Red Sox Offseason Mega Thread

[a700hitter]

Yahoo Sports reporting that Sonny Gray has been signed by the Braves for a $75 million package.

[Randy Red Sox]

Good for Sonny-bad for us

[Randy Red Sox]

21 hours ago, notin said:

MLBTR only mentioned Boston on Arozarena, Suzuki snd some Japanese pitcher whose name escapes but I don’t think I will actually need to know anyway…

None of these guys move the needle enough IMO but i doubt we get any of them anyway.  JH waiting until the new collective agreement in place. Breslow only to minor tinkering till that point. Is it Dec 1 the lockout can be imposed?

[notin]

1 hour ago, a700hitter said:

Yahoo Sports reporting that Sonny Gray has been signed by the Braves for a $75 million package.

Yahoo is predicting the Braves will sign Sonny Gray.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/braves-lock-75m-deal-sonny-100605406.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

 

Yahoo will predict nearly every player signing with every team at some point.  Gray does make sense for the Braves and it might eventually happen.  But right now this is straight speculation…

[FredLynn]

36 minutes ago, Randy Red Sox said:

None of these guys move the needle enough IMO but i doubt we get any of them anyway.  JH waiting until the new collective agreement in place. Breslow only to minor tinkering till that point. Is it Dec 1 the lockout can be imposed?

Nope. They don't. But I heard we are going "full throttle" again this year. 🙄

[notin]

1 hour ago, Randy Red Sox said:

None of these guys move the needle enough IMO but i doubt we get any of them anyway.  JH waiting until the new collective agreement in place. Breslow only to minor tinkering till that point. Is it Dec 1 the lockout can be imposed?

The pitcher is Kaima Taira, who is apparently a top closer in Japan.  Pitches for Seibu, which is Daisuke Matsuzaka’s former team.  Maybe he makes sense.

Arozarena and Suzuki not so much…

[Larry Cook]

23 minutes ago, notin said:

The pitcher is Kaima Taira, who is apparently a top closer in Japan.  Pitches for Seibu, which is Daisuke Matsuzaka’s former team.  Maybe he makes sense.

Arozarena and Suzuki not so much…

Isn’t tiara 5’7” tall??  That is not really a bres-slow type pitcher!!! 

[a700hitter]

2 hours ago, notin said:

Yahoo is predicting the Braves will sign Sonny Gray.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/braves-lock-75m-deal-sonny-100605406.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

 

Yahoo will predict nearly every player signing with every team at some point.  Gray does make sense for the Braves and it might eventually happen.  But right now this is straight speculation…

Ridiculous that they sent an alert to my phone for a rumor.  Sorry for the misleading information.

[notin]

4 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

Isn’t tiara 5’7” tall??  That is not really a bres-slow type pitcher!!! 

Listed at 5’8”, so that means he’s really like 4’11”…

[Randy Red Sox]

9 hours ago, notin said:

The pitcher is Kaima Taira, who is apparently a top closer in Japan.  Pitches for Seibu, which is Daisuke Matsuzaka’s former team.  Maybe he makes sense.

Arozarena and Suzuki not so much…

unless any are open to taking a 1 yr deal they will not be coming to Boston likely

[Randy Red Sox]

8 hours ago, a700hitter said:

Ridiculous that they sent an alert to my phone for a rumor.  Sorry for the misleading information.

i heard the Braves signed Sonny 3/75???

[Randy Red Sox]

10 hours ago, FredLynn said:

Nope. They don't. But I heard we are going "full throttle" again this year. 🙄

full throttle on 1 yr deals

[southpaw777]

On 11/4/2026 at 1:50 PM, Larry Cook said:

So who the right handed starter on bres-slow’s to do list?? 
 

 

Right now it’s Bello Houck and Crawford at the top of the list. I would hope he goes outside the org to pick up a solid RHP without a ridiculous injury history. I wouldn’t rely on the latter two and Bello is just so frustrating I think he’s a perfect change of scenery guy that a bunch of teams would want at his AAV, so he’s on my trade list as well.

[notin]

10 hours ago, Randy Red Sox said:

i heard the Braves signed Sonny 3/75???

Yahoo finally said they did 9 hours ago.  But no one else is reporting it (which is insane for 9 hours).

My take - it isn’t official yet, but there seems to be enough smoke to pull a fire alarm…

[Randy Red Sox]

2 hours ago, notin said:

Yahoo finally said they did 9 hours ago.  But no one else is reporting it (which is insane for 9 hours).

My take - it isn’t official yet, but there seems to be enough smoke to pull a fire alarm…

that is where i heard it

[Randy Red Sox]

6 hours ago, southpaw777 said:

Right now it’s Bello Houck and Crawford at the top of the list. I would hope he goes outside the org to pick up a solid RHP without a ridiculous injury history. I wouldn’t rely on the latter two and Bello is just so frustrating I think he’s a perfect change of scenery guy that a bunch of teams would want at his AAV, so he’s on my trade list as well.

Houck should strictly be a reliever IMO. Crawford doesn't excite me at all and I just can't figure out Bello. He should be better.