@ChrisCotillo
Two Red Sox SP target updates, per sources:
* There has been consistent communication with James Paxton and a reunion there is in play but not a certainty.
* Remain engaged on Lucas Giolito along with many other clubs who are targeting his upside.
It was to seal the deal for the Red Sox, not the Dodgers. If Price wasn't going to be packaged to LAD, there were rumors that he could be packaged to SD instead.
"We like Verdugo, Wong and Downs, but you gotta take Price too."
Yup, should have traded Sale, but that was unlikely to happen. Hard to trade Sale AND Price or Nate AND Price. More likely it'd be JD AND Price or it would still have been seen as a big tank job.
Mazz said as much early last week. Merloni agreed at the end of the week. Now McAdam wants to get in on the fun.
I had to swallow my pride to both listen to the Mazz podcast and report it to my beloved TalkSox fans.
They need a 2B better than Valdez/Reyes. That shouldn't be hard to do.
They need SP better than Bello/Sale/Crawford/Houck/Pivetta. Some of the names throw around (tier 4 and lower), are NOT better than these guys. What's the point in adding if they aren't higher quality!?!?!?
That's solely based on the min IP requirement you put. If you put it to 200, he falls to 55 behind elite velo guys like NICK PIVETTA. If you put it to 150, he falls to 112 behind elite JOSH WINCKOWSKI.
He was with Bailey last year and they didn't keep him in the rotation. We haven't heard anything about them being linked. I think that probably says a lot about Bailey's thought on Manaea's talent level.
Fujinami could be an interesting arm, but they've already added a Rule 5 guy and have a fairly decent pen. They need help in the rotation with Fujinami doesn't provide.