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Yeah, I wonder how long he has Alonso drag out the signing. 😐

Set your watches everyone.

Who is McNeil?

Does Alonso want more than 5 years?

This might be a stepping stone to that job.

For reference, he's a pitch to contact guy, so we'd expect him to have a higher than average FIP. He's also a flyball pitcher and benefits by having Duran, Rafaela and Abreu behind him. He just needs to keep the HR/9 down.

Would be nice to have an additional 30M to spend (Masa/Hicks).

How much would they pay Suarez?

More likely it'd be Alonso/Suarez, IMO. I'd be surprised if they only add Suarez to the offense.

Backup plan?

LOL WUT? League average FIP 2021 4.27 2022 3.97 2023 4.33 2024 4.08 2025 4.16 The league got 2% worse, not 20% better.

He's a backend rotation guy, but the Sox can find a #5 with a higher ceiling than him (they have a few in house).

300M on Bregman? NO! 200M on Bregman? NO! 150M on Bregman? Maybe!

From MLB: The younger brother of pitcher Andre Jackson, who last pitched in the big leagues in 2023 and is currently throwing in Japan, Isaiah Jackson was a solid, albeit raw, high school outfield prospect who landed on MLB Pipeline’s Top 250 in 2022. The Astros took him late that July but he headed to Arizona State for college ball. He showed inconsistent glimpses of his potential over his first two seasons, but put it together in 2025 to earn All-Big 12 Conference first-team honors to help him land with the Angels as their eighth-round selection. A left-handed hitter, the 6-foot-3 Jackson has long had tremendous raw power and he started tapping into it consistently for the first time this past spring. A lot of that had to do with making better swing decisions and being shorter to the ball compared to his first two years in school. After striking out 26.7 percent of the time as a freshman and sophomore combined, he cut that down to 17.1 percent this year while upping his walk rate from 8.8 percent (2023 and '24) to 11.2 percent. While Jackson is an average runner, he’s very athletic, especially for his size. He knows how to steal a base, and while at one point it was thought he’d have to move to a corner, he’s become an outstanding defender in center field, one who made the Pac-12 All-Defensive team two years in a row. It likely will always be a power-over-hit profile at the plate, but his overall profile is helped by the fact he can stay up the middle at the next level.

8th round pick last season. Decent CFer. Runs well. LHB. Power over hit.

Better than a DFA. Clears a roster spot for a FA acquisition or Rule 5 pick tomorrow.

2022 77 IP, 5.47 ERA, 4.34 FIP, 12 HR, 1.40 HR/9 2023 129 IP, 4.04 ERA, 3.83 FIP, 17 HR, 1.18 HR/0 3/30-7/21 119 IP, 3.33 ERA, 4.26 FIP, 19 HR, 1.44 HR/9 7/21-8/2 15 IP, 9.60 ERA, 12.17 FIP, 12 HR, 7.2 HR/9 8/7-9/28 54.2 IP, 5.76 ERA, 4.41 FIP, 8 HR, 1.33 HR/9 Our expectations were set too high after his '23 season. People on here were talking about #2 upside for him. He seems like a back of the rotation guy like we expected. It's fine. It's not the end of the world. He'll probably give up about 1.4 HR/9 every season as he gets pull aired all day long. Only 7 qualified starters did that last year. It's a limited profile. If they traded him, he wouldn't be missed.

FULL THROTTLE is why I wrote "we'll see." Breslow had a very good offseason last year. He needs to follow it up with another good one this year.

They've made statements that they wouldn't, but we'll see.

It's only the 2nd day of the Winter Meetings. No reason to rant about roster makeup until ST rolls around.

They said that Garcia and Travieso should have been equal value for Oviedo and other sources were surprised that Breslow was able to bring back additional value. Guzman's glove gives him a high floor, but needs to work on the offensive side (has shown patience and pull power). Samaniego adjusted his mechanics post surgery and was able to be more effective in '25, but has not pitched above AA (secondaries need work). While Garcia was ranked 6th, they could make the case that he was in a tier that was anywhere from 6 to 15 or so (where some teams value him). Travieso was seen as a top 10 prospect by some other franchises, but also had a very fluid value similar to Garcia.

I'm surprised the Mets didn't want to keep him around. It's a high AAV, but is' not a crazy contract. Kinda weird at first glance.