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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 27, 2020 22:51:28 GMT -5
Charlotte offered 120 million over 4 years for Hayward. What's the holdup in announcing that?
Supposedly Danny is trying to work a deal for a trade exception...but what leverage does he have?? After losing out to Turner and a first round pick...it seems none...
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 24, 2020 18:50:47 GMT -5
Ok...it seems that arthritis is Kemba's enemy... a reaction to long term inflammation. But that stuff does not go away no matter how much rehab/strengthening is done or meds employed. IMO he will likely be a restricted 20-25 minute guy until the playoffs when we will be forced to do an IT usage.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 24, 2020 16:21:50 GMT -5
It appears that most agree that with Nesmith, Pritchard and Teague, the second unit will be far better than last year with a downgrade for starter performance offset somewhat by Thompson.
I believe that Teague and Wanamaker are the same age and Teague had been an all-star when Wanamaker was unable to crack the NBA. Sure Teague at 32 isn't what he was at 26 but he is not being asked that. On paper the 'swap' looks to be an upgrade.
Lots of talk about Kemba's knee but apparently surgery was not warranted. Still he has been rehabbing it for months and speculation is that he will be brought slowly into the season. Sounds iffy. So what exactly is wrong with the knee? ... cartilage, ligament damage, arthritis? Is there a basis to think (hope) that the knee will hold up?..sine qua non.
Apparently the criticism of Ainge re Hayward, is that he 'fiddled and diddled' allowing Charlotte to strike...trying to add luster to the resplendent nickname, "Trader Danny"..i.e. he should have taken what Indy originally offered. If so, maybe with hindsight, but do we know what the Indy offer was? And who could have imagined a 120 million deal? No other team offered close to that given age and injuries. But my question is do we still have a chance to get something back from Charlotte?
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 20, 2020 7:31:22 GMT -5
I think what we can expect is a 3.8 era and alot of injuries in his future. The first part I agree with but the latter is unfounded IMO unless there are unforseen consequences from Covid. He's a strong guy. To me some of the analysis is at the granular level searching hard for a nugget that isn't that shiny. I've seen a gradual improvement, particularly with the fade changeup and adding a cutter. Still, every game seems a struggle to manage his pitch count to get past 5 2/3. He's gotten a bit better at that but, at some point, he is what he is ... and will be in that realm.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 20, 2020 7:14:15 GMT -5
Carlos Quintana! Yep. He played right field for the Sox for a few years in Butch Hobson's unfortunate reign. He was pretty good with the stick average wise but never hit for much power.... I kept waiting for him to 'arrive' after one of his countrymen said that he had "a swing from God"...After that tho, he went to hell.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 19, 2020 19:42:05 GMT -5
Cs have traded Poirier to OKC for a top 55 protected 2nd (ie not likely to convey) 🙄
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 11, 2020 21:08:45 GMT -5
It's hard to beat Charleston in a lot of categories. That city and park deserve a MiLB team. Except for the ballpark chili dogs. Only should eat them if you're getting a colonoscopy the day after. Excellent salubrious statement. I too have felt the alluded to post ballpark chili dog consumption 'rumble in the jungle' .... "Hey Doc! I'm ready to say Ahhh!"
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Post by sarasoxer on Oct 18, 2020 8:44:06 GMT -5
I'm hoping it will come well before our hereafter. I also don't think we are that far off from being a playoff team. The end of the year wasn't that bad in light of there being no ERod or Sale. My hereafter is anytime after next year and while I tred earth. I don't think Bauer will toe our hill in a Sox uni based on his somewhat spotty record, rumored quirks and price tag even on a one year deal....Doesn't mesh with the home computer. I could easily see him with the Yankees tho...as they are on the cusp.
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Post by sarasoxer on Oct 18, 2020 8:21:56 GMT -5
I'm not expecting any blockbuster free agent signings. I think he will gradually upgrade the 40 man while filling holes on the 25 man. I am also pretty much expecting one or two 2 or 3 for 1 type trades. Me neither. We are a ways away...especially with pitching injury/health concerns nearer term. Bloom brings some of the Tampa Bay way with him (likely a big factor in his hiring) and hopefully won't be 'corrupted' by Sox dollar largess. Who knows the extent of Covid's financial weight next year but that will likely also put the governor on Sox spending. We are not going to be rebuilt for the short term...one and done. And a 30M dollar addition next year won't get us to Valhalla. I can wait for the reward in our hereafter.
