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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 17, 2024 9:06:15 GMT -5
I think Burnes has a reasonable shot at 300 million, as in 8 years @ 37.5 million per year.
If Sasaki isnt being posted, he is clearly the best combination of being the best pitcher and the most durable.
Durability does matter. Sure, he could go Giolito at any minute, but so far so good.
He will not likely be taking a hometown discount. He will be getting paid.
At some point whatever deal he signs will likely be an albatross, but the question is how many good to great years will you get from him and how many seasons does that help them go to and/or win the LCS or World Series? You play to win championships, not to have the most statistically efficient payrolls.
I'm not saying be irresponsible with the payroll, but I'm saying if you have financial advantages use it.
Some team will. Unless of course, Bora$ absolutely has to Bora$ and makes demands so ridiculous (like 40 million plus per year long term) that Burnes is still unsigned come spring training, and doesnt get signed until nearly April, and then we can watch how having no spring training screws with his health and productivity. Don't know if that's the path Burnes will permit Bora$ to go, where Bora$ overplays his hand.
But in normal circumstances I would anticipate that the market yields around 300 million for him. Unless you see a better free agent up ahead (Sasaki,but is he LA bound?) Or are willing to trade guys who could become cheap superstars for a young pitcher of a limited record of track success who will only be under control for about 2 or 3 years and then will want their 300 million if they dont get hurt or flop, then I'd say give Burnes his money unless Bora$ pulls the crap that he is prone to do.
My fallback position would be Fried or Eovaldi.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 22:49:35 GMT -5
So now we know. All the Sox have to do to win a game is to score a dozen runs.
So if the Sox score 12 runs every night they should be fine!
Yoshida was awesome. Seeing the Yoshida that for a day last July lead the league in hitting.
Speedsters Duran and Hamilton contributed the long ball.
And the pitching was brutal, as usual.
Luis Garcia has been an ok/decent reliever for years and now he's a cringeworthy joke. They'll keep pitching him. They won't DFA him. But the guy has been a total torch since joining the Sox.
At least Kenley Jansen looked good.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 22:31:25 GMT -5
I honestly think Dalbec already had his best season in 2021. I dont think he ever pans out in Tampa or Oakland or wherever. He just strikes out way too much and doesnt hit enough. His hit tool is very poor. He's nearing 30. I think he might get some more sips of major league coffee, but nothing sustainable.
The Sox had plenty of opportunity to use him and passed so his tenure with the Sox will soon end. I dont think it'll be much different elsewhere.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 22:25:42 GMT -5
If he can't even beat us, why do we want Burnes anyway?? Grouchy Marx "I don't want to join any club that would take me as a member." We’ve tattooed a number of good RH pitchers. Wouldn’t hold that against him. Yeah, bad outing but the body of work has been excellent. Even Pedro would have a rare stinker. Even the immortal Garrett Crochet has bad outings, lol.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 18:03:46 GMT -5
It`s not what we pay for Burnes now. It`s a few years down the road. I wouldn`t want him for more than 3 years, ideally 2, but that`s not going to happen. I get the sentiment and certainly opinions can vary as to how long he stays great or at least very good, but I think if it's all about efficiency and getting a Manny Ramirez like contract scenario where 90% of it is quite efficient, then one would rarely ever sign an upper echelon free agent. So to secure top talent you either trade top notch young talent or you wind up just signing second or third tier type talent and you never get that elite player unless you luck out. With somebody like Burnes, you have to measure how many years of greatness and being good versus the years you're really overpaying to determine if its worth it, but you can rarely expect that these type if contracts wont have some sort of albatross factor. It's kind of built in but if it's not accepted as being part of the cost of doing business then theyd never sign a top tier talent. I think at some point you do your best guess and you take your chances. Second or third tier free agents and bargain bin shopping can only go so far.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 14:14:01 GMT -5
I want Amith around for a few reasons. He's there in case Casas injures himself again. He is a legit 1b. Romy's failure to stretch fir the throw like a 1b helped to cost them a game. I like having a LH bat on the bench if need be. Often we'll see the heavily slanted lefty lineup in against a righty starter. Then inevitably the opposing manager will put in a lefty to try to force Abreu or Hamilton our if the game for Refsnyder or Romy, but then as Cora plays that chess match sooner or later a RH setup man or closer winds up the game and the Sox are stuck not being able to PH for their righty bats, so it's nice to have a lefty bat off the bench in Smith available. Never mind. The Red Sox dont agree with my POV on this. I would have kept Smith. Casas better not miss any time as they dont have any legit experienced 1b to back him up. Dont like this move.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 14:12:43 GMT -5
I want Smith around for a few reasons.
