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In what looked like a season in which the Boston Red Sox were absolutely dead, they've turned things around in a ridiculous way. The Red Sox, winners of 15 straight now, have by far been the best team in Major League Baseball since before the All-Star break.
What the Red Sox have done on both sides of the baseball is truly remarkable, and we have to give them a ton of credit for doing so. At the same time, the New York Yankees haven't found the same type of luck, now sitting just 3.5 games ahead of a Boston team that didn't look like it had any chance of making the postseason just a few weeks ago.
The Red Sox, 52-48, are also only six games out in the American League East. To put it simply, there's now a guarantee that the Red Sox will be buyers, and that will have some impact on New York.
According to one Bleacher Report writer, that could even impact the Yankees on who they land at this year's deadline. With the Yankees being interested in Hunter Goodman, the Colorado Rockies catcher, there's a sense that Boston could also be in the mix.
“Could be quite the bidding war right here, as these loathed rivals are probably the two teams most desperately looking to upgrade their catcher situation. While Hunter Goodman hit three home runs on Sunday to reach 30 for the season, Boston has gotten three home runs from its catchers in this entire campaign. Carlos Narváez has all three of them, and he's batting .200 for the year. At least Connor Wong is reaching base at a great clip—and did homer once while serving as the DH—but making him the base-reaching backup to Goodman's power bat would be fantastic.
“New York has gotten twice as many catcher home runs as Boston has, all six courtesy of Austin Wells. But even with those occasional dingers, Wells entered play on Monday with a .501 OPS, good for dead last in the majors among players with at least 200 plate appearances,” Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report wrote.
I know the Yankees have technically gotten some better production out of their catcher in terms of power, but I don't think it's unfair to say that New York has to add a catcher before Boston does.
If the Yankees don't end up with a decent catcher at this year's deadline, or at least one who can be somewhat productive for them, I don't see an avenue for this team to win games at a high level come playoff time.
The same can be said if the Red Sox don't make the necessary moves, but the catcher position in New York is just a major problem.
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What the Red Sox have done on both sides of the baseball is truly remarkable, and we have to give them a ton of credit for doing so. At the same time, the New York Yankees haven't found the same type of luck, now sitting just 3.5 games ahead of a Boston team that didn't look like it had any chance of making the postseason just a few weeks ago.
The Red Sox, 52-48, are also only six games out in the American League East. To put it simply, there's now a guarantee that the Red Sox will be buyers, and that will have some impact on New York.
According to one Bleacher Report writer, that could even impact the Yankees on who they land at this year's deadline. With the Yankees being interested in Hunter Goodman, the Colorado Rockies catcher, there's a sense that Boston could also be in the mix.
“Could be quite the bidding war right here, as these loathed rivals are probably the two teams most desperately looking to upgrade their catcher situation. While Hunter Goodman hit three home runs on Sunday to reach 30 for the season, Boston has gotten three home runs from its catchers in this entire campaign. Carlos Narváez has all three of them, and he's batting .200 for the year. At least Connor Wong is reaching base at a great clip—and did homer once while serving as the DH—but making him the base-reaching backup to Goodman's power bat would be fantastic.
“New York has gotten twice as many catcher home runs as Boston has, all six courtesy of Austin Wells. But even with those occasional dingers, Wells entered play on Monday with a .501 OPS, good for dead last in the majors among players with at least 200 plate appearances,” Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report wrote.
I know the Yankees have technically gotten some better production out of their catcher in terms of power, but I don't think it's unfair to say that New York has to add a catcher before Boston does.
If the Yankees don't end up with a decent catcher at this year's deadline, or at least one who can be somewhat productive for them, I don't see an avenue for this team to win games at a high level come playoff time.
The same can be said if the Red Sox don't make the necessary moves, but the catcher position in New York is just a major problem.
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