Red Sox 2025-26 Off Season

[slamtheking]

I've never heard of Durbin tbh so idk what to make of the trade lol

But yeah, now Jose Bello is the only guy remaining from the Devers trade. Just a god awful trade (and for salary dumping reasons for ownership to pocket, that's it)

Yeah, I was touting Harrison as the big piece in the Devers deal, if they used that to get Durbin, a RH power bat, kudos.

New projected lineup:

C:  Narvaez
1B:  Contreras
2B:  Mayer
SS:  Story
3B:  Durbin
LF:  Anthony
CF:  Rafaela
RF:  Abreu
DH:  Duran

WS here we come!

I haven't heard Durbin described as a power bet.  Where have you seen that?

he's not a power bat but has decent power.  he's pretty good in the field too.  wouldn't anchor your offense around him but will be a solid spot in the line-up.

[Redz]

I've never heard of Durbin tbh so idk what to make of the trade lol

But yeah, now Jose Bello is the only guy remaining from the Devers trade. Just a god awful trade (and for salary dumping reasons for ownership to pocket, that's it)

Yeah, I was touting Harrison as the big piece in the Devers deal, if they used that to get Durbin, a RH power bat, kudos.

New projected lineup:

C:  Narvaez
1B:  Contreras
2B:  Mayer
SS:  Story
3B:  Durbin
LF:  Anthony
CF:  Rafaela
RF:  Abreu
DH:  Duran

WS here we come!

I haven't heard Durbin described as a power bet.  Where have you seen that?

he's not a power bat but has decent power.  he's pretty good in the field too.  wouldn't anchor your offense around him but will be a solid spot in the line-up.

He'll fit right in with the solid, but not spectacular lineup.

[slamtheking]

I've never heard of Durbin tbh so idk what to make of the trade lol

But yeah, now Jose Bello is the only guy remaining from the Devers trade. Just a god awful trade (and for salary dumping reasons for ownership to pocket, that's it)

Yeah, I was touting Harrison as the big piece in the Devers deal, if they used that to get Durbin, a RH power bat, kudos.

New projected lineup:

C:  Narvaez
1B:  Contreras
2B:  Mayer
SS:  Story
3B:  Durbin
LF:  Anthony
CF:  Rafaela
RF:  Abreu
DH:  Duran

WS here we come!

I haven't heard Durbin described as a power bet.  Where have you seen that?

he's not a power bat but has decent power.  he's pretty good in the field too.  wouldn't anchor your offense around him but will be a solid spot in the line-up.

He'll fit right in with the solid, but not spectacular lineup.

I'd swap that line-up with the Brewer line-up all day and twice on Sunday.  Only 2 bats starting for the Brewers that might crack that Sox line-up are Chourio and Contreras. 

[Ilikesports17]

Durbin seemed a fan favorite in Milwaukee. Decent contact hitter that more importantly is a versatile infield defender.

With no second baseman and major injury question marks at SS and third we really need a solid defender that we can play at different spots throughout the infield.

Strange for Milwaukee to dump him for Harrison given their lack of infield talent and the amount of SP they have. Makes me worry one of the best pitching labs in baseball sees something they love in Harrison.

[Phantom255x]

The pitching and pitching depth is awesome. The defense is better too with Durbin + Contreras, and hopefully more Mayer in the infield. I still wonder though if the lineup is good enough. They are relying a lot on guys like Contreras, Casas, etc. as well as Anthony + Mayer staying healthy. Even then, they lost Bregman and still don't have a ton of pop in the lineup outside of 2-3 bats.

I don't think we lost the Yankees series last year because of pitching. Our offense just didn't have enough juice and besides Yoshida and Bregman didn't have too many clutch guys either. They got shutout in Game 3, Early and the bullpen that night mostly kept them in it otherwise.

And frankly, I still don't think we replaced Devers in the lineup.