Ben Taub
@beantube.bsky.social
NBC Sports by day, Red Sox optimist by night
Immediately thought of you when Cora said it
March 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Immediately thought of you when Cora said it
Living in fear of a panic Santander / TO overpay
December 8, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Living in fear of a panic Santander / TO overpay
Gotta respect Breslow and Bailey for being consistent, great breakdown
November 15, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Gotta respect Breslow and Bailey for being consistent, great breakdown
Building from within from '14-'16 led to spending and trading in '17-'18. The team identified their guys, devoted time and energy to their development, and supplemented their gaps with aggressive trades and huge checks.
The 2025 offseason smells awfully similar...
The 2025 offseason smells awfully similar...
November 14, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Building from within from '14-'16 led to spending and trading in '17-'18. The team identified their guys, devoted time and energy to their development, and supplemented their gaps with aggressive trades and huge checks.
The 2025 offseason smells awfully similar...
The 2025 offseason smells awfully similar...
2018 was great and that core of Mookie / Xander / Devers could've won a lot more, but the fruits of deciding to bail and rebuild the infrastructure will pay off in 2025 and beyond.
Painful and saddening yes, but well positioned to compete into the 2030s.
Painful and saddening yes, but well positioned to compete into the 2030s.
November 14, 2024 at 11:48 PM
2018 was great and that core of Mookie / Xander / Devers could've won a lot more, but the fruits of deciding to bail and rebuild the infrastructure will pay off in 2025 and beyond.
Painful and saddening yes, but well positioned to compete into the 2030s.
Painful and saddening yes, but well positioned to compete into the 2030s.
The framework is simple- a team's contention window is limited and cyclical. Tear it down to build it again stronger.
Identify your guys, find free agent vets that fill the gaps, ideally win a few titles, then decide if that core is stable enough to keep winning and if not, start again!
Identify your guys, find free agent vets that fill the gaps, ideally win a few titles, then decide if that core is stable enough to keep winning and if not, start again!
November 14, 2024 at 11:48 PM
The framework is simple- a team's contention window is limited and cyclical. Tear it down to build it again stronger.
Identify your guys, find free agent vets that fill the gaps, ideally win a few titles, then decide if that core is stable enough to keep winning and if not, start again!
Identify your guys, find free agent vets that fill the gaps, ideally win a few titles, then decide if that core is stable enough to keep winning and if not, start again!
November 14, 2024 at 2:37 AM