He's there in case Casas injures himself again.
He is a legit 1b. Romy's failure to stretch fir the throw like a 1b helped to cost them a game.
I like having a LH bat on the bench if need be.
Often we'll see the heavily slanted lefty lineup in against a righty starter.
Then inevitably the opposing manager will put in a lefty to try to force Abreu or Hamilton our if the game for Refsnyder or Romy, but then as Cora plays that chess match sooner or later a RH setup man or closer winds up the game and the Sox are stuck not being able to PH for their righty bats, so it's nice to have a lefty bat off the bench in Smith available.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 9:12:08 GMT -5
Andrew McCutchen is floating along for like a sixth consecutive season where he's just sort of passable, which has let his counting stats get into the "maaaaybe a hall of famer sorta kinda...?" territory: 53 WAR, 2136 hits, 315 HRs. Also 219 SBs, .830 OPS, and a 128 wRC+. He also seems to be a really popular player. I bet he lasts a full ten years on the hall of fame ballot, and I might give him about a 1-in-4 chance of actually making it in on the writer's ballot (and then getting in by unanimous vote on an Era Committee or something). Geez, didnt realize he had that many hits or HRs. I've always thought of him as being in the hall of very good, but I dont think he gets in, but yeah he has a slight chance and will get a lot of looks. He might be one of those guys like Vada Pinson, really good player, but just under the arbitrary threshold.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 9:06:43 GMT -5
Burnes or Fried just make too much sense for where this roster is right now. There is no reason they should at least not be among the highest bidders, if they offer either one of them a competitive offer and they turn it down I won't be upset at them missing out. If it comes to it and it is reported that they aren't even involved in the final bidding on either of them I will be disappointed and I will basically just strike any possibility of them ever giving out a mega FA pitching deal from my brain. The thing that would most upset me this offseason though is if they aren't involved on Burnes/Fried and then deal any of the big 3 as well as Campbell to acquire a top shelf SP. Just spend the damn money and keep the farm as a real strength. We are so much in agreement on this. We're speaking the same language. I know Crochet is the guy everybody will be looking at and I suspect that one of Anthony or Campbell or less likely Mayer or Teel would go in a deal for him, along with either Sandlin or Arias, plus other, and I suspect that if the Sox dont use their wallets this is the steep direction theyd go in. Like you I'd rather keep these guys and sign one of Burnes, Fried or Eovaldi. I'm assuming Roki Sasaki isnt coming over yet and if he were he's likely be earmarked for LA. I'd really hate to gamble talent on Crochet in this era of everybody is soon destined for TJS as soon as they hit 150 innings for a season or two. No thanks. Rather they risk money than talent. I'm not as worried about back end financial contractual efficiency. I ultimately think it would be more costly to replace the talent lost. And I truly believe that all four of Anthony (I like Abreu but ultimately I much prefer his future to Abreu, who is likely a good platoon player with value), Teel, Mayer, and Campbell (and eventually Montgomery) could all truly impact the Sox for a long time, and I also believe all 5 including Montgomery will be needed. I dont regard them as surplus (I dont see the Sox extending Duran when its time for example and I dont think theyd need to. If it falls to having to get Crochet I think I'd try to craft a deal around Grissom, Arias, Bleis, and Sandlin, 3 of those 4 guys. I'd have trouble believing that if the White Sox require a pitcher back it would be anybody but Sandlin, but if the Sox think that highly of Sandlin and it took him and highly regarded others to get Crochet, then why do it? Frankly I dont think the ChiSox would deal Crochet without getting one of the Big 3 or Campbell or even Montgomery. I know I probably waded too deeply into trade proposals which wasnt my intent, so I'll stop there, but just to talk about how steep a price theyd be paying to invest in a guy with a limited track record of starter success who's demanding a big contract or would not aid his teammates toward the quest of a championship. I'd rather see the Sox open their wallets instead. Get the proven guy instead and let's all reap the rewards of a fruitful farm system producing the most exciting batch of prospects in about a decade.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 7:35:34 GMT -5
