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    Joe Mazzulla officially named head coach

    Honestly - and I’m not trying to be snarky- now I’m at a loss for words. I mean, maybe you’re right but I would be shocked if Joe’s Celtics career survives a first round loss, and I’m really surprised you think that was a controversial take. This ownership team has gone all-in in a very...
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    Joe Mazzulla officially named head coach

    You are perfectly capable of making a strong defense of Mazz’s coaching last night- and as long as you stick to basketball (and not snarky crap, like “no words”) it would be appreciated, even by me. The shaming of “gamethready” responses (which this is a great example of) after a brutal loss...
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    Joe Mazzulla officially named head coach

    As many have mentioned, the strategy of the team playing off Martin/ Jacquez/Highsmith etc. was clearly not working and he struggled to adjust. He seems to have consistently bet that Caleb Martin can’t beat him even as that bet continues to fail to pay off. Whatever. I specifically said that if...
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    Joe Mazzulla officially named head coach

    I get that bashing Mazz in the aftermath of one (albeit disastrous) playoff loss is a bit too gamethready for many on SOSH, but for those of us who wanted Mazz gone (and, in my case anyway, Nurse hired) after last year’s Miami debacle, this is starting to feel like it might be the “I told you...
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    Celtics vs Da Culture - Round 1 (FIGHT!)

    Yes. Spo is a smart coach who makes great in-series and in-game adjustments. If the Cs had one of those they’d probably not only be up 2-0 they’d also be the defending champions.
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    Casas has a left rib fracture. He will be out "a while." (4/23 update)

    Fair enough. Garrett Cooper, in particular, is almost certainly a superior defender to Belt. Honestly a Belt/Cooper platoon (Belt had an .891 OPS vs RHP last year and Cooper had a .908 OPS vs LHP) might be the one way they could replace Casas’s bat in the lineup while also improving their...
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    Casas has a left rib fracture. He will be out "a while." (4/23 update)

    So you’re saying he’d be a huge defensive improvement on Casas - who is far below average. Yeah, and yet the Sox have consistently passed on every veteran option available to them -regardless of cost- for months. I mean, with what’s gone on in their middle IF, even before this, you would have...
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    SS possibilities going forward

    The only good thing about last night’s game is that it made clear how inconsistent “giving Hamilton an extended look at SS” is to the team’s larger goal of developing young pitching. Breslow needs to reach out to Andrus’s agent.
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    SS possibilities going forward

    I think supporting the team’s young pitching (by providing them an ML quality SS) is more important than giving a chance to a guy that no one sees as significant prospect.
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    SS possibilities going forward

    Not sure why they wouldn’t want to give Andrus a call. He was +4 OAA last season and isn’t horrible with the bat. I get it that they want to give young players chances but do they really see Hamilton as a viable major league option at SS? The development of their young pitchers would definitely...
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    He’s an interesting case because the range of outcomes is pretty variable. If he is the type of hitter he was in the second half last year -and he improves his defense- he’s worth a fortune. If instead his full year 23’ numbers are more reflective of his actual talent level than he’s a lead...
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    This is semantics, and I guess the difference between “steal” and “good deal” ( which I’ve previously admitted that a Keirmaier level outcome would amount to) is in the eye of the beholder, but personally I wouldn’t use the word steal to describe something as mundane as “beating inflation”. I...
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    Only if he hits at a reasonable level. If he puts up a low .600 OPS during that stretch, this contract would have the opposite effect - no small market team would be interested in him at that point.
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    Good point. Yeah, I guess my post was more reacting to earlier posters but landed on you for some reason. I would say that you also said this contract would be a "steal" if he ends up with an OPS + of 100, and I don't agree with that. Kevin Keirmaier, for example, is exactly the player you...
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    Red Sox, Ceddanne Rafaela agree to contract extension

    This is also a guy who has three seasons of putting up an OPS north of .750 - with one of those being as recent as 2021. Injuries derailed him in 2022 and you’d have to think the Mets are hoping that he’s got the upside of returning to his prior offensive levels as long as he maintains his...
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