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  1. Hitch
    Well it don't come much cheaper than $5m a year. And they didn't do it. Even I was probably on board at that price. No idea how highly rated the prospect they sent back was mind.
  2. Hitch
    I tilt the other way. I think we need a good bat more, but I won't complain if we improve the rotation.
  3. Hitch
    Tricky one. Trying to win this year I'd prefer Gio. But Early is almost ready and needs to play at MLB level at some point and is more exciting long term.
  4. Hitch
    Question is how. Surely we can't do another trade. And there's not many pitchers on the FA list without a QO attached to them that I think we'll go after. So possibly one of - Framber Valdez Zac Gallen Ranger Suárez I can't see us laying out for any of them. Bet you Gio will be brought back now.
  5. Hitch
    We also shouldn't overlook that Bregman has a young family and is moving for the second time in two years. The guy wanted somewhere he knows he's going to stay for the duration and bring up his kids in one place. My gut is if the Sox had given him that he might be here. Though the details around the referrals are sketchy so impossible to be sure.
  6. Hitch
    The fanbase will lose it's mind. Like, REALLY lose it's mind. Twitter will be popcorn central that day.
  7. Hitch
    There's a lot of talk around that we're pivoting to a stop gap at 3rd/2nd and looking to improve the rotation even further. Making it about run prevention. Which means you can kiss goodbye to Suarez and Paredes you'd imagine. I can't say run prevention excites me quite as much as run scoring....
  8. Hitch
    I can't disagree. I'd love to know how many different routes they have planned out. And how desperate they feel, or don't.
  9. Hitch
    I'm really torn on this. That is not a contract I want us giving to Bregman in a vacuum. But we aren't in a vacuum, we're in a world where the Sox have mostly been mismanaged for 6 years. And so with the window open to win, its perfectly fine to say we should go for it and overpay for the the first three years knowing the last two would hurt us. But we just seem programmed, like literally programmed to decide things on how they read after being run through their model. It often feels like they'll let perfect be the enemy of good.
  10. Hitch
    I think Arenado is plan J, but we're heading there at a rate of knots that's for sure. Whatever it is they choose, (and I just don't see it being Bo) I think a lot of the fan base is going to be extremely pissed off.
  11. Hitch
    Once again then -- this is in relation to Arenado coming here. Duran ranked in the 95th percentile or higher in fielding metrics with 10 Outs Above Average (OAA) and 23 Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) in CF in 2024. I'd rather he go back there and Raf to 2nd and keep the athleticism in the team than bring in a 3rd baseman that's growing older and declining before our eyes for the next two years especially with his contract. Thankfully, the FO have no interest in Arenado, so we won't have to worry either way.
  12. Hitch
    I don't want either, but I certainly don't want Arenado at the Sox unless they're just handing us Donavan with him. Stellar is pushing it too far, but I have no worries about Rafaela at 2nd. He'd be fine there. And Duran gets to move back to CF where he thrived. Again, worst outcome no matter what, but I have a clear favourite between the two.
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  14. Hitch
    And still preferable to gong after Arenado. He's played 34 games there in two seasons. It's ridiculous to take anything from that small a data sample. I've no doubt he will be able to play stellar defence at 2nd, and if he hits like last year, I'm fine with that production there, too. Not that I want this move to happen particularly.
  15. Hitch
    It seems like the biggest obstacle of all was that the Sox wouldn't give him a no-trade clause. Not a great look to other FA's - we want to be able to trade you whenever we want.
  16. Hitch
    I'd say Rafaela to 2nd and Duran the CF happens before we go back for Arenado.
  17. Hitch
    The rumours I keep seeing is that he's asking for $300m (which is wild) so I'm thinking he's wanting lonnnnng... like 8-10 years long. His price just went up that's for sure. I wouldn't put us as favourites, but they're running out of options unless it's Raf to 2nd base.
  18. Hitch
    The continued butchering of this simple saying drives me wild. WILD I SAY. Almost as wild as the Sox fanbase today. Almost.
  19. Hitch
    This forum is proof enough that you are very much not alone in that regard. There has been one or two where I felt the same - last year was not one of them. But I'm more just trying to figure out how your thoughts are formulated, because to me there's little to no chance of getting Bo at just 5 or 6 years. Yet you don't want them going too long but also want them to improve. Feels like a no-win situation in that regards.
  20. Hitch
    My immediate reaction to this was two fold - 1) I'm grateful we didn't give that contract out. 2) Sox better do something.
  21. Hitch
    Okay, but how do you expect us to get better if you won't go past deals like 3 years on Bregman and 5 years on Bo? Neither of those will get it done (as we've seen in Bregman's case already). And there is only so much we can trade away. This is what I talk about when I say people are looking for things to be angry about. One one hand you want them to get better, on the other hand you think anything bar 3 years on Bregman/5 years on Bo is an automatic no. This thinking is the perfect middle ground where you get to be angry all the time about whatever comes.
  22. Hitch
    Yeah, nah.
  23. Hitch
    Markets change, markets collapse. Let's see what happens. The one thing I'm sure of - they have a back up plan for Bregman. Whether than plan is palatable to the fan base is another thing. But they won't just be sitting around with their fingers and toes crossed.
  24. Hitch
    I think Bo is a reluctant plan B. I think I'd prefer he was plan A, but I go back and forth on this daily.
  25. Hitch
    I don't think it will effect JH at all. Just making the observation. I don't think they make moves based off the opinion of the fanbase. I mean, we know they don't going off the way they've traded away stars/let FA's go.
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