It was almost a decade ago the Sox botched the Lester negotiations. We proceeded to enter an era of middling contracts like those given out to Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandivol, not pitchers I know but it was all part of the narrative that the Sox weren't going to go big, that the new norm was mid level contracts and not putting all your eggs in one basket. They went out and tried to make a rotation by signing Justin Masterson and Wade Miley that offseason as well. Literally one year later they went out and gave the largest contract to a pitcher ever by signing David Price. Love him or hate him, John Henry has been completely willing to change his mind over the years (if only he did this a year earlier, we'd be talking about Max Scherzer possibly going to cooperstown a Red Sox). I'm calling it. The Sox will yet again make such a seismic shift this offseason. They're going to go to the top of the market and sign Corbin Burnes. Nothing you say about what they've done the past few years or what they've said will change my mind. I'm perfectly comfortable in being wrong by predicting that they will change their mind and go big this offseason. It's going to happen. Corbin Burnes is coming to Boston. I think missing the playoffs again could trigger your prediction. They missed the series after that painful 03 ALCS so they traded for Schilling and extended him. Their run of post seasons ended in 06 so in 07 they open up their wallets and among the signings were Daisuke. After 2 last place finishes and having an emerging young core they signed David Price. So yeah, if they're so inclined, they go full out to get Burnes. I hope your prediction is correct. Get Burnes and keep this young cheap emerging core intact and then when Anthony is ready use Abreu in a deal for more pitching. I wont go on a limb like that and predict they sign him. I do predict if they dont go all out to sign him I'll be disappointed.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 7:27:35 GMT -5
The Red Sox generally have a good offense although I think due to too many strikeouts and a lack of productive outs, they tend to underscore what they should score as I believe their 1st in OPS but I think 3rd in runs. They're 10th in wRC+, which correlates better with actual offensive production than OPS, but 5th in runs. The difference may be mainly the Fenway run environment, but in any case, I don't think they're underperforming in terms of runs scored. They are 4th worst in the majors by Clutch rating, though, so the timing of when the runs are scoring is probably not ideal. I could have sworn that when I looked a few days ago they were first in the league in OPS, but 3rd in runs scored. Maybe I didnt see what I thought I saw. I thought I saw a small disparity and I know the Sox have been striking out a ton lately. It occured to me they might be slightly underperforming their offensive elements and when that happens there are usually 3 causes, poor situational hitting, lack of speed/athleticism that leads to not being able to take the extra base and playing too much station to station baseball, and the other would be lack of productive outs, usually triggered by not putting the ball into play often enough to advance runners, which usually means too many strikeouts. I would suspect 1 and 3 are the most likely culprits. But that only gets attention when it feels like they need at least 6 runs a game every night to have a chance to win. It's a small observation as the obvious one is that their pen has been killing them and the rotation while showing some hopeful signs, has been knocked around too.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 7:18:04 GMT -5
Seems to me that whenever the Sox have a bullpen meltdown kick in the balls kind of loss it lingers into the next game or 2. Not surprised they were flat tonight. Luckily I missed the game. I think Rich Hill will probably keep an ERA between 5 and 6 and people will complain that Criswell is still stuck in the pen and not starting like he should be. I get it but I still think it would be the right move to make, because theyd still be one injury away from a bullpen game or a Winckowski start and even having to go to Fitts. The Red Sox generally have a good offense although I think due to too many strikeouts and a lack of productive outs, they tend to underscore what they should score as I believe their 1st in OPS but I think 3rd in runs. But I think the offense will come back to earth. Question is will the pitching? They have a helluva time keeping opposing offenses down. The Sox were pre season favorites for last place. They played most of the season without their starting 1B, 2B, SS, injured 3B, DH and RF, 3-4 injured SP and several RP’s. Wow. Now, past mid-Aug, they are still in it, despite enough BP blown leads to deny a certain WC spot. They are playing with rookies and recent rookies and are still in it, still contending. This year may break some hearts but the old “wait til next year” is actually very promising. And they are still in it. Awesome. Sad. Bittersweet. It's like most other teams, they'll go as far as their pitching and defense will let them. I have little doubt that they can or will rake in the future. The question becomes pitching. And will the defense support the pitching?
