Sox Therapy: Yoshida In The Spotlight

Masataka Yoshida has had a pretty damn good WBC, with a tournament record 13 RBI before tonight’s final vs. USA, fueled by a 1413 OPS. That’s around the same level as the headline-grabbing Trea Turner (1429) and Shohei Ohtani (1421). He also had an outfield assist in last night’s game, cutting a runner down at home, although that was more a byproduct of an aggressive but bad baserunning decision. I think I’m going to like this guy.

Hall of Merit: Reranking Right Fielders: Results

Ruth, Aaron, Ott and Robinson top our list of right fielders.

Sox Therapy: The Rostah

Well, baseball is back soon and it is time to start trying to figure out who the 2023 Boston Red Sox will be.  To say this team is a bit unsettled is an understatement but moves and options should help us pull things together a bit.

Of course a lot of unknowns remain.  There will be injuries and someone will show up at camp and dazzle us then go 1 for 19 and never be heard from again.  Let’s take a look at our expectations for the March 30th team;

INFIELD: Triston Casas, Christian Arroyo, ...

Hall of Merit: Reranking Center Fielders Ballot

Rank the 31 center fielders in the Hall of Merit

Richie Ashburn
Earl Averill
Cool Papa Bell
Carlos Beltran
Willard Brown
Pete Browning
Max Carey
Oscar Charleston
Ty Cobb
Andre Dawson
Joe DiMaggio
Larry Doby
Jim Edmonds
George Gore
Ken Griffey Jr
Billy Hamilton
Pete Hill
Paul Hines
Andruw Jones
Kenny Lofton
Mickey Mantle
Willie Mays
Alejandro Oms
Jim O’Rourke
Lip Pike
Edd Roush
Duke Snider
Tris Speaker
Turkey Stearnes
Cristobal Torriente
Jim Wynn

Hall of Merit: Ranking Center Fielders in the Hall of Merit - Discussion Thread

Rank the 31 center fielders in the Hall of Merit

Richie Ashburn
Earl Averill
Cool Papa Bell
Carlos Beltran
Willard Brown
Pete Browning
Max Carey
Oscar Charleston
Ty Cobb
Andre Dawson
Joe DiMaggio
Larry Doby
Jim Edmonds
George Gore
Ken Griffey Jr
Billy Hamilton
Pete Hill
Paul Hines
Andruw Jones
Kenny Lofton
Mickey Mantle
Willie Mays
Alejandro Oms
Jim O’Rourke
Lip Pike
Edd Roush
Duke Snider
Tris Speaker
Turkey Stearnes
Cristobal Torriente
Jim Wynn

Previous Results

Hall of Merit: Reranking Right Fielders: Ballot

Election will end 1st Mar 2023

Please rank the following 27 right fielders

Henry Aaron
Bobby Abreu
Bobby Bonds
Roberto Clemente
Sam Crawford
Dwight Evans
Elmer Flick
Vladimir Guerrero
Tony Gwynn
Harry Heilmann
Joe Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Al Kaline
Willie Keeler
King Kelly
Mel Ott
Frank Robinson
Pete Rose
Babe Ruth
Gary Sheffield
Enos Slaughter
Reggie Smith
Sammy Sosa
Sam Thompson
Larry Walker
Paul Waner
Dave Winfield

Sox Therapy: The Future Starts Now (Hopefully)

Hey all, sorry for the continued absence.  It’s been an interesting (and pretty crummy) off-season and I think we can agree and accept that the 2023 will not be one we look back at and say “wow, that was awesome!”

Winter Weekend was pretty illuminating.  The anger of the fan base was on display and while I felt it was a bit much I can’t say it was wrong.  The approach this winter has been pretty poor.  My biggest issue with Chaim Bloom has been his lack of decisiveness.  This goes back ...

Hall of Merit: Reranking Left Fielders: Results

Barry Bonds, Ted Williams and Stan Musial top our list of left fielders.

Hall of Merit: Ranking Right Fielders in the Hall of Merit - Discussion thread

Previous results can be found here

There are 27 Right Fielders in the Hall of Merit

Henry Aaron
Bobby Abreu
Bobby Bonds
Roberto Clemente
Sam Crawford
Dwight Evans
Elmer Flick
Vladimir Guerrero
Tony Gwynn
Harry Heilmann
Joe Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Al Kaline
Willie Keeler
King Kelly
Mel Ott
Frank Robinson
Pete Rose
Babe Ruth
Gary Sheffield
Enos Slaughter
Reggie Smith
Sammy Sosa
Sam Thompson
Larry Walker
Paul Waner
Dave Winfield

Hall of Merit: Reranking Left Fielders Ballot

Election will end 1st Feb 2023

Please rank the following left fielders

Lance Berkman
Barry Bonds
Jesse Burkett
Fred Clarke
Ed Delahanty
Goose Goslin
Rickey Henderson
Charley Jones
Charlie Keller
Joe Kelley
Ralph Kiner
Monte Irvin
Sherry Magee
Joe Medwick
Minnie Minoso
Stan Musial
Tim Raines
Manny Ramirez
Jimmy Sheckard
Al Simmons
Willie Stargell
Harry Stovey
Zack Wheat
Billy Williams
Ted Williams
Carl Yastrzemski