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Post by sarasoxer on Oct 18, 2020 5:37:24 GMT -5
There's also a giant unknown this year, the likely flood of non-tenders which happens sometimes around Dec 2. This might be a good year to not rush into things that aren't obviously advantageous. I’m praying Bloom brings a patient attitude. We’ve way over-extended in the past for guys we really like To me Bloom projects a sense of energy/urgency melded with patience...a mongoose picking his spots. He didn't sit on his hands this season but aggressively combed baseball's scrap and got some shiny objects...altho still being assayed. I also perceive a comforting sense of 'run silent, run deep'...cards tightly held. Even tho constrained by baseball, there is not much 'news' escaping what seems, for Boston, an informational black hole. This lack of background radiation might, in another day, come off as the club sitting back enjoying some late summer sun, but I envision Bloom sequestered in a remote subterranean vault analyzing baseball's talent version of dark matter. In Bloom I trust.
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Post by sarasoxer on Oct 13, 2020 20:22:46 GMT -5
Sorry but I can't root for a division rival...Believe me I tried HARD for that one but I just can't do it. To me, it’s hard to see the Rays as a true rival. They’re kind of like a kid brother... you root for them to do well, but you can’t really take them seriously. Maybe that’ll change if they win a World Series. Well, in the next few years you might be whistling a new tune. The Rays, with an annual paucity of funds that would throw us Sox fans into paroxysms of near eternal despair, have muscles...Yup, they've been our little brother forever but now they are all 'growed' up and kicked sand in the Yankees faces..So I am proud of 'junior'...but wary that he may kick my butt for things I did to him as a kid.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 28, 2020 9:14:59 GMT -5
Cora has taint regardless of basis or lack thereof. The Sox are moving on from any such spectre.
RR did a good job as the interim guy but he was regarded as just that...a steward in rough seas. He gets a pat, thanks...and perhaps a reward in heaven.
Varitek as manager would be seen as a throwback to the old days where teams were run as chummy clubs. That's not Chaim. Plus I don't think V wants the job or sees himself in that capacity.
I don't have a subscription to the Athletic so don't know its basis for including others as manager possibilities and don't have independent opinion on any.
I do think that Chaim wants to put his own stamp on the team as most new GMs would. I expect that he will canvas opinions, perhaps lean to someone from the Rays with whom he is most familiar, but ultimately make a well-reasoned decision.
The ship is powered up, turning...and it's going to be an exciting off-season!
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 27, 2020 7:26:55 GMT -5
Eovaldis stuff has been too good this year for him to be moved to the pen. Agree. Moving him to the pen "might" save bullets for his arm, but he just looked to good, to often as a starter wasting away an inning at a time. Also don't see anyway, anyhow Houck isn't starting for the parent club come April.. Unless his ST showing is awful. Yep. We have too few starting candidates, especially early on, to move Eovaldi. It's clearly easier and less costly to add pen arms than find reliable starters. Houck has been a revelation that I'm hoping is not a mirage. His FB is less than advertised, his command somewhat spotty and his walk rate troubling, but the pitch movement and deception have compensated. I'm hoping that the Braves don't rest the regulars today, that Pivetta pitches masterfully, but that the Sox lose by a run on a fluke play.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 26, 2020 6:07:48 GMT -5
What a clutch loss that was. Thank you Jeffrey Springs. He couldn't get the final out to nail down the victory and he promptly gives up the walk-off. A tip of the cap for Brasier to blow the 2-1 lead he was handed in the 8th and thankfully the Sox blew a chance to break a 4-4 tie in the 9th no thanks to Melancon who looked awful. So crazy rooting for them to lose. My 8 year old actually caught the last few innings. Normally he doesn't watch baseball but I felt so bad - here he was rooting for the Red Sox to win, and frustrated when they didn't, and here I am rooting for them to lose. I tried to explain that the Sox would be far better off losing these meaningless games...but to no avail. At least we both could root (successfully) for the Celtics to win, so that made things a lot better. Did Springs lock up this year's 10th player award?!!!
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 23, 2020 19:12:45 GMT -5
I am so glad that the Sox are clearly not tanking!! Honesty and integrity count even if other teams don't operate that way.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 22, 2020 8:02:03 GMT -5
If you look at the Sox history and Blooms history, I think we can kind of assume that we will be looking at more trades than FAs. Not to say that they won’t fill holes with FAs, but we need arms. And arms with options. You don’t find these in FA. I’d say X, Devers and Verdugo are all back. Every other player on the roster ( JD most likely back, just because of the situation) is shopped. Chavis, Benny, Vazquez, Dalbec. I’d say these 4 are at the top of can we turn them into arms. As for FA LeMahieu is the guy I’m after LeMahieu is my #1 offseason target as well. I’d like to see a LH 1B-OF added like Joc Pederson, Jay Bruce or maybe even Jurickson Profar. I agree, I think Vazquez or Plawecki and one of Chavis or Dalbec is shopped. I think Benentindi’s value is at an all time low, I think we gotta keep him and hope he rebounds. Boy I don't know. The guys that you mentioned are all older than what we have and IMHO their performances don't knock the 'Sox' off, excepting LeMahieu. The grass isn't always greener. LeMahieu has found a home in N.Y....His swing is perfect for that stadium and he gives the Yanks what they had lacked until recently...a high average hitter amidst the bevy of strikeout prone sluggers. I believe that they will open the coffers to keep him.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 20, 2020 22:53:21 GMT -5
Well that is an effort to personally demean via ad hominem. Pedro and Garcia are about the same size. Pedro threw harder. I think Garcia will be a good pitcher sooner or later. He needs not to throw Chavis breaking balls for one thing. Anyways I'll save you all the big suspense - he won't be as good as Pedro was I think that Garcia will be good/serviceable...3-5. He had 3 good games, one bad. He has a modest FB, altho higher velo than Houck, a good curve and an outstanding changeup. But Pedro will not be emulated....
