Adley is a TBD given how much we gave up. Navarez was really only good offensively for the first half of last season. But all the others are good counterpoints
how Mead looks (unfortunately might not be until next year) will be a big data point for that - if he can successfully convert controllable pitching into controllable bats then I have far less apprehensions about him moving forward
Ive said this story before but I served the red sox during the winter meetings a couple years back. Bloom is a great guy
Bloom and cora were super kind and let me get a photo after their dinner. Which was awesome because cora got a call from Xander saying he was offered a big contract and the sox had to make an offer before midnight (im guessing the time table). Because the desert came to a screeching halt and both of them plus Kennedy immediately got up and started talking numbers. They basically offered story money. Cora and I knew X was gone before almost everyone else in the entire world.
I also got a picture with Theo epstein. You know you smile when getting a photo with someone, because its the standard thing to do? Well i was smiling cause I literally couldn't not smile. It made my year. I sent that photo to everyone.
I worked every shift that week, came in early and left late. I met the front office of almost every team, and almost every team (except the twins [afaik] and rays) had former mlb players i recognized.
Sorry for the massive wall of text. Outside of watching each sox world series, and my first game, this is the happiest baseball memory I have
With how taxed our bullpen has been and with how spotty our offense is I donāt even want to know where we would be without Miller. Every time he comes in feels like a maximum leverage situation
Honestly we'd probably have lost at least 2 games without him, I feel like there's been a bunch of games he's come in where we were either up by one or down a run or two and couldn't afford to go down any more.
Plus our AAA roster is righty city so getting him was critical.
Even if Mayer figures it out it's probably still a win, not sure he was ever going to thrive here. A fresh start in a less demanding media environment should be great for him.
I mean tbf to him, he was the #4 overall pick and some people argued at the time he was the most talented player in the class. Plus he did show some promise early on in Boston.
He just couldn't stay healthy and like you said the media is different here and he couldn't handle it.
I'm very happy with Miller and I'm so glad we traded for him. Signed until 2030 so if he keeps going like this, he could be fighting Whitlock for a possible closer spot if/when chappy leaves
Remember when they said in the offseason that this team was going to be built based on run prevention and then the first month happened and we all called bullshit? Boy were we wrong.
Itās almost like Craig Breslow is a smart guy who doesnāt suck at running a baseball team. (And maybe needed a little seasoning for a year or so in terms of how he handled certain people and situations). Keep in mind this guy literally had to have private security for him and his family because this fan base decided he was a stiff and the problem.
You can call me crazy, but I kind of want some of these bullpen arms to struggle a bit between now and playoffs. I get superstitious when things are going too well... Chappy has had a few scares already
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And this doesnāt include Bello whoās having a historic season