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Taylor was pretty damn good in 2019.

...and Chang.

Luke Voit is available.

Is Josh James someone we should grab?

This might make RHern jump to near the top of the to be DFA'd list.

He's in over his head. One line

I know Red's is a short one.

Must be a short one.

There's a list?

Because Bloom should be fired, if someone selects Ward? LOL!

He must be the luckiest dude in MLB. 2018-2022 Sox pitchers (21 with 100+ IP) LD% 9. ERod 20.4 10. Wacha 20.5 11. Brasier 20.5 12. Nate 20.7 13. Sale 20.8 K-BB% 8. ERod 18.1 9. Hembree 17.8 10. Brasier 17.4 11. Porcello 15.2 12. Pivetta 14.9 xFIP- 9. Workman 91 10. Walden 93 11. Brasier 95 12. Wacha 101 13. Porcello 101 WHIP 5. Price 1.21 6. Brasier 1.22 7. Workman 1.25 8. Nate 1.27 Sure, his hard hit% and ERA- were bottom 25 or 30% on the team, but he's been pretty middle of the road overall. In 2022, he was 4th out of 17 in xFIP- at 88. Only Schreiber, Whitlock and Nate were better. He was horrible in other categories. I'm fine with cutting him loose, but I think he got by on more than luck.

Trevor Rogers may be an easier trade target than Pablo Lopez- so says this report: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/11/marlins-trade-rumors-trevor-rogers-pablo-lopez.html

notin, your man crush dude, Elieser Hernandez, was just dealt to the Mets.

Yes, I thought I made it clear I knew he'd have to stay on the ML roster if the chose him in Rule 5. I see the advantage of trading vs Rule 5, and the Guardians are not some slouch team that is in total rebuild mode. I doubt the take him Rule 5.

It's hard to know what the Sox will do. I could see them keeping all 5, until we start making FA signings or trades. If we don't think Rafaela & Abreu are ML ready on opening day, maybe we keep Cordero as OF depth. Chang might be the cheapest cost of the 5, but also the easiest to replace. Brasier is probably the least liked by fans, but he has had some nice stretches of effectiveness. DHern has nastier stuff, but IMO, I'd rather cut DHern than Brasier. Taylor is a keeper, unless his prognosis is bleak.

Interesting read. Thanks. Just wondering why this was placed in the "Fire Bloom" thread.

I'd do that deal in a heartbeat. I'm think CLE could just pick Wikelman in Rule 5, if they didn't mind stunting his growth some. Who knows: maybe they would pitch him in low leverage situations.

It's my belief that if we were able to extend Betts at more than our first offer, we'd have traded other salary, instead. Who knows what our roster would have looked like had we gone down that path. IMO, cuts to the budget were coming- somehow- someway- somewhere.

I totally agree. I think they have attempted to fix the prospect pipeline, and have seemingly been stepping up their international acquisition game to where it was years ago. It's all speculative on how well they have done, but on paper, we are now at the point where was can expect several prospects to get significant playing time not just in 2023 but also each year afterwards. That has not been true for about 5 years. Player development improvement will take time to judge if we have improved. Identifying and acquiring prospects or younger players that become studs like the Astros did with Yordan and we did with Papi years ago is another area we can only wait and see. Bloom did find Whitlock and maybe Schreiber and Refsnyder will extend their plus play and join Whitlock as savvy acquisitions. I'm optimistic about our direction back to meaningfulness. I may be in the minority. I expected it to take some time, and I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of DD prospects that upped their expectations and will be helping the team in the next few years- hopefully.

Yes, he was.

It's a term that has different connotations to different people. I started saying downturn, but that didn't seem to change the narrative. I will refrain from using that term, but if someone brings it up, I may still respond.

Their pen was their weakest or one of the weakest area a few years back, so it's not like that is what has gotten them to the ALCS "every year."

They do, now.

Most should, but maybe something happens sooner.

The first few signings have begun. I'm curious when our first signing will be announced. Will it be a multiyear deal for Nate? A Bogey deal? A trade and not a signing?