notin’s 2025 Trade Deadline Blueprint:

[notin]

10 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Except Devers, Duran, Houck, Crawford, Rafaela, Bello, Casas...

Beni, Dalbec, Chavis, Groome, DHern...

How many of them were even considered legitimate prospects back then?

[moonslav59]

54 minutes ago, notin said:

How many of them were even considered legitimate prospects back then?

Exactly.

[Bellhorn04]

1 hour ago, notin said:

How many of them were even considered legitimate prospects back then?

Seems like a fair chunk of them would be?

[mvp 78]

11 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Except Devers, Duran, Houck, Crawford, Rafaela, Bello, Casas...

Beni, Dalbec, Chavis, Groome, DHern...

So he didn’t trade Devers and Beni? Wow! Casas was just drafted and wouldn’t be likely traded. The others weren’t considered very highly at the time. Chavis was the Sox #1 prospect in a bad system. Not sure he had much trade value. Is the argument that he didn’t completely clear out the system? I mean, yeah he didn’t trade 150 prospects…

[Nick]

On 7/4/2025 at 7:26 AM, notin said:

San Diego wants Duran, but not to the point of giving up Cease…

He'd be a rental. 4 years of control for a rental? High price for the Sox. Like I said, I wouldn't do it unless we're given time to extend Cease before the trade is finalized. A Boras client. He'll look for FA.

Buehler definitely won't return in 2026 and good chance Giolito won't.

It's amazing to me that we only have 1 starting pitcher making over $10M for 2026 as of now. 

[notin]

21 minutes ago, Nick said:

He'd be a rental. 4 years of control for a rental? High price for the Sox. Like I said, I wouldn't do it unless we're given time to extend Cease before the trade is finalized. A Boras client. He'll look for FA.

Buehler definitely won't return in 2026 and good chance Giolito won't.

It's amazing to me that we only have 1 starting pitcher making over $10M for 2026 as of now. 

I think we both understand San Diego’s chances in 2025 - which they clearly have not surrendered - depend heavily on Cease.   Rental or not, they won’t trade him unless they fall out of it.  And if they do, they might suddenly be less interested in Duran…

[Nick]

1 minute ago, notin said:

I think we both understand San Diego’s chances in 2025 - which they clearly have not surrendered - depend heavily on Cease.   Rental or not, they won’t trade him unless they fall out of it.  And if they do, they might suddenly be less interested in Duran…

that makes sense