And in spite of this a lot of people seem to be buying into the idea that you have to be "ready" to take a run at a championship, and totally overlooking the massive crapshoot factor of the last few seasons. Teams winning less than 90 in the WS while the Dodgers win 100+ and watch the Series on TV.
To me that's self-fulfilling prophecy stuff. "There's no point trying to get better because we still won't be good enough."
Projections still have us around 80 wins, I think.
Boras seems to have overplayed his hand on Snell, Montgomery, Bellinger, Chapman and JDM.
Teams just weren't as much in the mood to spend this offseason. I think there are some numbers spooking them.
Can't get much back without eating some of his $16 million salary.
Best to save him for a possible deadline trade, IMHO.
Who knows, we may actually "compete" this year?
Which begets the usual questions about what the Sox would be getting out of such deals and what they would mean to the team's "competitiveness" in 2024.