I was positive about it too up until I got a migraine every time I saw his name penciled in. It wasn’t a terrible idea to bet on a bounce back but he shouldve been gone way before he was dismissed
I apologize for not knowing his full injury history but that’s also a very silly comparison to make. Oviedo has never shown anything close to the talent of crochet
Youre the one who brought up his injury history in the first place lol
I’m not comparing his ability to Crochet at all, only the fact that they each have had TJ once, and you claimed one of them was injury prone, so they must both be by your standards.
Not about bickering here with ya to be honest, just trying to have a conversation
I'm just worried about the 4th & 5th slots in the rotation. I don't think Tolle is as close as people think. Bello regressed hard at the end of the year. Not sure about Oviedo.
I'm concerned about individual pitchers, but I think we have enough volume for it to work out. We'll have basically 4-5 guys competing for 2 spots, and we can ride the hot hand through the season
When has Mayer ever played a full year? Ever? And you think he’s going to be MORE durable as he gets older, playing one of the most physically demanding positions in baseball?
And Anthony has 257 career MLB ABs, for crissakes. I think he has STAR potential but he got shut down too because of injuries.
A lot of you are either paid JH trolls or absolutely delusional.
My concern isn’t with his ability to hit—it’s with his durability. When has he ever played close to a full season? And you think he’s going to get more durable as he gets OLDER?
This sub is doomer city. This team won 89 games last year with a ton of injuries to key positional players, plus they have a lot of young guys who should develop. If they retain Bregman then this team has only improved this offseason, and with more health/development compared to 2025 then they should be closer to a 95 win team. Doomers don't wanna admit it but the only logical reason to think they'd be worse than last year is if you expect even more injuries or absolutely no development from the young guys.
How many games did we play with a fully-healthy lineup? Maybe 25 games? And we still leaked oil down the stretch and got to 89 wins. Imagine if we had health last year at all? I think you’re on the money. If we sign Breg, I really like us in the low-mid 90s on wins
Injuries happen every year. You have to have the depth to weather them. We didn’t have that depth last year, and so far I’m not sure we do this year either. So we’re counting on a really healthy season, which is kind of a gamble
If they don’t have Bregman it’s a worse team than last year - it’s an objective reality. I HATE the injuries excuse. Injuries happen every year to every team. Your plan cannot be for everyone to remain healthy all season.
This team had the best record in baseball from July 1 onward, and has colossal young talent like Anthony and Tolle ready to break out. I don't think people in this sub are paying attention to the competition.
Feeling like John Henry needs to spend some fucking money, it is actually embarrassing how we have yet to sign a major league player this offseason. We used to be a big market team and now it’s just a fucking joke.
Our lineup is just too thin currently. We don’t have a quick strike offence and strike out too frequently. With the way it stands right now, teams will eventually just pitch around Roman and challenge the rest to beat them. Adding Bo or bringing back Bregman is a must
Agree that we need to add another good hitter - I hope it’s bo - but think you’re underrating the very solid group of good major league hitters we already have right now behind Roman in Duran, Contreras, Story, and Abreu (and the platoon of Romy and Yoshida)
Yeah, I get it, but that team got annihilated by the eventual World Series champs, the actual best team. Hell, it was homers that allowed the Dodgers to steal that WS. Since 2010 something like 80% of playoff teams that out-homer their opponents win. You need power in this era to win it all.
I don’t think people realize how good this team will be without Bregman because of our pitching staff. Retaining Tolle/Early and having a 1-2-3 of Crotchet/Gray/Bello with the possibility of scooping up Bichette and this team already has an elite bullpen
bullpen would be my pick for an area of regression - it's just so unlikely Chapman/Whitlock repeat their seasons to THAT extreme & theoretically we're getting a full season of Jordan Hicks
I don’t really understand why people are so down on this team. There’s a pretty good chance they have the best rotation in the American League, they still have all their best trade chips, and they’re showing a willingness to add another ~30 million in salary on the free agent market.
If they do nothing the rest of the offseason they’re probably still a playoff team, and if they manage to make another big move or two, they’re probably the class of the American League.
I said they had a pretty good chance at having it, not that they did have it. But Seattle’s rotation was far from the strength people thought it would be last year. They don’t have anybody as good as Crochet, Kirby was bad and Miller was awful last year, Castillo was pretty average last year and is pretty clearly in decline, their guys’ numbers are propped up by pitching half their games in by far the best pitchers’ park in the league, and they have absolutely no depth. It’s not at all out of the question.
