5/24-5/26 Red Sox vs. Brewers Series Thread

At some point a team will make the playoffs, in a full season (so that I'm excluding 1981 and 2020), with a record under .500, so why not the Red Sox if that happens? Lol.

I get that the league is top heavier this year.

I'm afraid the Yankees are legit as they have thrived without Cole unexpectedly and with Soto's addition, have the best offense in the AL.

Baltimore is for real. Somebody has to win the AL West. I think Cleveland and KC playing above their heads and will regress, although one takes the central division or one or both get caught by Minnesota or even Detroit.

Yes, 2 wild card spots are there for the taking. I do expect Houston and Texas will be squarely in the mix.

But as a Red Sox fan who expects more from the franchise than a .500ish club yet again for what appears the 5th time in 6 years, it's disappointing.

I thought the rotation would be bad and instead it's been excellent, so how is it they're still just a .500 team on the outside looking in yet again? Its like watching the same movie over and over and over again.

I miss those days when the expectation was they'd win 90 plus with a goal of 95 wins and having the cache of being a heavyweight rather than just being another team.

I know they're working toward that again but it kind of boggles the mind how this is what they've turned into for this long.

I guess this is a bit how Yankees fans felt during the Horace Clarke era, lol. I'm experiencing the same feeling with the Patriots, too, hoping that Drake Maye leads them back to the promised land (and no I dont expect him to be anything like Brady, as that would totally be totally unfair)

Thankfully the Celtics appear primed to win it all or at least that is certainly the impression they're giving. I'm feeling like it's just their time, finally.

Doesn’t necessarily have to be Craig. Could be somebody else in the front office. Could be Kenley’s agent.

If they can get anything of value for Jansen they should trade him regardless of their playoff position. Though I think if they could’ve gotten anything of value for him in the offseason they would’ve traded him so I’m suspicious of his market value.

They keep doing what they're doing theyll be trading Kenley. Nothing shocking about that.

As close as they are to Minnesota they're that close to Toronto and the AL East basement.

If the Sox get hot and put themselves squarely in the wild care spot theyll probably hang onto Kenley unless they're overwhelmed in a deal.

Not exactly an earth shattering opinion by Nightengale that Kenley is likely to be dealt with the assumption that the Sox arent really going anywhere anyways.

in my mind, TON, Jansen and Martin are all gone by August 1st. Pivetta, I'd make some legitimate extension offers to, but if he doesn't accept, I'd trade him too.

In the mindset of "consolidating assets", I'd try and trade Jansen and Martin together (AND eat all of their salary) to someone like the Os for Basallo or something like that.

Robots


Edit: oh boy hopefully not one of those games


Sun must be extra brutal today

Hamilton is the new Duran.

That Abreu catch was either one of the best awful plays or the worst great plays I've ever seen.

dude, swing at a strike.

take it, but if you arent throwing his strikes, why do you put it down the middle on 3-0