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Agree.

I asked it before. Wonerment?

Why hasn’t Bloom brought over developmental guys from TBR?

Stinks like a poopy diaper.

Yes, it's only been 4 games. 1. I'm only worried about Arroyo, because he's never been good enough to be a starter. 2. The starting rotation has looked bad and needs to show improvement the next time through or there is a HUGE problem.

When the exit velocity of your HR is 106 MPH, but it's still called WIND BLOWN... SMDH...

Because the Sox said for a long time that they wanted Xander. Then Xander went to the Padres. Then then the Sox said Story would be the SS. Then then then Story got hurt. Posters were speculating at the time period of the first sentence.

If Trey Ball did work out, Bloom wouldn't have re-signed him anyway.

To get Alcantara from the Marlins, the Sox would have to give up Mayer, Rafaela, Bello and Houck. How much do the Sox really believe in Mayer?

With his track record? No. They were aiming for Jordan Lawlar with pick #4. Rocker was injured, so they would have passed on him. If Leiter falls to #4, do they take him? 5.50 ERA in 23 G in 2022. In a redraft, Davis, Mayer and Lawlar don't even make it to pick #4 most likely.

Casas has reached base every game this year.

Huh? The Sox said that Story was going to be the SS. He revealed the injury after ramping up his practice like a week after the Sox stated he'd be the SS.

Sox wanted Jordan Lawlar, pick #6. https://www.milb.com/player/jordan-lawlar-691783

Why would I give up Yoshida? Why wouldn't Bloom just spend more money? Are we now a midmarket team that always has to be under the CBT? Last season: sign Kevin Gausman for 18M AAV (the cost of Paxton/Hill/Wacha) and get 5.7 fWAR, sign the Rodon contract for 22 AAV and get 6.2 fWAR, sign Verlander for 25 AAV and get 6.1 fWAR. You're over the cap for one year, but you'll reset in 2023 and it's the final stretch run with the old core. Just go for it.

Arroyo has also been dreadful. -23 wRC+ I noticed at least one ball that Story/Pedroia would have fielded cleanly for an out, but Arroyo let scoot into RF.

We'll see. They were planning on SS to start the year. Depends on what the rest of the roster looks like in June/July.

Who would they realistically sign this offseason to put them over the top? Starting Pitchers Matthew Boyd (33) Carlos Carrasco (37) Mike Clevinger (33) Alex Cobb (36) – $10MM club option with a $2MM buyout* Johnny Cueto (38) – $10.5MM club option with a $2.5MM buyout Zach Davies (31) Jack Flaherty (28) Chris Flexen (29) Kyle Gibson (36) Lucas Giolito (29) Sonny Gray (34) Zack Greinke (40) Andrew Heaney (33) – $13MM+ player option with a $500K buyout Kyle Hendricks (34) – $16MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout Rich Hill (44) Jakob Junis (31) Brad Keller (28) Corey Kluber (38) – $11MM club option Clayton Kershaw (36) Michael Lorenzen (32) Seth Lugo (34) – $7.5MM player option Lance Lynn (37) – $18MM club option with a $1MM buyout* Kenta Maeda (35) Tyler Mahle (29) Sean Manaea (32) – can opt out of remaining one year and $12.5MM German Marquez (29) – $16MM club option with a $2.5MM buyout Nick Martinez (33) – two-year, $32MM club option; if declined, two-year, $16MM player option Wade Miley (37) – $10MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout Frankie Montas (31) Jordan Montgomery (31) Charlie Morton (40) – $20MM club option (no buyout) Aaron Nola (31) Jake Odorizzi (34)* Shohei Ohtani (29) James Paxton (34) Martin Perez (33)* Eduardo Rodriguez (31) – can opt out of remaining three years and $49MM* Hyun-Jin Ryu (37)* Luis Severino (30) Max Scherzer (39) – can opt out of remaining one year, $43,333,334* Blake Snell (31) Ross Stripling (34) – can opt out of remaining one year, $12.5MM Marcus Stroman (33) – can opt out of remaining one year, $21MM* Noah Syndergaard (31)* Jose Ureña (32) – $4.5MM club option with a $500K buyout Julio Urias (27) Vince Velasquez (32) Michael Wacha (32) – two-year, $32MM club option; if team declines, Wacha has $6.5MM player option (contract also contains $6MM player options in 2025-26) Luke Weaver (30) Alex Wood (33) I don't see them getting Nola out of Philly, outbidding everyone on Ohtani, or the Dodgers on Urias. Maybe they can get Giolito? He's still the #2 IMO and not a true ace like Pedro, Roger, early Sale.

The Astros had a good rotation long before Vaz showed up.

Maybe the pitchers are just sucking eggs early on in the season and it's not the catchers' fault?

He'll get CERA bombed by McGuire!

To play 2b, right?

No idea.

At least Ben Cherington had the decency to trade expiring contracts of a last place team.

If this is a directive from Henry, why have the most recent Sox drafts been hitter focused at the top of the draft? 2022: Romero, Coffey, Anthony 2021: Mayer, Fabian, McDonough 2020: Yorke, Jordan

I would like to trust one source, but I don't know what it would be right now. Oh well.