BIB on the Radio: Deciphering What The Red Sox Are Doing (And Not Doing)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring.
Hey, one thing the game needs is more people like you. You. You. You. You. You.
You. You. You. You. You. You.
Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring. Here's your host, Rob Ratcliffe. When it comes to the Red Sox, what does this mean? Well, it means you lost what would have been a really good fit. I mean, we can't ignore this. The fact of the matter is that the Red Sox were interested in this guy. He fit what they needed very, very well. They knew that, and they lost out to the Orioles. Now, did they come up a day late, a dollar short? as they have last year at this time with Max Freed, same thing. Same thing.
What are the Red Sox's offseason strategies for player acquisition?
You just didn't get the job done. You didn't seal the deal. And at some point, you have to identify the guy who is just going to be the guy, understand the market, and understand you've got to pay the piper. You've got to get uncomfortable. And the Red Sox weren't willing or didn't get as uncomfortable as they needed to get.
I'm feeling it. It's Friday night. We're ready to party. Rob Bradford is here.
Wow. 2005 mega.
Oh, yeah. 2005 mega was way cuter than this.
I'm just talking about like dancing, going out Friday night.
How did the Red Sox lose out on Pete Alonso?
Going out to, I don't know, five guys. I was in high school.
Okay. I don't know what you do in Maryland. Who knows?
Go out to Five Guys.
Five Guys is pretty good.
You know, maybe you try to steal some liquor out of your parents' cabinet.
Hold on. Let me write that down. Yeah.
Go to someone's basement. Maybe go to a bonfire.
You know what that sounds like? All the things that you're describing? Sounds like the winter meetings. Baseball isn't boring, but the Red Sox are tri-gay.
You steal some liquor, you go to a bonfire in a field.
In this case, it's a fountain. There's some correlations there. As Joe said, I did that report you just heard in front of a fountain. Really, I couldn't have said anything. I just needed to be in front of a fountain. It was majestic. It was.
What challenges does the Red Sox front office face in free agency?
Anyone who watched that video, just put the sound down. They didn't care.
Well, what you said there was a real bummer.
I can do better than that.
You've been talking about this on the station nonstop this week with all your reports on all the day parts. But what jumped out to me about what you said there is... is how unwilling it seems like the Red Sox are to get uncomfortable when making a deal. And I am so tired of hearing that, regardless of whoever is pulling the strings in the front office. Because it used to be something that we would attribute to the GM. and say, like, oh, well, he's not cut out for this or he doesn't understand the sandbox that he's playing in. But I thought that Breslow, at least in the offseason, had shown us last year that he was willing to, quote, overpay a little bit or get a little uncomfortable. And I think that's why, on top of all the rumors and the expectations that some people set going into this week, that's why there's a lot of frustration out there.
Yeah, I mean, there's... There's a lot to pick through here because it's not just as simple as the Red Sox are cheap. This is exactly the same thing as Haim Bloom did. It's because it's not. You give Breslow credit for last offseason. So his supporters would say, well, look at last offseason. He got uncomfortable with crochet, which they did. Okay. And it worked out awesomely. Yeah, and they got Bregman. Now I would say this, is that what they haven't proven is is that when they go after a big-name free agent, and I'm not counting Bregman because they played the market on Bregman. Bregman fell to them, right? Good for them. But ultimately, you might end up with him for one year. That's not winning out on Bregman.
So in terms of winning the battle for a top-name free agent like Max Freed last year, which he didn't, and you didn't with Pete Alonso, you haven't proven you can do that. And why haven't they proven they can do that? You can say it's not willing to get uncomfortable, but it's also going by their system. It's going by this modeling where we're going to model. We think that this is worth this.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:50
2
What are the Red Sox's offseason strategies for player acquisition?
0:50–1:27
3
How did the Red Sox lose out on Pete Alonso?
1:27–2:09
4
What challenges does the Red Sox front office face in free agency?
2:09–6:48
5
Why is there frustration with the Red Sox's current approach to building the team?
6:48–9:15
6
What does the term 'getting uncomfortable' mean in the context of player contracts?
9:15–12:31
7
How do the Red Sox's decisions compare to teams like the Blue Jays and Dodgers?
12:31–15:11
8
What is the significance of the 2026 championship run for the Red Sox?
15:11–43:39
Speakers
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