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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Sept 10, 2020 16:02:23 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 10, 2020 16:21:10 GMT
And not Alex Verdugo? He's not going to be Markus Betts but he will be a good player, maybe All-Star. They are hitting better, excepting JD (I think he's seen better days but he will drain payroll for the next two years). Kevin Plawecki has been a find. But the pitching is amazingly bad. And won't get much better. E-Rod comes back next year and that a plus. So does Sale and that might not be a plus. I think Sale is past his sell by date. And there's nothing on the horizon. Why they couldn't have got one pitching prospect for Betts is beyond me. Might take 2-3 years for the Red Sox to be back to WS caliber. Shit happens. There was a large price to pay for 2018. The Yankees went through the same thing after 2012. I hope management is patient and don't throw money at iffy free agents just for December headlines.
Sox currently at a .341 winning percentage. You have to go back to 1932 (43-111, .271 WP) to see a team this bad.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Sept 10, 2020 17:04:49 GMT
And not Alex Verdugo? He's not going to be Markus Betts but he will be a good player, maybe All-Star. They are hitting better, excepting JD (I think he's seen better days but he will drain payroll for the next two years). Kevin Plawecki has been a find. But the pitching is amazingly bad. And won't get much better. E-Rod comes back next year and that a plus. So does Sale and that might not be a plus. I think Sale is past his sell by date. And there's nothing on the horizon. Why they couldn't have got one pitching prospect for Betts is beyond me. Might take 2-3 years for the Red Sox to be back to WS caliber. Shit happens. There was a large price to pay for 2018. The Yankees went through the same thing after 2012. I hope management is patient and don't throw money at iffy free agents just for December headlines.
Sox currently at a .341 winning percentage. You have to go back to 1932 (43-111, .271 WP) to see a team this bad.
verdugo is a good one too, no doubt.
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Post by millar70 on Sept 10, 2020 19:50:19 GMT
He's been fantastic so far, it's great to see. Verdugo has been doing great as well.
Hitting is not the problem with the Red Sox......
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 10, 2020 20:31:47 GMT
He's been fantastic so far, it's great to see. Verdugo has been doing great as well. Hitting is not the problem with the Red Sox...... The other two prospect in the Betts trade should play. Jeter Downs will probably solve the black hole at Second since Pedroia fell apart. Connor Wong can catch or play infield. But none can pitch.
The Sox have to rebuild the farm system. From the 1990's to a few years ago, they churned out talent like Carter churned out pills. Not just the good players in Fenway but the ones they threw away. It would be sweet to have Anthony Rizzo at first, wouldn't it. Too many duds recently. Trey Ball, Anthony Ranaudo, Henry Owens, Kolbrin Vitek. I hope the rebuild right and don't throw money at crap FA's. No more Carl Crawford and Pablo Sandoval bull. Patience.
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Post by millar70 on Sept 10, 2020 21:26:48 GMT
He's been fantastic so far, it's great to see. Verdugo has been doing great as well. Hitting is not the problem with the Red Sox...... The other two prospect in the Betts trade should play. Jeter Downs will probably solve the black hole at Second since Pedroia fell apart. Connor Wong can catch or play infield. But none can pitch.
The Sox have to rebuild the farm system. From the 1990's to a few years ago, they churned out talent like Carter churned out pills. Not just the good players in Fenway but the ones they threw away. It would be sweet to have Anthony Rizzo at first, wouldn't it. Too many duds recently. Trey Ball, Anthony Ranaudo, Henry Owens, Kolbrin Vitek. I hope the rebuild right and don't throw money at crap FA's. No more Carl Crawford and Pablo Sandoval bull. Patience.
Everything always starts with pitching, and in that department, recent Sox drafts have done zippo. Who's the last guy they drafted that actually made an impact in the majors? Clay Bucholtz, and that's a decade ago. Gone are the days when they were drafting guys like Clemens, Hurst, Boyd, Ojeda, Tudor etc..... Btw, it was hard enough learning how to root for a Sox player named Mookie, now I may have to root for one named Jeter?!? You got to be kidding me..... |
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