No they don’t have anyone as good as Crochet but Woo is pretty good and Kirby and Gilbert are definitely more talented than Gray and Bello. Their rotation has a higher floor and ceiling.
Well the Red Sox had a much better rotation than them last year (and that’s with us giving Walker Buehler far too much rope) due in large part to their far superior depth, so I’m not sure I agree. A lot of Ms fans were saying that Raleigh’s work getting the struggling rotation back on track was a very underrated aspect of his MVP case. And if any of their top guys get hurt, their rotation is in trouble.
I would say Kirby is definitely more talented than Bello but I think he’s probably about on par with Gray barring major regression from Gray. I do think Gilbert is a tier above Kirby, though. He and Woo are strong 2s/potential 1s to me whereas Gray and Kirby are more clearly 2s.
Sure mate. Giolito, who can’t get a team to call him right now, and Bello outperforming his metrics, are definitely better than Kirby and Gilbert. Sure sure sure.
I mean go look at the numbers from last year man. The Red Sox got more bWAR, fWAR, RA9-WAR, a better ERA-, better ERA+, better FIP- from their starting pitcher group.
This was largely because 1) Bryce Miller was awful 2) George Kirby took a step back 3) Logan Gilbert got hurt and 4) their starting pitching depth is awful and the next guys on the depth chart are way, way worse than their top 5 guys, whereas the Red Sox got good production from the likes of Hunter Dobbins and Connelly Early when they were called upon.
I think the problem is the Blue Jays are becoming the Dodgers of the north and even the Orioles are spending money. The Sox are a playoff team… if the AL East was the same as last year. I think if they make one big move to add a bat people will be more optimistic.
We subtracted Devers and added nothing of comparable value that we didn't already have the rights to in our farm system. We have also subtracted Bregman unless we re-sign him.
Anything this team does now will be the same team it would have been, only without Rafael Devers in the lineup. After ownership tried telling us freeing Devers salary would allow us to spend money on free agents, we are the last MLB team to sign a free agent this offseason.
I’m bearish on Devers (I think the trends in his zone contact rate and bat speed are pretty concerning) but I’m not going to pretend they covered themselves in glory with how the handled that or argue with anyone frustrated with how that all played out. I just don’t understand why that means I have to pretend the team as currently constructed is bad, to say nothing of their clearly expressed interest in adding tens of millions of dollars to the payroll from here.
It's fair that you think we're still competitive, and I will admit that we have the potential to be as good as last year's team.
I'm angry that ownership seems acutely aware of this, and doesn't necessarily feel compelled to improve on the roster we sent out there last season. And yet, despite how good we are relative to all MLB teams, I can't view the team as it is currently constructed as a world series contender. We're too bad to push for a World Series run, but too good to not be pushing for that outcome.
Ownership sees absolutely no incentive to push chips in for a world series, they probably never will again. In their mind, 89 wins and a competitive season is all they ever need. What John Henry saw in 2019 and 2020 he never wants again, so we will ride the wave of being slightly above average indefinitely
We probably just disagree on some of the guys they added this offseason. I think if they manage to bring back Bregman or replace him with a Bichette or similar caliber player then the roster is much better than last year. I think Gray and Contreras are a lot better than some Sox fans are giving them credit for and I like the Oviedo trade a lot.
Basically, if they go into the season with a similar payroll and the difference is they’ve replaced Devers, Giolito, and Buehler with Contreras, Gray, and Oviedo, then that’s a big step up in my eyes.
With Mayer at third get Bichette move him to second . With the influx of pitching it’s going to be pitching and speed to win games. If the Roman Empire continues to develop and Contreras has a good swing for Fenway . Would I like to see Bregs or Bobo sure but Boras is a jerk . The only way we got Bregs is because he did the same crap last year. I can understand the Sox not giving him 5 or 6 years but it’s going to cost them financially . Every team must loathe to work with Boras
Solid, and optimistic. I think it's pretty fair though. So many red Sox fans couldn't see sunshine on the sun and gotta relax a bit. It's not good for you!
Well Bregman missed a third of last season and was really only great for that first third, so it’s not like having back makes the team that much better
Like that’s too high but not egregiously far off. As is they’d kind of need perfect injury luck. They’re banking on a 36 year old to continue doing what he does except against a much better division. And any injury to the lineup as it currently is means it’ll be much easier to pitch against (pitch around Anthony). You’re also counting on people who weren’t injured last year to have the same luck this year (hi Trevor Story).
Even with Bregman I think it’s still the Jays division to lose.
