John Ball

he/him. Boston-born actor & sports fan.

[John Ball @burnedwick]

To underperform 2011 Carl Crawford and 2015 Pablo Sandoval when you were hailed as prospect of the future is insane. Biggest bust in the last 30+ years of the Red Sox: Marcelo Mayer

[John Ball @burnedwick]

@BOSSportsGordo @Feinsand Yeah can you tell me how much was paid for Mason Miller? Wasn't it the number 2 prospect in baseball? I think they might be ok. Wasn't Tanner Scott traded for Robbie Snelling? Guys reliever markets are pretty high and so will be Duran and Gray with their deals vs the market.

[John Ball @burnedwick]

@Jared_Carrabis I just think back to 2021 when it was like hell yeah we have four 25+ HR hitters let’s step on the gas and get Schwarber. Then the offseason was just “ok now that you got that out of your system, back to poverty town!”

[𝓟𝓻𝓲𝓶𝓮 @primethornton]

I’ve never felt this sad over a non Celtics loss ever

[John Ball @burnedwick]

Red Sox bWAR leaders out of players drafted & signed post 2011 Mookie Draft:

T1. Jarren Duran '18 & Andrew Benintendi '15 - 16.0
3. Mauricio Dubon '13 - 9.0
4. Tanner Houck '17 - 7.5
5. Michael Kopech '14 - 6.0

Not sure if we should not trade/rely on the farm to save us

[John Ball @burnedwick]

@JackKennedy

[John Ball @burnedwick]

HOW???? Is schottenheimer that bad #17-0

[Zac Hill @zdch]

The whole 82-0 phenomenon reinforces that whole bit about how the only thing a bunch of dudes need in order to have a good time is to sit around announcing the names of a bunch of old athletes.

[sean @_sn_n]

“keep politics out of sports” conservatives when it is their politics in sports

[John Ball @burnedwick]

The Red Sox, a playoff team in 2025, just got swept by a mid-market team that dealt 10 of their active players at the deadline and fired their manager last year. What a complete joke of a franchise the Boston Red Sox have become.

[John Ball @burnedwick]

@Jared_Carrabis See I knew I saw this before at Fenway

[John Ball @burnedwick]

It’s wild that sports journalism has come to such AI slop and on spots that used to maybe have meaning like SI. This was from 38 minutes ago not an old article on Diggs and potentially coming back to the Patriots

[John Ball @burnedwick]

I think they shut down Guantanamo when they realized they could just make people watch the Boston Bruins in the playoffs

[John Ball @burnedwick]

The finish of #wrestlemania

[Nick @NickZararis]

Heat 2 with DiCaprio and Bale is like finding out the stripper actually does love you

[John Ball @burnedwick]

@ShamsCharania Bagley is still hooping???

[John Ball @burnedwick]

Ah almost a year to the day with the Red Sox FO AGAIN

[John Ball @burnedwick]

The Red Sox FO when it comes to signing a high profile FA

[John Ball @burnedwick]

Dude Will Campbell said it first

[John Ball @burnedwick]

Can’t wait for @CameronNewton to disagree with all deep ball stats & say something like “doesn’t pass the eye test” on Drake Maye and call him a game manager tomorrow. 😤

[John Ball @burnedwick]

Helluva speech