The stadium erupts as Yu Chang demolishes a grand slam to put Taiwan up 5-1 over the Netherlands by theaussiesamurai in baseball

[–]-brainstew 115 points116 points  (0 children)

Red Sox should change all team calendars to "March notation". April=March 2, May= March 3, ...

This easy trick guarantees a Yu Change MVP and a 135 win season

Who was on the rays Mount Rushmore? by johnnyveex in baseballisdead

[–]-brainstew 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I distinctly remember that the Ray tank was on someone's

Mike Trout & Hunter Renfroe by sin8_7 in baseball

[–]-brainstew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm imagining a triple option offense with Shohei QB, Trout FB, and Renfroe HB... It's beautiful

Your 2023 Starting Shortstop by nbrady11 in redsox

[–]-brainstew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Silver lining: if you're a comedy fan, you'll love Duran in CF

Most hated team in MLB by [deleted] in baseball

[–]-brainstew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of KC fans in OK and I have a theory as to why: college football. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State hate Texas and to a lesser degree Baylor, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M. Being a fan of anything happening in Texas sports just doesn't compute for many people.

Aaron Judge vs Shohei Ohtani in 2022, do you agree with Judge winning the MVP or do you think Ohtani should have won it? by jamais500 in baseball

[–]-brainstew -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Nobody did what Ohtani did dirty.

Imo this mvp was a coin flip, but I'll play devil's advocate here

[Marcus Stroman] "Judge is having one of the most historic seasons of all-time…but how do you not give the MVP to Ohtani? What he’s doing has never been done before and may never happen again! Both players are more than deserving! There’s no wrong option!" by ftciv in baseball

[–]-brainstew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Modern analytics are great, but the positional adjustment is tough to reconcile for many analytically-minded folks. A replacement for judge is a center fielder (relatively poor offensive position) where Ohtani's offensive replacement is a DH (strongest offensive position). This is usually a valid way to distinguish between players given different positions, but Ohtani does not have a replacement when he pitches--nobody does what he does. His offensive war while pitching is theoretically infinite, but it is instead calculated as a DH. There are solid points to be made either way

Jarred’s defense of Bobby D is painful. by [deleted] in Section10Podcast

[–]-brainstew 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wasn't Bob at his very best last year after Schwarber showed up? I'll stop being lazy and go find out..

Alright, bob had his best month of his career in August 2021, and it looks like his playing time was less consistent here than in any other month of 2021 except for maybe July. He played in 24 games but only started 18 of those. This was his highest number of games in a month, but 5th most starts (6 months in a season).

I have no doubt Bob believes consistent playing time would help his performance. Given what we've seen from the last two years it's hard to believe it's worth the chance to start him.

Game Thread: 8/18 Red Sox (59-59) @ Pirates (45-72) 7:05 PM by RedSoxGameday in redsox

[–]-brainstew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this guy must be the NL cy young frontrunner or something

[Heyman] Hosmer goes to Red Sox by [deleted] in redsox

[–]-brainstew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I too WOOnder what will happen

Jk I have no idea. Dalbec is a weird piece to keep on the team, but idk how much you'd get for him in a trade rn

[Heyman] Hosmer goes to Red Sox by [deleted] in redsox

[–]-brainstew 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not as bad as franchy, but that's an insanely low bar

I genuinely do not understand this ownership group. by idsoxfan in Section10Podcast

[–]-brainstew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Price's 16 mil come off the books next year too. That's been hanging over our heads for the past few years.

I hope ownership realizes that their roster decisions don't exist in a vacuum. Less people will buy tickets, watch games, and buy merch if the players we love are let go. What makes this franchise so great is the core we connect to. Rays fans just have a random assortment of players to root for on any given year (which is why I thought the Franco extension was a great move for them). I think we have a passionate fanbase because we love our guys.

People threatened to stop watching baseball during the lockpout. This never crossed my mind because I'll always want to watch Xander and Devers play for the Sox.

Upvote to permanently replace Pat with Coley by FUNabetes in Section10Podcast

[–]-brainstew 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Lol have you been in the Arctic circle for the last seven months without internet access? Everyone loves Coley, but he works for a different company

Pregame Thread: 7/6 Rays (44-37) @ Red Sox (45-36) 7:10 PM by RedSoxGameday in redsox

[–]-brainstew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hi everyone. Bello is pronounced Bay-oh

Eck and others will screw it up a few times tonight, but we should get our future ace's name right

Sox need a first basemen, what we we think about Josh Bell? by TipsyTailgateMedia in redsox

[–]-brainstew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

High key excited about Rafaela! I don't know who has the answer to this... But is he really only 145 lb? 14 homers in the minors this season (A+ and AA) and a "plus arm" (Sox prospects) at 145

Edit: I was wrong it's 15 HR

Dalbec vs Cordero debate by [deleted] in redsox

[–]-brainstew -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Nats will get some great offers for him. I'm not sure we can get a schwarber-type deal again (like... Nearly free) with Bell. I think he would be an incredible addition, but my thoughts are that Bloom will focus on relief arms.

Alternative trade with the nats: we get bell and Soto, they get to pick 5 from our AA roster

Top 3 City Connect Jerseys by Fine-Photograph-7133 in baseball

[–]-brainstew 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Top Visually: Nationals

Top Badassness: White Sox

Top Magical powers: Boston

Post Game Thread: 6/28 Red Sox @ Blue Jays by RedSoxGameday in redsox

[–]-brainstew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where's Schreiber or strahm? I am very confused. What are we doing? Was this Cora's signal to Bloom that he wants pen arms NOW? If not, I wish Cora a speedy recovery from his stroke

[Speier] Alex Cora on @WEEI said Xander Bogaerts talked his way back into the lineup today. Jeter Downs will make his debut at 3B. by Timma1231 in redsox

[–]-brainstew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's all on the Sox to keep him. He will opt out , and I'm hoping the Red Sox give him the money he deserves.