I'd say maybe 7 or 8. The pitching is gonna be very good and we got some good hitters but I feel the lineup is missing a guy with some real pop. Wilyer has some potential and roman obviously has a generational ceiling.
But out leading home run hitter had just 25. They currently lack a guy who I know can consistently hit for 30+.
Totally agree, but the Bregman asking price is ridiculous. Mayer won't duplicate his defense but I think his offense will surprise. We should plan on life without Bregman. Boras and Bregman think they hold all the cards. They don't.
Posted this before, but last year, the Red Sox were 23rd out of 30 teams in percentage of revenue spent on payroll.
23rd!
We had the 3rd highest revenue stream in all of MLB at $574 million, but we had the 23rd “highest” percentage of revenue spent on payroll.
The FUCKING Royals, Twins, Reds, A’s, Cardinals, Mariners, ALL spent a higher percentage of revenue on payroll than the Boston Red Sox. In other words, they were ALL more committed to winning than the Boston Fucking Red Sox.
Not sure how they came up with that. Barring a young player taking a massive leap, I think we'd be 4th in the AL East alone
Edit: I assume this is ranking teams as they stand today. As of now, Baltimore and Toronto got better and we lost Bregman. A reliable infielder would change things, I'm not a doomer lol
Roman Anthony is realistically going to be a top 10 player in all of baseball, if he were to take a massive leap, Judge would be what Cal Raleigh was this past year in MVP voting. The next best player, but not even close. I don't think Roman will do that jump, but even without it, he's going to be a problem for the league
Roman Anthony is gonna be awesome. I was talking more about Mayer or Abreu staying healthy and hitting lefties. If that happens, we could put anyone on 2nd and be good to go, but I'd rather that be a happy surprise than bank on it to start the year
Bergman is not coming back, Chapman had a monster year, can he repeat that, that's a hard ask. Roman Anthony is going to be a stud, there's no one to protect him. They have 1 ace and a bunch of 3s and 4s, not good enough in a division where everyone else gotten better. The win 75 att best
We got to the playoffs with the team we had last year, and all of the most important pieces are coming back. I'm fine with the moves they've made this offseason, and if we don't re-sign him, I don't consider losing Bregman to be some sort of nail in the coffin.
This is definitely high but I think this sub is severely underrating our pitching corps.
I’m extremely high on Oviedo and Gray. Watching this sub you wouldve thought we resigned Buehler and Dustin May
This sub also thought Buehler was a good signing.. looked like it at the time but I think we all have a little PTSD
I was positive about it too up until I got a migraine every time I saw his name penciled in. It wasn’t a terrible idea to bet on a bounce back but he shouldve been gone way before he was dismissed
We did? He had already very clearly lost his stuff except for like 2 playoff games the year before somehow
They didn’t have to resign. Their contracts expired
I’m very much aware of that thank you…
Oh… i see what you are saying now 😂😂 I just got woke up by my 3 year old with a swanton bomb
I couldn’t resist 😁
I really don’t understand the hype behind Oviedo. He looks like an injury-prone #4 starter at best…
Injury prone? Had one case of TJ and now he’s trash? Crochet had that too, guess that signing was not up to your liking either lol
I apologize for not knowing his full injury history but that’s also a very silly comparison to make. Oviedo has never shown anything close to the talent of crochet
Youre the one who brought up his injury history in the first place lol
I’m not comparing his ability to Crochet at all, only the fact that they each have had TJ once, and you claimed one of them was injury prone, so they must both be by your standards.
Not about bickering here with ya to be honest, just trying to have a conversation
I'm just worried about the 4th & 5th slots in the rotation. I don't think Tolle is as close as people think. Bello regressed hard at the end of the year. Not sure about Oviedo.
I'm concerned about individual pitchers, but I think we have enough volume for it to work out. We'll have basically 4-5 guys competing for 2 spots, and we can ride the hot hand through the season
Also, underrating a full year with the various rookies.
Full year?
When has Mayer ever played a full year? Ever? And you think he’s going to be MORE durable as he gets older, playing one of the most physically demanding positions in baseball?
And Anthony has 257 career MLB ABs, for crissakes. I think he has STAR potential but he got shut down too because of injuries.
A lot of you are either paid JH trolls or absolutely delusional.
Jesus Christ. 😞
....or you can give an aging ex-star a fat five year contract.
Jesus Christ
Pretty sure that’s the “either-or” logical fallacy that kids learn about in 8th grade.
Jesus Christ.
Kids avoid answering questions when they know they've been caught. Would you cave to what Boras and Bregman are looking for?
