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9/1-9/4 Red Sox vs. Rangers Series Thread
mobaz
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Post by mobaz on Sept 2, 2022 21:31:28 GMT -5
Marwin Gonzalez in to pitch for the MFY as they are down 9-0. Awesome Friday night.
I wanna see a lot of Wong this month.
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Post by benzinger on Sept 2, 2022 21:36:08 GMT -5
“That’s a good flic” -Reese McGuire
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 2, 2022 21:38:24 GMT -5
Offense wakes up, pitching steps up - great win indeed.
Amazingly, Tampa is going to be only 5 behind the MFY - who not long ago everyone thought would win all 162 games. Loving seeing them limping late in the season.
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Sept 2, 2022 21:55:37 GMT -5
All the other teams won
Another day gone, gained no ground
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cdj
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Post by cdj on Sept 2, 2022 22:00:48 GMT -5
When the middle of the order hits like the middle of the order and the team is reasonably healthy they are actually a good baseball team
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Post by nomar on Sept 2, 2022 23:20:45 GMT -5
“That’s a good flic” -Reese McGuire I wish McGuire was a 3 true outcomes guy so we could wave tube socks every time he went yard. Can’t have anything this year
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Post by benzinger on Sept 2, 2022 23:54:03 GMT -5
109 EV 439 damn that’s nice. Maybe too early to judge the Mookie trade? I’ll forever believe they should have gotten 2 of: Will Smith, Gonsolin, Dustin May or Gavin Lux in the Mookie trade.
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Post by manfred on Sept 3, 2022 0:24:04 GMT -5
109 EV 439 damn that’s nice. Maybe too early to judge the Mookie trade? Yes. Who knows, there might be hundreds where that came from.
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Post by freddysthefuture2003 on Sept 3, 2022 0:59:07 GMT -5
109 EV 439 damn that’s nice. Maybe too early to judge the Mookie trade? I’ll forever believe they should have gotten 2 of: Will Smith, Gonsolin, Dustin May or Gavin Lux in the Mookie trade. Lmao, yeah take half of Prices 96 mil, and then give us 2 of the best prospects in baseball. Lux was the #2 prospect in all of baseball according to Fangraphs, and may was 14. Probably should've asked for a night with all of the Dodgers executives wives while they were at it
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Post by cdj on Sept 3, 2022 8:32:42 GMT -5
I’ll forever believe they should have gotten 2 of: Will Smith, Gonsolin, Dustin May or Gavin Lux in the Mookie trade. Lmao, yeah take half of Prices 96 mil, and then give us 2 of the best prospects in baseball. Lux was the #2 prospect in all of baseball according to Fangraphs, and may was 14. Probably should've asked for a night with all of the Dodgers executives wives while they were at it On top of that there was single year of control on Mookie. You don’t get a lot for players with one year of control Like it’s funny, do people really not think he asked for them first?
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Post by blizzards39 on Sept 3, 2022 9:04:47 GMT -5
22-7 finish. That gives Sox 87-75. Might be enough. I realize that this is very improbably, but until it’s not attainable, You try and win every game.
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Post by station13 on Sept 3, 2022 9:21:50 GMT -5
Why is JDM still playing or batting in the middle of the order?
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Post by gerry on Sept 3, 2022 9:24:03 GMT -5
Lmao, yeah take half of Prices 96 mil, and then give us 2 of the best prospects in baseball. Lux was the #2 prospect in all of baseball according to Fangraphs, and may was 14. Probably should've asked for a night with all of the Dodgers executives wives while they were at it On top of that there was single year of control on Mookie. You don’t get a lot for players with one year of control Like it’s funny, do people really not think he asked for them first? LOL. Price in Bullpen. Sox almost healthy with “only” Sale, Eovaldi, Houck, Paxton, Pivetta, Taylor, Hosmer on the IL. Sox won again. Heroes include young Dugie and rookie Wong. Must be time to re-litigate the Mookie deal.
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Post by greatscottcooper on Sept 3, 2022 9:40:20 GMT -5
#2 of the 12 game win streak
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 3, 2022 10:25:17 GMT -5
I'm not going to get taken in by a victory here and there over a bad team. (of course, I'd LOVE the Sox to sneak in - but I don't like to set myself up for disappointment).
Odds for making the playoffs - 1.1% ESPN, 1.1% Fangraphs, 1% 538.
So - watching mainly to see what they've got for next year - want to see lots of Wong, Arroyo, Story, Refsnyder, Pham, Kiké - would love to see Rolando Hernandez come up, and Casas of course - ready to see less JD, Plawecki...meh on Cordero.
