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Honestly, Urshela could totally tank this year. Voit came back to earth last year. Aside from last year, DJ only had one other season above 100 OPS+. Frazier and Gardner are both on the back 9. I think a lineup without Stanton and Judge could go south really quick.

The rumor is that they are now less likely to package young SP's with Myers (Quantril, Luchessi, etc.). If that's the case, the Sox should not be interested in the deal at all unless they are absolutely overwhelmed with prospects.

Wade Miley? The guy who was better in MIL in 2018 than in HOU in 2019? That guy?

What the Padres want is for the Sox to take on more salary. I think it'd be a bad move.

He wanted his man crush Julio Lugo.

Explanation: Sox fans are idiots too Renteria had a bad year in the field but I don’t believe it meant he couldn’t play in Boston. He played well on baseball’s biggest stage (aka World Series).

OCab, the guy who had 8 errors in only 50 games in 2004? That butcher? There's no way the Sox fans would have liked him! More like OBad.

But wouldn't they have noticed how horrible his glove was? I mean, your main assertion is that Sox fans hated Renteria because of his glove and it had nothing to do with his batting.

@JonHeyman Collin McHugh has recently been given the go-ahead to begin throwing after a tenex procedure alleviated an elbow concern. Could be a nice late-spring sign. Thanks to his versatility, nearly every team has checked in.

If that was the case WHY DID THEY LOVE NOMAR SO MUCH? https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garcino01.shtml Maybe they just liked that Nomar blamed all his errors on the groundskeeper?

@SPChrisHatfield . @BaseballAmerica ranked the #RedSox system 20th. That feels right, although saying anything beyond that would be outside my expertise.

Edgar Renteria has a 2005 season that mirrors his 2004 season prior to signing with the Sox. Red Sox fans: surprised Pikachu face

The book should have just been titled: 13 years until the greatest TalkSox poster arises. That's a far more important day IMO.

He's still playing in a huge market though. That's NOT why he isn't a household name.

And they market it through promoting stars..................

Honestly, it's not that hard of a fix!

So they are never going to market another baseball player ever because he could possibly be on steroids? What would the goal of marketing be? RED SOX YANKEES GREEN GRASS TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME!!! That s*** isn't bringing anyone new to baseball. MLB needs to make stars. They haven't.

I hope not. That would be an amazingly dumb reason.

I disagree! DINGERS! DINGERS! DINGERS!

Nothing really new in the above post and I've said that the Sox are likely to grab a player or two at the end of ST when teams try to sneak players through waivers. I just believe the Padres deal is dead since it's been reported that the Padres don't want to move their SPers.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/02/red-sox-still-open-to-adding-rotation-depth.html Sale’s situation doesn’t really alter the team’s interest in potentially adding a new arm from outside the organization, as chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom told reporters (including the Boston Globe’s Alex Speier and MLB.com’s Ian Browne) that the Sox were exploring such an acquisition even before Sale’s recovery from pneumonia delayed his preseason preparations. “We would always want to accumulate as much depth as we can. So I don’t think that changes,” Bloom said. The Red Sox could look into trade possibilities, perhaps picking up a starter who has become a spare part on another team that already has an excess of pitching candidates. Such surplus arms could also become available closer to the end of Spring Training as teams start to finalize their rosters, not to mention the free agent hurlers who are currently on the market. While these pitchers might not necessarily be picky in choosing a new team this deep in the offseason, the Sox can offer extra opportunity to available starters, since a solid short-term performance could lead to a proper rotation spot even after Sale returns. Sale, Eduardo Rodriguez, Nathan Eovaldi, and Martin Perez were Boston’s top four projected starters, and with Sale now out for at least the first couple of weeks of the regular season, the battle for the fifth starter’s job now expands to a battle for two spots. (Assuming a “starter” is required at all, since interim manager Ron Roenicke raised the possibility that the Red Sox could use an opener for one or both of the rotation spots.) Hector Velazquez, Ryan Weber, Matt Hall, Chris Mazza, Phillips Valdez, and Brian Johnson are among the names under consideration, and it’s possible that the Red Sox could stick with one or more of these options rather than an outside acquisition. “We have a lot of guys here we’re interested in learning more about, that we’re excited about, and we brought them all in for a reason,” Bloom said. “We have some guys within the organization to help them get better. This is good to see them put those adjustments into play and learn more about them.”

The reason it's less exciting now is because baseball is unable to market the current crop of players they way they marketed Sosa and McGwire. Mike Trout should be the most well known baseball player, even to casual fans. He should be Michael Jordan. MLB has failed to market him and other young stars because it's run by a bunch of old twats they only care about the money, not keeping it going for another 100 years.

Which record? Marris? Aaron? We were all told that McGwire and Sosa saved baseball in 98! It wasn't a joke to anyone then? Or would have only been a joke if Sosa got the record not McGwire? Bonds only became a joke when the BALCO stuff came up. I was living in SF during 2001 so my view on him may not be CLEAR.

I'm just glad they never signed Aubrey Huff.

And they could have used Casey Kelly and Eric Patterson in another trade to bring back talent. It wasn't just Rizzo that the Sox traded.