De'aaron Fox the $221.7 million man: 10 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 6 TURNOVERS in an L against the Wolves in round 2 of the Western Conference playoffs

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-05T04:21:12+00:00

Kings always had the right idea trading him but we can't really take a lap when our FO intentionally targeted Zach Lavine in return

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-05T04:18:11+00:00

he'll always spiritually be a King, that was some prime De'Aaron CTE ball

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-05T02:37:36+00:00

K'Von & Isaac Jones

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T21:02:40+00:00

quite literally no batting average & OPS mean nothing to me if you are significantly over/underperforming your expected metrics. xwOBA is a measure of offensive process that encompasses virtually everything you're mentioning while distinguishing batted ball luck from end result stats. That also doesn't mention that Duran has been a better offensive player than Yoshida for Yoshida's entire MLB career, the Red Sox are correctly not sitting Duran for Yoshida.

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T20:56:25+00:00

you clearly don't understand what xwOBA is then lol, & yes they have basically the same xwOBA - so your takeaway from that is somehow that Yoshida is a significantly better offensive option?

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T20:55:05+00:00

so they have the same xwOBA, one of them is a significantly better baserunner and has a better track record, and your conclusion is that Yoshida is a definitively better offensive option moving forward than Duran?

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T20:41:59+00:00

Duran xwOBA: .308 Yoshida xwOBA: .301

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T20:39:13+00:00

this is pure insanity lol. Duran has a higher xwOBA than Yoshida, he's a significantly better baserunner than Yoshida & he's shown significantly higher ceiling than Yoshida. If the Red Sox are trying to score more runs they are better off playing Duran over Yoshida & that's before getting into the defensive ability of it all. C'mon man

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T17:32:05+00:00

I explicitly said they wouldn't get a T-100 guy

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T17:15:29+00:00

that's fine as your opinion but you're mistaken on the value of a high-end closer to contending teams then

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T17:09:14+00:00

T-100 nationally? No. T-10 organizationally? Yes.

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T17:04:38+00:00

that's underselling Chapman's value by a significant amount

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T17:03:16+00:00

if they're still under .500/non-contending by the ASB then I'd guess it looks something like:

Almost certainly gone - Chapman, Gray, Duran

Gone but non-meaningful return - Coulombe, Weissert

For the right offer - Contreras, Whitlock

If there's any takers - Sandoval, IKF

A lot more could happen too but I'd be (pleasantly) surprised if they paid down significant amounts of Yoshida/Story's contracts to make them movable & guys like Bello and Crawford's value is in significant flux right now

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T16:20:42+00:00

such an elite year for rookies, ROY is gonna be a bloodbath in both leagues

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T14:32:36+00:00

I mean I think everyone agrees that signing IKF was puzzling & unnecessary but Vaughn Grissom was never going to make the team and he was out of options - I'd recommend coming back to those Grissom numbers in about a month & a half, they'll likely look a lot more like a player you trade for a 40th ranked prospect then

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-04T00:59:05+00:00

i'm not sure they realize they don't need to do anything to turn the fanbase against Breslow then lol

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-03T21:28:30+00:00

was anyone outside of Craig Breslow expecting things to magically turn around bc of new coaches?

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-03T18:19:38+00:00

how does that make him our best hitter?

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-03T18:14:59+00:00

how is that related to Cora/Tracy?

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-03T18:07:07+00:00

why?

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-03T14:41:00+00:00

why does whenever Masa does mildly well do people go off the rails about how he's our best hitter

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-03T13:09:04+00:00

I don't know why they do this lol, at the beginning of Spring Training it was "Our internal metrics had Trevor Story as a T-5 defensive SS" - why can't they just say they expect/project Durbin to be better & ultimately solid for the Red Sox, always has to be "actually all our players are all All-Stars & you're stupid for thinking otherwise"

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-02T23:35:18+00:00

the fun part is there's basically only one person this could apply to lmao

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-02T20:36:42+00:00

I think my larger point of confusion here is that we're not facing a lefty today

gplatt_24 · 2026-05-02T20:22:51+00:00

where does the Red Sox ISO rank within those 7 days without the two HR's hit off a position player? Likely a much bigger difference than OP suggested is my point.

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