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And, Bloom was criticized for not doing what Cashman does (this year and last.) Unlike Cashman, Blooms deals, this year, made us better, next year and beyond, too. (I suppose Montas might trun things around, but teh Yanks parted with some good prospects.)

All true, and I value Casas so much, I think an untested prospect is worth a known ace-type pitcher with two years at arb cost.

I think Nimmo can get a QO x 3-4 years. Why would he take a QO?

I put "Swanson/KWong" on one line- meaning one of the other.

If we extend Devers, we may not be able to even afford Swanson. We may be lucky to get 3 from this list: Swanson/Wong Nimmo Kike Abreu/Bell Narvaez Fulmer/Rogers

I get the part about them wanting to trade him, and I'm not high on Duran, but I don't see him as our 2bman. I'd rather go with Arroyo/Valdez, if we choose to go light at 2B.

I'd take Swanson at $22M over Correa at $33M a year. I'd rather get K Wong than Correa, too.

He does get on base, nicely, but at 32, I'm not so sure. Since my value of Duran is lower than what BTV gives him, I'd do it. Would they take that deal adding Yorke and Bleday?

143 Jack Cust '06 126 Conner Crumbliss '10 124 Colin Walsh 120 Crumbliss 117 Matt Olden '14 22 players with 100+

Did you know there is a hitter on the Sox farm with more than 98 BBs, this year? YES! Wilyer Abreu has 99. 3 players are over 100, this year, already. (on other teams.) Note: Max Ferguson, another Sox farmhand has 94, giving us 3 in the top 6. Are we headed back to OBP being a good thing?

There are 3 more weeks to the season.

He'll cost double.

Weird Kike is 9th. Hottest Hitters 7 Days 1.250 Wong (4 PA) 1.220 Bogey .988 Kike .879 Story .853 Dugo .833 Franchy (12) .802 Pham .787 JD .778 Plawecki .762 Refsnyder .728 Arroyo .670 McGuire .667 Dalbec (9) .485 Devers 14 Days 1.257 Cordero 1.250 Wong 1.094 Bogey 1.065 Plawecki .937 McGuire .879 Story .864 Kike .782 Dugo .780 Pham .771 Arroyo .754 JD .648 Devers .569 Duran .557 Dalbec .500 Hosmer .485 Refsnyder

Agreed. I would add a SS or 2Bman on a 4-6 year deal, this winter. Beyond CF and SP Ace, it's our highest priority. Our nearest propsects at middle IF are Lugo and Downs at SS and Valdez, Koss and maybe Yorke at 2B. (Hamilton can steal 60 bases, but that's about it.)

He'd get hurt at ballet. Better to just wrap him in bubble wrap.

Enmauel Valdez is not a .700 hitter. His stats at WOO are a small sample size. Age 22 (2021) .854 A+ (283 AB) .879 AA (82 AB) Age 23: (2022) 1.112 AA (168 AB) .907 AAA (159 AB in PCL) .707 AAA (103 AB in INT) .879 in 2021 overall .942 in 2022 overall This kid can hit. He has 52 HRs from 2021 to 2022 in 795 ABs. I'M NOT SURE THE .384 OBP in 2022 is sustainable, but it is a nice improvement over .326 in 2021. Don't count this kid out of the DH or 2B conversation. (I do wonder about playing 1B at his listed 5-9 ht.)

How far away are Jordan and Kavadas? Can Hickey play 1B? I think Enmauel Valdez might be too small for 1B. Binelas has not improved enough to be in the discussion. Northcut seems like a AAAA player, for life.

I did make it sound like a 3 or 4 way platoon, but I just meant the 3 or 4 as a group to choose from and depth, if one gets hurt or sucks. I hesitated to count Cordero at 1B, but maybe with some winter workouts he can get to be just as bad a s Dalbec, instead of worse.

I'd trade Mayer for a TOTRS, if the pitcher had 4+ years of control, maybe 3 if better than Lopez... like Rogers on MIA (4 yrs). BTV does accept Casas & Duran for Lopez and Bleday, but I think it might take Casas and Yorke to get those two. (BTV accepted as "minor overpay" by Sox.)

I'd think we'd start with Hosmer vs RHPs and Arroyo vs LHPs. Dalbec & Cordero in AAA.

No, not 3. We choose two- most likely Dalbec is in AAA and Cordero is the 4th OF'er/DH/3rd 1Bman or in AAA. If one of the two sides of the platoon struggles or gets hurt (Arroyo?), then one of the others steps in.

BTV accepts this great trade for the Sox, but I am near certain, MIA would laugh at the offer: Casas, Dalbec, Duran, Yorke & Wink for Lopez, Luzardo, Bleday

6 years of team control. I doubt they trade him. These are the guys they keep for 4 more years.

Casas is valued higher than Lopez on BTV, so they actually support your position. I vale an ace-type SP'er at arb costs very highly, and don't think we can win without adding someone like him. I'm fine with the idea of adding someone like him while keeping Casas, but I don't agree on trading mayer to do it. Pablo is 26 1/2. he's just now entering peak prime. 2020-2022 (ages 24-26) 3.44 ERA 122 ERA+ 3.48 FIP 1.16 WHIP 6.8 bWAR is just over 2 seasons (counting 2020 + 2022 as about just over 1 season) 6.0 fWAR I'm not locked on Lopez, either, but apparently he's on the market, because MIA can't afford even his arb costs. 3.6 K/BB

As a platoon, he should be a plus, and his defense, while not great, blows Dalbec & Cordero's out of the water. I also now see Arroyo as a 1B platoon option. I have also not written off Dalbec, yet. A guy who had better AA and AAA numbers than Casas, I might add. As bas as 2022 has been, look at these splits for 2022 only: Hosmer actually had reverse splits, this year, but normally he does very well vs RHPs: .693 v R (.754 in '21/.810 career) .772 v L (.676 in '21/.668 career) Dalbec .590 v R (.690 career) .765 v L (.860 career) Arroyo usually has very even splits .751 v R (.707 career) .764 v L (.718 career) Cordero .731 v R (.707 career) .619 v L (.567 career) This year, we had an overall .668 OPS at 1B with horrific defense. I think adding Hosmer & Arroyo to next year's mix will improve the offense to over .720 and the defense by a mile. I'm not "happy" with the group, and would like to see us add Abreu, Bell or Mancini, but if we spend wisely at the other slots of great or greater need, I think a platoon of Hosmer or Cordero v RHPs and Arroyo or Dalbec vs LHPs would be a big improvement at 1B, at no added cost. If we can limit the time Dalbec or Cordero play at 1B (both have options), our 1B defense will be much better.