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Post by manfred on Jun 15, 2024 2:42:30 GMT -5
I remember when my hatred for Verdugo was lonely. Welcome, comrades.
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Post by manfred on Jun 13, 2024 4:00:00 GMT -5
Duran and Hamilton are the most exciting guys for me to watch in years on the Sox. If they can carry on, it will be so much fun. I love watching that kind of speed in larger skill sets.
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Post by manfred on Jun 11, 2024 17:59:42 GMT -5
I think Dom Smith made a lot more friends than Cooper over the last few weeks is what it came down to Dom has been much less bad offensively.
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Post by manfred on Jun 11, 2024 12:37:30 GMT -5
Park, dedicated fan base, major market. It doesn’t seem crazy to me.
Love the love for Mookie. How many votes did Verdugo get?
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Post by manfred on Jun 10, 2024 16:26:29 GMT -5
All I know is Jarren Duran is .1 bWAR behind Juan Soto. 🚂 I’ll definitely buy the 1.7 WAR difference on fangraphs more. They are incomparable players to each other. Soto has wayy more Impact on a team You are workin’ yer way to the caboose, man…
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Post by manfred on Jun 10, 2024 11:37:41 GMT -5
All I know is Jarren Duran is .1 bWAR behind Juan Soto.
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Post by manfred on Jun 9, 2024 14:10:56 GMT -5
Duran train. 🚂
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Post by manfred on Jun 9, 2024 14:02:39 GMT -5
Could Kelley be stretched as a starter? His stuff has variety.
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Post by manfred on Jun 8, 2024 17:02:01 GMT -5
Bello is chronically overrated. I’m certainly concerned. Two Ks is the big issue. He doesn’t seem to have a finishing pitch. For all the electricity, he’s like an old school pitch-to-contact guy. Unfortunately a lot of it is loud.
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Post by manfred on Jun 8, 2024 16:09:15 GMT -5
Rain could be a real break. It could get this superstar pitcher out, give the Sox a chance to hit.
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Post by manfred on Jun 8, 2024 10:58:01 GMT -5
Agreed on all fronts. I certainly wouldn’t be upset about signing Fried or Burnes (and maybe Pivetta, depending on how much his age keeps his contract size down), but if they’re looking to make a splash in free agency, it’s pretty clear to me that the best move would be to give Soto his megadeal and then flip one of the current outfielders as part of a package for a pitcher. With what seems likely to be the last truly game-changing FA for a while and the best prospect in the system both being outfielders, it just makes sense. With Woo looking more than ready for a big league role and their outfield being a bottom-5 unit in baseball so far this season, I wonder if Seattle would be more willing to listen on Logan Gilbert as he heads into arbitration. Or maybe with Nola and Wheeler on big money for the next several years, Dombrowski sees Suarez’s final arb year as his best chip for picking up a controllable outfielder to replace Castellanos. To bring this post back on topic, the fact that we can even consider the idea that starting pitching shouldn’t be the major focus in free agency is a testament to just how good the rotation has been. My friends made fun of me for saying there was a non-zero chance that Jordan Montgomery would be the worst pitcher in the rotation if the Red Sox signed him, but I didn’t think it would actually happen. I certainly didn’t expect Tanner Houck to be leading the league in innings and pitching fWAR while Montgomery was running a near-7 ERA at the end of the first week of June! Really impressed with everyone involved this year, from the coaches to the players to the support staff. Really impressive work all around. I ventured about Duran for Woo in the offseason that is off the table. i know I hate on Duran but he is still the most likely to be traded in my eyes, but he is still not enough for someone like Gilbert maybe Duran, Sandlin, and Yorke would do it Which I’d probably do given who we have and who that would allow us to keep Houck Gilbert Crawford Bello Giolito is for sure a WS caliber rotation Why trade Duran? He is one of their best players and still improving. Plus, his defense (who thought this would be a thing?) helps make the pitchers better.
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Post by manfred on Jun 7, 2024 15:41:58 GMT -5
Yoshida is gonna be the second best hitter on the roster when he returns It is funny you say that… I was thinking Dom is the only guy in Wednesday’s lineup I would play him ahead of. And I guess that puts Ref at 1st?
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Post by manfred on Jun 7, 2024 15:09:53 GMT -5
Yoshida was hitting .275 before going on the IL despite a screwed up thumb beginning in mid-April - I would to have imagine that average would be even higher if healthy FACTS. Whats with all the hate? Its sad to see someone whos an above avg player get hated on so much. People will stand behind some of the worst players on the team but hate on Yoshida. Is it because we paid him? Is it because he didn't get us Yamamoto? I need answers lol Is he above average? He can’t play the field. My guess: he got a not-inconsequential contract, has not been as good as expected? And because he *has* to DH, it creates a domino effect in roster planning?
