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Even if local fans stop showing up, a lot of visiting fans will come due to the balanced schedule. He has a a few more years to coast before the rubber will really meet the road.

I doubt they are selling the team. They are using FSG as a complete sports portfolio and the Sox are one of the best investments in it, including Fenway park. If they sold now, they'd most likely be looking for another MLB team to buy at some point. Unless they were anticipating a drop in valuations, it doesn't make sense. They are reducing the payroll because Henry believes the Sox SHOULD be better when they spend less money. He still pines for the days when he was courting Billy Beane and undervalued assets. Now, all teams are going for the same guys using virtually the same metrics. The Sox recently have set their valuations on guys, refuse to budge (ex: Bogey, Betts) and the market shows how far off they are. For Henry, it's more about a pissing contest than anything else. It's about him just being proven right because he's so much smarter than everyone else.

@tylermilliken_ Alex Cora confirms that the Red Sox latest zoom call with Jordan Montgomery was two weeks ago. What's the rush, right?

Those deals seem fine to me? I'd be upset if he signed for that elsewhere.

Texas is supposedly completely out and aren't spending due to tv money issues.

For now. Wheeler is already working on an extension. You never know who gets hurt or extended this season.

No. That was Hugh2.

Feinsand is the worst.

This is based on BOS trading and FA's, not industry experience though. Roger left via FA and had a long career. The Lester FA deal was pretty good. It also ignores bad trades like Drew Pomeranz.

I'm not sure about Cora's comments, but I'm assuming they were about him playing in BOS, not in Spring Training.

The Jays rotation on the Sox? Sox would have been like an 85 win team.

I underlined the guys who have a chance to provide something to the pen this season. I'll talk about them from least likely to most likely. Luetge has been effective before ('21-'22), but is coming to the end of his career. It's likely that this is one of his final stops. Hagenman struggled a little after leaving the Dodgers org, but it's not surprising given WOO's catching options. I think he has a bit of a bounceback season and is a prime candidate to be a guy that gets a bump from the new pitching philosophy. Chris Murphy is a decent enough arm and will probably get similar playing time to last year. He's not really a top tier guy. Joely is a perfectly fine LH reliever. He's great if you can stash him in AAA for depth. Weissert is just a tick up from Joely IMO. Zack Kelly was pretty good when healthy. He's not a big k guy, but induces weak contact and doesn't walk guys. Can be a solid 7th inning reliever. If he's back to being healthy, he's the best of the guys I underlined IMO. Guerrero is interesting, but I think he's not ready. He walks way too many guys right now and I'd like to see him succeed at AAA for a whole year before adding him to the 40 man. German was a high octane arm at one point, but needs a lot of work. He's just a one pitch pitcher right now due to command issues. I don't think Walter is worth a 40 man spot. I really don't know anything about Criswell. There's an outside chance we see Fitts this season, but more likely it'd be Gambrell.

I was just plopping the Jays rotation into the Sox 40 man.

Snell will use 30 of his 130 innings to face the Sox this year.

Per fWAR or per real life? TOR - Gausman, Berrios, Bassitt, Kikuchi, Manoah BOS - Giolito, Bello, Pivetta, Crawford, Houck About 7 games just based on the rotation? If the Sox had the Jays' rotation they'd be a 87 win team probably.

https://soxprospects.com/players/contreras-mark.htm

Yeah, he's already in AA. Of course he'll be playing in the Spring Training games.

OB is a New England guy, but he's just so dull. I've never been a fan of his. No personality.

The Sox have been meeting with Montgomery and are still the highest bidder. Boras is just holding out for more money. The worry is that another team could swoop in and still outbid the Sox.

And didn't let players leave either?

They all had one agent: Scott Boras.

That 8 fWAR year was 5 years ago. Since then, he's only put up 6.3 fWAR. He's not barreling the ball anymore and his exit velo is down. If his BABIP drops, it'll get ugly for him.

The other guys aren't in their league for sure.

The LA Times did a "GM Interview" with Bauer that ran last week. His answers were pretty s*** in it. I don't think any team that signs him would be pleased if that is how he's going to handle himself going forward. He's still blaming his current social media issues on others rather than just not posting at all. He's still very combative and believes that and PR issues would blow over in 3 days for a new team. He's a dumb guy who believes that he's very smart.

Penrod: 1 Inning, 3K, 1BB Was expecting another BB to be honest.