Pitching wise- whatever. They just have lots of piecing together to do in the games with the short starts. Just hope they don't get the urge to bring Darwinson or Seabold up. Winck - OK, but put him in the pen. Too many placeholder arms in the pen (one good outing isn't going to convince me on Brasier)
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Post by cdj on Sept 3, 2022 11:06:54 GMT -5
I'm not going to get taken in by a victory here and there over a bad team. (of course, I'd LOVE the Sox to sneak in - but I don't like to set myself up for disappointment). Odds for making the playoffs - 1.1% ESPN, 1.1% Fangraphs, 1% 538. So - watching mainly to see what they've got for next year - want to see lots of Wong, Arroyo, Story, Refsnyder, Pham, Kiké - would love to see Rolando Hernandez come up, and Casas of course - ready to see less JD, Plawecki...meh on Cordero. Pitching wise- whatever. They just have lots of piecing together to do in the games with the short starts. Just hope they don't get the urge to bring Darwinson or Seabold up. Winck - OK, but put him in the pen. Too many placeholder arms in the pen (one good outing isn't going to convince me on Brasier) Tomorrow will be 3.2% 👀👀👀
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Post by cdj on Sept 3, 2022 12:32:24 GMT -5
Pham 7 Verdugo 9 Bogaerts 6 Devers 5 Martinez DH Story 4 Arroyo 3 McGuire 2 Hernandez 8
Solid lineup
Excited to see Bello
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Sept 3, 2022 12:39:13 GMT -5
Lmao, yeah take half of Prices 96 mil, and then give us 2 of the best prospects in baseball. Lux was the #2 prospect in all of baseball according to Fangraphs, and may was 14. Probably should've asked for a night with all of the Dodgers executives wives while they were at it On top of that there was single year of control on Mookie. You don’t get a lot for players with one year of control Like it’s funny, do people really not think he asked for them first? Agreed, everyone who thinks Betts should not have been traded ALWAYS forgets he only had one year of control left!!! Mookie is still with the Dodgers, because they gave him a truck load of money and LA is a glitzy, flashy town (just like Mookie).
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Post by ematz1423 on Sept 3, 2022 12:42:43 GMT -5
On top of that there was single year of control on Mookie. You don’t get a lot for players with one year of control Like it’s funny, do people really not think he asked for them first? Agreed, everyone who thinks Betts should not have been traded ALWAYS forgets he only had one year of control left!!!!!!! If they'd kept mookie they probably win a few more games and don't get Mayer so at least they have that going for them...
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Sept 3, 2022 12:55:20 GMT -5
Agreed, everyone who thinks Betts should not have been traded ALWAYS forgets he only had one year of control left!!!!!!! If they'd kept mookie they probably win a few more games and don't get Mayer so at least they have that going for them... I hope MFY signs Judge to a monster contract, so when he breaks down (not wishing anything on anyone…it is just inevitable), they will be stuck with him (unless the Dodgers come along…).
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Post by Guidas on Sept 3, 2022 13:30:36 GMT -5
If they'd kept mookie they probably win a few more games and don't get Mayer so at least they have that going for them... I hope MFY signs Judge to a monster contract, so when he breaks down (not wishing anything on anyone…it is just inevitable), they will be stuck with him (unless the Dodgers come along…). I think he’ll be a Met. They only have one big bat. And Cohen laughs at Yankee offers and just adds $2M
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Post by shagworthy on Sept 3, 2022 13:37:37 GMT -5
The Mookie trade discussions have gotten a little out of hand. Too many people playing “Careless Whisper” on repeat (I’m never gonna dance again)
He’s gone, we got what we got. Walk past that public restroom George Michael.
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Post by manfred on Sept 3, 2022 13:58:46 GMT -5
The Mookie trade discussions have gotten a little out of hand. Too many people playing “Careless Whisper” on repeat (I’m never gonna dance again) He’s gone, we got what we got. Walk past that public restroom George Michael. If you look in the soxprospects archives, you will find this is just what they were saying about the Babe.
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Post by shagworthy on Sept 3, 2022 14:22:09 GMT -5
The Mookie trade discussions have gotten a little out of hand. Too many people playing “Careless Whisper” on repeat (I’m never gonna dance again) He’s gone, we got what we got. Walk past that public restroom George Michael. If you look in the soxprospects archives, you will find this is just what they were saying about the Babe. Lol, I am sure, but until one of us develops a time travelling machine we can’t change history, only the present and future. A fair amount of tears have been shed, and the transaction has been taken apart a thousand different ways. At some point its time to move on, if only for your own sanity.
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Post by shagworthy on Sept 3, 2022 15:06:36 GMT -5
ugh. Mazz. I don’t know why but his voice elicits a violent response for me. Like I would punch him if given any opportunity, repetitively until he could no longer make any noises.
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