40:37 GMT -5
at least Dalbec didn't strikeout
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Post by dcsoxfan15 on Apr 12, 2024 18:40:54 GMT -5
Hanging slider at 85 right down the middle from a lefty and it's a double play. He is impressively terrible.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Apr 12, 2024 18:41:10 GMT -5
Nice to see Dalbec graduate to 2 outs an at bat Legit laughed out loud! Never change.
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Post by dcsoxfan15 on Apr 12, 2024 18:42:10 GMT -5
Encouraging from Yoshida at least
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Post by chrisfromnc on Apr 12, 2024 18:46:15 GMT -5
Help is on the way. Grissom is DHing tonight per the minor league game thread.
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Post by wildsox on Apr 12, 2024 18:47:26 GMT -5
At least you tried Pablo
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Post by shagworthy on Apr 12, 2024 18:48:32 GMT -5
You know, for most of my childhood and a smattering of my adult life I was resigned to the fact that the Sox would always find a way to stomp on my balls and staple them to a wall when I least expected it.
Then 04 happened, and all of that changed. I get that sinking feeling though now that I have come full circle and I need to invest in a cup again.
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Post by kevfc89 on Apr 12, 2024 18:48:33 GMT -5
I can't believe how many of you look at this team and think the solution to the defensive woes is to move Rafaela - as a CFer he's the only truly plus defender they have! It's probably because it's hard to imagine an outfield of O'Neill, Duran, Wilyer being worse defensively than the combinations of players they've tried on the infield so far.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 12, 2024 18:48:48 GMT -5
I disagree that if Mayer anthony and Teel all hit that they won't be very good in say 2 years but it's gonna be a long 2 years in between. We have a rotation full of arms that have never thrown 160ip in a season and a lineup handedness balance issue with no obvious solution. Not to mention that locked in DH-only contract while we deal with enormous defensive questions at positions including our franchise anchor corner infielders. I think assuming we’re going to hit on all of our top prospects is a really bad plan A and this organization has hemorrhaged so much talent in recent years. It could be a while. It's 10 games in but this rotation has answered the call and other than Pivetta they aren't going anywhere. Maybe I have rose colored glasses on but if they play their cards right the sox will be very good in about 1-2 years but ya as fans I don't wanna wait that long.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Apr 12, 2024 18:48:54 GMT -5
Can someone issue the infielders big floppy shoes, colorful fuzzy wigs, white face paint and giant fake red noses?
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Post by Foulke_In_Athol on Apr 12, 2024 18:49:40 GMT -5
Playing SS for the Red Sox is like drumming for Spinal Tap.
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Post by shagworthy on Apr 12, 2024 18:51:27 GMT -5
Playing SS for the Red Sox is like drumming for Spinal Tap. Watching the guys they play at SS these past few years has been like a prostate exam performed by Edward Scissorhands.
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Post by dirtdog on Apr 12, 2024 18:52:51 GMT -5
I can't believe how many of you look at this team and think the solution to the defensive woes is to move Rafaela - as a CFer he's the only truly plus defender they have! No. What I thought was the record following the west coast trip was an illusion and for this team to finish above 500 absolutely everything had to go right. Didn't take long for it all to unravel.
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Post by asm18 on Apr 12, 2024 18:53:16 GMT -5
I can't believe how many of you look at this team and think the solution to the defensive woes is to move Rafaela - as a CFer he's the only truly plus defender they have! I’d be curious to take a look at the math so far as to how much the negative defense from the infield has subtracted from Ceddanne’s plus defense on net. Oh look another one
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Post by shagworthy on Apr 12, 2024 18:54:30 GMT -5
One thing for certain. I take back all of my criticism of Bogearts defense. Sure, he had the range of an air rifle, but he was steadfast if unspectacular and there is something to be said about that after watching this miscarriage of a defense.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Apr 12, 2024 18:56:46 GMT -5
So this is new territory for me. I am actually laughing at the team right now. That is a first for me in a little less than five decades as a fan. I’ve loved them, been crushed by them. Been angry and disappointed. But I have never laughed right at them. I just did. ☹️
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Post by greenmonster on Apr 12, 2024 18:57:16 GMT -5
more errors than hits and that doesn't even count the wild-pitch and dropped double-play ball by Reyes
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Post by shagworthy on Apr 12, 2024 18:58:18 GMT -5
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