Red Sox will regret not acquiring a starter at the deadline

[Hugh2]

15 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

He hasn't been an 800 OPS guy in several years. I think that's expecting too much TBH.

That's not my expectation, that's about what I think his offensive ceiling can be if he's healthy. 

[moonslav59]

6 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

He hasn't been an 800 OPS guy in several years. I think that's expecting too much TBH.

I was kinda setting the bar at .790 with hopes he might do better but a liklihood he'd probably be .725-.775.

I expected Narvaez to be .550-.600 and Wong maybe .625-.675, post trade. Combined, maybe .600-.650, so even .700 to .750is 100 points better plus very good defense.

[notin]

18 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

I was kinda setting the bar at .790 with hopes he might do better but a liklihood he'd probably be .725-.775.

I expected Narvaez to be .550-.600 and Wong maybe .625-.675, post trade. Combined, maybe .600-.650, so even .700 to .750is 100 points better plus very good defense.

But Rutschman has been a 3-5 bWAR guy, which is an upgrade…

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, notin said:

But Rutschman has been a 3-5 bWAR guy, which is an upgrade…

I was fine with the trade at the time. We overpaid, but deadline deals for the better players, especially those that are not rentals is expected.

I was very high on more than just Eyanson, but their value was and still is speculative.

We needed a bat. Catcher was our weakest offensive position and not great on D either.

The trade is still TBD. Even if AR gives us a 2 WAR next year and something of value this year, it might be a plus. His playoff numbers might override averything else.

What the return package does might end up being the deciding factor, and those results are 2-5 years away.

I'd rather see deals like this than the non-Schwarber Bloom deadline nonsense.

I've also argues that winter roster construction should be designed to avoid needing to make massive summer overpays to fill holes, but on this one, I give Bloom a half pass. I thought Narvaez & Wong were fine for 2026 and beyond. I was wrong, so I can't blame Brez for agreeing with me.

I did think we came up a big bat short, last winter, but I felt the overloading of pitching could/would make up for it. I also think the Mead trade should have met the bat need we fell short of. That was a sort of overpay, too but not massive. His first game injury forced the AR deal.

Half pass.