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Re: Red Sox 2025 Season
« Reply #255 on: Yesterday at 06:22:25 PM »

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Yeah the collapse might be happening now...  :(

Yep. Probably should have done more at the deadline than adding May, who the Dodgers were ready to DFA.  :P
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Re: Red Sox 2025 Season
« Reply #256 on: Yesterday at 07:26:49 PM »

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Yeah, this seems like a collapsing. Can?t beat their closest competition, at home. No one stepping up.
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Re: Red Sox 2025 Season
« Reply #257 on: Yesterday at 08:26:50 PM »

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Cora's gonna get fired if they miss the playoffs this year but while he has his flaws, I put it more on Breslow. He's done some good for sure, but the lack of significant deadline moves while literally everyone else around them made moves, and also just the lack of depth is starting to really show. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Relying on a 3-man rotation and 2-man bullpen may work in tight playoff series, but not a 162-game season. Buehler was a disaster too, and evidently it seems they don't really have a 2B, or even a backup 1B behind Casas (it's been a revolving door all year)

And I mean, this is a pretty pivotal series, right? Meanwhile we're playing the likes of Eaton, Sogard, Hamilton, etc. pretty often. Ugh.
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Re: Red Sox 2025 Season
« Reply #258 on: Today at 10:06:20 AM »

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Crochet needs to be a stopper.  Immediately!
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Re: Red Sox 2025 Season
« Reply #259 on: Today at 11:02:04 AM »

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Crochet needs to be a stopper.  Immediately!
Meaning a shutout?  Because this team, as currently constructed, can't score because they can't run the bases, they can't bunt, and they cannot move runners over from 2nd with no out, or get them in from third with less than 2 outs.  They are a team with speed and no power that strikes out like power hitting teams.  Not a good team construction.

Re: Red Sox 2025 Season
« Reply #260 on: Today at 11:57:33 AM »

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Crochet needs to be a stopper.  Immediately!
Meaning a shutout?  Because this team, as currently constructed, can't score because they can't run the bases, they can't bunt, and they cannot move runners over from 2nd with no out, or get them in from third with less than 2 outs.  They are a team with speed and no power that strikes out like power hitting teams.  Not a good team construction.

Yeah pitching is not the problem. I'd also argue some of their recent pitching woes (like Chapman looking human) is because they are being run to the ground now and being relied upon a ton. Offense needs to step up, particularly the likes of Bregman.

But also it's rough because after the 5th spot in the lineup, most of the remaining lineup is filled with the likes of Sogard, Eaton, Hamilton, Yoshida (groundout merchant), Wong, etc.

Sucks about Anthony but they also need Abreu back soon to help there
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