I think the Red Sox did better by signing Suarez instead of bregman.
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Point is we could have had both lol
Go away, John Henry bootlicker
And the Bregman smear campaign begins
They needed to fill 3b though.
Maybe you don’t know this but Bregman plays 3B and Contreras plays 1B. Hope that helps.
Get in line, bootlicker!!!1
But I think a lot of us felt the lineup needed more last year. If these two basically wash out offensively (as these stats would suggest), that still just leaves the Red Sox where they were.
Bregman made a play at third base every almost single game that was amazing.
And he hit well in fenway. His loss is yuge!
Bregman was a great locker room guy. Guys like Anthony looked up to him. Wish we kept him.
He would be that bat on top of it. This offense is in the same exact place as the 2nd half of last year and a better rotation doesn’t make up for not scoring.
They played way too many close games stranding runners.
They’ve needed a first baseman for five years and now the hole is at third.
Compare Bregman and Mayer.
I love how Contreras comes right and you know he’s ready to fight
I like the Contreras move, but showing that your 1b is as good a hitter as the 3b you didn’t get isn’t the flex you seem to think it is.
We had Bregman.
WE lost him for literally the lack of a NTC. Thats it. Thats what we lost a known commodity for.
This guy’s going to be shocked when he finds out players play the field as well.
It’s not 1:1 brah, they fill different needs on the roster
Gold Glove 3B vs DH…
The point was to get both of them to make to offense better but they failed
Suarez lol
What are your solutions for the other three infield positions? In other replies you’ve mentioned Mayer at third and story at second, but who’s playing short? Or if story is at short who’s at second? Or if Mayer is at second who’s at third?
At some point Casas is going to come back, and we all know this will be the year both he and yoshida ironically figure out the bat and then we have to rotate them through dh along with one of the 4 outfielders we are going to carry, all while having to start hamilton for close to 80 games…
It was a good add. 3yrs (2+1) at like $18M per is really reasonable, too.
People are rightfully pointing out that he’s not a 3B, but we didn’t choose Contreras over Bregman; we chose Suarez over Bregman. I know not literally because of the timing of the contracts, but we were willing to pay Suarez, but not Bregman
This isn’t a one-or-the-other choice … they could have easily had both Bregman and Suarez.
Anyway, be ready to lose a lot of low-scoring games.
It’s because not getting him back made choosing him over raffy a useless move. Now they’re both gone and the return was minuscule.
This has nothing to do with if raffy was a pill or not, strictly from the talent standpoint
It’s more than just not getting Bregman. Let’s be real.
Really? Did it have to be one or the other? This is why ownership treats fans like shit these days.
They know most are sheep and will get in line.
The OP must work for the Sox. This is a RIDICULOUS take from a “fan”. The Sox can afford a lot of things. The ONLY person who says the Sox can “only afford” X or Y is John Henry and his moronic shills
Por que no los dos homie
Why is this hard to accept that the sox blew this by being incompetent cheapos. We could have a good 3b next year, that doesnt mean the didnt sox blow it as well
1) could have done both
2) this is ignoring the difference positional for both Bregman’s bat AND defense
3) While I think your comparison is bad I do think they can kind of salvage this offseason. Still kind of annoying the Sox are Tier 2 spenders now but we’ll live
really great ratio here with a lot of solid follow up comments
This is the problem with some of you baseball nerds. Intangibles matter. Is this john Henry’s burner account?
I’m never gonna get the FSG knob-slobbing some of y’all engage in.
Why would it be either or? We could’ve had both
I mean we could of had Multiple game changers but if you guys are okay with another year down the drain okay
As long as everyone stays healthy and Anthony and Mayer are both ready to be MLBers and no one cares that Ceddane is wasted at 2B, we should be fine.
So they’re the same hitter but bregman plays gold glove defense at a harder position. Not exactly a win.
Alex Bregman was a plus-defensive player at a premium defensive position last season.
Wilson Contreras was a poor defensive player at the easiest defensive position to play on the entire field.
A more accurate comparison would be to point out that Bregman had an entire 1.0 more in WAR than Contreras while playing 20 fewer games the entire season. There is no way in the world you can convince me that swapping Bregman for Contreras is a wash.
