This division is terrible unlike last year. It’s the yankee and orioles. That’s it.
This division is terrible unlike last year. It’s the yankee and orioles. That’s it.
The chrome is coming off the trailer hitch boys. Reality is catching up with the Sox, who cannot compete at Fenway Park.
31,801 announced as attendance last night. How many were Sox fans, and how many were Cubs fans?🤫
Imanga is off to a pretty good start with the Cubs. Supposedly the Red Sox made the first offer to him at 2yrs $26M. 2yrs was not going to get any deal done. In other words why bother?
Last edited by Old Red; 04-27-2024 at 07:56 AM.
They wouldn't beat the Cubs' guarantee of $53 million. Very indicative of their disciplined approach the last few years.Originally Posted by Old Red
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
I was pretty high on him, but I was on others, too, who are hurt or struggling.They wouldn't beat the Cubs' guarantee of $53 million. Very indicative of their disciplined approach the last few years.
I liked Seth Lugo, too.
Here are some selected FWARs
1. Crawford 1.4
3. Houck 1.1
8. Imanaga 0.9
13. S Lugo & Yamamoto 0.8
23. T Roger 0.7 (trade talk)
27. M Perez, M Wacha 0.6
42. Severino, C Sale, Nate 0.5
The list of injured or struggling SP'ers might be longer.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
I did watch the game--enough to see clearly it was a matter of one pitcher having good stuff and the other not. End of story.
Except that Imanaga reminds a whole lot of Koji Uehara, especially in 2013. Uehara had just two pitches, a pretty nasty splitter and a kind of a nothing 4 seamer that rarely topped 88 mph. But he had great control and, even more important, confidence, and was unbelievably effective, especially in the postseason.
This guy Imanaga relies heavily on the same two pitches, but his fastball is around 90-93 mph and his splitter is just as wicked as Koji's. So instead of 1 or 2 innings, he went 6.1. Plus he made that fantastic play on a truly excellent drag bunt by Duran--caught it backhanded and then made a perfect flip with his glove to beat the runner.
I'm not sure I would have plunked down a ton of money for a two-pitch repertoire, but there was no doubt last night he had our guys in his hip pocket.
I'll start an Out of Town Scoreboard thread soon to track how all these guys are going.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
$53M/4 for Imanaga is not chump change, but it's not a ton of money, either.
It's about $14.3M/season which was less than Gio.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Here is the template, in order of most money spent on contracts and not counting traded players:
Ohtani
Yamamoto
Nola
ERod
S Gray
Snell
Imanaaga
S Lugo
J Hicks
Giolito
Stroman
Wacah
R Lopez
Manaea
N Martinez
Montgomery
Not sure how deep you want to go... (under $25M)
K Maeda
T Mahle
Woodruff
Montas
Fedde
Flaherty
Severino
Gibson
Under $12M
L Lynn
Kershaw
A Wood
Miley
Perez
Paxton
Junis
Under $6M
Lorenzen
Clevinger
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Yeah, Giolito doesn't have two pitches, but he does have two years to get paid for maybe throwing zero pitches.
Excellent starting point, thanks.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
I did not want Gio as a one choice addition, but at least we tried to do better than the $10M/1 guys like Kluber & Richards, or $5-7M on Wacha, Perez (twice) and Hill.
He was not thought of as an injury risk, but it seems to be something the 2024 Sox cannot avoid.
Next year, we should have Gio, Hendriks and Fulmer.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
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