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#1 Posted : Monday, January 28, 2019 7:57:11 AM(UTC)
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It's time for a parade again in Boston.This time Tommy Hunter Jersey , it's the Boston Red Sox, who finished off the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games and earned their fourth World Series title since 2004.The franchise that broke an 86-year World Series drought with a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2004 has become quite adept at winning titles. In many ways, it is similar to the dominance the Red Sox demonstrated at the beginning of the 20th century when they won five titles between 1903 and 1918.The city has seen all its sports teams win titles in the 21st century, and Boston has become the city of champions.This could be a special year for the city's sports teams, as the New England Patriots are almost always in contention for a Super Bowl, the Boston Celtics may have the best chance of any NBA team of challenging the powerful Golden State Warriors and the Boston Bruins have a chance to play with the elite teams in the NHL and regain Stanley Cup glory.But Wednesday belongs to the 2018 Red Sox, a team that won 108 regular-season games, beat the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, took down the defending World Series titlist Houston Astros in the ALCS before dispatching the Dodgers in the Fall Classic.The Boston Globe BostonGlobeThe #RedSox championship parade begins tomorrow at 11 a.m. Here鈥檚 a look at the route: ixo7ybzP9VThe parade route is fairly familiar to Bostonians, with an alteration to the starting point.Appropriately, the parade will commence at Fenway Park Will Middlebrooks Jersey , the green cathedral of baseball. The champions will proceeddown Lansdowne Street, take a right on Ipswich Street and then a left on Boylston Street toTremont Street at Boston Common, per Boston.com. The parade then makes its way to Cambridge Street and will finish at New Sudbury Street. The parade gets underway at 11 a.m. ET.Red Sox fans are always emotional, and as the team established itself as the winningest in Red Sox history, comparisons with the greatest teams in baseball history have started.Whether they belong in a conversation with teams like the 1927 Yankees, the '39 Yankees, the '61 Yankees, the '75 Reds and the '98 Yankees is up for debate, but the 2018 Red Sox will be treated like heroes to those along the parade route.Fans are likely to show their appreciation for World Series heroes Steve Pearce, David Price and Nathan Eovaldi.Pearce earned the World Series MVP award as he hammered three home runs in Games 4 and 5, while Price transformed from a career postseason question mark to a legitimate stud as he beat the Astros once and the Dodgers twice in his starts. He also took the ball in relief on a couple of occasions.Eovaldi Francisco Rodriguez Jersey , who was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays during the summer, was remarkable during the postseason. He started two games for the Red Sox and pitched in four others in relief. He had a 1.61 earned-run average in 22.1 innings, striking out 16 hitters and walking just three while holding opposing batters to a .185 batting average.Included in Eovaldi's effort was a 6.0-plus effort in the 18-inning third game. Eovaldi ultimately took the loss when he gave up a home run to Max Muncy, but he calmly handled the pressure of holding off the Dodgers for inning after inning.Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez, the two biggest stars on the team throughout the season, will also get warm welcomes, and so should Jackie Bradley Jr., the ALCS MVP.Boston left-hander Chris Sale, the ace of the pitching staff, rallied his team in Game 4 with a fiery speech in the dugout. It would not be a surprise if the emotional Sale did the same at the parade to pump up the fans in attendance.The team that met and exceeded all expectations will get a lifetime's worth of memories as the city of Boston celebrates its latest champions. We are just a couple of days away until the MLB is about to get hectic.We've already seen a fair amount of trades happen, but by 4 p.m. ET on July 31 Jake Arrieta Jersey , there's going to be a ton more movement around the league.With the number of teams trying to make the postseason, there's plenty of holes to fill, thus resulting in needs for the teams.Here, we'll look at rumors surrounding three players who could be patching up those holes for their new teams.Let's dive in.Mets Shopping MesoracoWith infielder Asdrubal Cabrera and pitcher Jeurys Familia already shipped off, the New York Mets could be looking to add to the players they've let go of.One player in particular that they're shopping is a someone who they got earlier this season in a trade involving pitcher Matt Harvey鈥攃atcher Devin Mesoraco, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post:Mike Puma NYPost_MetsIt sounds like Devin Mesoraco has moved ahead of Zack Wheeler on the Mets list of players likely to be traded by Tuesday.Mesoraco hasn't done much of anything this season, hitting just .227 with eight home runs.At one time, Mesoraco was a top prospect in the sport, but he's never been good offensively.Mesoraco wouldn't cost much of anything and would really only be catcher depth.He's not anything to get overly excited about.Realmuto Likely Staying PutAccording to Joe Frisaro of MLB.com, we should expect to see the Miami Marlins hold on to catcher J.T. Realmuto through Tuesday's non-waiver trade deadline.Frisaro reports that the Marlins have been asking for a haul in return for Realmuto and mentions that they plan on trying to sign him to an extension after this season.One team that has tried to go after Realmuto is the Washington Nationals. The Marlins asked for two of their top prospects in return in Victor Robles and Carter Kieboom, as Frisaro notes.The Marlins have no need to trade Realmuto unless they get a king's ransom.He's just 27 years old and is batting .309 with 13 bombs this season.Furthermore Nick Williams Jersey , he's under team control until 2021.With all of that in mind, there's a very minimal chance Realmuto is dealt unless we see teams give up their best prospects.It's going to take a Fernando Tatis Jr.-and-MacKenzie Gore-from-the-San Diego Padres kind of a haul to get him off the Marlins.There's no point in trading him. Expect Realmuto to be in Miami for a long time.Indians and Phillies Interested in GalloOne thing you can never get enough of in baseball is the long ball.That happens to be something that Texas Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo is pretty good at, with 25 sent over the fence already this season.Because of that, teams are interested in his services.According to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, the Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians are interested in his services.There are a few positives with Gallo, but he has one extremely glaring negative/weakness.Let's start with the positives: He's a 24-year-old, isn't arbitration-eligible until after 2019 and is under team control through 2022.The negative is that he strikes out. Like a lot. Like over 35 percent of the time a lot, which has helped lead him to a .190 batting average.Yup, he's essentially a home run or strikeout kind of guy.For the Indians, they need outfield help with Tyler Naquin going on the disabled list and having no one else really out there besides Michael Brantley. Rajai Davis can't be relied on every day at this point.Out of the contending teams, the Indians have the weakest outfield.The Phillies are a bit more interesting because they have a suitable outfield Tommy Joseph Jersey , though acquiring Gallo could move Nick Williams to a fourth outfielder role, giving them an outfield of Gallo, Odubel Herrera and Rhys Hoskins.Both teams could use Gallo. The Indians could also use him at designated hitter if they needed to, but they need the outfield help.Gallo has a pretty good shot at getting dealt it seems, even at his young age. Teams might give up enough to lure his big bat away from the Rangers.Statistics courtesy of Baseball Reference.
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