There is always player turnover due to injury or poor performance. Just because it looks good now, doesn't mean it won't drive off a cliff.
C - Narvaez should be good enough if the defense holds. Wong - DFA.
1B - Casas - Yuck. Campbell - we'll see. Toro is replaceable.
2B - Romy is good for now, but "for now" should be emphasized. Mayer is injured every season. Grissom - DFA. Hamilton - DFA. Sogard/Eaton - who cares.
SS - Story looks great right now, but his contract has been called an albatross and many wanted him DFA'd before this hot stretch.
3B - Bregman is most likely testing the market.
RF - Anthony should probably be the guy for the next 9 years here. Is Abreu even needed anymore?
CF - Rafaela should probably be the guy until his contract runs out, but he'll be used as a UTIL unfortunately.
LF - Duran should probably be the guy until his contract runs out since he can back up CF. Garcia may get traded due to backlog. Refsnyder may not be re-signed. Masa has had a rough year and is very disliked by Cora.
The Patriots had more failures than rings during the Brady years and I don't think anyone is coming away saying "6 rings don't make up for the 13 years they didn't win the SB." Crazy take.
I think they end up over the first line this season, so they'll try to stay under next season. Just my guess considering the potential work stoppages coming up and not knowing what the new CBA could look like.
Needs to really spend a lot of time this season working on his defense. We knew the defense was a work in progress to begin with, but once the bat took a step back it was a lot to overcome.
Early returns on the May deal aren't great! Hicks continues to be unfun to watch and we're stuck with him for a few more years. Sox still won the series though.
No game tonight and Buehler vs Pivetta on Friday. Feel free to ignore a few people until the Gio start on Saturday.
There's a lot of $$$ coming off the books this offseason and could/should have done this deal even if Raffy was still on the team FWIW since the deal doesn't start until '26.
Slaten probably replaces Isaiah? Looks like they only have 39 guys on the 40 man right now though. Is Slaten the only 60 IL guy expected to come back? Guerrero/Hendriks?