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 16, 2024 0:33:59 GMT -5
Seems to me that whenever the Sox have a bullpen meltdown kick in the balls kind of loss it lingers into the next game or 2.
Not surprised they were flat tonight. Luckily I missed the game.
I think Rich Hill will probably keep an ERA between 5 and 6 and people will complain that Criswell is still stuck in the pen and not starting like he should be.
I get it but I still think it would be the right move to make, because theyd still be one injury away from a bullpen game or a Winckowski start and even having to go to Fitts.
The Red Sox generally have a good offense although I think due to too many strikeouts and a lack of productive outs, they tend to underscore what they should score as I believe their 1st in OPS but I think 3rd in runs.
But I think the offense will come back to earth. Question is will the pitching? They have a helluva time keeping opposing offenses down.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 15, 2024 12:00:48 GMT -5
Started typing out a response but yours was better than what I had to say. With the resources the Sox have, they should have been able to manage to be an 85 win team when they're not at their best but instead they have posted 3 losing seasons the past 4 years, and it's not like we're in the midst win a division or be the best 2nd place team to get in. That bar has been significantly lowered. You just have to be a good team, not a great team. I do think, even if they miss again this season, that the arrow is pointing up, with the caveat being theyll go as far as they build their pitching staff. I am the most excited about their positional prospects as I have been in almost a decade. I think all of the Big 3 will find success in the majors eventually. I'm not pronouncing them HOFers but I see at least above average regulars with realistic all star ceilings. I also believe in Kristian Campbell and while I know there are swing reservations and it might be considered cringeworthy to lump him in with the Big 3, I still think Campbell should be a keeper who could impact the Red Sox with his needed RH bat and defensive versatility. I also think Rafaela will never walk anywhere near enough but is closer to the hitter we see now than the lost guy we saw earlier. I think he's potentially a .275 hitter with 20 plus HR potential and JBJ glove in CF where he'll eventually land. FWIW, I think Montgomery could be a star someday as well. Too soon to tell but let's just say I'm more excited about him a bit more than Zannatello, lol. I am also high on Arias as well and think Cespedes will hit. I also still believe there's a .300 hitter inside of Grissom, that he just needs a reboot. They have the offensive talent to be a top of the league team....if the pitching cooperates. I dont think just bargain bin shopping and hoping they're smarter than everybody else and can magically transform the Quinn Priesters of the world are the only answers. Theyll have to spend to improve the pitching, even despite the risks. I can see better days ahead of being a real contender, but they will need to use their financial might as well. They've averaged an 83-win pace from 2021-present with bad injury luck. I don't know what to tell you. We could say the Sox averaged 96 wins for 2018 & 2019, but we both know that doesnt really encapsulate what we saw those two seasons any more than averaging out 2021 - 2023 does. They could have spent more and done it wisely and if they did it might have reflected better in the standings until the prospects cavalry arrives, but as we know Bloom was let go so he took the fall for it.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 15, 2024 11:15:35 GMT -5
Only quibble is with the last paragraph. I don't find it embarrassing to be playing for a wild card spot 5 years after the start of a rebuild when the team's best days are clearly in front of it. It would have been very impressive if they were already a division favorite. I'm good with that paragraph. Setting aside your addition of "division favorite", as a major-market team the Sox shouldn't need to spend half a decade in the wilderness before being able to compete with perennial powerhouses. Started typing out a response but yours was better than what I had to say. With the resources the Sox have, they should have been able to manage to be an 85 win team when they're not at their best but instead they have posted 3 losing seasons the past 4 years, and it's not like we're in the midst win a division or be the best 2nd place team to get in. That bar has been