Red Sox/MLB 2023 Regular Season - 154-8 still possible - Adam Duvall suffered fractured wrist, no timetable set for his return
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they've set the home openers for both BOS/WOR; (weather dependent);
BAL/BOS Thursday 12:30 on NESN (Game is 2:10);
Friday: Syracuse opens Worcester's home schedule on NESN (4 PM);
AA Portland starts 4/6/23 @ Hadlock vs. Binghamton (AA-Mets)
BAL/BOS Thursday 12:30 on NESN (Game is 2:10);
Friday: Syracuse opens Worcester's home schedule on NESN (4 PM);
AA Portland starts 4/6/23 @ Hadlock vs. Binghamton (AA-Mets)
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Loved it until I saw Braiser's stall
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Yeah but he’s gonna hit like 10 sick-looking upper deck tanks with those 300 K’s and Idc if he’s a Yankee I will celebrate the King of Worcester
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I'm excited for tomorrow.
I'm not going to be unrealistically optimistic but I am a lot higher on this team than the national experts seem to be. The interesting thing is that all the mlb.com and espn talking heads think we're easy last place finishers, but the sites that use statistical models to project (fangraphs, fivethirtyeight) are actually much more forgiving and put us at .500 or slightly over and within striking distance of the last wild card - and I think if they're that close by August they're buying in at the deadline to improve the roster down the stretch. I think that they could rally behind the "nobody believed in us" banner kind of like 2013 (but don't get me wrong, I don't think they're winning the division or the World Series) and outperform expectations.
Don't want to say they'll definitely make it but I do think they'll be in the race fighting for a WC spot all year. Not to put too much stock into opening day but with things in the AL East looking so tight this year it'd be nice to get a good jump start over the Orioles with the 3 games at home.
I'm not going to be unrealistically optimistic but I am a lot higher on this team than the national experts seem to be. The interesting thing is that all the mlb.com and espn talking heads think we're easy last place finishers, but the sites that use statistical models to project (fangraphs, fivethirtyeight) are actually much more forgiving and put us at .500 or slightly over and within striking distance of the last wild card - and I think if they're that close by August they're buying in at the deadline to improve the roster down the stretch. I think that they could rally behind the "nobody believed in us" banner kind of like 2013 (but don't get me wrong, I don't think they're winning the division or the World Series) and outperform expectations.
Don't want to say they'll definitely make it but I do think they'll be in the race fighting for a WC spot all year. Not to put too much stock into opening day but with things in the AL East looking so tight this year it'd be nice to get a good jump start over the Orioles with the 3 games at home.
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I am stoked for the new baseball season in general, not only the Red Sox. Curious to see how the new rules change the flow of the game. And if everything goes accordingly, they may finally get the robo ump in for next season.
Concerning the Red Sox W-L record, it's difficult task for this team. They lost a lot of close games last year due to a bad bullpen and also had many injuries on top of that. The SP-depth alone should come a long way over a dragging regular season.
If I were a betting man, I'd say above .500, probably slightly...85. Not enough to make the PS.
Concerning the Red Sox W-L record, it's difficult task for this team. They lost a lot of close games last year due to a bad bullpen and also had many injuries on top of that. The SP-depth alone should come a long way over a dragging regular season.
If I were a betting man, I'd say above .500, probably slightly...85. Not enough to make the PS.
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Bullpen should be much improved, Lineup should be solid, it's the rotation that's the question mark.
If Sale, Paxton, Kluber are healthy and effective, 92 wins, yeah. If they get shut down for the year in June with shoulder soreness and post a 5 ERA when they are pitching, 70 wins. I suspect in the end it's not going out on a limb to assume they end up somewhere in between those two extremes. Like one of those three pitchers is good, one is half-and-half, and one is just null.
If Sale, Paxton, Kluber are healthy and effective, 92 wins, yeah. If they get shut down for the year in June with shoulder soreness and post a 5 ERA when they are pitching, 70 wins. I suspect in the end it's not going out on a limb to assume they end up somewhere in between those two extremes. Like one of those three pitchers is good, one is half-and-half, and one is just null.
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I’m expecting Yoshida to replace Bogaerts production
Story will be big add
Sox were 54-43 when Story played a 91.2 win total
Story will be big add
Sox were 54-43 when Story played a 91.2 win total
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Fun fact I just stumbled across: Rafael Devers was born the same day the Yankees won the 1996 World Series.
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