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Every new "2026 Red Sox roster" I see someone post seems to have the Sox acquiring like 40% of the good players projected to be available via FA+Trades this winter, and the lineup still ends up looking sketchy.

that's wrong

We just passed the 13th anniversary of when the Red Sox were one of three teams that had the chance to convince 18-year-old Shohei Ohtani to sign

Heyman is reporting Bregman is opting out of his deal with the Red Sox, and teams expected to pursue him include the Sox, Tigers, Mariners, Blue Jays, and possibly the Royals.

He says the Tigers offered $171M last year, and Bregman wanted $10M more from them, before signing in Boston.

Yikes

Pretty sure they did make a huge offer, just not 300m

i dont think they would ever give a big contract to a pitcher his size

My subjective split of "would I feel like I had an ace starting this playoff game today" starts this postseason.

should have never traded Melky Cabrera

Happy Yankees Elimination Day 2025. Sixteen years, 0 championships, despite Brian Cashman annually averaging the second-highest payroll and spending $3.9 billion.

i dont even know how to answer that, depends on like 10 different things, i'd rather just pair them

I have no idea what his market will look like, 1B/DH is so weird and varies so much. I would initally guess somewhere between 3/95 and 6/135.

the point of the post was to show how stupid it is

Red Sox win % without Devers in the lineup: 58%

Red Sox win % without Bregman in the lineup: 58%

Red Sox win % without either in the lineup: 62%

First looks at 2024 3rd rounder Brandon Neely in pro ball, maybe a turbo sinker with 4 pitches?

brutal moment

Catcher and CF

Team fielding run value the last 3 years: -48 → 0 → +21

Red Sox end of season press conference is like watching the human centipede

Having power hitters looks fun

never got settled into first base, when he went AAA they mind-numbingly continued to shuffle him through positions instead of picking one, he was nearly unplayable defensively by the end of the season. unless something drastic changes he might be LF-only.

Red Sox batters had the highest percentage of poorly hit balls in the first round of the playoffs. 45 of 65, 69%.

Annoying that they couldn't do anything even though they had the lowest percentage of chase.

nothing makes me think breslow wants him; imo one of the best chances for the sox to be legitimately good again is if casas is healthy and playing.

Interesting divergence imo

First half / second half by position

Red Sox rolling Weighted Runs Above Average from the DH spot this season.

yeah, he gets punished for the defense in this. same with other pitchers.

not even close to good enough even with him

Schlittler threw 90% fastballs, 10% breaking balls.

All 18 swing and misses on fastballs. 12 K, 0 BB.

Maybe the most shove it down your throat and nothing you can do about it pitching performances in baseball history.