I felt the same way about visiting Fenway this year. I opted for the New England Aquarium instead. At least at the Aquarium, I know the same turtle will be there year after year and am not just rooting for laundry. https://www.neaq.org/animal/green-sea-turtle/
They have a lot of guys that could get nice returns. I wonder how they will approach the idea of buying and selling. My guess is that they do a little of both. If so, Breggie will be here through Sept. More likely that they deal from the OF crunch. Probably keep Chapman too in case they do make a playoff push.
How will we know which of the payroll is allocated from Devers's salary though? Right now, we'd have to deduct Hicks's salary for a few years, but a TON of salary is coming off the books this offseason. There is no way to really parse out what FA acquisition is really taking the place of Devers's salary. They just need to be able to extend their young players and bring in outside help using their financial might the way they did prior to 2019. No more excuse making or season punting. The top prospects are here. This offseason is the time to get everything in place and build a real winner.
One weakness for the Sox will be relying on guys coming back from injury. Breggie hasn't had in game action in about 45 days. Dobbins is coming off the IL after having extensive plastic surgery performed. Very concerned about a comebacker up the middle.
I think at the very least, they'll trade some potential Rule 5 guys to acquire some relief help like they did last season, similar to the Garcia trade last year.
Castro
Hoppe
Jordan
Mullins
Paez
Sandlin
Uberstine
It's been fine. I just think we don't know how Devers would produce if he was still here. We don't know how the guys we acquired will produce going forward. It's clear that this trade wasn't about being "won" for Breslow. It was a problem that had to be solved. They didn't believe they could handle it internally, so they traded him.
I don't remember tracking Mookie's stats in 2020 though.
Taj could be the guy the Sox could keep the offense going with. He doesn't generate a lot of whiffs and has a bad 4 seam FB. The three guys after that are tougher matchups for the Sox IMO.
As with the other Rays starters, his worst starts have come at HOME.
Away: 637 OPS, 4.04 ERA
Buehler needs to keep that train rolling.
The Schwarber and Eovaldi deals were completely fine. Nobody was upset at the time. Neither was a top 20 prospect or had that upside.
Bolivar is a guy nobody was tracking. Portes was an exciting pitcher, but still years and years away. Portes is still in Low A right now.
The buzz around Espinoza was crazy high when he was traded. Using him on Pomeranz was the problem. Should have just got a better arm for him.