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Exactly they spent. I’ve heard all along how the Red Sox saved $10M on Sale, which they did, but spent $18M on Gio, which I don’t know would have...

Eh, they spent. Confidence in Sale was probably not all that high either, since he’d done so little the previous 4 seasons. Even Sale himself...

Sometimes I try to think of things worked out differently. For example, Jeter Downs at SS/2B and a premium bat would look pretty damn good right...

By this logic most teams are in it and most teams will be buyers or at least not sellers. I’m not saying you’re wrong and I am right, but if you...

How many of those pitchers available to the Sox at 12 ate going to fit into that description?

I'm not sure. I believe the PTBNL needs to be on a list agreed to at the time of the trade so maybe not?

I was being sarcastic, but while we are on the topic could a draft pick hypothetically be a PTBNL?

Roman Anthony won the Future Skills competition (scoring 91% of his points in the "swing for the fences" portion). Kyle Teel hit two doubles in the...

If the Red Sox hadn’t signed Gio I would agree, but signing Gio for $18M did not save any money, and still paying $17M for Sale is $35M for the two...

I don't know how Verdugo ever grades out well defensively because whenever I'm paying attention he looks average with a propensity to make bonehead...

We were correct last season about Whitlock and Houck. This Spring, Houck showed off a revamped splitter which has helped get him through the lineup...

There's actually no proof that he's tightfisted at all. He'll spend when it's time! There's a long history of him spending!

Let's be self critical of this board. Admit everything we were wrong about. 1) Tanner Houck, projected by the team as #5 starter, there are many...

For me complaining about the Sale trade is not complaining about Breslow, it's complaining about Henry's tight-fistedness, because I think it was the...

I'm not saying it's impossible, just saying it's not surprising they are having a WS hangover.

They're 4 games back of the division lead in the loss column. Much larger deficits have been overcome in much less time. The big thing is all...

Not out of reach, but the Dodgers are still not an easy matchup in LA. Easiest way to get to 4-2 would be to sweep the lowly Rockies.

Why? Isn't it more likely that the Astros just end up outlasting everyone else and winning that dumb division? The current 3rd WC spot is on pace for...

It appears, Paxton is only starting lefty in the rotation right now unless they have someone coming up from the minors. Rockies also have one left...

Baseball has gone through the looking glass, Hugh. Arizona made the World Series last year with 84 wins and a -15 differential. Texas is poised...

People have to complain about something when the team that was projected by most posters to be .500 or below is 11 games over 500 at the AS Break and...

Sox don't have many big power guys in the system. Good to get a guy that falls into your lap like that.

You can't trade a drafted player until the offseason.

The only guy in that rotation I'd be interest in is Eovaldi and he does come with injury risk.

FWIW, Ian and Chris of SoxProspects said they'd grade Montgomery in the Bleis/Campbell tier and Montgomery just after Elmer Rodriguez.

What the hell, now that I've given it some thought, I'll say that Texas is still in the mix this year big time. Pretty soon their rotation options...

Sox drafted Braden Montgomery OF (switch hitter, power bat, big arm) and Payton Tole LHP (low 90's FB with lots of whiffage, average secondary stuff,...

Yorke is better than Valdez on D. Valdez is proven to be able to hit RHB at MLB level. We don't know what Yorke would hit in MLB. I think they had...

It's a real shame that Craig can't see into the future and get every single deal perfectly suited to us. We've missed a trick there. We should have...

Sounds like a bet to me. :D