Red Sox Prediction…

[Anathema]

It’s 3:17pm on March 30, 2023. Opening Day at Fenway Park is in the Top of the 4th inning and the Baltimore Orioles are already slapping the Boston Red Sux around 4-1.

This Red Sox team won’t win 70 games this season. The sports books have them between 77.5-78.5 wins. If I were a betting man I’d put my mortgage on the UNDER.

Ooops… 5-1 and the bases are still loaded.

Another lost season under this ownership/management group for what used to be one of the GREAT franchises in zMLB.

 

[odanny]

Has the rest of the division gotten that much better, or are the Red Sox really that bad? The Yankees are built to win it all, and Toronto has a nucleus of young studs, don't know about the rest of the division.

 

[Anathema]

McRib the Red Sox are REALLY THAT BAD. The management has allowed quality players to leave and replaced them with nothing (minor leaguers, cheap never/where’s and never/will-he’s, etc…).

Their pitching staff is literally a joke. Their #1 starter walked 6, hit 2, and gave up 2 HRs today. He couldn’t find the plate with a road map despite a $10 Million contract.

I expect a half empty ballpark by Patriots Day and pitchforks/torches on Landsdown St by Memorial Day.

 

[odanny]

I'm watching the Blue Jays just rock the Cardinals in their own ballpark after they had an awesome pre-game parade of former Cardinals All Stars and Hall of Famers. Top of the 1st still, 3-0 Toronto, Mikolas already has thrown 30 pitches to get 2 outs.

 

[Anathema]

Boston down 10-7 going to the Top of the 9th. I stand by my prediction… they were not win 70 games this season.

 

[odanny]

#4 overall prospect, Jordan Walker, walks up to his first big league at bat and strokes a fastball up the middle for a single on the first pitch.

 

[Anathema]

McRib 10-9 Baltimore FINAL.

68-94 is my prediction for Boston this season. 5th in the AL East

 

[odanny]

I don't ever expect Boston to finish last. And I'll tell ya what, I'm loving these new changes, the game is moving so much faster, it is great. I might start watching again.

 

[Anathema]

McRib I fully agree on the rule changes. There were several violations in Boston today. Devers struck out on a clock violation in a very important at bay. They’re great. Move the game along.

 

[odanny]

McRib I fully agree on the rule changes. There were several violations in Boston today. Devers struck out on a clock violation in a very important at bay. They’re great. Move the game along.

The Cubs game only went 2:21, that's more like it!

 

[Jarlaxle]

McRib the Red Sox are REALLY THAT BAD. The management has allowed quality players to leave and replaced them with nothing (minor leaguers, cheap never/where’s and never/will-he’s, etc…).

Their pitching staff is literally a joke. Their #1 starter walked 6, hit 2, and gave up 2 HRs today. He couldn’t find the plate with a road map despite a $10 Million contract.

I expect a half empty ballpark by Patriots Day and pitchforks/torches on Landsdown(sic) St by Memorial Day.

Ye gods. The only "quality player" that left was Bogaerts...because the Padres threw a trainload of money at him, and probably crippled their franchise for a decade with it. If a GM suggested matching it, I would FIRE him on the spot if I owned a team. They extended Devers (younger and less likely to get hurt), and signed a couple low risk/high reward players (Turner) and a possible superstar (Masataka Yoshida, though I would not bat him cleanup).

Corey Kluber had ONE bad start. It happens. Heck, I watched Roger Clemens not get out of the second inning.

 

[odanny]

Kluber used to be great, former Cy Young winner in Cleveland, if I recall. Yesterday was the 34th birthday of Chris Sale, how much did he get paid last season? Pretty sure I heard he pitched 5 innings last season. That signing was a huge mistake, but when that guy was with the other Sox team he was the nastiest lefty in baseball.

 

[okfine]

I'm watching the Blue Jays just rock the Cardinals in their own ballpark after they had an awesome pre-game parade of former Cardinals All Stars and Hall of Famers. Top of the 1st still, 3-0 Toronto, Mikolas already has thrown 30 pitches to get 2 outs.

That was surprising to see.