The 2025 Red Sox probably have a 20-30% chance of making the playoffs as of today, depending on which projection system you look at. That's not really winning the lottery stuff.
Yeah, we'll have to agree to disagree. I think history will show that this was a guy who shot his way out of town, and the Sox are going to benefit from having that $250 million obligation off the books.
Well, if they let Bregman go they just get worse.
Plus a lot can change in a year in this game.
Anyway, my call is they don't trade Bregman even if they're selling. We'll see what happens.
Sorry, you're not going to convince me they didn't go cheap in 2024, especially after the 'full throttle' pronouncement. Why do you think 'full throttle' came to piss so many people off?
With Bregman it's more about if the team wants to compete next year or not.
If the Sox keep playing like crap the next few weeks it's pretty clear they should trade Chapman and the other expiring contracts.
But even if they do it's only for one year, like Wacha, then it's bye-bye.
That's all part of the cheap philosophy they were following. Hopefully they stay open to spending as the Crochet/Bregman/Buehler investments indicated they were this year.
Depends if he comes back strong or not. If he does, opting out is a possibility, especially if he thinks the Sox are a trainwreck of a franchise. It's $40 mill but it's only 2 years, and he's an elite player.
Hard to predict, really.