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  1. mvp 78
    Rob Bradford of WEEI reported yesterday the Sox are seeking to add pitching depth. He suggests a back-of-the-rotation starter and a right-handed middle relief option are on the target list. Each of those player types should be attainable. Veteran back-end starters change hands every deadline season. Michael Lorenzen, Carlos Carrasco, Lance Lynn and recurring Sox’s target Rich Hill are among the impending free agents who are unlikely to require a hefty acquisition cost. They could have just signed Rich Hill in the offseason.
  2. mvp 78
    They just went 6-1 against the A's and Cubs. Of course they'd bump up the standings a little.
  3. mvp 78
    Never.
  4. mvp 78
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/details-on-justin-turners-red-sox-contract.html The Vayner Sports client will make an $8.3MM salary this year. At season’s end, he’ll have to decide on either a $13.4MM player option or a $6.7MM buyout to head back to free agency. That lofty buyout means Turner would collect $15MM for one season if he opts out, and he’d only have to top $6.7MM on the open market to come out ahead financially.
  5. mvp 78
    Do you think this Red Sox team with one extra pitcher could beat the Rays or O's (maybe both) in the playoffs?
  6. mvp 78
    I think it's more likely the Sox aim for a guy of this caliber than Stroman.
  7. mvp 78
    They kinda don't have a choice since they don't have anyone else to start.
  8. mvp 78
    Bernardino should be DFA'd for ruining the no-no.
  9. mvp 78
    Even if he's just more of a part time player next season, that bat is still really valuable. Sox should try to keep him around.
  10. mvp 78
    Yup, that's what happens when you play some really terrible teams.
  11. mvp 78
    Not cool to reference kimmi like this!
  12. mvp 78
    Well, slasher never posts anymore, so there's not too much slung Cora's way except for all the Kiké playing time.
  13. mvp 78
    Rays DFA'd Ronny Chirinos.
  14. mvp 78
    That's why Bloom needs to be able to make decisions without Henry around. I feel like Henry should be an absentee owner. Just set a budget and go away.
  15. mvp 78
    And instead of going over and trying to get into the playoffs, they went over, didn't improve their current roster and ended up under .500. Bloom whiffed. This year, the tradable assets are different. Sox will probably stand pat and it's fine.
  16. mvp 78
    Not from the fans, but from the media. Henry didn't want to get dragged over the coals.
  17. mvp 78
    @SPChrisHatfield I expect we'll get some official draftee signing news today, or at worst tomorrow. Four have been reported, plus 4th-rounder Matt Duffy and 11th-rounder Nelly Taylor are at the Complex.
  18. mvp 78
    Not with the talent that currently existed on that team: Nate Xander Devers ERod JD Beni Vaz Just adding cheap defensive first players around them would get them to be .500 or better every year. It also took too long to get returns from the Mookie trade and the biggest prospect can't flame out.
  19. mvp 78
    Not good enough to get under the cap or nobody would take on salary?
  20. mvp 78
    His metrics in 2021 were pretty bad. Catchers can age really fast and his contract was higher than what I would have paid. Nice guy though.
  21. mvp 78
    The WOO pitching staff stinks. We knew it wasn't going to be very good going into the year (and was only made worse by the ineffectiveness and injuries in the Sox rotation and bullpen). The strength right now starts in AA, where all the Bloom guys are. Drohan is in AAA, but they aren't going to rush him up for a start or two. These guys they are throwing to the wolves are just waiver wire journeymen.
  22. mvp 78
    I think with 2022, Bloom saw that it wasn't working and tried to start trading off pieces. However, the negative reaction to the Vaz trade probably got ownership a little gun shy and forced Bloom to really half ass the trading deadline. If he could just work in a vacuum and run this team without outside distractions, we'd be in a better place. He's not the perfect CBO, but nobody is. DD had his faults. Ben had his. Theo had his share of mistakes too.
  23. mvp 78
    If they didn't have Kluber or Kiké, they'd be about $35M under the CBT. I understand NOT spending on the available SS's (Turner, Swanson, Correa) since MIF is the strength of the farm system right now. Why not use the funds to give Eovaldi the contract they initially offered him and he came back to Sox and requested? Get local boy Hill back on a one year deal and you're still way under the cap. One year deal for Andrus to play SS and you've solved the Story injury. Those wouldn't have been sexy moves, but they would have been competent moves. This team would have been much better off for it. Whitlock or Houck could have been pushed to the pen.
  24. mvp 78
    I think there's a difference between expecting dominance and expecting a team that is above .500. Bloom made roster construction mistakes in 2022 and even some in 2023 (SS/2B, injury prone SP's). I can't fault him for a dry pipeline or an ownership group that wouldn't let him deal off the high end talent at the trade deadline. I can fault him for a moribund team last season that limped its way through 162 games. The current squad seems to have better vibes and should at least end the year on the right side of .500 even if they don't make the playoffs. Seems like that's a better outcome for fans.
  25. mvp 78
    Well, if Beckett doesn't give up 8 runs in Game 2 against the Rays in 08, maybe they get to another WS.
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