Baseball Gal

I know.

I was just arguing with someone on a different Sox board who said the Sox should be able to win 81 games in 2025. They must be smoking some good s%*# lol.

Iriarte has been struggling recently after his hot start. Hopefully he can right the ship soon.

Best we can hope for under JR is a rando one year division title and a quick playoff exit.

It would probably take 5/90 and I'm not comfortable based on half a season. As much as l am a fan of GC.

I had no idea about that. He hit like .220 in AA. Are we at the point where 2012 Dunn is acceptable for an entire lineup? Who cares if the guy rarely gets a hit as long as it's a 2B or HR. Yeah, hit .205 all ya want if it comes with 40 HR and a bunch of walks. I'm as advanced stat heavy as anyone but hitting under .230 offends my baseball sensibilities.

He had like 1/3 of a season in AA last year. Did not do well.

Why would Crochet extend this close to FA?

Ye olde platinum sombrero

I think Thorpe is a complete wild card. He's either going to be a solid 3 or cannon fodder.

Correct.

I'm glad people are coming around on the trade Robert front. It's really hard to see anything better than .500 in 2027, Robert's last year under contract.

You can add 1B to the Nobody list as Vaughn deserves a non-tender imo. I'd put Sheets there ahead of Vaughn.

Ding ding ding we have a winner

Moncada, Jimenez, Robert and Vaughn were more highly touted than any of those guys. Only Moncada and Robert turned out to be MLB regulars outside of the bouncy ball season in 2019.

Didn't Hahn just fail at that for 3 seasons?

That's exactly my point.

Ok in the fantasy land where Montgomery, Quero, Ramos and Gonzalez are all at least ML regulars, where are the rest of the hitters?

Wait they have minor league stuff on fangraphs? I never knew.

Does it really matter?

You just answered your own question about Gonzalez. Not enough pop. Where is everyone getting minor league advanced stats? I don't have access so I had no idea that Quero had a 127 wRC+

Where are the position players coming from that you expect to be ready in 3 years? Montgomery, Quero and Ramos have disappointed, and Gonzalez is probably a bench IF at best.

Well as we know hanging breakers go 440 ft.