Rodgers COL
'22 Home 10 HR, 313 AVG, 899 OPS
'22 Away 3 HR, 212 AVG, 588 OPS
Yuck
'23 Home 855 OPS
'23 Away 531 OPS
'24 Home 888 OPS
'24 Away 571 OPS
Moves to HOU
'25 Home 511 OPS
'25 Away 574 OPS
If it wasn't for Coors, this guy would be a NOBODY.
The only good thing about Rodgers is that he's on a MiLB deal and he can be left in WOO for the whole year, unless there's an opt out that we don't know about.
Relievers could be rushed if they have the goods, but Sameniego was coming off the internal brace procedure last season and probably needs at least a pit stop at MLB before he goes straight from AA to MLB. No reason to rush him as he's not a Watson/Whitlock/Slaten Rule 5 guy. He could be good enough to make the roster, but he's not on the 40 man, so other guys are going to get a crack at it first.
The post above this states that I think Seigler is likely to be moved off the roster at some point. If he sticks around, Sogard is gone (just because there is now a bunch of other pure UTIL guys that are now better than he is).
Breslow just struggles with the media. Always says something that people can come back to. His post Devers press conference was a mess. Saying anything specific about what they are going to acquire this offseason is just dumb. It's why you just say "we're going to go out and acquire the best players we can so that we can field a team that can be competitive for the playoffs." It's a statement that means nothing.
Makes a lot of sense that Breslow took the third fork in the road that wasn't mentioned in every freaking MLB Trade Rumors article for a month. A quiet Durbin or Neto deal is more in line with how Breslow has handled business than the out in the open Hoerner/Shaw and Paredes deals that we've been talking about for a while now.
I think he'll have an increase in wall ball doubles due to his pull air %. Maybe not a huge increase in HR's or anything, but I'd expect him to get closer to 40 doubles this year.
Sox have added enough guys with catching experience than I'm not worried what happens with Gasper or Seigler TBH. I think Gasper is a great AAA culture guy, but really wouldn't want him in BOS too long.
If I had to rank the IFers on the 40 man, I'd have to do it in tiers.
Story/Mayer/Durbin/Conteras
KC/IKF/Casas
Monasterio/Romy/Eaton
Sogard/Seigler/Gasper
Cheng
KC - transitions to OF fulltime
Casas - transitions to DH fulltime
Seigler/Gasper/Cheng are moved off the roster at some point. Maybe Sogard instead of Seigler.
Seigler can catch, but he's mainly an IFer now. Gasper has continued to catch much more than Seigler has. Seigler will probably turn his mitt in at some point.
I already said the pen should be:
Chapman
Slaten/Whitlock
Tolle/Weissert/Wilson
Crawford/Watson
I think Sandoval gets dealt at some point. Kelly can hang out in AAA. Moran can be DFA'd.