Again, an “either-or” fallacy.
When did I mention Bregman?
I’ll try to explain it to you slowly.
“Bregman” isn’t the ONLY FA target out there. You’re pretending he is.
So you’re framing the issue like an eighth-grader would—like the only choice is signing an aging “ex-star.”
See how that works?
You won't even name your make-believe player?
...but you didn't answer the question. Should they give him a long term contract and a bump up in pay?
??? what is this doomer shit man you're acting like mayer is gonna struggle to hit above the mendoza line next season 😭
Did you even read my comment?
My concern isn’t with his ability to hit—it’s with his durability. When has he ever played close to a full season? And you think he’s going to get more durable as he gets OLDER?
🤣🤣
I think if Tolle and early emerge and Bello keeps his gains, this staff could be amazing. That’s just a couple BIG ifs though
Fr we gotta chill with the panic they been rly underrated all season for real
Not underrating, just intensely disappointed in this front office’s choices
I gotta think this is the ranking assuming Bregman re-signs. No way we are #5 without him.
Seems a little high. Fangraphs has us at 9th now, which I could believe.
This sub is doomer city. This team won 89 games last year with a ton of injuries to key positional players, plus they have a lot of young guys who should develop. If they retain Bregman then this team has only improved this offseason, and with more health/development compared to 2025 then they should be closer to a 95 win team. Doomers don't wanna admit it but the only logical reason to think they'd be worse than last year is if you expect even more injuries or absolutely no development from the young guys.
How many games did we play with a fully-healthy lineup? Maybe 25 games? And we still leaked oil down the stretch and got to 89 wins. Imagine if we had health last year at all? I think you’re on the money. If we sign Breg, I really like us in the low-mid 90s on wins
But I was promised a #2 pitcher, a power righty, and All Star defense by random other commenters. Is this ownership not SERIOUS?
…. I mean we kind of got that lol
Injuries happen every year. You have to have the depth to weather them. We didn’t have that depth last year, and so far I’m not sure we do this year either. So we’re counting on a really healthy season, which is kind of a gamble
If they don’t have Bregman it’s a worse team than last year - it’s an objective reality. I HATE the injuries excuse. Injuries happen every year to every team. Your plan cannot be for everyone to remain healthy all season.
Bregman at third, Mayer at 2nd (trade for Donovan to back up both?) Solid infield and lineup…still a big if….
This team had the best record in baseball from July 1 onward, and has colossal young talent like Anthony and Tolle ready to break out. I don't think people in this sub are paying attention to the competition.
Yeah tolle and Anthony are basically skenes and griffey jr.....
Bregman wasn't playing much down the stretch last year. Where are you getting this from? He had 62 rbi all last year. Prepare for life without him.
It depends on the health of our roster tbh.
For what team is that not the case?
The Rockies lol
Feeling like John Henry needs to spend some fucking money, it is actually embarrassing how we have yet to sign a major league player this offseason. We used to be a big market team and now it’s just a fucking joke.
Not bad. Add him. They rollin.
Our lineup is just too thin currently. We don’t have a quick strike offence and strike out too frequently. With the way it stands right now, teams will eventually just pitch around Roman and challenge the rest to beat them. Adding Bo or bringing back Bregman is a must
Agree that we need to add another good hitter - I hope it’s bo - but think you’re underrating the very solid group of good major league hitters we already have right now behind Roman in Duran, Contreras, Story, and Abreu (and the platoon of Romy and Yoshida)
Yeah no. Pitching is good but outside Anthony/Story who are our sluggers?
The best team in baseball had two guys hit more than 18 HR in '25.
If "sluggers" made for a competitive team, the Angels and Mariners would be powerhouses.
Which team are you referring to?
Who had the best record in '25?
Yeah, I get it, but that team got annihilated by the eventual World Series champs, the actual best team. Hell, it was homers that allowed the Dodgers to steal that WS. Since 2010 something like 80% of playoff teams that out-homer their opponents win. You need power in this era to win it all.
There is no way you genuinely believe the Brewers are a better team than the Dodgers. And I hate the dodgers lol
Yeah, what good are win-loss records over the course of 162 games, right?
LOL
I don’t think people realize how good this team will be without Bregman because of our pitching staff. Retaining Tolle/Early and having a 1-2-3 of Crotchet/Gray/Bello with the possibility of scooping up Bichette and this team already has an elite bullpen
bullpen would be my pick for an area of regression - it's just so unlikely Chapman/Whitlock repeat their seasons to THAT extreme & theoretically we're getting a full season of Jordan Hicks
Too high.
