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Me as a Red Sox fan

@DanBFox1287 @PaviaAj1052 @Hogdale_ Not scoring on that tag up was a big one lol but not enough to hate the guy!

@PaviaAj1052 @Hogdale_ I'm not making an opinion on a guy's baseball IQ off a handful of plays, particularly at his secondary position. He controls the strike zone and went 9 for 11 on SB attempts. That's a much better indicator to me that he knows what is going on.

I’m genuinely so confused how someone could hate Nate Eaton lol. Putting aside the fact that he is an extremely useful player that does a lot of things well, the Red Sox probably dont make the postseason if he doesn’t hit .370 in September

@wOBAWanKenobi Abreu gonna mash. No platoon there

My 2026 Do Not Draft List 🚫 Elly De La Cruz (Top 6 overall for a 26% K% is crazy when I can get Perdomo to produce the same 3-4 rounds later) Bryan Woo (Injury history, 1 dominant pitch) Freddie Freeman (old) Kyle Stowers (Fluke year) Brice Turang (Prefer the 2Bs below him) Josh Naylor (SBs gonna go down) Trea Turner (old) Bo Bichette (mid) Corey Seager (never healthy) Randy Arozarena (20/20 guy but he burned me one year with the .219 avg so screw him) Bryon Buxton (we all know why) Yandy Diaz (mid) William Contreras (I prefer the Catchers below him) Michael Harris (20/20 guy just not a fan) Jose Altuve (dinosaur) Tyler Glasnow (his name says it all) Brenton Doyle (just lol) Spencer Strider (I stashed him last year just for him to poop the bed, never again with him. He's just not the same) Aaron Nola (declining) Matt Chapman (too old 21 HRs, just there for the glove) Will Smith (old) Wilyer Abreu (role) Basically if you're old, I'm not drafting ya!

Dreaming on this: Abreu & Roman- 35+ HR each Story & Contreras- 25+ HR each Rafaela, Duran, Yoshida- 20+ HR each Durbin, Narvaez, Mayer- 15+ HR each Low end: 225 HRs (5th in 2025) 15th w/ 186 last year. Likely floor number: 175 HRs+ (if healthy)

@EricCrossMLB Drake Baldwin/Carter Jensen the best of the bunch.

The amount of catchers I'm super high on is starting to worry me. This is the deepest and most talented the position has been in a long, long time.

Starting to understand this term “aura”

@BenCampb_ 10-2 HOT STREAK

I don't know how many people realize how potentially difficult the start of the season could be for the Red Sox. Start with Cincinnati but then have three likely playoff teams with Houston, San Diego, and Milwaukee. What record do you think Boston has in their first 12 games?

@HawkEmDownChris Johnny Damon

Age yourself by naming an MLB center fielder you grew up watching. I’ll start: Mike Trout.

If MLB games were played with the same emotion and passion as WBC games, baseball would be the number one global sport in less than a decade.

Where were you when WC-40 changed everything?

@NDiamondMedia I just applied. Thanks for the consideration and opportunity!

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After coaching baseball for 1,000,000 years, I've finally started using a magnetic lineup board in the dugout. I gotta say it's been pretty helpful considering we use most (if not all) of our nine subs every game.

@Sauxxxtime34 I do too, I split them bc i am not sure who will go where. I think Durbin at 3B with Mayer at 2B if Romy was healthy. But with Monasterio potentially being the LHP killer, maybe Mayer at 3B to platoon with him there. I like IKF as a depth piece in a thin depth year but this year?

@Sox_Dacks I think you see Durbin play 3rd 140+ as long as he’s healthy

Let’s assume: LF Roman SS Story DH Duran 1B Contreras RF Abreu 2B/3B Durbin 2B/3B Mayer C Narvaez CF Rafaela BN Wong, IKF, Yoshida (rotating 4th BN) Rotate into 4th spot- Eaton, Campbell, Casas, Monasterio, Thaiss, Romy

There’s no clear path for Campbell or Yoshida. Casas is the more needed bat on bench.

STARTS- 3B Mayer 60 Durbin 70 IKF 12 Monasterio 20 STARTS- 2B Mayer 60 Durbin 70 IKF 12 Romy 20 Honestly, too many “depth” INF guys with some needed skills. Probably less starts for a bunch of guys bc of that. Might not be a bad thing tho. Yoshida?

Abreu 142m RF 10gm DH Duran 82gm DH 60gm LF 10gm CF Rafaela 152gm CF Roman 102gm LF 20gm RF 30gm DH Abreu 152gm Duran 152gm Rafaela 152gm Roman 152gm 40 DH gms to cover (Contreras/Casas/Yoshida) Duran week: 3- DH 2- OF Roman week: 4- OF 1- DH

@AlexWilsonESM @DanBFox1287 And Ceddanne Rafaela cuts his Chase rate by 5% and he’d be best CF in baseball. Jones needs more than cutting K rate. He has to stop missing the in zone pitch and catch up to fastballs in the upper third a bit better. His power is incredible though

@DanBFox1287 Listen, Daniel, been covering the Yankees for 7 years. It’s okay to have feedback, don’t be an asshole, I know you can do it! Obviously I’m suggesting if he can get the strikeouts down over time. It’s called development.

Spring training is undoubtedly the funniest time of the year

@DanBFox1287 Dude was 5th percentile in zone contact in minors last year. He’d need significant growth in contact skills to even be a Joey Gallo bat

If Spencer Jones cuts his Triple-A strikeout “a few points” he would be a semi-decent platoon bat

@BOSSportsGordo Not single year

Up 67 pounds in a year???