A lot of money to spend on the IF when the strength of the farm is IF. Also, this org is moving away from K's.
Who knows, maybe a new CBO moves this ship in a completely new direction and wants a 3B that K's a lot and brings in Snell to load up the bases with BB's?
A 750 OPS guy. If we're looking to spend heavily on a RHB, that's not really helping. Story and Chapman would be nice defensively, but offensively you'd want a little more bang for your buck.
https://www.prospects1500.com/al-east/red-sox/five-emerging-red-sox-prospects-to-watch-in-2024/
Prospects to watch for in 24:
Troye, Castro, Hickey, Monegro, I. Coffey
I think the "value the player" is the tone set at the top from Henry. It goes back to the Lester negotiations and has kind of been an undercurrent here except for the sexy DD years. I think Henry liked Chaim because he was a guy who set values on players and stuck to them. Overall as a strategy, it doesn't work out.
I was just refuting the "empty seats" comment. Major moves won't matter if they don't win.
Attendance is down to pre-2003 levels. Maybe it's just where the fanbase is? Are they burnt out? Is it a function of the rollercoaster the ownership has put us on?
He's going FA and SD should try to buy him out for 2 years. Not sure they will. He's still a 12M AAV guy to me. If Sox offered him 3/36, I would be ok with it, but as a back of the rotation guy. Pivetta has provided more fWAR over the past 3 years than Wacha.
They had the bones of a good to great rotation: Lester, Lacket, Beckett, Buchholz
They added some good role players in the offseason that took on outsized importance: Napoli, Gomes, Victorino, Drew
Don't think Sox can accomplish #1.