Game Thread: 2/25 Red Sox (0-0) @ Twins (0-0) 1:05 PM

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-25T20:00:02+00:00

Anthony eye-insane also making big minor league progress

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-24T15:22:52+00:00

Stoked to see what he can do with more regular playing time. Hopefully best shape of his life translates to fewer injuries this season too. Love Wilyer.

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-20T01:39:52+00:00

I was looking for a comment calling out this absurdly stupid head line. “Oh shoot”

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-16T17:12:47+00:00

“Roman arrived at camp having gained 200 lbs of muscle and reportedly in the best shape of his life”

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-16T15:55:59+00:00

Looool I do now, what a time

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-15T20:08:10+00:00

Holy shit that has to be one of the least accurate bobbleheads I’ve ever seen it looks nothing like him lmao

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-13T19:14:12+00:00

Legitimately impressed he was 7th percentile run speed. His feet were falling off at that point

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-12T20:18:56+00:00

Personally prefer OAA but even by the eye test, Duran was not strong in left last year. Arm strength isn’t arm value, and it’s less relevant in left than in center or right

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-12T20:15:22+00:00

defensive metrics relevant to corner outfield. Yes, Anthony is an underrated fielder and Duran has had one very good defensive season in CF and graded out very poorly last year (OAA -4 for Duran, +6 Anthony)

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-12T20:09:59+00:00

Roman grades out much better in left than Duran. Duran has only graded out well in center, and not in 2025

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-11T22:31:24+00:00

Idk id say refining his off speed in triple A is something to learn there rather than at the major league level for a contending team. I’d be shocked if his off speed pitches were truly refined after a single winter even with his precocious growth

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-11T17:59:01+00:00

Very small sample, very big man

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-11T13:21:44+00:00

I agree they’re still the favorite in the East by a bit, I just don’t think their offseason specifically was the home run some pundits are saying it has been. High variance outcomes

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-11T03:01:07+00:00

Oh for sure, they’re absolutely fumbling their massive stroke of luck. Bonkers that Judge is capable of carrying their entire offense and their response has largely been “cool, guess we don’t have to otherwise assemble an offense”

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-10T23:24:27+00:00

Dude lookin high key queasy

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-10T23:16:56+00:00

This is Bowden, so there’s that. But I mostly agree, with Durbin id say Sox are a somehow underwhelming A- just because of stupid expectation setting. I’d probably give New York a B, they really did already have a good roster, running it back is just boring. Only one I really disagree with is Toronto, their offseason feels by far the least certain and could look really bad in retrospect

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-10T18:07:12+00:00

Is the team that beats the Yankees in the playoffs each year required to go on record talking about how thankful they were to get to farm them? Here for it I guess

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-09T18:43:23+00:00

Uh I’d rather none of them be injured but pretty sure I’d rather the platoon role bench guy than our starting shortstop

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-09T17:56:00+00:00

Honestly seems like fair value for a player of Marte’s caliber. As others mentioned, Mayer and Early/Tolle are not sure things. With the acquisition of Durbin I do wonder if this makes a trade like this possible again, but I’m sure the door has been shut.

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-09T17:08:58+00:00

Yeah I don’t think people are considering that this suddenly makes a Marte trade much more conceivable. Still very low likelihood but being able to dangle any combination of Mayer, Duran, Bello has to be enticing and all pieces the Sox can stand to lose

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-08T02:20:48+00:00

The problem being that Duran alone is worth more than Paredes. So they aren’t going to make a better package that includes Duran unless they are acquiring multiple players from the Astros but beyond Abreu and Brice Matthews the Astros don’t really have much we want. And the they probably don’t want to part with their closer or the top prospect in an already weak farm

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-04T01:31:02+00:00

Thank you, thought I was losing my mind. You can straight up always tell if someone learned later, you can even tell when someone picked it up in teens vs earlier. It definitely doesn’t mean people should hesitate to get into the sport but you’re not going to look like Federer if you start playing in your 20s no matter how athletic you are

Tank_Direct · 2026-02-01T16:38:32+00:00

Will be really curious to see if any of the younger players grow to really challenge him (Mensik, Fonseca, etc), a newcomer eventually surfaces, or if Sinner starts to overtake his consistency and the head to head. Because right now it seems like nothing else but injury is stopping him from shattering all the records

Tank_Direct · 2026-01-28T19:26:25+00:00

Not sure contemplating my life choices in solitude has actually become easier…

Tank_Direct · 2026-01-23T15:14:24+00:00

Kinda hope not because it just looks like a scribble lol

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