I would have let Gillaspie, Llovera, Jacques and Weiss go. Nothing going on there. Gambrell, Drohan and maybe Penrod seem to be more interesting to protect. Easy enough to DFA if they don’t work out this year.
@IanCundall
The Red Sox have three open 40-man spots ahead of this evening’s Rule 5 deadline and I think they will protect three pitchers:
RHP Luis Perales
RHP Wikelman Gonzalez
LHP Shane Drohan
The Sox wasted Ted's prime anyway. By the time DiMaggio retired, the Sox were on track to be basically a 4th place team for a decade. Trading Ted wouldn't have changed the outcome of the franchise all that much. The Sox were in the wilderness from 1952-1966.
Agreed on Mayer. Will be interesting to see how the '23 draftees perform in their first full year. Also agree on Gambrell. He was forgotten due to the injury. Sox don't have many starters on the farm of value, so any of note are fun to watch.
My worry is that they get one good pitcher and the second pitcher is paid decently but is really a #4. We already have a few guys that can pitch like a #4 IMO. I'd rather spend that 10M towards a RHB or increase the offer on the top tier pitcher...
Yeah, they aren't trading Masa this season. I think he's due for a rebound and if it's true that other scouts/execs think he's overpaid, there won't be many takers.
How quickly Roman can tear apart Portland?
Can Nick Yorke produce results in AAA better than '22?
Do Wikelman, Perales and Monegro continue to progress?
Is there anything to Mikey Romero?
Yup, lots of contracts coming off the books and an infusion of young talent. It SHOULD be cheaper to run this ballclub so they SHOULD be able to afford some more expensive guys.
He's not a guy I'd be overly excited about.
Two guys you mentioned:
Clevinger 22-23: 4.61 FIP
Giolito 22-23: 4.70 FIP
I don't know if Flaherty is much worse than them in my mind.
Flaherty?
I think the Cardinals are looking to grab at least 2 FA's as well. There are a lot of available pitchers, but there are a lot of buyers as well.
Putting him into a parttime role at 1B would ultimately hurt his 3B defense even more IMO. I don't like that idea at all. If they are going to have Devers move to 1B, they do it all at once.