Spring Training 2025

mwonow · Mar 11, 2025

JM3 said:
Today's dose of bad news...

View: https://twitter.com/NESN/status/1899499669278937185

View: https://twitter.com/NESN/status/1899501525908570578

View: https://twitter.com/IanMBrowne/status/1899496599576772703

View: https://twitter.com/Sean_McAdam/status/1899516155565408738

Ugh. Giolito and Story with ouchies before leaving Fla. I know that was the odds-on bet, but it's still really discomfiting.

Fishy1 · Mar 12, 2025

mwonow said:
Ugh. Giolito and Story with ouchies before leaving Fla. I know that was the odds-on bet, but it's still really discomfiting.

I prefer mild upper back tightness to shattered shoulder, wrist, or torn UCL at least!

And hopefully the Giolito stuff is just a temporary setback. At least we're not the Yankees, already losing Gerrit Cole for the year.

mwonow · Mar 12, 2025

Fishy1 said:
I prefer mild upper back tightness to shattered shoulder, wrist, or torn UCL at least!

And hopefully the Giolito stuff is just a temporary setback. At least we're not the Yankees, already losing Gerrit Cole for the year.

Yeah, both seem more in the "ouchie" than "injury" category, I was just wishing that Giolito and Story could focus on reps not rehab.

Fishy1 · Mar 12, 2025

mwonow said:
Yeah, both seem more in the "ouchie" than "injury" category, I was just wishing that Giolito and Story could focus on reps not rehab.

Totally agree. Just to say that so far the only major, major injuries appear to be to Crawford, who's got upside but was looking to be our 6th starter. Everything else has been very minor, or in the form of setbacks and gastrointestinal illnesses, which will surely slow guys down...but as long as it's handled correctly, shouldn't be the end of the world. I am a little concerned about replacing the production of Wilyer, a 3ish fWAR player, but definitely not freaking out and he's already resuming workouts and stuff.

mwonow · Mar 12, 2025

Fishy1 said:
Totally agree. Just to say that so far the only major, major injuries appear to be to Crawford, who's got upside but was looking to be our 6th starter. Everything else has been very minor, or in the form of setbacks and gastrointestinal illnesses, which will surely slow guys down...but as long as it's handled correctly, shouldn't be the end of the world. I am a little concerned about replacing the production of Wilyer, a 3ish fWAR player, but definitely not freaking out and he's already resuming workouts and stuff.

Agree with you (aren't we polite this morning!) as well. And it's often okay to have a few guys who will benefit from an extended spring, since management gets a chance to play guys who might be caught in a roster squeeze and get a better read on where they are at.

The Gray Eagle · Mar 12, 2025

I guess I will watch this because I am a Red Sox addict.
But we are just about to start a new season with a lot more optimism and some exciting new players, and I am not looking forward to being dragged back to last season's disappointment and misery and frustration by this series.

marcoscutaro · Mar 12, 2025

Did you somehow manage to mention the explicit trailing of 2024 for 2025? They show Anthony in Portland in the trailer, the ending is clearly lined up to go from the disappointment of last year’s September to this year’s retooled team, it literally says “From rock bottom to getting back on top.” In the meantime it’s about the people on the team and how they handle the season. Maybe some of you might see that shot of Whitlock devastated at his table or the grind and boredom of rehab and stop talking about the players on this team like they’re not people, and like injuries are a moral failing, but per that shot of Ceddanne missing a catch overlaid with someone screaming “He’s a bum,” being negative is just a way of life for some of you.

Sandy Leon Trotsky · Mar 12, 2025

The Gray Eagle said:
I guess I will watch this because I am a Red Sox addict.
But we are just about to start a new season with a lot more optimism and some exciting new players, and I am not looking forward to being dragged back to last season's disappointment and misery and frustration by this series.

It's been said a few times here, and I agree... wouldn't the off-season have been a much better time to show this? I know... production, etc..... and you don't want to start into building a narrative and editing for that until the featured team is completely out of anything that may change what you (director) was storylining before. It'd be a lot of work to wrap up shooting at the end of September and have it ready to air by say, January 1st. But yeah... I don't care to watch this at all anymore. I probably would have been interested like a month ago

chrisfont9 · Mar 12, 2025

Bello and Kutter delays aren’t awesome. The Sox play 6 games/week for the first 2 weeks but April is oddly busy. Of course Fitts looks like a decent stop-gap so the sky isn’t falling, but we will need 5 guys.

LoLsapien · Mar 12, 2025

JM3 said:
View: https://twitter.com/RedSox/status/1899866786406793718

Is this addressed at someone in particular? Not gaf'ing about players & being miserable is more of a Main Board thing.

"Sir, are you lost? This is the 'GAF Department of Player Development'. The 'DGAF Department of Player Development/Club House of the Miserable' is down the hall and on the right. Easy mistake to make. Happens all the time."

simplicio · Mar 12, 2025

Oh good I was about to accuse them of having chatgpt write their article.

byAndrewParker · Mar 12, 2025

JM3 said:
I thought about Jovani Moran, Matt Moore & Sean Newcomb, but they all threw about 50% fastballs last year...

