Some revelation: On danger of expiring deals for Red Sox, and diminished rivalries

• The Red Sox may not be able to fill all of their starting pitching needs through free agency alone.

Competition for some of the best free agents on the market (Aaron Nola, Jordan Montgomery, Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto) will be fierce, and even those willing to go “full throttle” could see the Red Sox pass a few.
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He understood.

But if the Red Sox want to trade their starting prospect with one year left on his contract, they must be willing to extend their soon-to-be-acquired pitcher.
The Red Sox are not the Dodgers, Braves or Astros.
This is a talented team who won their last title and are looking for one last chance to get back on top.
They have said time and time again that they are right now on the brink of contention and that their goal is consistency and a chance to make it to the World Series every year.
So trading one or two elite prospects like Corbin Burns, Shane Bieber, or Tyler Glasnow to one-year rentals won’t solve their problems.
If you want to trade your prospect stock, it’s best to do it with the idea of ​​immediately extending the pitcher’s contract.
Otherwise, what’s the point?

• While it has become fashionable to lament the end of the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry, the local hockey alternative, Bruins vs.
  Bruins, dropped dramatically.
  Canadian.
  There is currently little anticipation for this match. Part of the problem is a balanced schedule that includes four regular-season meetings between the teams, which, in fairness, is one more than last season.

But that doesn’t seem to be enough.
There’s no point in the Habs coming to Causeway St. again. this season, say the Calgary Flames or Arizona Coyotes.
It doesn’t help that Canadians have absolutely nothing to do with it. They haven’t won a trophy since 1993 and have missed the playoffs in four of the last six years.
However, the 2020-2021 final was a velvety performance.

The NHL is more fun when the Canadiens are competitive and games against the Bruins are routine.

• At this rate, we could go to the end of November and the Celtics and Bruins could have fewer combined losses than the Patriots.
  Combination.
• If you choose to re-enter the mall parking lot, you are a getaway driver.
• If you’re a fan of a bad team, your only consolation is dreaming of a lottery ticket that could quickly change your franchise. For Patriots fans, there is already a lot of interest in what the Pats might pick in April.
  But what happens when most promising players are exposed before they even graduate from college?
  In recent weeks, Caleb Williams, Bo Nix and Drake Maye have exposed their flaws.

And there we have it: Half the quarterbacks drafted in the first round in a given year turn out to be complete busts.

• Aside from self-interest, why is Michigan willing to defend Jim Harbaugh’s actions?
  Harbaugh has flirted with NFL teams in recent years and hasn’t shown much loyalty to his alma mater.
  This is all bullshit, even before the Big Ten allowed Harbaugh to coach for a week while he was “suspended.” Of course, this ban does not apply to playoff and bowl seasons.
  I’m not the only one who immediately thinks of Michael Douglas the moment Harbaugh “falls” while kicking the sideline.
• Justin Turner appears to have joined the list of outstanding players in Red Sox history.
  In season: Nick Esasky, Adrian Beltre and Orlando Cepeda.
• Sometime in the final weekend of the regular season, the New York Giants nearly broke the Patriots’ perfect record.
  This year the two teams meet later this month, and the most important thing is good draft picks.
  *Imagine you work in the NBA marketing department.
  You look at the most iconic field in league history, you look at a newly designed regular season tournament to promote it, and you think, “Ugh, we can do better…”

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*I have never understood why managers and coaches publicly defend players who play by the rules.
Bill Belichick Jack Jones and Jack J. Jackson missed last weekend’s layoff and missed the first quarter, but he denied it in his postgame press conference.
Why?
Belichick was not required to disclose the violations, but he hid them by denying that disciplinary action had been taken.
Moreover, he forced his colleagues to answer questions about them.

• Last summer I wrote that the Bruins should trade Linus Ullmark, but I realized the error of my ways.
  It’s now clear that the Bruins will have a No. 1 goaltender every game, holding back Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman.
  Because they are somewhat limited on offense (they ranked fifth in goals scored in the category entering Saturday), having an elite goaltender in all 82 games is the best path to success.