I don’t really understand why people are so down on this team. There’s a pretty good chance they have the best rotation in the American League, they still have all their best trade chips, and they’re showing a willingness to add another ~30 million in salary on the free agent market.
If they do nothing the rest of the offseason they’re probably still a playoff team, and if they manage to make another big move or two, they’re probably the class of the American League.
You think the Sox have a better rotation than the Mariners? Huh.
I said they had a pretty good chance at having it, not that they did have it. But Seattle’s rotation was far from the strength people thought it would be last year. They don’t have anybody as good as Crochet, Kirby was bad and Miller was awful last year, Castillo was pretty average last year and is pretty clearly in decline, their guys’ numbers are propped up by pitching half their games in by far the best pitchers’ park in the league, and they have absolutely no depth. It’s not at all out of the question.
Yeah, pitching in T-Mobile vs. Fenway is night and day.
No they don’t have anyone as good as Crochet but Woo is pretty good and Kirby and Gilbert are definitely more talented than Gray and Bello. Their rotation has a higher floor and ceiling.
Well the Red Sox had a much better rotation than them last year (and that’s with us giving Walker Buehler far too much rope) due in large part to their far superior depth, so I’m not sure I agree. A lot of Ms fans were saying that Raleigh’s work getting the struggling rotation back on track was a very underrated aspect of his MVP case. And if any of their top guys get hurt, their rotation is in trouble.
I would say Kirby is definitely more talented than Bello but I think he’s probably about on par with Gray barring major regression from Gray. I do think Gilbert is a tier above Kirby, though. He and Woo are strong 2s/potential 1s to me whereas Gray and Kirby are more clearly 2s.
Sure mate. Giolito, who can’t get a team to call him right now, and Bello outperforming his metrics, are definitely better than Kirby and Gilbert. Sure sure sure.
I mean go look at the numbers from last year man. The Red Sox got more bWAR, fWAR, RA9-WAR, a better ERA-, better ERA+, better FIP- from their starting pitcher group.
This was largely because 1) Bryce Miller was awful 2) George Kirby took a step back 3) Logan Gilbert got hurt and 4) their starting pitching depth is awful and the next guys on the depth chart are way, way worse than their top 5 guys, whereas the Red Sox got good production from the likes of Hunter Dobbins and Connelly Early when they were called upon.
I think the problem is the Blue Jays are becoming the Dodgers of the north and even the Orioles are spending money. The Sox are a playoff team… if the AL East was the same as last year. I think if they make one big move to add a bat people will be more optimistic.
We subtracted Devers and added nothing of comparable value that we didn't already have the rights to in our farm system. We have also subtracted Bregman unless we re-sign him.
Anything this team does now will be the same team it would have been, only without Rafael Devers in the lineup. After ownership tried telling us freeing Devers salary would allow us to spend money on free agents, we are the last MLB team to sign a free agent this offseason.
You don't understand why I'm down on the team?
I’m bearish on Devers (I think the trends in his zone contact rate and bat speed are pretty concerning) but I’m not going to pretend they covered themselves in glory with how the handled that or argue with anyone frustrated with how that all played out. I just don’t understand why that means I have to pretend the team as currently constructed is bad, to say nothing of their clearly expressed interest in adding tens of millions of dollars to the payroll from here.
It's fair that you think we're still competitive, and I will admit that we have the potential to be as good as last year's team.
I'm angry that ownership seems acutely aware of this, and doesn't necessarily feel compelled to improve on the roster we sent out there last season. And yet, despite how good we are relative to all MLB teams, I can't view the team as it is currently constructed as a world series contender. We're too bad to push for a World Series run, but too good to not be pushing for that outcome.
Ownership sees absolutely no incentive to push chips in for a world series, they probably never will again. In their mind, 89 wins and a competitive season is all they ever need. What John Henry saw in 2019 and 2020 he never wants again, so we will ride the wave of being slightly above average indefinitely
We probably just disagree on some of the guys they added this offseason. I think if they manage to bring back Bregman or replace him with a Bichette or similar caliber player then the roster is much better than last year. I think Gray and Contreras are a lot better than some Sox fans are giving them credit for and I like the Oviedo trade a lot.
Basically, if they go into the season with a similar payroll and the difference is they’ve replaced Devers, Giolito, and Buehler with Contreras, Gray, and Oviedo, then that’s a big step up in my eyes.
