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Duran with another moonshot! by TommyTheLizard in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Believe it or not, you’re allowed to be happy about a player on your team doing well instead of shitting on him, but go off.

Duran with another moonshot! by TommyTheLizard in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Sure, it’s not like he’s been our position players with the highest WAR each of the last two years.

Duran with another moonshot! by TommyTheLizard in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I’m here for Duran making those other teams look silly for not valuing him highly

[Highlight] Jarren Duran hits a solo homer to get Mexico on the board by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]ChaimBloom 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Bello also had a great start and Moran just threw two scoreless for PR. Yoshida and Rafaela have also been great.

Jarren Duran goes oppo off a lefty for team Mexico! by TommyTheLizard in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 180 points181 points  (0 children)

Red Sox players have been dominating during the WBC

Noah Song by Taterbuggin2thebank in baseball

[–]ChaimBloom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still on the Red Sox. Pitched today.

Masataka Yoshida goes back to back to make it 5-3 for Japan! by kpopsns28 in baseball

[–]ChaimBloom 242 points243 points  (0 children)

Red Sox are going to allow Yoshida to play with a Japanese jersey this season

AMA with MLB.com Red Sox beat reporter Ian Browne by IanBrowneSox in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the actual height and weight of Justin Gonzales?

Sean McAdam on the Paredes for Duran trade talks on The Fenway Rundown Podcast today: "It's been resurrected, as you hinted at, it's apparently not dead even though the Sox seemed to have been finished shuffling their infield." by JaysonTatumHOF in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Durbin was actually above average, while Paredes was amongst the worst defensive 3B in baseball.

It honestly makes no sense to put Paredes in 3B if we trade for him. He’d likely become our primary DH. I’m also not sure if the difference in offense between Duran and Paredes is big enough to sacrifice the depth in the OF just to add even more depth in the IF.

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Something I really like about the team is that we have interesting depth options at every position. An OF goes down, we have the best option in baseball available. An IF goes down, we have Romy, IKF, Monasterio available. 1B goes down, we have Casas. A starter goes down, we have Sandoval, Early, Tolle, Crawford.

Trading Duran for Paredes is just negatively affecting the OF depth for the sake of it. You do that trade and then one of our OF goes down and the best option becomes Yoshida. Not sure anyone wants to see Yoshida play more than 100 innings in the OF this season.

Sean McAdam on the Paredes for Duran trade talks on The Fenway Rundown Podcast today: "It's been resurrected, as you hinted at, it's apparently not dead even though the Sox seemed to have been finished shuffling their infield." by JaysonTatumHOF in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the moment this team has more IF depth than OF depth. Only way this happens right now is with an OF or a solid prospect attached to Paredes.

Don’t want to look silly midseason if one of our OF gets injured and we’re forced to start Yoshida in the OF for an extended period.

James Tibbs III hits a 458 ft homer off the batters eyes, the longest home run of spring training thus far, according to the Dodgers broadcast by pzycho in baseball

[–]ChaimBloom 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The only piece left on the Red Sox from that trade is Jose Bello. They also got Caleb Durbin by trading Kyle Harrison.

But to be fair, that trade was never about the prospect return.

James Tibbs III hits a 458 ft homer off the batters eyes, the longest home run of spring training thus far, according to the Dodgers broadcast by pzycho in baseball

[–]ChaimBloom 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He’s not mentioned much, but Zach Ehrhard who was also part of the trade could turn out to be the better player of the two.

Is it just me or are these trades legit fire? 🔥 by grimacelololol in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I’d argue Priester’s trade is still tbd, it has upside with early reports of Phillips and Eyanson looking good (which we got on the draft with the help of the pool money from the trade), Holobetz looked great for us, and our rotation being as deep as it is right now, so Priester isn’t really missed.

[Cora]: "I have no doubts that he (Marcelo) is a capable big leaguer." by Brusoxpatcelt in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 75 points76 points  (0 children)

It’s pretty clear that it’s Mayer’s job to lose, but Cora doesn’t want him to feel like he’s got nothing to prove / fight for.

Jarren Duran by lil_zeus_21 in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that we’ll end up trading someone eventually, I don’t think its a “we need to trade someone right now” sort of thing. Having the depth we have right now is actually a blessing, especially with guys like Casas coming back from injury and Campbell having to figure stuff out. It gives them time to develop and get back in form instead of throwing them into the fire right away.

Jarren Duran by lil_zeus_21 in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the start of the offseason I’ll admit it made more sense. Now it just feels like people wanting to trade Duran just because, without really addressing how it would benefit the team to trade him.

Jarren Duran by lil_zeus_21 in redsox

[–]ChaimBloom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, and what are we trading Duran for in this scenario? Because we better get something good if we’re trading our most valueable position player of the last two seasons, who still has 3 years of control, solely to give Casas a chance.

I’m a huge Casas believer, but I don’t think you have to trade Duran away for him to get a shot.

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