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It's an interesting legacy they are going for.

Turner, Bogaerts, Correa all made sense to sign, but Swanson did not. He's not worth it IMO.

Not really a surprise to me per the reasons I listed the other day.

I'd give it to Theo now that LL is out of the way.

@NBCSEdgeBB Report: Twins sign Gallo to one-year deal

I think they liked Park and hoped to have him clear waivers. However, I heard he would have had the ability to request his release if he passed through waivers and he didn't want to go to AAA.

The guy they traded was young, but not really a prospect. He was a lefty that could throw strikes but had no velo whatsoever. He was the fringiest of fringe. We will never hear of Lobo again.

@ChrisCotillo Chaim Bloom wants the Red Sox to get back to signing young players to pre-arbitration extensions. Don't be surprised if they try to talk about deals with Brayan Bello, Triston Casas and others this spring. What if Chaim is using the excess payroll towards extensions?

@MacCerullo The #RedSox announce they've traded Hoy Park to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later. Park was DFA'd earlier this week to make room on the 40-man for Kenley Jansen. The Free Wheelin' Chaim Bloom

Next year! Starting Pitchers Trevor Bauer (33)* Matthew Boyd (33) Carlos Carrasco (37) Mike Clevinger (33) Alex Cobb (36) – $10MM club option with a $2MM buyout* Yu Darvish (37) Jack Flaherty (28) Chris Flexen (29) Kyle Gibson (36) Lucas Giolito (29) Sonny Gray (34) Andrew Heaney (33) – can opt out Kyle Hendricks (34) – $16MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout Jakob Junis (31) Brad Keller (28) Michael Lorenzen (32) Lance Lynn (37) – $18MM club option with a $1MM buyout* Kenta Maeda (35) Tyler Mahle (29) Sean Manaea (32) – can opt out 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 John Means (31) Miles Mikolas (35) Frankie Montas (31) Jordan Montgomery (31) Charlie Morton (40) – $20MM club option 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) Marcus Stroman (33) – can opt out of remaining one year, $21MM* Jose Ureña (32) – $4.5MM club option with a $500K buyout Julio Urias (27) Vince Velasquez (32) Adam Wainwright (42) Alex Wood (33) *ineligible for QO What a bumper crop!

"In no previous year..."

Wallace is more likely to get a cup of coffee. Binelas really needs to turn it around. He was awful last year.

@SoxProspects Matthew Lugo went 3-for-5 with a double (3), home run (6), and four RBI in last night's 12-3 Criollos de Caguas victory. The 21-year-old infielder has slashed .248/.336/455 over 117 PA in Puerto Rico this Winter. He's #14 on the #SP60.

And for Swanson? Pass.

No, it'd make it worse because it's going to be a BIG contract.

But to go large and long for an untested guy like Senga may not be the best bet. I think the Sox should do a short term deal with Kluber and trade for a front of the rotation starter. Not sure what better options there were this offseason.

Sox needed help all over the place. It's foolish to just go for one specific position and put all your focus there. Yes, they should have signed a SP. Maybe they still will? However, signing Yoshida doesn't prevent them from signing a 2b/SS or SP. Other teams were able to sign multiple players. The Sox already signed 4 FA's. It's not like they are empty handed. They just need to keep going.

I forgot Hamilton. He has an outside chance at providing value at the end of the year because of his speed and the position he plays. However, his upside is much lower than the other guys I mentioned. Binelas isn't even a consideration at the moment.

How do you "choose" the year if you expect to be consistently good year in and year out. This doesn't make sense.

You can only be a contender if you go over the luxury tax? With the infusion of young talent, shouldn't the Sox be able to get under the tax and be good?

What if Senga could have filled the hole, but Yoshida was just the better value signing? Senga is coming with some control issues from what I've heard. It's interesting that people aren't raising red flags about what Senga's contract looks like.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-red-sox-shouldnt-be-living-this-indiana-pacers-life/ If the Red Sox are pursuing the absolute top-tier free agents, they haven’t been doing so successfully. And they haven’t exhibited the cleverness or guile necessary to build a consistent Yankee-beater on a budget. They’ll go .500 or better pretty routinely, and every couple years make the playoffs, which, unlike in the NBA, is in and of itself a real shot at winning a title. But expectations are, and should be, higher than that. Thursday’s dueling headlines are yet another reminder that they’re not being met.

Knowing that his dreams are about that, maybe he needs to be confined to a home?

Did you just buy some Bullfrog stock?

I'm not sure why the total $ amount matters, since the AAV of $18M is more important for payroll purposes. That's not a contract that is overly burdensome IMO. He just replaces what JD was paid.