significantly lowered. You just have to be a good team, not a great team. I do think, even if they miss again this season, that the arrow is pointing up, with the caveat being theyll go as far as they build their pitching staff. I am the most excited about their positional prospects as I have been in almost a decade. I think all of the Big 3 will find success in the majors eventually. I'm not pronouncing them HOFers but I see at least above average regulars with realistic all star ceilings. I also believe in Kristian Campbell and while I know there are swing reservations and it might be considered cringeworthy to lump him in with the Big 3, I still think Campbell should be a keeper who could impact the Red Sox with his needed RH bat and defensive versatility. I also think Rafaela will never walk anywhere near enough but is closer to the hitter we see now than the lost guy we saw earlier. I think he's potentially a .275 hitter with 20 plus HR potential and JBJ glove in CF where he'll eventually land. FWIW, I think Montgomery could be a star someday as well. Too soon to tell but let's just say I'm more excited about him a bit more than Zannatello, lol. I am also high on Arias as well and think Cespedes will hit. I also still believe there's a .300 hitter inside of Grissom, that he just needs a reboot. They have the offensive talent to be a top of the league team....if the pitching cooperates. I dont think just bargain bin shopping and hoping they're smarter than everybody else and can magically transform the Quinn Priesters of the world are the only answers. Theyll have to spend to improve the pitching, even despite the risks. I can see better days ahead of being a real contender, but they will need to use their financial might as well.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 15, 2024 10:51:35 GMT -5
Maybe deadening the ball will help.
I'm tired of the three true outcome era. In tired of bullpen games and cruising starters getting yanked at 80 pitches and the outcome of games being constantly determined by variable disposable middle relievers.
It fits in with this bat dodging pitch away from contact game we see now.
I like seeing stolen bases, team defense and even bunting to score a needed single run return to the game.
Deadening the ball would help accomplish this.
Maybe if they do this perhaps they can limit pitching staffs to 11 or 12 pitchers and it would get managers to keep starters in longer.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 15, 2024 8:40:22 GMT -5
The Red Sox should be 3 games on front of KC if not for the bullpen meltdowns that have been occurring nightly since the all star break.
Yet they're just 2 games behind what feels like an overachieving KC team. On paper their pen should be as bad or worse than the Sox' pen.
It's crazy. They're still in it. If they were going for anything more prestigious such as first place or best team in the league/playoff first round bye situation, theyd have no chance.
Honestly any scoreboard watching reports that contain Baltimore or New York is a total useless waste of time.
They are NOT catching Baltimore, nor are they catching the Yankees. That should be clearly obvious by now.
The only scoreboard watching that matters are Royals, Twins, and Mariners games.
They're not winning the division or getting a bye. They're not going to be WC1, either.
There's really not much benefit to being WC2, theoretically, as WC2 plays WC1. If it's the Yankees the Sox have a chance, although ever since the Sox blew that 8-7 game to them where they let freaking .170 hitting Trent Grisham tie the game up 1 strike from victory, the Yankees kind of pulled out of their tail spin, and it's obvious the Sox really havent.
If the Yankees took the division and the O's got WC1, it doesnt look good as the Sox have struggled mightily against the O's.
For WC3, theoretically you're better off playing the weakest division winner, which will wind up being Houston most likely, and that's no treat either. The Astros are more vulnerable this year but they still beat the Red Sox like a drum.
I think WC3 is still in play, at least for now.
The concern is that after the Sox get thru with the next 7 games against Baltimore and Houston, they could find themselves 5 out and a game or 2 behind Seattle, too.
They're basically facing their first sink or swim series since that Philly/NYY week that revived them.
They need to do the same here and take 4 of 7. If they dont they could very well sink before they can get reinforcements like Casas, Hendriks, and Slaten back.
I think this week is make it or break it 2.
