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  1. JohntheBaptist

    Much like Newman, the Sox are not “Ready to deliver”– The 2025 Offseason News (& rumors?) Thread

    Yeah I think this is my issue with the Dipoto quote. Using an obscure stat and claiming the roster construction failures aren't just the fault of Safeco but that they can be expected to continue. Obviously that park suppresses offense, but a Mariner roster scoring runs has been done and I think...
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    Much like Newman, the Sox are not “Ready to deliver”– The 2025 Offseason News (& rumors?) Thread

    Yeah I really find the Jackson Holliday talk everywhere extremely weird. He was 20yo and it was 208 PAs. I think it is still far, far more likely than not he has a great career, maybe starting in '25. It was weird to me too how many (not here, everywhere) seemed to jump on 'see? flop' after the...
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    Sox Players that moved on....

    Strahm is a great pull. The foresight was there to acquire him, too bad they let him go. Beltre is the big one for me. I also agree Pedro, even if it was the 'right' move, I wanted him around forever. Betts and Lester too, obviously. Beltre just really was a domino tick of bad events, and he...
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    Much like Newman, the Sox are not “Ready to deliver”– The 2025 Offseason News (& rumors?) Thread

    No, I just went back and read your posts to make sure I wasn't crazy. You append nearly all of them with an aside whining about the people you're disagreeing with. No one wants to read it is all I'm saying. Maybe sanctimony will work! Just make your point and move on.
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    Much like Newman, the Sox are not “Ready to deliver”– The 2025 Offseason News (& rumors?) Thread

    I'm going to preface all of this by saying I am a 'no' on Bregman for the same reasons JMOH is. But lets, for the sake of argument, assume their interest in Bregman as reported is real. They want the player, and they're trying to get him on the most favorable deal possible. They think he would...
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    The Loathsome Brothers - Players You Loved to Hate

    Hating Joba was a blast.
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    Much like Newman, the Sox are not “Ready to deliver”– The 2025 Offseason News (& rumors?) Thread

    Do you think you come across as rational in this and in other threads? Honest question. You end every post with an extremely aggressive and almost always incorrect characterization of whomever you're arguing against, like its some raving pack of morons you have to endure. We actually don't need...
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    The Loathsome Brothers - Players You Loved to Hate

    Recent Red Sox it'd be Bobby Dalbec for sure. The way so many Red Sox fans stayed perpetually moony-eyed over him and he got chance after chance despite being stunningly bad for such a long stretch drove me absolutely nuts. Seemed like a nice guy I guess. Machado is the only MLB player I've...
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    Mariano Rivera accused of covering up sex abuse of an underage girl

    I've always thought it was so weird how effectively this disappeared. Well maybe not weird at all, actually. When it broke it was like hold on, he electrified his pool? The fuck for?! And then the answer came down in subsequent reporting--it was to keep his dogs out of the pool. Ohhhhh. ...
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    2025 HoF Ballot

    I'm not even sure postseason moments would do it for him if everything else stays the same but maybe that's just me. Maybe if he was an elite fielder, but who knows. I definitely don't think he'll be forgotten in 10 years or that he was completely unmemorable, that seems excessive. I remember...
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    2025 HoF Ballot

    I think its worth remembering that the original argument was whether he was worth more than 10% on the vote. We all agree he was really good. I think we all come down on the side of him not being a HoF. There is an argument outside WAR--he got on base at an elite level, hit a ton of doubles, was...
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    2025 HoF Ballot

    This is a good point, and while AS appearances and MVP votes are absolutely relevant, it doesn't take a wild stretch of the imagination to note there may have been players underappreciated in their time. Abreu was name-checked for this routinely while he was playing. Ultimately I agree, I don't...
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    2025 HoF Ballot

    Honest question--do you ever read what youre responding to?
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    2025 HoF Ballot

    How was Bobby Abreu a "compiler"? His candidacy is mostly based on rate stats. Career 395 OBP over 18 years, 7 year peak of 5+ WAR per season. MVP/ AS voting is relevant of course but there are guys that fall through the cracks, people talked about that w Abreu in real time. Not much of an OF...
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    Roki Sasaki to sign with Dodgers

    Yeah I selfishly will enjoy his being in my backyard I can't lie. They're a pretty good group of guys as megateams go. I get it being a bit boring though, too.
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    Roki Sasaki to sign with Dodgers

    Holy shit go fuck yourself.
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    The Sasaki Chase Nearing An End

    Kind of ironic the 'we don't actually know that's true' and 'don't believe everything you read' poster is assuming any of that was ever actually true. It is also plainly not a case of the guy 'doing everything he can to make the signing process a spectacle.' Seems like he's meeting with teams...
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    Bob Uecker dead at 90

    There has always been something really fun and funny to me about the baseball announcer just after the role graduated from its early period pre and post WWII but before it became Sportscentered with snark and references and self-awareness. Think the Simpsons, "...Hall of Famer Whitey Ford on the...
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    Is this a playoff team?

    Boy you showed him.
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    Is this a playoff team?

    Right, but whatever the reason, they've been consistently bad, and they got incrementally better, such that seeing an improvement that doesn't move the needle comfortable across the 'playoffs' line is not 'negativity.' It is realistic. See I don't think that's remotely true as a rule of thumb...