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#21
Red Sox News / Re: Cards at Sox
Last post by Sea Dog 23 - March 12, 2024, 11:04:07 AM
Probable opening day lineup is up at Jet Blue today.  Casas, Valdez, Story, Devers in the INF, Duran LF, Raphaela CF, O'Neill RF, and Wong.  Yoshida is the DH.   (a writer at Fangraphs says that Boston has projected Raphaela to make the 26 man roster, and Wilyer Abreu won't make it.  Abreu has a 46% K rate this spring .)

Brayan Bello gets the start.
#22
General Red Sox Discussions / Re: Who are the 2024 Red Sox?
Last post by SeaBeachFred - March 11, 2024, 10:52:56 PM
Well at least there was more dialogue on e board today than the previous four or five dull mornings.  Still, with Giolito coming up lame it further weakens what is already a tattered starting rotation.  Perhaps we can hope for semi-career years from the troops for maybe a surprise early in the going before our guys revert back to their usual unsuccessful ways.  You never what could happen and perhaps a full supply of rabbit charms might help a little, but I jest.
#23
General Red Sox Discussions / Re: Who are the 2024 Red Sox?
Last post by longgame - March 11, 2024, 03:39:22 PM
Giolito officially done for the season.  Oh well.
#24
General Red Sox Discussions / Re: Who are the 2024 Red Sox?
Last post by Sea Dog 23 - March 11, 2024, 10:26:19 AM
Speaking of FSG, it's ironic that the Penguins are building their future on youth and trading off their veterans.  That seems to line up with the goings on with another team in FSG.
#25
General Red Sox Discussions / Re: Who are the 2024 Red Sox?
Last post by MongoLikeSox - March 11, 2024, 09:03:07 AM
In other sports news, the FSG group has applied their methods to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Their fans hitting the bottle pretty hard these days. They traded one of their starts to the Carolina Hurricanes (Go Canes!!!) because they did not think they could keep him after this season. The Penguin fans and players are not at all pleased and are sound like the Red Sox fans and players have for the past 4+ years. I must admit that it's fun being on the other end of the stick, even if just for a moment. :)

Quote from: zenjak on March 09, 2024, 10:31:12 PMYeah, yeah, AWOL guy, here. All the talk about this being a bridge year - I think Mgt plan is a new bridge every year built with the finest popsicle sticks scraped from the Fens pavement. The money will keep rolling in and they won't see a need to contend.
The last couple of years are as low as I've seen it. I'm happy about the new up and coming core, but am afraid management will pull the rug out from under them once they get rolling. I can't see any sort of sustained success going forward with FSG. I'm afraid Cora's rant of still being the Boston Red Sox doesn't mean what we'd like it to mean.
#26
General Red Sox Discussions / Re: Who are the 2024 Red Sox?
Last post by longgame - March 11, 2024, 07:44:57 AM
Hi Zenjak, I think you captured things well unfortunately. This is a season to root for the young guys and maybe some day the Sox will figure out that you need some veteran stars too.
#27
Red Sox News / Re: Justin Slaten
Last post by Sea Dog 23 - March 10, 2024, 02:15:07 PM
The Rangers exposed Justin Slaten in the Rule 5.   Big guy at 6-4.  He has had a few impressive stints in relief this Spring.  From the looks of it Breslow might have to put him on the roster of 26 this year.  Whitlock was a good Rule 5 guy, interestingly Slaten relieved Whitlock today.   Throwing in the high 90s and showing an impressive curve.
#28
General Red Sox Discussions / Re: Who are the 2024 Red Sox?
Last post by zenjak - March 09, 2024, 10:31:12 PM
Yeah, yeah, AWOL guy, here. All the talk about this being a bridge year - I think Mgt plan is a new bridge every year built with the finest popsicle sticks scraped from the Fens pavement. The money will keep rolling in and they won't see a need to contend.
#29
General Red Sox Discussions / Re: Who are the 2024 Red Sox?
Last post by elktonnick - March 08, 2024, 04:00:27 PM
I can not recall this amount of indifference or lack of buzz for a Red Sox team since the early 60s. I do not think the FO is capable of turning it around this year.
#30
General Red Sox Discussions / Re: Who are the 2024 Red Sox?
Last post by MongoLikeSox - March 08, 2024, 12:41:31 PM
Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on March 05, 2024, 11:48:50 AMMongo, looking forward for pitching, I think Breslow (with Henry in his ear) was only casually interested in Montgomery yesterday.  Today, having lost a middle rotation pitcher, they will be less interested as Boras will leverage Boston's remorse into a bigger contract.  Besides Monty probably never wanted to go from Series winner to work for a 65-75 win team, less than that today.
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My guess, they bring in a Lorenzen/Clevenger for $8-9mil as an innings eater, and a guy who can be insurance when Houck and/or Whitlock succumb to their own injuries.  Bad karma as it worked out, but most of the pitching deals produced guys coming of surgery next year, Hendricks (late 2024?) ,  Fulmer, now Giolito by bad luck for a historically healthy pitcher.  Don't know if Mata can ever be healthy enough to pitch in Boston.
I'm afraid I have to agree with you. I can't see a whole lot of good happening. The Giolito situation is bothersome on a few levels. That player option - 'oy!

Still, it would not be so horrible if Crawford and Houck can get over that 4-1/2 inning hump. I don't want to see Whitlock in the rotation. Too fragile so far. Winckowski might have had the role best suited for him last year. Just thin. Wicked thin. Not 2020 thin, but still thin.