Feels kind of weird hoping they can be the 6th best team in a 15 team league. Such a silly watered down feeling. I hope soon it will be replaced by a feeling of, of course they're going to the postseason, but will they get a bye and home field advantage throughout? Instead of this hope they can make the top 40%....because if they cant even do that in this watered down postseason format...its kind of embarrassing.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 15, 2024 8:17:05 GMT -5
Even after a recent slump, Bernardino’s numbers remain generally respectable on the season: 3.79 ERA, 1.41 WHIP 40:17 K:BB 40.1 IP Compare that to John Schreiber’s last season in Boston (2023): 3.86 ERA, 1.41 WHIP 53:25 K:BB 46.2 IP Granted, Schreiber’s 2022 was elite, and at a level Bernardino has never demonstrated himself capable of. Nonetheless, Breslow leveraged Schreiber’s controllability to fetch an outstanding return in David Sandlin. I would love to see Bernie finish 2024 strong and put Breslow in a position to potentially do something similar with his affordable contract. With Penrod, Booser, and potentially a healthy Chris Murphy in the mix, I believe there are better LHRP options in-house. I also anticipate a high end LH leverage reliever to be acquired via trade or free agency over the offseason. (Aroldis Chapman, anyone?) I wouldnt count on swindling some team for Bernardino like the Sox did for Schreiber. While it could happen, the odds of it are low as guys like Bernardino are a dime a dozen. Guess you can kind of say the same thing for Schreiber in a way, but guys like Bernardino are more likely to be picked up after being DFA. In my non expert amateur opinion, Bernadino is one of those guys who had a stretch of pitching well, eventually the league caught on to him and now unless there's some major adjustment he'll just be one of those guys who nobody knew that much about when he first came up, got some batters out, the proverbial book was formed on him, the mystery is gone, and his stuff isnt good enough and unless he adjusts, he has seen his best days. And hell no on Chapman. Hes too much of a misadventure to watch. Sure wouldn't want to trade for him as he's overrated and the acquisition cost winds up too high, like Torres and then eventually Ragans. I dont think he's really that good anymore and that doesnt even touch his volatile past. Big pass.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 14, 2024 22:27:34 GMT -5
2024: 63-56, 2 GB wild card 2023: 63-56, 3 GB Wild Card (also 1 behind Seattle, who missed playoffs) 2022: 59-60, 5 GB Wild Card (while behind 3 other non-playoff teams) Their playoff positioning is better than at this point last year despite the same record, but the thinness of the AL WC picture is really doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Only other real folks in the WC3 pool at the moment are KC and SEA (thank God we have the tiebreakers). Can we be two games better than KC (and no more than a game worse than Seattle) for the next month and a half 🤷♂️ They can if they stop giving games away. They should but they're not giving me alot of faith that they will.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 14, 2024 20:14:42 GMT -5
Worst loss of the year, folks? I think so. I hated that Yankee loss even more but this one is right up there.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 14, 2024 20:13:40 GMT -5
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 14, 2024 20:08:55 GMT -5
Bullpen pitchers that are currently broken Kelly Winck Bernie Garcia Time to try Shugart? Nah, Shugart cant even get AAA batters out
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 14, 2024 19:56:25 GMT -5
They really seized the day there. I think they snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 14, 2024 19:48:38 GMT -5
This team just finds ways to f things up
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 14, 2024 9:57:02 GMT -5
Dave O'Brien on the broadcast went on and on, not just about how Rafaela should be the ROY, but that it was completely obvious he should be... Totally bizarre to me. He's plainly not even the best rookie on the Red Sox! (In fact he's fifth on the Red Sox in rookie fWAR, which I wouldn't take too literally but it is nevertheless kind of remarkable.)
Even if you're living in 2003 or something and think only HRs and RBIs matter, Cowser has 5 more homers and 3 fewer RBIs, while also having an OPS that's 60 points higher, if you allow that to count for anything at all.
But I don't begrudge a little homerism when it comes to such things. It's overlooking Abreu that I find so weird; I'm watching these games! Abreu is having a really good season, clearly better than Rafaela!
Theyd be in much bigger trouble if Rafaela went down with an injury than if Abreu went down. I dont think "the numbers" encapsulate everything all the time. You cant always be a subservient to them, especially when some of them are subjective.
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