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Post by manfred on Jun 7, 2024 12:09:01 GMT -5
I’m not rejecting the premise, but it might be early to say people were wrong to call for Montgomery. Whitlock is done for the year. Crawford might be coming back to earth. Bello has been mildly disappointing. The fact that they *are* decent might suggest the boost would have been great. As for the OF, it has definitely exceeded most of our wildest dreams, but maybe O’Neil was a bigger acquisition than expected? That is… maybe that *was* a big move? He had shown signs of being a really good player. It was hardly a dumpster dive. Abreu is the player who has most surprised me. I thought he was ok, a fourth OF type. Instead, he’s more like a higher tier OF. If the Sox still had Verdugo, I’m not sure I’d play him ahead of the guys they have. I think the thing is (and this season so far has shown) is that pitchers are a ticking timebomb.... It does not matter if you are considered a workhorse (as is the case with Giolito).... Spending large $$$$$$$$$ on pitching is like playing Russian roulette.... Yes, younger pitchers are getting injured too, but at least if they do get injured they do not screw the team financially in the way that high $$$ FA SP do... (HI Snell) True. But Montgomery signed a deal the Sox could easily have matched. I’m not complaining, don’t get me wrong. I’m merely saying the season is young, so it is too early to decide if off-season moves have worked out.
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Post by manfred on Jun 7, 2024 11:54:13 GMT -5
A fun thing I think about sometimes is that there was this emerging narrative in July of 2023 that the team's long-term vision was coming into place - that the long project of re-building the farm system was starting to bear fruit (Casas, Bello, Duran, Wong, Crawford, Houck, Whitlock...) and the contours of a competitive roster were starting to emerge. Then the team had a lackluster few weeks, Bloom got fired, everyone decided that the offseason depended entirely on whether they signed Jordan Montgomery, the owners pulled back on spending, and not one single person in the media happened to notice that the team had a decent or better young cost-controlled or extended player at literally every position and most of the starting rotation and bullpen. Cut to 2024 and we're really just picking up where things left off in July 2023 - except, again, no one is noticing because everything else has gone wrong. And few or any thought the rotation without Yamamoto, Montgomery, Giolito, Whitlock would be among baseball’s best. Or that an OF of Duran, Rafaella, Abreu, O’Neill, Ref would also be among baseball’s best. Or that playing games with 14 guys on the IL and 5-6 rookies at the same time could possibly still be above .500 and a wild card in reach. Impressive I’m not rejecting the premise, but it might be early to say people were wrong to call for Montgomery. Whitlock is done for the year. Crawford might be coming back to earth. Bello has been mildly disappointing. The fact that they *are* decent might suggest the boost would have been great. As for the OF, it has definitely exceeded most of our wildest dreams, but maybe O’Neil was a bigger acquisition than expected? That is… maybe that *was* a big move? He had shown signs of being a really good player. It was hardly a dumpster dive. Abreu is the player who has most surprised me. I thought he was ok, a fourth OF type. Instead, he’s more like a higher tier OF. If the Sox still had Verdugo, I’m not sure I’d play him ahead of the guys they have.
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Post by manfred on Jun 7, 2024 10:01:56 GMT -5
I was wondering if any of you fellas could type out the name of the GM who drafted Tanner Houck (a/k/a, God's right arm) ? “He who left us with no system”? (Except Houck, Duran, Rafaela, Crawford, Casas…)
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Post by manfred on Jun 6, 2024 21:16:39 GMT -5
This lineup a murderer’s row!!
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Post by manfred on Jun 6, 2024 20:53:02 GMT -5
You are all banned, just to be safe.
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Post by manfred on Jun 6, 2024 20:44:55 GMT -5
I’m feeling really upbeat about Rafaela’s extension.
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Post by manfred on Jun 5, 2024 13:04:58 GMT -5
Question: Is Hamilton actually a guy? He’s looking solid.
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Post by manfred on Jun 5, 2024 13:02:30 GMT -5
Hey, man, Dom with a great AB.
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Post by manfred on Jun 4, 2024 18:12:28 GMT -5
Things are tough when Bobby D’s terrible bat has to be put in a position he doesn’t play. 😬
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Post by manfred on Jun 3, 2024 16:25:37 GMT -5
Tucupita Marcano is facing a lifetime ban for gambling. Huh. So… these games are sponsored by sports books; they give all the odds and bets throughout; and then they worry about integrity?
Leigh Steinberg had a piece in the NY Times the other day about gambling… there is obviously going to be a massive scandal soon in one of the major sports. (Ohtani thing was tiny).
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Post by manfred on Jun 2, 2024 15:17:37 GMT -5
Wong just missed that one. He’s got crazy power for a pretty small dude.
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Post by manfred on Jun 2, 2024 15:08:32 GMT -5
I admit, I was not a Refsnyder believer, but he has won me over. He is just a really, really solid ballplayer.
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