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Soto and two high value starting pitchers. No, I'm not day drinking. No, I haven't laid any traps for Vlad Dracul yet.

You're not going to be able to get the pitching you need without giving up value. Duran is at the height of his value and has a few cheap years left. Sox have some prospects coming up that can fill the roster void in OF. How else are they going to get better? Just sign FA starters? I think getting a 25 year old Soto AND acquiring more pitching automatically puts them in the playoff picture even if you take out Abreu and Duran. Soto doesn't have a split concern so you can bat him right next to Raffy or Casas or even in between them.

As I've said before, I could see them playing the percentages and deciding not to protect Garcia because it gives them an extra year of not having him on the 40 man as they would retain that option year for the future and have flexibility to use that spot for an MLB player they intend on using this year. However, maybe they do see the value in Garcia and don't want to risk it for the biscuit and just decide to burn the option year this season and protect him? 50/50 call IMO.

The last offensive player to be drafted that really worked out was Anthony Santander. He was taken after not reaching AA. It took one year of sitting on the bench and another year plus of development in the minors before he was ready to contribute to the MLB team. Is that what another organization would want to do with Garcia? Maybe.

Let's look at the past few years of position players that were drafted: Nasim Nunez - AA 125 games Deyvison De Los Santos - AA 113 games Ryan Noda - AAA 135 games Blake Sabol - AAA 25 games Akil Baddoo - A+ 29 games (post COVID year) Kyle Holder - AA 112 games (post COVID year) Ka'ai Tom - AAA 51 games Mark Payton - AAA 118 games Vimael Machin - AAA 12 games Jonathan Arauz - AA 28 games Five guys drafted prior to reaching AAA. Ignoring the weird COVID year impact on Baddoo, most guys played at least a full year at AA or reached AAA before being picked. The only exception was our boy Arauz. My guess is that the Sox picked Arauz to help with the MIF depth and then with the truncated season it was just too easy to hold onto him. Didn't work out though. I think someone could look at Garcia and think they could turn him into a Baddoo, a guy who had one strong season and now is just kind of a backup role player. For a Rule 5 pick that basically costs you nothing except roster space, it could be worthwhile for the CHW, OAK, or a bunch of other teams that need/like to hoard young cheap labor.

We have as good of a chance at picking the lottery as we do determining what moves they actually make this offseason. It's more interesting to just talk about different moves throughout the offseason and not get overly riled up about what Henry could or could not put the kibosh on.

I just took issue with moon's wording of "he does turn 22 in December so he's not super young" and interpreted that he was either at a normal age for the level or an expected age for the level. Current prominent INTL Sox: Wilyer didn't get to AA until he was 23. Bello was 22 (COVID year may have pushed it back one year). Devers was 20 - phenom. Rafaela was 21. He's not having a meteoric rise, but he's young enough where starting AA again as a 22 year old isn't cause for concern or anything. He'd still be on the younger side for that level. Not everyone there is an org guy, you also have college guys that are just a tick older than the INTL guys. The orgy guys really skew it for AAA where the average age increases to 26 for hitters and 27 for pitchers. Pitchers: A 21.9 A+ 23.1 AA 24.6 AAA 27.3 Hitters: A 21.0 A+ 22.5 AA 24.2 AAA 26.6 Overall increase level to level is approximately 1.5 years until you get to AAA where it just explodes due to orgy players.

Almost as realistic as trading for the top tier SEA pitchers IMO.

Soto LF Rafaela CF Anthony RF It's best for business. It's what I would do. Now to just head to Fenway and do what must be done. 🧄✝️⚔️🧛‍♀️⚰️

Sox had interest in Yamamoto they just weren't the highest bidders.

C'mon man. He completely tanked payroll to get under the cap. In 2022, they barely went over the CBT. To call that one of the biggest increases in his tenure just ignores so much context that it's an absurd argument.

What does this even mean?

That's why a 7/180 or something closer to that makes more sense than the 11 year contract the Padres gave out. It was just too long of a deal. I'd be fine with eating a year or two. Eating several is a bad business decision for a guy that isn't HOF caliber.

Fulmer depends on health and only the Sox know where he's at. Jhostynxon is a AA player.

Yes. The original one wasn't real either.

And that man is definitely NOT Tom Werner.

I like Bogaerts going forward, just not at the 280M the Padres gave him. At 180M it would have been fine IMO. I don't think his offense will play well in SD, but his fall off this year was strictly due to an injury.

People have told us that when they get close again with the prospects, the purse strings will be loosened. I don't know how much of that is wishcasting.

Bogey's last 5 seasons (2700+ PA) with BOS: 133 OPS+ Not sure why you are so down on him right now. 🤷‍♀️

We'll acquire great pitching by trading leftover parts then!

Who?

Pablo Sandoval?

Nah, it's much easier to get into the playoffs and the teams in the AL aren't very good right now. With the young guys coming up, they can get into the backend of the playoffs and "contend" for a little while. They won't get far or win a WS without spending, but they can get into the playoffs once in a while and maybe win a WC round here and there.

I looked into it and the answer was really dumb.

I have 104 days to sleep.