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Hard to say.

Andrew Heaney: Exit Velo: bottom 2% in 2022 Hard Hit %: bottom 1% in 2022 He gets a lot of k's, but gets hit hard and gets injured. Not a recipe for success in my book.

The world is testing my patience this week, that's why...

Even just to get a bullpen regular or utility player would be an absolute win. You don't have to come away with Whitlock.

https://www.mlb.com/news/2022-all-arizona-fall-league-team?t=arizona-fall-league-coverage Stephen Scott made the All AFL Team. C: Stephen Scott, Scottsdale (unranked among BOS Top 30) The 2019 10th-rounder out of Vanderbilt made the full-time move back to catcher this season, so you might have expected there to be a heavier emphasis on his defense with the Scorpions. Instead, he showed he can swing it a bit too with a .298/.394/.614 line over 15 games. Five of his seven extra-base hits left the yard, putting him in a five-way tie for third on the AFL HR leaderboard. That’s a solid showing for a player who went deep 10 times in 96 games at High-A and Double-A during the regular season.

The Red Sox are exploring the pitching market early, putting out feelers on both starters and relievers. Two starters they are poking around on early, according to sources, are right-hander Seth Lugo and lefty Andrew Heaney. C'mon, man!

I think that says more about the state of the system than anything else. I see more value in him on the 40 man than Reed or Ort.

How I'm feeling about buying mlb.tv for 2023.

I think you scared him off the site.

I don't see them protecting Abreu. He was ok in Portland but absolutely pathetic in the AFL. Abreu, meanwhile, batted just .167/.275/.204 with two doubles and 10 RBIs in 17 games. If they think he has a shot of playing in BOS this year, maybe they find a spot? They did make room for Rossario and Potts for way too long.

$$$ Sox have $90M+ to spend.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=senga-000kod Haven't seen much discussion about Koudai Senga on here. Is it because the Sox were out early on Suzuki last year?

The worst....

He's an interesting guy. My guess is that there are guys left unprotected on other teams that are better than Wallace.

“We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.” ― Bob Ross

Valdez was already added to the 40 man. @brendan_camp #RedSox officially add Enmanuel Valdez to 40-man roster, activate 5 players from 60-day injured list

Telling what? Please compare what he said on the podcast vs this tweet. I'll hang up and listen...

I think protecting Rafaela/Walter/Ward/Murphy makes sense. I wouldn't protect Abreu. I would think about protecting Wikelman, but wonder if he's too far way. I'm not sure I'd protect any guy whose ceiling is middle reliever like Fernandez or Wallace. Jimenez and Feltman are close to post prospect phase. Not sure I'd be worried if Koss or Hamilton were selected.

Chris Hatfield mentioned it on the last podcast. @SPChrisHatfield My thoughts for Tuesday. Certain: Rafaela Near-certain: Walter Probable: Ward Likely: Murphy Toss-ups: W. Gonzalez, Abreu Prob too far away: Paulino May get picked, not protected: Politi Of note: Fernandez, Wallace, Bonaci, Scott, Feltman, Koss, Hamilton, Jimenez, V. Santos

SP's list: December 2022 Wilyer Abreu Dan Altavilla Angel Bastardo Brock Bell Royman Blanco Brainer Bonaci Zach Bryant Cameron Cannon Brendan Cellucci Felix Cepeda Kole Cottam Wil Dalton Joe Davis Osvaldo De La Rosa Luis De La Rosa Tyler Dearden Nick Decker Jonathan Diaz Alex Erro Tyler Esplin Albert Feliz Durbin Feltman Ryan Fernandez Ryan Fitzgerald Feleipe Franks Grant Gambrell Michael Gettys Rio Gomez Wikelman Gonzalez Bryan Gonzalez Devlin Granberg David Hamilton Gabriel Jackson Axel James Gilberto Jimenez Christian Koss Austin Lambright Dominic LoBrutto Eduardo Lopez Bryan Lucas Naysbel Marcano Elih Marrero Oddanier Mosqueda Chris Murphy Brendan Nail Andres Ortuno Yusniel Padron-Artiles Eddinson Paulino Aaron Perry AJ Politi Ceddanne Rafaela Jose Ramirez Oscar Rangel Tyreque Reed Carlos Reyes Jorge Rodriguez Giancarlos Santana Victor Santos Stephen Scott Cody Scroggins Chase Shugart Nick Sogard Noah Song Dylan Spacke Luis Talavera Jake Thompson Freddy Valdez Michael Valera Eduardo Vaughan Jacob Wallace Brandon Walter Thaddeus Ward Alex Zapete Ryan Zeferjahn

A happy accident.

I like Bogaerts. I think the Red Sox need to retain their own players. Nimmo is going to cost a lot more than people are suggesting on here.

I think he'd be a really good defensive OFer.

I don't think they would. They probably would want another year of seasoning at least. He's only been catching fulltime for one year.

"Would be selected" vs "could be selected." Would be for sure? No. Could be maybe? Yes. I think the Sox just need to decide which guy they want to keep on the 40 man. Seems like Hernandez didn't provide all that much upside last season and his defense still stinks. At least Scott has the versatility to play multiple positions.