Red Sox Sign Rehabbing Patrick Sandoval To Two-Year Contract

He'll be better than Sam Kennedy will be at the trade deadline, when Sam explains why they didn't recruit any actual talent for another stretch run (when they stretch out on lounge chairs to watch the playoffs).

Sandoval is a good pitcher, but enough with the rehab deals already.  We haven’t even seen if the first two worked out yet.

19 minutes ago, Tedballgame said:

Another James Paxton. The Red Sox only get pitchers coming off of TJ surgery who are going to be out for most of the next season. Smart.

But that was Bloom.  Paxton was healthy and pitching when Breslow acquired him.  And that is a rarity right now…

3 minutes ago, sk7326 said:

Uh, I saw the headline "Sox sign Sandoval to a 2-year deal" and almost had an aneurysm.  Then I saw PATRICK Sandoval and was like thank god. 

Plan G (this year's Giolito) -- except he's already rehabbed goods.

If it ain't broke, don't Red Sox it.

The SOX continue to operate as a mid-market team with high-market ticket prices. 

Good news: Sandoval is a LH.

Bad news: Coming off TJS, who knows how effective he'll be and we won't find out no earlier than July, 2025.

It would have been funny if Soto had accepted the SOX 700 mil offer. JH would have had a heart attack while shouting out "I was only kidding."

39 minutes ago, jad said:

At least Pablo would be on the field the first half of the season.

That’s only because that’s how long it took the grounds crew to roll him off of it…

This is just what I hoped we did NOT do.

I agree, Nick. This signing is horrible, especially for a team that is pinching pennies. This likely means we will not sign a big FA pitcher.

If all we end up signing is Bregman, Teoscar or Santander, it will still be a failed winer.

How can anyone criticize this offseason, after Sam Kennedy assured all: "There is an extreme urgency for a deep postseason run in 2025 without question. EVEN IF IT TAKES US OVER THE CBT."

Sandoval may have a broken wing, but there is so much urgency that this signing had to be for 2025 without question. The president told us so.

It may be tempting to ask Kennedy to please remove his size Sam from his big mouth (because in Boston, CBT stands for Closed Budget Today). But Red Sox free agent signings this entire decade are from a special sign language to fans...

... the sign of holding up one finger (it doesn't mean We're #1).

1 minute ago, bkzwhitestrican said:

He should be ready just in time to trade away at the deadline

We'll be lucky if he's ready by opening day 2026.

Signed Paxton for the end of '22 and all of '23: he missed '22 and part of '23.

Signed Hendriks for the end of '24 and all of '25: we've yet to see one pitch.

Signed Sandoval for the end of '25 and all of '26: any guess what will (not) happen?

But hey, in 2023, we played it safe and signed iron man Kluber.

1 minute ago, vjcsmoke said:

Your forgot the worst signing, Trevor Story, he has played 94, 43, and 26 games for the Red Sox each season.

Absolutely clown school these signings. They don't care about the player health history as long as he's marginally cheaper than the other choice.

Oh... I remember.

I was just listing the pitching pattern.

The past few hours -- after been focused more on Red Stripe than Red Sox -- I realize I need to apologize to the board for my emotionally enlarged upper case fonts.

And to Breslow and Kennedy, who are doing the best they can working for an owner who is obviously no longer all-in for the fans of Red Sox Nation.

So: gotta credit guys like Bloom and Brez, who are too smart not to know what was in store for them as CBOs... the rehabbing bin pitchers may suck, but not always, and Bloom and Brez probably enjoy doing thousand-piece Red Sox puzzles every winter, even knowing there are always going to be four or five pieces lost in couch cushions or under rugs forever (or until they move to new cities).

Sammy -- it may eat you up inside to have to constantly lie, but we do realize that all presidents lie (some all the time). And if we're being honest, most of us typists would probably do it, too, and not turn down the job if offered... not so much for the salary, but just for the free tix and special seats every night.

Go, Red Stripe!

3 hours ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

The past few hours -- after been focused more on Red Stripe than Red Sox -- I realize I need to apologize to the board for my emotionally enlarged upper case fonts.

And to Breslow and Kennedy, who are doing the best they can working for an owner who is obviously no longer all-in for the fans of Red Sox Nation.

So: gotta credit guys like Bloom and Brez, who are too smart not to know what was in store for them as CBOs... the rehabbing bin pitchers may suck, but not always, and Bloom and Brez probably enjoy doing thousand-piece Red Sox puzzles every winter, even knowing there are always going to be four or five pieces lost in couch cushions or under rugs forever (or until they move to new cities).

Sammy -- it may eat you up inside to have to constantly lie, but we do realize that all presidents lie (some all the time). And if we're being honest, most of us typists would probably do it, too, and not turn down the job if offered... not so much for the salary, but just for the free tix and special seats every night.

Go, Red Stripe!

 

Always enjoyable reads.

While I do agree that JH is making our CBO/GMs job near impossible, he's not holding a gun to their heads over Sandoval.  $18M is enough to do better, even if just for a dreaded one year deal. $18M added to the next guy we sign could have gotten healthy quality over speculative promises.

24 minutes ago, Larry Cook said:

I like the Sandoval signing! It sounds like we overpaid because somebody else was bidding against us!!

look at the bright side, bres-slow finally won a bidding war!!!!!!!

Nobody was bidding that high, except maybe Cohen getting JH back for the Soto push.

2 hours ago, vjcsmoke said:

This is how the Sox burn 🔥 good money in their dumpster diving for injured players. It’s insane to me that they repeat this behavior with Sandoval who likely will miss most of 2025 recovering from TJ surgery.

It is uncanny how the Red Sox continue to blow money on players that blow their chances at filling holes on rosters that are never fully ready to compete for division titles (not to mention go deep into postseasons without question).

What good is it to prepare for the essay question at the end of the test if they skip the fill-in-the-blanks, and just guess at the multiple choice?