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Bregman has not be good defensively this year.

He was 4th last year in Fwar for 3b. He's on track for his best season at the plate. I think you might be underestimating him slightly. Let's take a look at some of his Statcast metrics: xwOBA .405. 94th percentile Average exit velocity 95.2. 99th percentile Barrel % 19.8 97th percentile Hard Hit % 60.4 99th percentile Chase Rate 22.2 83rd percentile BB% 16.4 94 percentile He's on track for an elite season. There would be no issue finding a trade partner, the problem is that your team would be significantly weaker.

Im pretty sure that Cora made several statements about seeing Bregman being a gold glove second baseman even though he never took reps at second base in spring training and Im pretty sure if Bregman didn't sign then Arenado would have been traded for. If Devers wasn't lied to, at the minimum he was misled. I personally don't believe anything out of Cora's mouth, I think one thing we can agree on is integrity will never be associated with him, and to have him be a leader of young men is a bad choice. No doubt this shines a bad light on Devers, but the way the front office and Cora handled the situation was piss poor. I thought it was good chance that Devers was going to be moved next off season, but now I wouldn't be shocked if it's by July.

Wasn't Cora the one saying that he saw Bregman as a Gold 2B, and while Bloom is no longer with the org, Cora was involved with extension. I'm pretty sure if they didn't sign Bregman then they would have traded for Arrenado, but the way they handled this was piss poor. I wouldn't be shocked if Devers is not on the team at this time next year.

Don't think it was obvious to Devers. The organization either lied to him or at the least mislead him. Hell of a way to treat your franchise player.

This could turn out to be a disaster if Devers starts out slow.

Pretty sure this is going to lead to a lockout.

Dodgers will not sign free agents that have QO attached unless they are elite (Ohtani,Freeman) per my friends that are Dodger fans.

Santander. xwOBA .324 Yoshi. xwOBA .322 with a bum shoulder and thumb.

It would be nice if the Mets did the Red Sox a favor and signed Alonzo to a long term contract, that would pretty much take out the the 3 big market teams out of the bidding. I wouldn't trade Casas, but I would definitely trade Abreu. It's possible that you could see a lineup like this in June. CF Duran 3B Devers DH Vlad 1B Casas 2B Campbell RF Anthony LF Yoshida/Refsnyder C. Wong SS Story/Mayer The offense has a chance to be elite. Elite offenses make the playoffs.

I think Contreras solves a couple if issues. While he is slightly below average on defense it would still be a significant upgrade over Wong. The Bat plays at any position .380 obp, 93rd percentile for xwOBA, 86th percentile for exit velocity. I don't think it would take alot to acquire him, the trick would be convincing him to waive his NTC without picking up his team option. You could rotate him C/1B/DH. I also would think that given the choice of Bregman 5/150 or Arrenado. lets say 3/45 and Contreras at 3/54.5. Contreras would have the best impact.

So you would want the them to go 9 years? or 30m a year on Fried. This reaks of desperation by the Yankees. Is there one free agent contract that you wished that the Sox would have outbid this year? They secured probably the starter with the highest ceiling, signed a relief pitcher that had over a 14.0/k per 9 innings pitched and secured a starting pitcher that has immense upside. There is no player that is worth 200m left, Soto was it. Where is the position the Sox could improve the most? Catcher is the most obvious answer to me, and then a back end relief pitcher, and maybe a right handed bat. I still believe that Contreras and Grichuck are the obvious choice. Opening day CF. Duran 3B Devers C. Contreras 1B Casas LF Grichuk DH Yoshi/Refsnyder SS Story 2b Grissom/Hamilton RF Rafeala Around 6/1 CF Duran/Rafeala LF Campbell/Rafeala 3b Devers/Rafeala C Contreras/Narveaz 1b Casas/Contreras DH Grichuk/Yoshi/Refsnyder RF Anthony/Grichuk/Refsnyder 2b Story/Hamilton SS Mayer/Story This assuming the Sox can find a deal of value for Abreu and Crawford and replinish the farm. Contreras has a no trade clause but i assume that can be worked around as rumors are that the Cardinals want to move Walker to 1B. Grichuk 2024 season is underated, He had a higher Slugging percentage and On base percentage than Hernandez while having a lower babip.

www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/42115076/2024-25-mlb-offseason-grades-free-agency-trade-analysis "The Dodgers had originally hoped for a return at the end of 2023 that never materialized, and he didn't make his 2024 debut until May. While his four-seamer averaged 95.0 mph, not far off from the 95.3 average in 2021, Buehler got hit hard. His spin rate was down on all his pitches, his swing-and-miss rate way down and that four-seamer in particular got walloped -- batters hit .342 and slugged .696 against it. That's why I remain a little skeptical about Buehler bouncing back to something resembling his pre-surgery form. One-year contracts hold no risk, but 13 good innings in October aren't enough by themselves to predict the future. Even in the start against the Mets on a cold and windy night at Citi Field, Buehler gave a lot of credit to the weather helping create some additional movement on his pitches. His start against the Yankees was a little more legitimate, although even then he induced just nine swings-and-misses in 76 pitches. The hope, of course, is that Buehler will regain some stuff as he gets more distance away from the surgery. Since the Dodgers didn't make a qualifying offer, the Red Sox also don't lose any draft pick compensation (as will be the case with Nick Pivetta, who turned down a qualifying offer from the Red Sox). Buehler essentially replaces Pivetta in the rotation, a group that now includes Garrett Crochet, Tanner Houck, Brayan Bello, Kutter Crawford, Cooper Criswell, Richard Fitts and Quinn Priester, plus Lucas Giolito and Patrick Sandoval returning from injuries. The Red Sox already ranked fifth in FanGraphs' projected WAR among starters. While Buehler's poor 2024 probably doesn't help those projected numbers, the 2021 version of Buehler -- or something close to it -- could make this the best (and deepest) rotation in the majors. -- Schoenfield"

Also in those last 12 starts 13.73 k/9. babip .391. fip 3.58 xfip 2.22

2020 covid 2021 season cut short after 10 starts due to elbow 2022 Tommy John recovery Backend top 100. Sign me up.