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Thus spoke MLBTR... Six teams in on Ryan Brasier. Why can't we ever be in on studs like him?
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I'm not sure what "not losing last place" means. It kinda sounds like winning last place. It does seem very much like the Sox are favored to "not lose" last place. We have not replaced JT or Duvall. O'Neill for Dugo is close to a push. Grissom looks to be a plus, and some kids stepping up their game should probably happen, but Giolito did not come close to fixing our rotation, and is a big question, himself. I realize other teams lost players and have not equaled their losses with additions, but... BAL has so many really good young players, with more coming up, soon, and some are nearing their prime years. TBR never goes away. They can lose really big players and never seem to miss a beat. NYY gets Rodon back. It's like they just signed him. TOR seems to have lost the most, but I think they have money to spend and will add Snell, Monty or Imanaga plus maybe more. Maybe, someday I will flip a switch towards optimism, but that day seems far away. [/b.]
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It's all part of the great sham. Try to do just enough to fool the fans into thinking you are trying to win. Another one year deal based on hopes of a bounceback. Sound familiar?
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It does seem that way, despite all these statements like, "We need to trim salary first, then...[we will make you an offer.]" The Sox might be one reason the best pitchers remaining have not signed, yet. They are waiting for Jansen or Yoshi to be traded. Then, I woke up.
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No, and that is likely a very rare case. I do think he'll do better, but not great like Godzilla great.
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Certainly, Yoshida is not held in high regard by most Sox fans. Jansen has 1 year left on a team in rebuild mode. Maybe we can get more for him, now, than at the deadline. I agree, Brez has shown he much more bolder than Bloom, and he seems to be quickly trying to make a mark on this team. If he does trade these two, one could look at the list of top 4 trades and say, those were the guys who needed to go, or did not fit into the Brez type team. Yoshida Jansen Verdugo Urias I'm really not torn up, if all 4 go, but I'd like to see some nice returns and or replacements on the roster (and budget.)
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Agreed, and I was careful not to say "firesale." I can't believe anything they say, so this talk about "freeing up budget space for a SP" could all be a further sham. It could be as simple as they have lost total faith in Yoshida (and maybe their own scouts who gushed over him, too.) I can see trading Jansen, who has one year left and is aging. It would not upset me, if we did actually use Yoshida's money to add a very good SP'er, but I'll believe it when I see it. BTV accepts: Yoshida & Jansen (+$10M cash) to LAD for Michael Grove (LH RP w 6 years of control)
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MLBTR reporting the Sox have been taking calls on Yoshida and Jansen. What a dumb time to finally decide to sell- off. At almost any point in the last 3 years would have been better.
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But, haven't you heard? IP and GS are most important, and Cease had more of both than ironman Gio. in the last 3 years. (IMO, the CWS will get a prospect equal to one of our top 3 or even more.)
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I said that 2 posts ago.
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I do think he'll do better, but I can't see him doing that great.
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Do the Mariners lead the bigs in significant trades over the last few years, or what?
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I agree, even though I think Yoshida will improve, next year, especially if he DHs more than 60% of the time. What a mess, this team has become. We look to be deciding to have a sell off, just when we have the worst sell-off players on the roster. Story and Yoshida? Pivetta and Jansen? If this was the plan, all along, we should have sold off 1, 2 or 3 years ago, and been years ahead of the curve.
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Maybe the Padres would want yet another SS (Story,) but damn, they are looking to cut salary, too.
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When compared to his pay, probably yes. 1.6 bWAR is not horrific. (0.6 fWAR is bad. They say he was worth $5.1M in 2023.) Out of 133 qualifying batters, Yoshida placed: T 50th OBP (.338) 64th in SLG (.445) 63rd in OPS (.783) His D killed him. Some slight improvement on O and 90% Dh'ing could change his value, significantly. On AUG 7th 2023, he had the 25th best OPS in MLB. (84th best fWAR at 1.4)
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I was thinking prospect pitcher development. Add Springs to your list.
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Yes, correct. We have not been identifying the right pitchers to draft, in the mid to lower rounds, where many teams hit gold quite a bit. Our developmental system is not good, either, but that could be affected by never adding top quality pitching prospects to some extent. For a while, some used Beeks success as evidence TBR could "develop" better than us. I don't hear his name anymore. We also seem to get our fair share of major injuries with our farm arms. IMO, we need help in both areas, and maybe these new guys will do the trick. Itwill take time, and time is not something Sox fans want to think about, right now.
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I know! They say he is worth $34M/4 or about $8.5M x 4. They say Yoshida is worth $77M/4 or about $19M x 4. They are not perfect.
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Not trying to nit-pick, but he really just dropped off the last 1/3 of the season. .832 April .962 May .742 June .844 July (his 2nd best month) .640 AUG .656 SEP He was still at .840 on AUG 7th. .800 on SEP 12th. Had the season ended, here, the narrative might be different. What 2-3 weeks can do! .612 in his last 14 games brought his OPS down to .783 on the final day of the season, which is not really horrible. Only Devers and JT had a better OBP and more PAs. (Same with SLG.)
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Net Player (Value-contract) -66 Story (34-100/4 yrs) -2.0 Jansen (14-16/1) 0.00 Martin (7.5-7.5/1) +27 Devers (323-296/10) We will not trade him, (now.) +3 Yoshida (77-74/4) +2 Whitlock (37-35/5) I don't see him as a dump candidate.
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What team might want Yoshida (plus cash, I assume?)
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Moving Yoshida would open up financial and positional room to sign Matt Chapman, but that ain't happening- sorry, notin! C- Wong/McGuire 1B- Devers/Casas DH- Casas/Devers 3B- Chapman (Devers) 2B- Grissom (Reyes) SS- Story (Reyes) LF- Druan/Refsnyder CF- Rafaela/Abreu RF- O'Neill (Abreu) It would also make it "easier" to sign Teoscar or Duvall.
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I think Woodruff will miss all of 2024, so this would be a move for 2025 and beyond or a "pillow" contract for 2025, while paying him something for '24. My list might look like this, "counting contracts:" 1. Monty 2. Imanaga 3. Stroman 4. Snell 5. Paxton 6. Bauer Other teams can have the rest.
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SEA-SFG Trade To SFG: Robbie Ray To SEA: Mitch Haniger & Anthony DeSclafini (+ Cash) There is also a rumor of the Rays sending Luke Raley to SEA for Jose Caballero.
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His contract runs out after 2026, LOL!