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 20, 2020 22:43:56 GMT -5
Only in Yankee-Land can a guy who is barely four feet tall be proclaimed as "the next Pedro." Well that is an effort to personally demean via ad hominem. Pedro and Garcia are about the same size. Pedro threw harder.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 20, 2020 15:47:53 GMT -5
It is tricky... Houck looks good as a starter, but his velocity is a concern. I wonder what happens a few times through the league. I can see him being a pretty good starter or a really good reliever. The question is... which is more valuable? If he can mix games like this in even with stinkers, he’s a real find for the rotation. I'm just confused because reports (even from this site) say he's 93-95mph on the fastball with the ability to reach back to 98mph. We haven't seen that at all except for his first inning of his first start. And I know someone here said that he's usually been able to hold onto his velocity, so I hope his arm is ok... It will be interesting to see if the scouting report is altered. From what we've seen, he is more 89-93 with a rapid velocity drop..."Touching 98" and having the "best FB" in our minors doesn't appear accurate unless fatigue, injury or intentional throttling down operate.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 19, 2020 18:22:35 GMT -5
I trust Bloom implicitly. We will make the best, most reasoned choice whenever our turn comes. No guarantees. House, Leiter, other..no matter. I am no expert or scout. But reading a few draft mocks, looking at House videos and seeing that even at 16 House's body is somehow incredibly going on 22, causes my adrenals go into hyperdrive.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 19, 2020 12:58:46 GMT -5
Keep chanting Brady House...as if it were Om. I hope they do not waste a top five pick on him. I hope they don't use a top 5 pick on him if he turns out to be a waste..
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 19, 2020 11:28:09 GMT -5
Keep chanting Brady House...as if it were Om.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 19, 2020 9:59:42 GMT -5
Nobody hates the Yankees more than I do. You might be near my age group, but I had to endure years as a youth when they beat us like a drum. It's probably why I'm not 6' tall. We got some revenge 2004-2018. But just once I'd like to see us beat them 22 of 27...or 12 straight....would do a body good.
What you were alluding to is that we (and others) lay down against the Yankees in homage. Martin Perez, Vazquez and Arroyo didn't spit the bit.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 19, 2020 7:15:26 GMT -5
As much as I hate losing to this awful team, if they're going to pull this crap and be pathetic against the Yankees now is the time. I look at it this way - if God came down to me the day after Aaron Judge blasted his boom box to the sounds of Sinatra's "New York, New York" and said (as if this can REALLY happen - lol), "I'll let the Red Sox massacre the Yankees 16-1, with Brock Holt of all people hitting for the cycle, and then finish them off the next day. We'll even yank the Yankee fanbase's chain and have them lose when a fly ball does a reverse Bucky Dent and stays in the ballpark instead of giving them the walkoff and then we'll even have 2 defensively challenged ex-Yankees combine on a dramatic bang-bang do or die play to finish off the pinstriped bastards, and have you win the World Series with 119 wins and even have you enjoy watching for the 2nd time that post-season having your Red Sox players taunt the Yankees by singing "New York, New York", stealing their anthem and rubbing it in their faces - THE CATCH IS after all of that the Yankees will beat the Red Sox like a pinata, whacking them around the next two seasons to the tune of losing 24 of 29 games (I'm assuming the Sox drop the final two against NY, too??!!!) - would you take that? Well, I'd take that deal in less than a NY minute! So let the Yankees kick the crap out of the Red Sox when it matters least, especially if it helps the Red Sox get the highest draft pick possible (maybe the 2nd if Manfred doesn't screw them). That's what I keep telling myself because otherwise I'd be totally nauseated by the gutless, loser way they've played the Yankees the past two seasons. I agree with everything you said except that the Sox are gutless. The Yankees have superior talent that has resulted in them beating the Sox 11 or 12 times in a row and the Orioles 24 of 27. I'm glad to see the opinion tide turning on Bloom. He is looking under every rock and appears to have made good trades. I'm just waiting for demaineah to come on board to cement the deal.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 18, 2020 22:29:04 GMT -5
Chapman is down 5 mph from last night when he was throwing 101.
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