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  1. The Gray Eagle

    The TrevorEnding Story: needs shoulder surgery, out for the year (4/9 update)

    Okay children, it's Story time. For this team to do anything, we're really going to need a full, effective season from Trevor Story. He showed at the end of last year that his defense was back, as he was vastly, vastly better than the guys we ran out there all year before his return. He didn't...
  2. The Gray Eagle

    Everybody hurts sometimes: The latest injuries

    Injuries always have a big impact on every team every year. This year's Sox roster has more question marks than the Riddler's suit, so health/injuries will probably be even more impactful than usual. Seems like we should have a place to talk about injury news updates, estimated return dates...
  3. The Gray Eagle

    2024 Red Sox spring training games

    Preseason games are now under way! Red Sox minor leaguers vs. Northeastern right now on NESN for those that partake.
  4. The Gray Eagle

    MLB's weirdest injuries of 2023

    Some classics this year: https://theathletic.com/5165105/2023/12/28/mlb-weird-injuries-2023/ Pete Fairbanks giving himself a black eye from dunking on his 3-year-old in the pool: Yusei Kikuchi: It's not just Fairbanks, plenty of MLB dads seem unable to care for their kids without injuring...
  5. The Gray Eagle

    Premier League closes the "Chelsea Loophole," plus more fights about money

    In exciting off-field accounting news, the Premier League voted to change the amortization rules going forward. New contracts can only be amortized for 5 years: https://theathletic.com/5131690/2023/12/13/premier-league-chelsea-loophole/ Sounds boring, but it's pretty important, especially for...
  6. The Gray Eagle

    Voices in their heads: the Pitch Com audio narration

    The Athletic has a fun article about the recorded voices in the Pitch Com system: https://theathletic.com/4975147/2023/10/19/pitchcom-mlb-playoffs-pitchers-catchers-voices/ View: https://twitter.com/PitchCom_Sports/status/1712977681732796631 In addition to the pitching signals, there are...
  7. The Gray Eagle

    The Rose-Bud Incident: 1973 Pete Rose-Bud Harrelson playoff brawl

    The 50th anniversary of this legendary brawl was the other day: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8xKLnO4hOs Guess how many players in this wild brawl were given suspensions, or even ejected from the game? Zero. It was different back then...
  8. The Gray Eagle

    The history of the walk

    Joe Posnanski has a really interesting article on the history of the walk. https://joeblogs.joeposnanski.com/p/a-brief-history-of-the-walk Walks have not always been part of baseball. I never had any idea that there were so many pitches in the old days. It's inconceivable now. Yeah, ask...
  9. The Gray Eagle

    Nazzan Zanetello, pick #50 overall

    With the 50th pick in the 2023 draft, the Boston Red Sox drafted Nazzan "The Palindrome" Zanetello. https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-select-nazzan-zanetello-no-50-in-2023-mlb-draft Full of confidence but also talking about hard work:
  10. The Gray Eagle

    The offense has become offensive

    Over the first 44 games of the season (before the west coast trip on May 19) the Red Sox record was 24-20. They scored 248 runs and allowed 232 in those games. Runs scored per game: 5.63. Runs allowed per game: 5.27. Good offense, really bad pitching. Good news everyone! In the 23 games...
  11. The Gray Eagle

    Justin Turner getting hit and getting hits

    Cool story about Justin Turner crowding the plate and getting hit by pitches like a modern Don Baylor or Ron Hunt. He's been hit by pitches 115 times, and holds the Dodger team record with 96...
  12. The Gray Eagle

    Whitlock July 2 update: leaves start with right elbow tightness

    (Update from today July 2 is below, after the posts from when he went on the IL in April) Dammit. Ulnar neuritis, to the IL. Bello called back up. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/04/red-sox-place-garrett-whitlock-on-il-with-ulnar-neuritis.html So we hope that it's like Romano's problem...
  13. The Gray Eagle

    Bally Sports RSNs "reportedly preparing to file bankrupcty"

    Bally Sports regional sports networks are apparently heading to bankruptcy court. The Bally Sports RSNs include broadcasts for 14 MLB teams, 16 NBA teams, and 12 NHL teams...
  14. The Gray Eagle

    What about Bobby?

    [Edited comments about Gurriel rumor that never happened] they already added Justin Turner, who is a RH bat that can cover first and third. So it seems like there isn't (or might not be) room for Dalbec on the roster. Looks like there are basically 3 options for Dalbec this year: 1. He gets...
  15. The Gray Eagle

    Fangraphs ZiPS projections for 2023 Red Sox

    Dan Szymborski's ZiPS projections for the Red Sox are out on Fangraphs. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2023-zips-projections-boston-red-sox/ Obviously these are just projections (educated guesses) but they are an interesting baseline, and it's fun to look at them and try to project which...
  16. The Gray Eagle

    Let’s sign a starting pitcher!

    There are several ways to improve last year’s lousy pitching. Signing a free agent starting pitcher is one obvious one. This thread is about the starters available as free agents, who they are, and whether the Red Sox might be interested in them. These quick profiles include the basic numbers...
  17. The Gray Eagle

    Gitter done, Theo: let's put all our dumb I mean brilliant trade suggestions in this thread

    I think we should have a thread where we talk about potential trades the red Sox might make. In other threads, people have suggested a bunch of trades we could make. A couple popular ideas: trading for Kepler from the Twins, or taking Yelich's contract from the Brewers in exchange for getting...
  18. The Gray Eagle

    Let's sign some hitters!

    This team has some holes to fill this offseason, and signing some free agents will likely be a big part of it. Home runs plummeted for this team this past year, and despite an offense that ranked pretty high in the league, it was too inconsistent and bad at situational hitting. Obviously, we...
  19. The Gray Eagle

    JD Powerless and Associates

    This team has had a huge dropoff in home runs this year. (There are still a few games left, so obviously these numbers aren't quite full season yet, but pretty close.) Last year, we hit 219 home runs. This year, 148 so far, a drop of 71, down 32% compared to last year. Home runs are down...
  20. The Gray Eagle

    CBA expires Dec. 2-- how will this affect the Red Sox?

    Looks like there will be a lockout if a new deal isn't agreed to by the end of the month. Silverman in the Glob looks at the situation: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/10/30/sports/answering-some-key-questions-mlbs-collective-bargaining-agreement-is-set-expire/ What the owners want: The...
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