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.

[mvp 78]

23 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…

Page has now been 404'd. 😎

[mvp 78]

Breslow had a press conference yesterday and talked about being "opportunistic" and not needing to fill any holes on the offensive side of things. McAdam noted that he wasn't as adamant about Story being the Opening Day SS as he was last year at this time. The was the press conference where he declared he needed a #2 and a big bat in '25. 

Seems like they aren't planning on making any big moves, but will improve the roster via trades if the right market opens up. They are happy with the offense as is. 

[JimEd]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

Breslow had a press conference yesterday and talked about being "opportunistic" and not needing to fill any holes on the offensive side of things. McAdam noted that he wasn't as adamant about Story being the Opening Day SS as he was last year at this time. The was the press conference where he declared he needed a #2 and a big bat in '25. 

Seems like they aren't planning on making any big moves, but will improve the roster via trades if the right market opens up. They are happy with the offense as is. 

nothing about Skubal. once again, this is an organization that aims for the middle and ....that's usually where they land.

[mvp 78]

13 minutes ago, JimEd said:

nothing about Skubal. once again, this is an organization that aims for the middle and ....that's usually where they land.

With the playoffs expanding, there's less incentive for JH to shoot for the moon. 😮‍💨

Even an 81-81 team is still "in playoff contention" the last week of the season. 

[FredLynn]

5 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Breslow had a press conference yesterday and talked about being "opportunistic" and not needing to fill any holes on the offensive side of things. McAdam noted that he wasn't as adamant about Story being the Opening Day SS as he was last year at this time. The was the press conference where he declared he needed a #2 and a big bat in '25. 

Seems like they aren't planning on making any big moves, but will improve the roster via trades if the right market opens up. They are happy with the offense as is. 

And that makes Henry the Cheap happy too. 

The fans, not so much.

[Larry Cook]

On 11/8/2026 at 9:54 AM, Randy Red Sox said:

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.

Houck has to prove that he is recovered from the ucl procedure he had done in 2025!  Someone said bres-slow was counting on Houck to take gray’s spot in the rotation. 
 

Crawford seems like a bullpen arm to me. Competition for Gamboa or weissert???

bello!  He is signed long term and had success in the bullpen.  I heard other teams talk about pitchers  with 1st inning yips, bello was the first time I saw it in person!  
 

I am thinking story, yoshida, Wong, and a bag of cash to Colorado to bring back Bernardino (2.1 war last season) to help the bullpen!!! 

[a700hitter]

13 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Breslow had a press conference yesterday and talked about being "opportunistic" and not needing to fill any holes on the offensive side of things. McAdam noted that he wasn't as adamant about Story being the Opening Day SS as he was last year at this time. The was the press conference where he declared he needed a #2 and a big bat in '25. 

Seems like they aren't planning on making any big moves, but will improve the roster via trades if the right market opens up. They are happy with the offense as is. 

He can’t be serious about the offense.  At least, I hope he is not serious.

[mvp 78]

15 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

Houck has to prove that he is recovered from the ucl procedure he had done in 2025!  Someone said bres-slow was counting on Houck to take gray’s spot in the rotation. 

I don't think that's the case at all. If anything, Crochet is taking over for Gray. Bello takes over for Sandoval.

Crochet/Tolle/Suarez/Bennett/Bello

[mvp 78]

10 hours ago, a700hitter said:

He can’t be serious about the offense.  At least, I hope he is not serious.

Who knows with that guy. He thought so highly of Duran that he couldn't get a deal done with the Astros for Paredes. He couldn't get a deal across the finish line for Marte. Then he spent all of his prospect capital on Adley and Mead. 

[Hugh2]

On 11/7/2026 at 2:30 PM, a700hitter said:

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

Not too long ago I started getting apple alerts on my phone that I didn't even remember signing up for.  Politics and sports, and I started getting all these bogus Sox reports. 

For a story or two I found myself believing it because I thought Apple surely wouldn't just pump rumormill stories into my phone feed. 

Since then I opted out of the alerts I never remember signing up for in the first place. 

[mvp 78]

20 minutes ago, Hugh2 said:

Not too long ago I started getting apple alerts on my phone that I didn't even remember signing up for.  Politics and sports, and I started getting all these bogus Sox reports. 

For a story or two I found myself believing it because I thought Apple surely wouldn't just pump rumormill stories into my phone feed. 

Since then I opted out of the alerts I never remember signing up for in the first place. 

We live in a clickbait world. 

[Randy Red Sox]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

I don't think that's the case at all. If anything, Crochet is taking over for Gray. Bello takes over for Sandoval.

Crochet/Tolle/Suarez/Bennett/Bello

Far too LH  heavy IMO especially with Bello as the only RH.

[Randy Red Sox]

12 hours ago, a700hitter said:

He can’t be serious about the offense.  At least, I hope he is not serious.

Trust me -he is and it means another 85-88 win season and a quick playoff exit.  No guarantee we will see a healthy Crochet all season either.

[Randy Red Sox]

22 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

With the playoffs expanding, there's less incentive for JH to shoot for the moon. 😮‍💨

Even an 81-81 team is still "in playoff contention" the last week of the season. 

And fans will still flock to Fenway which is ALL JH cares about.