Now check their war instead of cherry picked stats
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Point is we could have had both lol
Go away, John Henry bootlicker
And the Bregman smear campaign begins
They needed to fill 3b though.
Maybe you don’t know this but Bregman plays 3B and Contreras plays 1B. Hope that helps.
Get in line, bootlicker!!!1
But I think a lot of us felt the lineup needed more last year. If these two basically wash out offensively (as these stats would suggest), that still just leaves the Red Sox where they were.
Bregman made a play at third base every almost single game that was amazing.
And he hit well in fenway. His loss is yuge!
Bregman was a great locker room guy. Guys like Anthony looked up to him. Wish we kept him.
He would be that bat on top of it. This offense is in the same exact place as the 2nd half of last year and a better rotation doesn’t make up for not scoring.
They played way too many close games stranding runners.
They’ve needed a first baseman for five years and now the hole is at third.
Compare Bregman and Mayer.
I love how Contreras comes right and you know he’s ready to fight
I like the Contreras move, but showing that your 1b is as good a hitter as the 3b you didn’t get isn’t the flex you seem to think it is.
We had Bregman.
WE lost him for literally the lack of a NTC. Thats it. Thats what we lost a known commodity for.
This guy’s going to be shocked when he finds out players play the field as well.
It’s not 1:1 brah, they fill different needs on the roster
Gold Glove 3B vs DH…
The point was to get both of them to make to offense better but they failed
Suarez lol
What are your solutions for the other three infield positions? In other replies you’ve mentioned Mayer at third and story at second, but who’s playing short? Or if story is at short who’s at second? Or if Mayer is at second who’s at third?
At some point Casas is going to come back, and we all know this will be the year both he and yoshida ironically figure out the bat and then we have to rotate them through dh along with one of the 4 outfielders we are going to carry, all while having to start hamilton for close to 80 games…
It was a good add. 3yrs (2+1) at like $18M per is really reasonable, too.
People are rightfully pointing out that he’s not a 3B, but we didn’t choose Contreras over Bregman; we chose Suarez over Bregman. I know not literally because of the timing of the contracts, but we were willing to pay Suarez, but not Bregman
This isn’t a one-or-the-other choice … they could have easily had both Bregman and Suarez.
Anyway, be ready to lose a lot of low-scoring games.
It’s because not getting him back made choosing him over raffy a useless move. Now they’re both gone and the return was minuscule.
This has nothing to do with if raffy was a pill or not, strictly from the talent standpoint
It’s more than just not getting Bregman. Let’s be real.
Really? Did it have to be one or the other? This is why ownership treats fans like shit these days.
They know most are sheep and will get in line.
The OP must work for the Sox. This is a RIDICULOUS take from a “fan”. The Sox can afford a lot of things. The ONLY person who says the Sox can “only afford” X or Y is John Henry and his moronic shills
Por que no los dos homie
Why is this hard to accept that the sox blew this by being incompetent cheapos. We could have a good 3b next year, that doesnt mean the didnt sox blow it as well
1) could have done both
2) this is ignoring the difference positional for both Bregman’s bat AND defense
3) While I think your comparison is bad I do think they can kind of salvage this offseason. Still kind of annoying the Sox are Tier 2 spenders now but we’ll live
really great ratio here with a lot of solid follow up comments
This is the problem with some of you baseball nerds. Intangibles matter. Is this john Henry’s burner account?
I’m never gonna get the FSG knob-slobbing some of y’all engage in.
Why would it be either or? We could’ve had both
I mean we could of had Multiple game changers but if you guys are okay with another year down the drain okay
As long as everyone stays healthy and Anthony and Mayer are both ready to be MLBers and no one cares that Ceddane is wasted at 2B, we should be fine.
Holy cope lol
different positions.
https://i.redd.it/tspt9fextsdg1.gif
So they’re the same hitter but bregman plays gold glove defense at a harder position. Not exactly a win.
Alex Bregman was a plus-defensive player at a premium defensive position last season.
Wilson Contreras was a poor defensive player at the easiest defensive position to play on the entire field.
A more accurate comparison would be to point out that Bregman had an entire 1.0 more in WAR than Contreras while playing 20 fewer games the entire season. There is no way in the world you can convince me that swapping Bregman for Contreras is a wash.
Now check their war instead of cherry picked stats