Luke

Only here for baseball updates and the hot takes. #RedSox #DirtyWater

[Luke @LukeStreng]

This can’t come soon enough!

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@RedSeatPodcast Contreras, Early, Tolle and Abreu should be untouchable; everyone else is for sale if the price is right.

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@MarkParadisJr @PalmerDesigns_ Deep cut.

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@Nyanasaur Murakami was a HUGE missed opportunity.

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@MarkParadisJr @PalmerDesigns_ Why not trade Anthony? I’m convinced durability will be an ongoing issue for him.

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@TimBinTB @Jared_Carrabis As far as payroll, I looked at the relationship between wins and salary earlier this season.

[Luke @LukeStreng]

@TimBinTB @Jared_Carrabis Do you extend that philosophy to players as well? If so where are you with Anthony, the face of the franchise? Only 62 PA, 68 WRC+ and a negative fWAR.

[Luke @LukeStreng]

@jeff_CVN65 @MattGross87 That makes no sense. Tracy has gotten better results out of the same roster or AAA replacements.

[Tyler Milliken @tylermilliken_]

Rival evaluators just flaming the Red Sox offense in @alexspeier’s new piece:

“I can’t believe they are content going with so many [Triple-A] players — utility infielders — at the bottom of the lineup.”

“Lot of guys on the team who satisfy the model but are role players who are being overexposed.”

“I’m still confused on the Red Sox roster construction and truthfully how they thought it would turn out any different than it has. The holes that were there at the start of the season are still there.”

[Luke @LukeStreng]

@WFB3Sox @Jared_Carrabis Dodgers also use Driveline and seem to be doing fine.

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@TimBinTB @Jared_Carrabis Don’t we have 4 World Series championships under John Henry?! That’s more than any other team since we broke the curse.

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@fadelinez_ Hard pass on Cora; he has proven he can’t analyze talent well. I’d much rather have Eddie Romero or Raquel Ferreira. I’d also love to have Theo Epstein fix this mess.

[Luke @LukeStreng]

@HebHammer94 We might be better off. Hear me out: if we didn’t have Contreras’s production and leadership, would Breslow still have a job and could we have a full rebuild underway…

[Luke @LukeStreng]

@raudyp12 @DannyF19895 @Steve_Perrault @klwoodjr lol; every team that has won rings in the last decade + has had a strong analytics department.

[Luke @LukeStreng]

@FRI1339 @Jared_Carrabis They’ve spent this whole season trying to help him yet his attitude has been terrible. They were setting him up for success by putting an opener in front of him. He can’t get out of his own way. Personally glad he’s in AAA. Let the next man up have a shot.

[Luke @LukeStreng]

@jerms_yo @TheDKKing2 @tylermilliken_ @RochieWBZ Thankfully Anthony’s contract is structured so that we’re only eating $2M this season.

[Luke @LukeStreng]

At this point I’d accept signing @BauerOutage at league minimum to open for Bello (and likely replace him).

[Luke @LukeStreng]

@willhcm @toph_guy @tylermilliken_ You got a follow out of it.

[Jared Carrabis @Jared_Carrabis]

I understand it’s preposterous to have to cater to a big league pitcher like this, but if it works, then why do the Red Sox keep going away from the opener? He’s proven time and time again that he sucks as a starter and is fantastic as a bulk reliever. Just find the right opener.

[Luke @LukeStreng]

@discodanthecane @yinzer_g @BigBillyMazza What did you study at Miami? Only curious because a close friend of mine is a professor there.