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It's September 3rd. The Sox are tied for the last WC spot 1) Who is your primary 1st baseman? 2) Is James Paxton in the rotation, the bullpen or on the DL? 3) Assuming health, is Chris Sale performing better or worse than last season? 4) Which of these position players are on the roster...

What are some of the most significant non-moves this franchise has done with their own free agents over the years? Letting Pedro and Ellsbury go seem to be the biggest winners. Thanking Jason Bay with a gift basket for his services also worked out well, and he was a big fan favorite. I'm...

I was going to post this in the other thread, but new threads are better. It would appear that with the recently demoted Franchy and the DFA'd Brice, that the Sox are at the end of their roster evaluation phase. It's nearly June, the Sox are still near the top, and about to grind it out against...

Anyone else here in 2021 because of Tom Brady? I was done with football two years ago for a number of reasons not needed to be rehashed here. But now I'm the casual fan again, tuning in glued, not because of media manufactured bullshit from two legends parting ways, but because Tom Brady is 43...

May as well start this one since Jon Abbey just did the Yankee version. The Sox have a much tougher than normal September with 5 series remaining against playoff level opponents. They can basically play a lot worse and still mathematically seal the #1 with more than a week remaining. This...

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jackie-bradley-jr-and-the-error-rule/ The above article brings up an IMO fascinating point about the fairness of assessing errors on balls with low fielding probability, Our own David Laurila brought up the play on Friday that clanked off JBJ' glove, which...

Figured instead of a reactionary roast-fest of Cora not batting Moreland in the 9th, it may be interesting to explore the merits of pinch hitting. Baseball reference has few basic stats on team pinch hitting ,so for simplicity just using batting average here. Over the past 5 seasons the Red...

Nice to see Lakins settling in as a reliever. 2 runs in 20 innings since transitioning to the bullpen. I'd like to see him bumped up to Pawtucket. Wonder if he's trade bait.

Age: 17 Position: 3b An IFA signed this year from Venezuela. Already has 6 home runs in the DSL in 102 at bats which is a high amount - especially for someone that young. Most players are lucky to hit a handful. Devers and Bogaerts each hit 3 as 17 year olds for reference. One to watch for...

DOB - July 6, 1992 1b/OF (probably 1b) Recently acquired as the PTBNL in the Elias deal from Seattle. I saw this scouting report linked from Soxprospects: http://baseballcensus.com/2018/01/24/seattle-mariners-eric-filia-scouting-report-baseball-player-evaluation-video-january-2018/ He grades...

The diminutive (5'7'' 150 lbs) 19 year old switch hitting 3b is off to a .367/.441/.433 start in an interesting Greenville lineup. He was an international acquisition in 2015. In his brief minor league career he seems to be an on base guy with decent walk and k rates. He held his own in the...

We are a week away. Let's get it in writing. AL East Yankees - 98 Red Sox - 94 Blue Jays Rays O's I think the Jays hover around the wild card race and then finally cash in their chips in late July. Ditto the O's, though they will actually suck before finally relenting. AL Central Indians -...

Same deal as positional players. Here's a round up of the guys in camp and their odds of contributing. This is keeping in mind Watson or another lefty could still be signed. Starters - Jalen Beeks - 24 was lights out in Portland last year and pitched well in AAA. He is the one prospect who...

Obviously the roster isn't completely set yet, but game action is less than two weeks away. I thought it would be interesting to talk about the non starters and NRI's who could potentially have a shot due to injuries or trades. 1b - Sam Travis - 24. If he has a great spring and there are some...

New threads are good. New threads are better during god awful off-seasons. I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at GM's and draft histories to see who hit and whiffed the most. I'll start with Dick O'Connell because eff that Pinky Higgins guy and end with Theo since...

I get unreasonably worked up about the Hall of Fame voting process and glaring omissions combined with unworthy candidates. To be fair - some players who weren't all that great now in retrospect were elected many years ago when they were worthier, so this is weighted more towards the snubs. If...

Let's get it on paper for the top free agents. Team, years and total salary. And don't forget the Stanton bonus question at the bottom. C Lucroy 1/12 Rockies 1b Hosmer - 5/100 Rockies 8/144 with Padres (5/105 then opt out or 3/39) Santana - 3/48 Indians 3/60 with Phillies Duda - 2/26 Rangers...

These are some great match ups, and as pumped as I can remember to watch them all. Who ya got? NYY over Minnesota Houston over Boston in 5 NYY over Cleveland in 5 Houston over NYY in 7 Arizona over Col Arizona over LAD in 5 Chicago over Washington in 5 Arizona over CHI in 6 Houston over AZ in...

Hopefully still 2 months away, it's never too early for idle speculation. The starting pitching is set already, unless Price takes a turn for the worse and needs surgery. The pen could return more or less in tact minus Reed, and with Smith and Thornburg possibly displacing Hembree or Barnes...

Here is the full (unofficial) list of first timers and minimum 5% qualifiers - https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_2018.shtml I'll just summarize First the returnees with rounded off 2017 percentages- Trevor Hoffman - 75% Vladimir Guerrero - 72 % Edgar Martinez - 59% Roger Clemens -...