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  1. LostinNJ

    Offseason rumors

    If on October 15 you had been asked to wager on the relative health of Giolito and Sale, you would have put your money on Giolito. If it turns out that Giolito misses the whole season and Sale makes 20+ starts, well, that's sports. Jim Rice got hit by a pitch and missed the 1975 World Series...
  2. LostinNJ

    Offseason rumors

    The last part of your post is exactly the answer I would give. They are damaging their relationship with the fans, and therefore damaging the brand. I don't know if other people are going to spend less on the Red Sox in 2024 because of the tire-fire (very apt term), but I probably will. A...
  3. LostinNJ

    Offseason rumors

    Agree they should tell us more. The pattern this winter has been both amusing and frustrating: they say nothing, or they make some sort of gnomic remark that we then interpret assiduously as if it came from the Oracle at Delphi. Who knows what's really going on? A plausible interpretation is...
  4. LostinNJ

    Sox trade John Schreiber to KC for minor league right-hander David Sandlin

    This is nice news for Schreiber. He goes to a contender.
  5. LostinNJ

    Offseason rumors

    When asked once if my dog was "fixed," I said I always call a spayed a spayed.
  6. LostinNJ

    Offseason rumors

    Isn't it clear what they're doing? The Sale-for-Grissom trade says it all: they are focusing on the long term, not 2024. If they can surprise everyone and make a run this year, like 2013, that would be great. But they are absolutely not going to make any moves that will make it harder to be...
  7. LostinNJ

    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    If we think they're charging too much for an inferior product, we have the same power all consumers have: don't buy the product. If attendance is down significantly (or even slightly), they'll see they'd better take a different approach.
  8. LostinNJ

    red sox preview/predictions

    Even without further additions (but there will be a couple), this team is better than last year's: better at ss, better at 2b, better at 1b without the early-season struggles, better outfield defense, and improvement in the rotation (expecting good things from Pivetta and Crawford especially...
  9. LostinNJ

    The Fallacy of the Anthony/Mayer/Teel "Window"

    The Diamondbacks made the World Series after winning only 84 games. We should emulate the Diamondbacks! They did it while ranking 21st in payroll. So doesn't that mean we should be shedding our high-priced players, not adding more of them?
  10. LostinNJ

    Red Sox extend Devers—11 years, $332 million

    Dang. Now we have to wait seven or eight years before we can fuss about their incompetence regarding the Marcelo Mayer extension.
  11. LostinNJ

    Red Sox Rumors - Just Kidding

    You keep using "whom" incorrectly.
  12. LostinNJ

    Poll: Rate Your Faith in the Red Sox Front Office

    The Yorke pick wasn't only about Yorke. It was also about having no second round pick that year, and about saving money in the first round so they could get Blaze Jordan in the third round. In evaluating that draft, we have to look at Yorke and Jordan as a package, and it's way too early to...
  13. LostinNJ

    Poll: Rate Your Faith in the Red Sox Front Office

    You got me on that one, but they regretted it in the morning.
  14. LostinNJ

    Poll: Rate Your Faith in the Red Sox Front Office

    They clearly don't believe in long, expensive contracts. There's no way the current ownership group would have approved siging Manny Ramirez for 8/160. To my mind, that's a problem for the Red Sox. We all can see the models: Atlanta, Houston, the Dodgers. But those teams got to where they are...
  15. LostinNJ

    Nick Pivetta - Bad, Average, or Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good?

    Nick Pivetta is absolutely an asset on a mediocre team, which is nice because he's on a mediocre team. But he deserves major props for his work in extra innings in the division series against the Rays last year.
  16. LostinNJ

    Red Sox Rumors - Just Kidding

    Yes, it seems to be the Braves' model that they don't sign free agents, even their own. They were content to let Freeman and Swanson walk, even though those guys were central to their brand. The Astros have done the same, waving good-bye to Springer, Cole, Correa, and now Verlander. So if that's...
  17. LostinNJ

    Justin Turner declines option (11.03.23 update)

    It is, actually. Could there be any better indication of Bloom's intentions than this signing? Turner is a place holder, and the real Chaim Bloom Red Sox will come out of the chrysalis in 2025.
  18. LostinNJ

    Poll: Rate Your Faith in the Red Sox Front Office

    There's too much we don't know if we want to assess Bloom's job performance. I strongly suspect that people above him in the organizational hierarchy have taken a stand against huge, multi-year contracts. We can debate whether that's a smart stance or not, but if it is what they've decided...
  19. LostinNJ

    Devers : No talks after season begins (Speier report)

    Because I do not think this front office will sign any player to a long contract that's likely to be a bad investment in the later years, Devers will be gone within a year one way or another. So trade him now for the best available package. The Mets are a plausible destination. Steve Cohen seems...
  20. LostinNJ

    This off season...what do you want to see next?

    I'd be very happy if they signed Swanson, who is a great fielder and would contribute a lot to the offense despite the strikeouts. But I suspect they don't want to sign anyone with a QO -- they are prioritizing the draft now, and are using it to build depth in the system. They clearly do not...
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