Smh...

At least the guy is a Red Sox fan.

https://twitter.com/soxfanjosh

lol I got a good chuckle out of this

The Gray Eagle · Mar 13, 2025

Mostly so I don't forget about it, I'll add here that the Spring Breakout game is tonight at 7:05 ET on NESN and MLBN:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6198399/2025/03/13/how-to-watch-mlb-spring-breakout-prospect-showcase/

Sandy Leon Trotsky · Mar 13, 2025

JM3 said:
@Sandy Leon Trotsky

If you want to steal anything from this, feel free. Crazy we posted that within a minute lol

Oi! One for the mL-Only'ers?

Cassvt2023 · Mar 13, 2025

JM3 said:
I'll just post a quickie mock-up mostly stolen from RR in case anyone wants to do a thread. I changed some of the thresholds cuz YOLO:

A little over 1 million seconds till opening day, give or take a couple of hundred-thousand.

So it's time for our annual contest: How many games will this team win?

Our previous winners were @Apisith in 2021, @Hank Scorpio in 2022, @patinorange in 2023 & @Jordu in 2024.

Last year's contest featured RR's departure & perfect mediocrity.

Here's how we do it:

1) Vote in the poll as you like. (It's really just to see how we're all collectively leaning.)

2) Make a post to this thread where you pick an exact number of wins to qualify for the fantabulous no-prize. E.g. 89 wins.

3) In your post, answer as many of the following tie-breaker questions as you like - all, none, whatever. In the case of a tie for exact number of games won, a final winner will be determined by greatest number of correct answers to the following tie-breaker questions. The tiebreaker questions will also be separately scored & judged at the end of the season. The no-prize for this is expected to be epic.

4) Your win-pick and tie-breaker questions can be changed up till the first pitch of the first Red Sox game of 2025. Any edits after the first pitch disqualify the post entirely. However, you can always guess now and edit your post later, say, if someone goes on the IL in spring training. As a courtesy, the thread will be updated with the final Opening Day 26 Man roster when it is finalized. I'll also post up running totals of chosen win numbers so you can make whatever re-drafts you'd like before opening day.

Tie-Breaker Questions
(Hitting reply and then responding to them is probably the easiest way to log your answers. Any answer that hedges a bet with two possibilities is disqualified, although "none" is always acceptable.

I'll jump in. This team will win 88 games and get in as a WC.

1) Team leader in Wins? Buehler
2) Team leader in Losses? Giolito
3) Team leader in Saves? Slaten
4) Team leader in ERA (minimum 120 IP)? Crochet
5) Team leader for Batting Average (minimum 450 PAs)? Devers
6) Team leader for OBP (minimum 450 PAs)? Bregman
7) Team leader in OPS (minimum 450 PAs)? Devers
8) Team leader in HR? Devers
9) Team leader for RBI? Casas
10) Team leader in Stolen Bases? Hamilton
11) Team leader in HBP? Casas
12) Team leader in OAA (Outs Above Average)? Rafaela
13) Player who plays the most 2B innings this season? Hamilton
14) Player who plays the most LF innings this season? Duran
15) Player who plays the most 3B innings this season? Bregman
16) Player who plays the most CF innings this season? Rafaela
17) Name the Pitchers who starts the greatest number of games this season? Houck
18) Player who makes the Opening Day Roster (26 man), who subsequently spends the greatest number of days on the IL? Hendriks
19) Pitcher not on the Opening Day Roster (26 man) who makes the greatest subsequent contribution (fWAR)? Bello
20) Position Player not on the Opening Day Roster who makes the greatest subsequent contribution (fWAR)? Abreu
21) Pitcher not on the 26-man roster at any point last year (2024) who makes the greatest contribution (fWAR)? Crochet
22) Position Player not on the 26-man roster at any point last year (2024) who makes the greatest contribution (fWAR)? Bregman
23) Player to throw the first punch of the year (no shoves - a true swing)? Wong
24) Name a player who has ML playing time for the Sox in 2025 who is traded away during the season (counts for 2 points if you name the player first traded by the Sox.)Masa
25) Player with greatest number of transfers between Boston/Worcester (note: IL stints count, but only if they play a game for Worcester). Criswell
26) Player with the greatest number of suspension days? Duran
27) Stupidest Facial Hair at All-Star Break? Hamilton
28) Total number of pitchers to face at least one hitter? (in 2024 they used 34 - one point if within 5, 2 if exactly correct) 36
29) Total number of hitters to get at least one PA? (in 2024 they had 25 - one point if within 5, 2 if exactly correct) 23
30) Total number of trades made between Opening Day and the end of the trade deadline? 4

Cassvt2023 · Mar 13, 2025

Anyone know what the lineup looks like for tonight's Spring Breakout game? If so, please post. ty

LogansDad · Mar 13, 2025

God damn, that's hot.

Cassvt2023 · Mar 13, 2025

JM3 said:
@Cassvt2023

View: https://twitter.com/RedSox/status/1900287008146362664

TY @JM3

You were pretty close. I wish we were seeing Arias.

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