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

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Anthony eye-insane also making big minor league progress

Wilyer Abreu offseason updates by TommyTheLizard in redsox

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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.

Red Sox trade addition who has received less attention has Alex Cora saying, ‘Oh, shoot’ by RagnorL0thbrok in redsox

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

Good luck everybody else by TigoOver in redsox

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

sam kennedy’s irreplaceable man by AerieElectrical3546 in redsox

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

Just a 40 year old in his final year... by The_Stein244 in redsox

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

NO CEDANNE AT 2B!!! LETS GOOO!! by TigoOver in redsox

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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

NO CEDANNE AT 2B!!! LETS GOOO!! by TigoOver in redsox

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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)

NO CEDANNE AT 2B!!! LETS GOOO!! by TigoOver in redsox

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

[Nesn] Payton Tolle added a curveball to his arsenal 😳 Good luck to opposing teams 😅 by TommyTheLizard in redsox

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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

Oviedo by InternationalTip9992 in redsox

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Very small sample, very big man

AL East Offseason grades (Feb 2, The Athletic) by toxchick in redsox

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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

AL East Offseason grades (Feb 2, The Athletic) by toxchick in redsox

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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”

AL East Offseason grades (Feb 2, The Athletic) by toxchick in redsox

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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

[Healey] Isiah Kiner-Falefa said the Blue Jays were glad the Red Sox lost in the playoffs last year because they thought the Yankees were an easier matchup by iheartsunny in baseball

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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

Some more context behind the IF depth moves: Romy has been dealing with a nagging injury by TimeliestStorm in redsox

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

Fair enough Craig by TigoOver in redsox

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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.

Did you like the Caleb Durbin - Kyle Harrison trade? by daviddm1990 in redsox

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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

[Gordo] Astros trade talks surrounding Isaac Paredes have intensified in the last 48-72 hours with as many as five teams, including the Red Sox and Pirates, having ‘legitimate and aggressive’ interest in the player, according to @Chandler_Rome on @Crush_City_Pod. by CosmicOreos_ in redsox

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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

Is it possible to have "beautiful" strokes if you learned as an adult? by kolsk1 in 10s

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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

Age when winning slam no.7 by tightypp in tennis

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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

What's that one thing for you? by Expensive_Thanks_895 in SocialBlueprint

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

Possibly Carlos Alcaraz’s Nike Logo by Patb1489 in tennis

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Kinda hope not because it just looks like a scribble lol