Red Sox Stay Busy, Get Lefty Jovani Morán for Mickey Gasper

30 minutes ago, Larry Cook said:

Fulmer, Campbell, adams, mills, mata, and now moran!  none on the 40 man roster!  Seems bres-slow sees a need for depth in the bullpen in 2025! 

As long as they don't take up a 40 man roster slot, I'm fine with signing these guys that overlap, so that every year, one or two get healthy enough to make a run at joining the 40. The good thing is, we don't add the guy to the 40, until we need him on the 26.

A guy like Sandoval, Hendriks and Paxton need or needed a 40 man slot. We can't/couldn't add them to the 60 Day IL, until the season starts, so they kind of create a brief, yet significant roster crunch situation.

Wow, what a list of TJS pitchers!

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

As long as they don't take up a 40 man roster slot, I'm fine with signing these guys that overlap, so that every year, one or two get healthy enough to make a run at joining the 40. The good thing is, we don't add the guy to the 40, until we need him on the 26.

A guy like Sandoval, Hendriks and Paxton need or needed a 40 man slot. We can't/couldn't add them to the 60 Day IL, until the season starts, so they kind of create a brief, yet significant roster crunch situation.

Wow, what a list of TJS pitchers!

The 40 man slot occupied by Sandoval may already be filled.  Once he’s eligible to move to h to he 60 day IL, someone like Morán, Fulmer or Adam’s probably gets added in his place…

1 hour ago, notin said:

The 40 man slot occupied by Sandoval may already be filled.  Once he’s eligible to move to h to he 60 day IL, someone like Morán, Fulmer or Adam’s probably gets added in his place…

Isn't Moran out until next year?

We may add Campbell or Anthony after opening day and the 60 Day IL addition(s.)

6 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

We all saw how the bullpen fared down the stretch last season. Maybe the additional arms can help fix that? 

More arms can't hurt, especially if they hold some promise.

I'm actually more than okay with our 9-18 pen arms and okay with our 6-9 rotation depth. We've spent a while building up our roster depth from the bottom and into the farm. I felt like this was the winter to build quality at the top of the rotation and the pen. Moving everyone down a notch would further strengthen the middle and bottom of the depth charts.

Crochet was a necessary addition and did just that. Houck is now our #2, and Bello, Gio and Crawford look better in the 3-5 slots than 2-4. Criswell, Fitts, Priester, Fulmer and Dobbins look like better 6-10 starter depth than we've had in a long time. Some have big questions, but 2-3 should be fine, this year.

I don't view Chapman or Hendriks as a closer, so we still need that slot filled, this winter, but at least they were not additions to upgrade our 7 & 8 slots, like Wilson was. They should slot in the 2-4 rang,e nicely, along with Slaten and Whitlock. I don't like these 4 as 1-4's, but they are not awful. Maybe one can step up and be a decent closer. My hope is we get a great one. After our top 4, it gets a little dicey, but we do have the numbers. I just hope we don't have to cycle through 10 guys to settle on a working 5-8.

Right now, it looks like the 5-8 slots might start with Guerrero, Winckowski, Wilson and maybe Adams or Bernardino. The AAA depth looks decent, to me:

Penrod, Kelly, Weissert, I Campbell, Bernardino, Mata, Mills & Shugart

Some AA depth (Sandlin, Early, Wehunt, Hoppe, troye) could rise quickly, or a minor league SP'er could fill a pen slot, well.

If we added a Scott, Hoffman or Helsley, I'd really like our pen and its depth.

2 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Would be very surprised if they acquired a closer this offseason. I think they may get some more arms, but the closer is probably already on the staff. 

I'll be shocked, if we do. I am pretty certain they think Hendriks and Chapman can both fill the role. I like Slaten and a healthy Whitlock as our 8th inning men, and maybe one could eventually be a decent closer, but IMO, if we got an excellent closer, these 4 would be a very nice set-up crew for the 7th, 8th and 9th innings.