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You've seen those AAA guys that aren't on the 40 man roster get lit up in ST though, right?

https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/tomase-noah-song-is-dave-dombrowskis-chance-to-stick-it-to-red-sox/287825/ The Red Sox hit a Rule 5 home run with Garrett Whitlock. They may strike out looking on Noah Song. Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom made the calculated risk not to place him on the 40-man roster this winter, gambling that no organization would take him in the Rule 5 draft and commit to placing him on the big league roster, but Phillies president Dave Dombrowski had other ideas. As smart as the Red Sox looked for swiping Whitlock from the Yankees following Tommy John surgery, they could equally regret the decision not to place Song on the 40-man roster over some lesser prospects this winter. That outcome is no longer in their hands. Dombrowski no doubt relishes the opportunity to outmaneuver the organization that fired him less than a year after winning the World Series, and you have to admire the roll of the dice on such a premium talent. Aggression is a hallmark of Dombrowski's approach, however, and the Phillies boast a deep enough roster, theoretically, to carry Song as a low-leverage arm while he learns on the job. If the Phils can manage him through the season, they will have successfully pilfered a player with the potential to be one of the top pitching prospects in the game. There is some precedent for this in another sport. The Cowboys drafted Navy quarterback Roger Staubach 129th overall in the 1964 NFL draft and then waited as he completed his military obligation, which included a tour of duty in Vietnam. There's no telling where Song's career goes from here, but if he succeeds in Philadelphia, it will be a black eye for a Red Sox organization so focused on building through homegrown talent. All Bloom and Co. can do now is hope he doesn't become the one they let slip away. - by dumb dumb John Tomase who should have been run out of town 25 years ago

It helped land Sonny Gray.

Romy is a good platoon bench bat. His defense is only good enough for the right side of the IF. Monasterio can play all over the IF. I think it's two different skillsets TBH. I think Monasterio is a cheaper version of IKF.

Mets have spent and win a WS every few years, right? DD got that nice ring for the Phillies. Padres...

At that point in time, it wasn't worth it to throw a guy who has been out 3 years on your active roster.

Nobody took him last offseason.

1. I was told by everyone on here that "there's no way he hasn't been throwing every day." In fact, he hadn't thrown at all, which is why he got injured right off the bat. 2. When he was drafted DD stated (paraphrased) "it's a gambit, we don't know if he'll throw 85 or 95." I think the intent was just to get him out of the Sox org. Sneak him through the IL process the first season if he looks closer to the 95 scale, but needs work. In year 2, have him up for the minimum time allowed and then send him to AAA. If he didn't look close to being ready, they were fine with just DFA'ing him at some point. There was no real long term goal here, which is what Noah Song really needed for his career.

Really took a big bite out of Song's career TBH. That move was simply done out of spite.

Only 7 relievers had worse BB/9 than that last season > 30 IP. The last time Guerrero was in MLB was 2019. Not sure there is much there TBH.

DHuran put a charge into that one.

Looks like there will be some Yophery action for you sickos to watch today.

They moved ARod to 3b because Jeter was selfish and wouldn't move for the better defender.

They moved Rafaela because of bad roster construction and injuries that gave him no other option. If there weren't injuries to the MIF, Rafaela wouldn't have left CF. It was either that or play a guy who could barely OPS 700 in AAA.

97% of his time was spent at 2b or SS. He really wasn't a super utility guy like Brock Holt. I think he just moves guys around that aren't good enough to play one position fulltime.

No, he was always a pretty bad SS. By '21, they were moving him elsewhere because the defense just wasn't a good fit even at age 22.

I think Anthony would be fine as an everyday RFer. I don't think he'd be great long term in CF. For a day or two? Ok.

If Duran is the truly the 4th OFer, you just have him fill in wherever and leave the other guys alone.

They also had Abreu play LF. Think they are just moving guys around because it's ST. Also can't hurt to have him get reps just in case he does have to run out to RF in an emergency situation.

Mayer's first game of the spring.

How's Stanton feeling these days? Well... “I can’t open a bottle,” Stanton said. “I can’t open a bag of chips … a bag of anything. That’s the way it is.”

Romy and Duran play completely different positions.

More likely now that Romy went down.

Tayron Guerrero has a big arm, but really bad control. Has never had a full season ERA below 5 at AAA. He's already 35.