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I got a feeling your whole family’s goin down.

Adell is in the lineup, Lowe is sitting because it's a LH starter. JRam is out though, day to day with soreness in the wrist/hand he had surgery on. Maybe LRJ can do us a solid and get hot for the series.

Mets decapitated against CLE at Progressive but at least no Lowe/Adell in the lineup yet. Monasterio and Durbin have been two of the key Boston leaders...ex Brewers both.

No team stays as hot as the Red Sox do forever. I feel like it could very well be this series where they come back to earth.

I agree with your first couple sentences. However, Hill is playing like a starting CF right now. Doyle hasn’t been that guy since 2024. Will Hill keep up his current pace? No, of course not. Also, there is obviously a difference in the quality of prospects that were involved in the trades you mentioned. So it’s not really weird when people say that.

Two years ago...their respective values couldn't have been any more opposite. Unless it's today.

Brazoban joins Hicks as a Sox pen arm with an elite barrel%

.400 babip that's surely sustainable. also, dude had like a sub-.600 OPS at Doyle's age without the elite defense. Doyle has produced double as much WAR and the majority of Hill's career WAR has come in the last two months. good for him for having a hot streak, not good for you for being logically inconsistent.

Top of the draft has been a minefield the last 5-6 years. I was looking, there's a ton of busts in the top 3, and 1,1 as well. Roch seems to have as high of a floor as possible but man if he's just an avg regular that's gonna suck.

Vargas Colson ??? (surely compared to 23-24) Peters until recently Boston Smith Jacob Gonzalez Bonemer Antonacci There was suddenly this more prevailing idea that the system could magically fix/transform hitters (at least since the second half of 25)...but how true is that really? Peters Colson and Gonzalez (sss) are falling back. Acuna at best is a wash with last year. Are the Sox really going to take credit for Mune's adjustments to velocity? Meidroth is pretty similar to the player everyone expected on offense, in aggregate, although his defense has been a pleasant surprise. Teel ... well, who the hell knows what he is at this point? Otoh Quero was the only significant disappointment, based on prospect pedigree. Maybe B.Montgomery not quite hitting for as much power as was initially hoped for???

That and no injuries.

Anything is OK except a Red Sox sweep.

No Pal! ?

Adell debuts for them tonight, batting 2nd

really hope bosox just hit that wall. Can't win em all

Next question is what made him blow up offensively for the Pirates in 2024 and then come back down to earth?

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My opinion is that @Dick Allen is right. I doubt most people were treating Mason Adams and Boston Smith as untouchable prospects. They thought that some of Castillo’s contract money should have been sent over by the Mariners for next season due to the inclusion of Smith. Instead, Getz paid for Dominguez’s $2 million buyout for next year. Also, trading Mason Adams wasn’t the problem. It’s who they traded him for. Trading him for an outfielder that is arguably worse than the outfielders you already have is questionable.

One of my goals for him for the rest of the season moving through next spring is that he is able to solidify himself as an indispensable regular who needs no platoon pairing.

FWIW this is also some of what Quero is going through. He had 0 passed balls and a .996 fielding% as a rookie last year, and then they had him change his set up with the goal of improving framing results and his blocking has suffered as a result.

Just begging for consistency on evaluations. These guys didn't just instantly depreciate because Chris Getz traded them.

Agreed. IMO he's not a platoon player. Give the kid a chance.