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Yanks are apparently claiming covid losses as a reason for fiscal frugality. Expected to let Tanaka walk. Planning to sign a lower cost starter to fill his void. f*** you Yanks if true

Raisel Iglesias to the Halos for a nothing burger. I’m shocked the Sox and Yanks didn’t partake in this. With Archie Bradley on the market, Brad Hand free for a year and this guy available for nothing, I’m perplexed. The Yanks better not be getting cheap!

Zach Wheeler expected to be dangled due to Phillies financial crunch. This is the kind of deal the Yanks should make

When you don’t take home a ring, you get second guessed. You knew what you were getting. You got what you knew was coming. Title chances early, destroyed farm and payroll hell after.

DD's spending is 100%, entirely defensible solely because of the 2018 flag that waves in Fenway

I thought the rumor was he slept with Manny's wife

Expectation is that half the population needs the vaccine to almost entirely mitigate spread. Also, as we start to hang out outside again rather than indoors, the virus cases drop. I am optimistic that MLB will get a half season of near full stadiums as currently constituted

Also, very, very good chance at full availability of vaccinations by June. My guess is that the virus loads start to drop around April or May with it dropping almost to nothing by June and we start to see full stadiums come July. Owners should get a half season of asses in seats. This is why there is a push to move the season back. It will be hard for the outdoor cold weather teams, but if you do November day games in playoffs in cold weather sites, it’s doable

Bill James is in fantasy land on this one. For starters, they don’t get to their full potential typically until 18 months give or take a month or two. Sale, realistically, won’t be fully back to his best until September as his procedure was in March. He will likely be back on the mound in July, but I doubt he’s anything but inconsistent until the final month.

Gray admitted that he wilted under the pressure.

Yanks are rumored to be close with Kluber. This is both intriguing and terrifying as a Yankee fan. This early in the offseason, it makes me wonder if we are paying for the Kluber of 18 and not the one who has been a zero for two years runnings. The other terrifying issue here is that, this early in the offseason, Kluber would presumably be penciled into the rotation. That’s entirely fine on a losing team, but on a team primed to contend for the WS, counting on him from day 1 seems like a fools errand. My hope is they’re signing him to compete with Garcia, Montgomery, and German for the final 3 spots in the rotation and we sign an eventual number two (or even just bring back Tanaka). The upside here is clearly tremendous. He’s had one fluke injury followed by a wear and tear injury. His ability to bounce back will be interesting for sure, but if we see even some flashes of his CY capability, then any deal for him is a home run. Really interesting to see this rumor come out so early. Very intrigued

Mendoza threw multiple innings in tons of appearances. He is the warning for your arm falling off

And entirely meaningless. Yes, a guy can look good in a scrimmage, but when the game is going, that is where you get a full test of their capability. 2020 will alter the prospect landscape for sure

I dont think people should prepare for a wide range of outcomes. Devers is a placeholder for 3b before he moves over to 1b. There's no lipsticking pigs here.

Why George Springer? That is a move I expect the Mutts to make. Springer is a guy who's game, IMO, falls off a cliff 2-3 years into the deal and that is when the sox expect to contend again. Springer isnt a guy you go after. Bauer as well. When you sign those guys, you announce to the world that you are going to contend in the upcoming season, and I do not think the sox will

One of the biggest detractors for baseball was the loss of the minors. For a prospect-nick like me, it has almost entirely destroyed my love for the process and the system. You have a full season with zero data, no scouting reports, nothing.

Outside of a rumor that the Yanks were expected to re-sign Lemahieu, there has been absolutely no Yankee chatter. This is a weird, weird offseason

Kluber doesnt have a comp. Equating him to guys who take the mound year in and year out isnt very accurate. Tanaka and Quintana, for the most part, are able to make 25-30 starts a year. Kluber has made 8 starts since the end of the 2018 season and turns 35 in April. There is a distinct possibility that father time has caught up with him. But his upside, when healthy, is entirely the point of a contract here. What do you have to lose? You literally threw s*** against a wall for every start of 2020. ERod is coming back, but who knows what he will look like coming off myocarditis and a year layoff. Sale isnt gonna be back til the ASB and likely wont be fully recovered from his procedure until playoff time. Eovaldi is a walking enigma who cannot stay healthy. The rest of the rotation is up in the air. I absolutely bet you Houck starts the year in the minors if only for service time manipulation. You also have to wonder if he is for real as a starter as everyone and their mother seem to comp him to high leverage late inning relievers instead of starters, but he is an option. Maybe Mata makes the next step? Maybe you end up with more Mazza/******** you saw last year. I would offer him a $5 mil guarantee with escalators that could take a 1 yr deal up to maybe $12.5 mil or so and have a mutual option attached at a high price. It is a bargain if he is good and nothing if he sucks. These are the kinds of moves I expected Bloom to make and am kinda puzzled as to why he hasnt made more of them already. Smyly and Morton were definitely the kinds of guys the sox could use and being 1 yr deals, the higher cost is worth it, IMO. But he passed on that

It also has a lot to do with his contract. He's a defense only player at a premium position who is now expensive and entering the decline phase of his speed.

I don't think the sox have a budget right now. They reset last year, so they can go over without the 50% penalty or the drop in draft pick. The main thing with the sox is going to be value.

This is a no-brainer. One year deal, if he sucks, no commitment. If he’s awesome, great.

Sox looking at Kluber

Per John Morosi, Lemahieu likely to resign with Yanks

Watching Betts with disdain is like making a good gain on a stock and then watching it rise after and kicking yourself. You gotta take the fact that you made a good gain. That he won a title in Dodger blue is irrelevant. You got long term assets for a guy who wasn’t sticking around long term and was only going to affect your draft position in an otherwise abysmal 2020

It was a great trade. Your reset from last year unlocks your financial assets. Verdugo locks up the position for the next 4 years. Adding Downs is the kicker here. I was shocked you got out from half of Price’s deal, got Verdugo and got a real prospect