Why not both? Lol
Seems high given the team has both holes and logjams. If you could cram all our outfielders into a lineup every day I could see it.
too high as it currently stands but definitely in the 4-8 range with Bregman/Bichette added
Feeling like I want Bregman or Bo.. and my hatred of boras ever intensifying. You have to torpedo an entire offseason to work past his bs ..
LOL
Fifth!!!
Like the AL East is stacked
Without him and with someone new in his place. Then without a doubt! Need I say more!?
With Mayer at third get Bichette move him to second . With the influx of pitching it’s going to be pitching and speed to win games. If the Roman Empire continues to develop and Contreras has a good swing for Fenway . Would I like to see Bregs or Bobo sure but Boras is a jerk . The only way we got Bregs is because he did the same crap last year. I can understand the Sox not giving him 5 or 6 years but it’s going to cost them financially . Every team must loathe to work with Boras
Solid, and optimistic. I think it's pretty fair though. So many red Sox fans couldn't see sunshine on the sun and gotta relax a bit. It's not good for you!
Well Bregman missed a third of last season and was really only great for that first third, so it’s not like having back makes the team that much better
5th in the division?
No u fucking dummy this is a good young team
Inaccurate
Yeah no
I usually feel with my fingers
They call 'em fingers, but I never see 'em fing.
Oh, they're they go.
Ha, I saw the title and thought he was complaining that they will finish 5th in the division without Bregman.
Like that’s too high but not egregiously far off. As is they’d kind of need perfect injury luck. They’re banking on a 36 year old to continue doing what he does except against a much better division. And any injury to the lineup as it currently is means it’ll be much easier to pitch against (pitch around Anthony). You’re also counting on people who weren’t injured last year to have the same luck this year (hi Trevor Story).
Even with Bregman I think it’s still the Jays division to lose.
I'd say maybe 7 or 8. The pitching is gonna be very good and we got some good hitters but I feel the lineup is missing a guy with some real pop. Wilyer has some potential and roman obviously has a generational ceiling.
But out leading home run hitter had just 25. They currently lack a guy who I know can consistently hit for 30+.
Scott Boras, is that you?
I'm not even trying to suggest we need to sign someone we just desperately need power
Totally agree, but the Bregman asking price is ridiculous. Mayer won't duplicate his defense but I think his offense will surprise. We should plan on life without Bregman. Boras and Bregman think they hold all the cards. They don't.
Posted this before, but last year, the Red Sox were 23rd out of 30 teams in percentage of revenue spent on payroll.
23rd!
We had the 3rd highest revenue stream in all of MLB at $574 million, but we had the 23rd “highest” percentage of revenue spent on payroll.
The FUCKING Royals, Twins, Reds, A’s, Cardinals, Mariners, ALL spent a higher percentage of revenue on payroll than the Boston Red Sox. In other words, they were ALL more committed to winning than the Boston Fucking Red Sox.
And some of you think ownership is ALL IN?
That’s embarrassing.
Like this cheap outfit isn't going to do dick for this team.
Not sure how they came up with that. Barring a young player taking a massive leap, I think we'd be 4th in the AL East alone
Edit: I assume this is ranking teams as they stand today. As of now, Baltimore and Toronto got better and we lost Bregman. A reliable infielder would change things, I'm not a doomer lol
Roman Anthony is realistically going to be a top 10 player in all of baseball, if he were to take a massive leap, Judge would be what Cal Raleigh was this past year in MVP voting. The next best player, but not even close. I don't think Roman will do that jump, but even without it, he's going to be a problem for the league
Roman Anthony is gonna be awesome. I was talking more about Mayer or Abreu staying healthy and hitting lefties. If that happens, we could put anyone on 2nd and be good to go, but I'd rather that be a happy surprise than bank on it to start the year
Good
Bergman is not coming back, Chapman had a monster year, can he repeat that, that's a hard ask. Roman Anthony is going to be a stud, there's no one to protect him. They have 1 ace and a bunch of 3s and 4s, not good enough in a division where everyone else gotten better. The win 75 att best
75?! Huh!
Wut?
It says team power rankings 4.5 times in the picture. Red Sox are ranked 5th in baseball even without signing a big free agent
But wait.... all the doomers here keep telling us how shit the front office and roster is.
We got to the playoffs with the team we had last year, and all of the most important pieces are coming back. I'm fine with the moves they've made this offseason, and if we don't re-sign him, I don't consider losing Bregman to be some sort of nail in the coffin.
Roman is gonna have a Kurtz season this year
Good. Bregman will be worse than Anthony Rendon over the next 5