Kyle Gibson...

[notin]

... just signed with the Rangers for 3 years / $30mill, which is a step for setting the market price if the Sox want to get a starter via free agency...

[Bellhorn04]

... just signed with the Rangers for 3 years / $30mill, which is a step for setting the market price if the Sox want to get a starter via free agency...

 

We haven't got that kind of money.

[notin]

We haven't got that kind of money.

 

 

Yeah if we cannot afford Kyle Gibson and have no internal options, it does make a sticky situation for Bloom...

[Bellhorn04]

Yeah if we cannot afford Kyle Gibson and have no internal options, it does make a sticky situation for Bloom...

 

The Mission Impossible capers are cake compared to the task Bloom has been assigned.

[mvp 78]

This is a good General Baseball Forum post.

[Larry Cook]

What is strategy the rangers are trying to employ?

[Bellhorn04]

What is strategy the rangers are trying to employ?

 

Get a pitcher?

[notin]

This is a good General Baseball Forum post.

 

The Gibson news, yes.

 

The cost of free agent starting pitching is relevant to the Red Sox...

[harmony]

What is strategy the rangers are trying to employ?

The Rangers may want to be competitive in the league's toughest division.

[jacksonianmarch]

The Rangers did the exact same with Lance Lynn last offseason and turned him into a gem. Gibson has ridiculous stuff, just had faded each of the last two seasons. Maybe the Rangers have the formula now

[Tedballgame]

... just signed with the Rangers for 3 years / $30mill, which is a step for setting the market price if the Sox want to get a starter via free agency...

Sox aren't getting a SP in free agency unless he is is cheap. If they wanted someone for 10 million a year they could bring back Porcello.

[notin]

I think some team (the Red Sox, maybe?) might be smart to sign a former top prospect starter who just never put it all together and convert them to a high leverage relief pitcher. Two really good candidates this year are Shelby Miller and Mike Wacha (who’s really more of a health concern)...

[harmony]

I think some team (the Red Sox, maybe?) might be smart to sign a former top prospect starter who just never put it all together and convert them to a high leverage relief pitcher. Two really good candidates this year are Shelby Miller and Mike Wacha (who’s really more of a health concern)...

What about Kevin Gausman, whom the Cincinnati Reds may non-tender because of the righthander's projected 2020 arbitration salary of $10.6 million?

[Bellhorn04]

What about Kevin Gausman, whom the Cincinnati Reds may non-tender because of the righthander's projected 2020 arbitration salary of $10.6 million?

 

He'd be a possibility at the right price (whatever that is).