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Sox had a long look at him IN THEIR SYSTEM and chose to let him go. He's now got 2 bWAR pitching for MIL and it's not even June yet.

Sam was asked about potential trades: “But yeah, if the question are Craig (Breslow) and the team in baseball operations are trying to improve the team right now? The answer is yes. Will we be able to get a deal done or match up on something? I have no idea is the truth. But there’s conversations. There’s urgency. That’s something that is important.” The lack of May sellers in the American League means it will take a significant haul to land an impact bat. At this point, the demand outweighs the supply.

I've read your posts for several years. I'm pretty sure that's what it looks like when you log in.

An ERA below 3 is still pretty good! Interesting that Brez gave up on him in that deal.

Unlike a certain poster, I didn't want to sign Manaea. It's not that Brayan Bello's contract makes him untradeable, just that it greatly diminishes the return.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/boston-red-sox-top-48-prospects/ Rk Name Age Highest Level Position ETA FV 1 Franklin Arias 20.5 AA SS 2028 60 2 Payton Tolle 23.6 MLB SP 2026 55 3 Anthony Eyanson 21.6 AA SP 2027 55 4 Connelly Early 24.1 MLB SP 2026 50 5 Dorian Soto 18.3 R SS 2031 50 6 Juan Valera 20.0 A+ SP 2028 50 7 Enddy Azocar 19.2 A CF 2029 45+ 8 Henry Godbout 22.5 A+ SS 2029 45 9 Jake Bennett 25.5 MLB SP 2026 45 10 Kyson Witherspoon 21.8 A+ MIRP 2028 45 11 Justin Gonzales 19.4 A+ RF 2028 45 12 Marcus Phillips 21.8 A+ SP 2028 40+ 13 Harold Rivas 18.0 R CF 2031 40+ 14 Hector Ramos 18.7 R 2B 2031 40+ 15 John Holobetz 23.8 AA SP 2028 40+ 16 Sadbiel Delzine 18.4 R SP 2031 40+ 17 Miguel Bleis 22.2 AA CF 2027 40+ 18 Mikey Romero 22.4 AAA 3B 2028 40 19 Hayden Mullins 25.7 AA SIRP 2027 40 20 Jedixson Paez 22.3 MLB SP 2026 40 21 Tyler Uberstine 27.0 MLB MIRP 2026 40 22 Tyler Samaniego 27.3 MLB SIRP 2023 40 23 Angel Bastardo 23.9 AAA SIRP 2026 40 24 Yoeilin Cespedes 20.7 A+ 2B 2029 40 25 Jhorman Bravo 18.0 R SS 2031 40 26 Eduardo Rivera 22.9 MLB SIRP 2026 40 27 Alec Gamboa 29.3 MLB SP 2026 40 28 Gage Ziehl 23.0 AA SP 2028 40 29 Brooks Brannon 22.0 AA 1B 2027 40 30 Yordanny Monegro 23.6 AA SIRP 2027 40 31 Allan Castro 23.0 AAA RF 2026 35+ 32 Yophery Rodriguez 20.5 A+ CF 2028 35+ 33 Marvin Alcantara 21.6 AA SS 2027 35+ 34 Mason White 22.7 A+ SS 2029 35+ 35 Leighton Finley 22.2 A SIRP 2029 35+ 36 Nelly Taylor 23.3 AA CF 2028 35+ 37 Blake Wehunt 25.5 AA MIRP 2026 35+ 38 Ryan Watson 28.5 MLB SIRP 2026 35+ 39 Starlyn Nunez 20.6 A SS 2029 35+ 40 Conrad Cason 19.8 R SP 2029 35+ 41 Jakson Gamboa 19.3 R SP 2031 35+ 42 Berny Ortiz 20.8 R SP 2031 35+ 43 Gerardo Rodriguez 20.5 A+ C 2029 35+ 44 Dalton Rogers 24.3 AA MIRP 2026 35+ 45 Jojo Ingrassia 23.8 A+ SIRP 2027 35+ 46 Jose Bello 21.0 A SP 2029 35+ 47 Louis Andujar 18.7 R 3B 2031 35+ 48 Garielvin Silverio 17.6 R LF 2032 35+

Bassitt 3/63 (21 AAV) was a fine deal for TOR. Eovaldi's first deal with TEX was fine. His second deal is up for debate (almost 4 fWAR last year). Do you feel like we missed out on Robbie Ray?

The implication is that he needs to stop giving up the longball. A soft tossing lefty who gets barreled doesn't have a very high ceiling.

Giolito got injured AFTER getting signed, but was useful his second year.

Bello added a year plus a club option.

Tolle has the much higher ceiling. Early seems like a 3-4. Tolle seems like a 2-3 and maybe a 1-2 at his peak. So many guys go down with injuries now that it's really hard to project who won't get injured. Now that Tolle has a more refined pitch mix, it's much harder to deal him.

I've seen 4 WS. 9 last place finishes followed by a WS sounds like torture. Let's say I live 40 more years, that's 4 WS and 36 summers of last place teams to be annoyed by. 36 years of my life wanting to change the channel vs 4 playoff runs. Doesn't seem worth it.

I don't think many of us predicted the outcome of '21 or '22 very well either. We typically go with the prior year and think it'll be close to that again.

If he gets injured again, the FIP might get even lower.

Looks like a 10 game winning streak to me.

Speculative eviction?

I don't think he'll light the world on fire. I'm just (a) glad Kelly is off the roster and (b) interested to see how Guerrero will look in low pressure situations.

I think baseball turning into the max velo and max ev factory is why there are so many injuries. Max effort on every pitch and every swing is dumb and bad for a long career.

So now you're speaking for the fanbase? Your last sentence shows that you just don't understand my point.

Yeah, there isn't a big difference between one day in MLB and 4 months in MLB in terms of leverage. Even a year and a half shouldn't up the price tag too much IMO. Even if it goes up 2M AAV, that's not the end of the world for a team like the Sox. At least make sure the guy is able to stick in MLB before he's getting his deal.

They thought they would get into the the playoffs this year. They had a bad plan. They are now behind the 8 ball and are 5 games under .500 in May. Adding one bat now and having them try to sneak into the last playoff spot in an expanded playoff race is going to do what exactly? This fanbase doesn't feel better about the franchise because they made the playoffs last year. Arguably, they feel worse because they lost to the Yankees! It doesn't feel like the playoffs meant much to the team either as it didn't carry over into the new year.