obviously the team will miss Sale - he was still good when he was healthy. But he also once suffered a broken wrist while trying to type a Players Tribune article as to why the government wants us to be injected with Satan's DNA - so durability wasn't his strong suit.
But maybe we now have our 2B of the future.Originally Posted by Old Red
(Does this goes to show you that Sox not impressed with Yorke.....a surprise 1st round pick?)
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Time to move on from injury prone guys....especially past their prime.
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I don’t what it shows, because I still can’t get over paying the Braves $17M
Maybe - but I think they wanted the freedom to trade from the middle infield group. This gives them some flexibility.
Cot's has Sox at $38M under the cap after posting Giolito's contract.
Assuming savings of $10M in Sale's trade, we still have $48M to go after top of the line pitching.
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Dream on Nick. Sox will probably sign James Paxton on a 1 yr deal to replace Sale
Anyone one know when this Braves prospect will be MLB ready?
He was in MLB two years ago…
He’s had 216 AB in 2 years, but only 75 last year. Hopefully he’s better at 2B than he was at SS where they said he struggled.
So this is our potential, positional lineup
Age as of 7/1/2024
28 CC Wong (5 yrs of team control)
26 1B Casas (5 yrs)
23 2B Grissom (6 yrs)
27 3B Devers (10 yrs) 27
31 SS Story (4 yrs plus 1)
27 LF Duran (5 yrs)
23 CF Rafaela (6 yrs)
25 RF Abreu (6 yrs)
30 DH Yoshida (4 yrs) 30
29 O'Neill (1 yr)
Go spend $30M on a starting pitcher and we have something to build on....
25 Bello (5 yrs) 39 GS, 214 IP
28 Kutter (5 yrs) 36 GS, 208 IP
29 Giolito (1 yr) 178 GS, 1013 IP
31 Pivetta (1 yrs) 153 GS, 883 IP
28 Houck (4 yrs) 41GS, 252 IP
28 Whitlock (3 yrs + 2 opt)19 GS, 223 IP
Sox have said that both Houck and Whitlock will be stretched out during spring training.
Last edited by Nick; 12-30-2023 at 03:11 PM.
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Vaughn Grissom's first MLB hit, a homer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wDULaAVno
Yeah the glove was shaky - hopefully 2B helps - but it looks like he can hit.
He just turns 23 in a few days.
His defensive profile scares me, but he was projected to grow into an average fielder, maybe he can be that moved off of SS, maybe not. It’s not hard to be better than what we had up the middle in 2023.
His bat looks good, he’s hit everywhere he’s been and is only entering his age 23 season.
When he was a prospect in Atlanta’s system he was projected as an above average hitter with the hope he’d start to hit for power. He has the frame and athleticism to grow into some more. If he does that he could easily play a corner if he can’t play D up the middle.
He won’t be a free agent until 2030. It won’t take much for him to be more valuable than one year of Chris Sale, especially if Chris Sale is only pitching 15-20 games.
I like it. I like it a lot more if they go out and get another pitcher. Not to replace Sale. I want Giolito to replace Sale. I want an upgrade on the mound now.
I’ll hold my breath.
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