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  1. mvp 78
    Priester was the low to moderate guy in the Sox system. The Brewers helped unlock a little bit in him (*cough cough* cutter).
  2. mvp 78
    I don't think they anticipated Giolito needing TJS at the time he was signed.
  3. mvp 78
    Yes, they shouldn't get these types of guys going forward because (1) they are reducing your 40 man roster in offseason year 1, (2) wasting AAV on CBT in year 1 while not getting enough discount in year 2 and (3) the Sox have a bad history of grabbing these types. It's one thing to do it for a premier talent, it's quite another for guys with a limited ceiling to begin with. Matthew Boyd got 2/29 and Shane Beiber got 2/26 last offseason, which are much better deals than Sandoval at 2/18. Sandoval was a bottom of the barrel signing. Starters signed for less really didn't produce much of anything in '25. Better off just not signing anyone. The hope was that he'd come back in the 2nd half, but that didn't happen.
  4. mvp 78
    He's a changeup, sinker, slider guy with a god awful 4 seamer. That's right in their wheelhouse. In his best seasons, he was a high groundball rate pitcher with low hard hit rate and induced a lot of whiffs. Similar profile to Bello, just with higher k rate.
  5. mvp 78
    Too late... 😏
  6. mvp 78
    Too many hacks that have been writing the same drivel for 40 years OR it's 8 versions of the same story.
  7. mvp 78
    The most recent TalkSox poll (AUG) was: Payton Tolle (SP 1) Jhostynxon Garcia (6) Franklin Arias (2) Kyson Witherspoon (5) Connelly Early (3) Luis Perales (4) Mikey Romero (15) Juan Valera (7) Brandon Clarke (n/a) Justin Gonzales (9) Marcus Phillips (12) Dorian Soto (10) David Sandlin (11) Anthony Eyanson (13) Miguel Bleis (22) Johanfran Garcia (29) Jedixson Paez (20) Yoeilin Cespedes (23) Yhoiker Fajardo (9) Yophery Rodriguez (38) My personal top 20 is probably closer to SP than what TalkSox has up. Tolle (higher than Early due to ceiling, but could go either way) Early Arias Perales Witherspoon (hasn't pitched professional innings, but I heard good reports about character and pitch mix) Garcia Valera Fajardo Gonzales Sandlin Phillips (next three could jump early in the season) Eyanson Godbout Soto Romero (will hit a lot of HR's in WOO, but high k/low bb guy now) Holobetz Drohan (age 26) Uberstine (age 26) Paez (injury) Mullins (age 26)
  8. mvp 78
    Devers actually deserved it and had more stateside appearances than the other guys listed. He was in the GCL on 7/4/14 after just a month in the DSL and didn't stop hitting. He stayed a top 5 prospect throughout his time in MiLB. Soto ranked 17th before appearing in a DSL game and is now 10th after OPS'ing 790. Part of it is because he was 17 and the projections have him being better in '26. Still a little high for me TBH.
  9. mvp 78
    If you are trading Duran and Bello, you are probably bringing salary back.
  10. mvp 78
    He will.
  11. mvp 78
    Gio had his March '24 and was back in 12 months. Sandoval had his June '24 and he wasn't able to make it back before the end of the season. He should be ready to go, but these things aren't 100%.
  12. mvp 78
    Who has been hammering them (excluding twitter, message boards, etc.)? They seem to get off pretty easy from BOS media.
  13. mvp 78
    50% of all MLBers named Sandoval have appeared for the Red Sox. Angels are the only other team with as high of a percentage.
  14. mvp 78
    Compared to how they've treated some other prospects, they are going light on Soto. Antoni Flores ranked 10th after only 4 GCL AB's. Never OPS'd above 700 again. Gilberto Jimenez ranked 8th before showing up stateside. Pushed to 4th after his Lowell appearance. Miguel Bleis ranked 7th before being sent to FCL (3rd at the end of the season). Yoeilin Cespedes ranked 6th before being sent to FCL (when org was at its peak). Once Anderson Espinoza popped in 2015, it seemed like they were always overly high on one or two guys every year in the DSL. With how MiLB is now, I'm not sure numbers matter until SAL or maybe even GRE.
  15. mvp 78
    People are putting him in the rotation because he's on the 40 man and has no options.
  16. mvp 78
    It says more about the positional depth at the top of the minors. They need all the warm bodies they can find. However, since he went to Richmond, I have to stan.
  17. mvp 78
    On Sandoval: Breslow said, “(b)eing able to pencil him into the rotation next year makes this an even better move for us.”
  18. mvp 78
    The upside is that more people will know him because of "LOL Dick Fitts" than his pitchability.
  19. mvp 78
    His velo was up a tick and he was actually k'ing people. The problem was that once he got to the Regular Season and better lineups, he stopped k'ing people and was back to needing BABIP luck from what I remember. After he came back from injury, they were reluctant to let him pitch later in to games. Due to injury? Like of a put away pitch? Other?
  20. mvp 78
    It's the time of the year where we can all look sideways at a few Steamer calculations. I don't know how they come up with the defensive valuations, but they were way off last year too. Steamer was really down on the '25 Sox, but they were 10th overall in fWAR at the end of the year. They project every fulltime or near fulltime Sox player to regress in '26. '26 questionable calls: Duran 2.5 fWAR Rafaela 2.4 fWAR (even though his wRC+ increases to 95???) Story 1.3 fWAR (with 100 games played) Wilyer 1.7 fWAR (99 games played and career average wRC+)
  21. mvp 78
    He'll be turning 27 and we've seen a lot of mid rotation stuff from him over the past 3.5 years. I don't think he ever becomes anything more than a #3. If they move him, he's not a guy that all of a sudden is in the CY conversation. 23-25 (200+ innings) 58th fWAR 127th k/9 112th bb/9 147th hr/9 84th ERA 83rd xFIP Good, but not great pitcher. If you're using him to get a #2 starter or a true middle of the order bat, you should do it.
  22. mvp 78
    If they sign Alonso, Casas isn't getting the first shot.
  23. mvp 78
    Giolito helped get him to the playoffs in year 2. If Brezzz is really spending near the 2nd line this offseason, it shows that JH is happy about getting to the playoffs. Part of the reason Bloom was fired was inaction at the deadline and several years of missed playoffs. I think October baseball helps JH's self esteem.
  24. mvp 78
    He'll have more fWAR in one season than Pablo Sandoval did for his entire BOS career.
  25. mvp 78
    Cease's numbers are worse, but you think he's a 2?
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