I don't know how much his bat will ever develop because of that hit tool. He just needs to swing. It's in his DNA. It will hold him back. I doubt the Sox would trade him because the value his glove brings vs his overall contract. I also don't want Campbell or Garcia put in the position to be an Opening Day starter in the OF. Going from a surplus to a deficit seems bad IMO.
If Suarez is a 1b, his value goes down to well below 20M AAV. At his age, why would he get 3 years with those high AAV's? Walker got 3/60 last year, but he's gold glove caliber defensively at 1b with 120 OPS+.
That team won right after they got rid of some of the malcontents (AGon who complained about playing late before travel days). I'm not worried about the video games. Every MLB guy is a gamer and they talk about it on the broadcast. Giolito famously gets ready for his starts by playing MLB the Show. I can only imagine what the Globe would have said about that back then...
notin has the true poster's spirit. Once he starts typing, he has to hit "submit reply" no matter how it comes out. Sometimes I even decide a post isn't worth it and I've been putting up the most numbers every quarter or whatever. 🫠