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Renfroe's .717 v RHPs is not all that awful. Who knows: it might end up being better than Beni v RHPs in 2021. Maybe Cordero's small sample size defensive metrics are misleading. The K rate is hard to ignore. Let's see who else we get, and if we are giving any cash.

The Valdez & Groome names threw me, but yes.

If we save some cash on the budget, maybe the money will be used to sign Odorizzi. (We are $8M under the line plus $5M fofr Beni = $13M Odorizzi is expected to make per year.)

I thought the Sox we getting 5 players to boot our s***** bottom 4 players from our 40 man roster (assuming all are 40 man players).

Kind of a weird line in 2017: 21 doubles 18 triples 17 home runs 390 ABs (15 SB/118 Ks)

With a weak roster like ours, a 1 for 5 deal does make some sense, especially if Bloom is working his mo-jo magic on these under-the-radar players. Fingers crossed as I await the finalities. Bye-bye Beni.

Maybe the Mets send cash to KC. It seems Lee has more value than anyone, according to BTV.

Cordero has a negative UZR150 in CF. I hope we get more. BTV had Lee rated much higher than Cordero. One plus from the deal would be to free up money for a signing, but it sounds like money is part of the deal. If we are paying part of Beni's deal, I'm confused.

Most of my suggested trades on BTV involved Beni. As much as I hate selling low, it made the most sense- him or Vaz.

MLBTR... The Red Sox “appear on the cusp of” a deal with Sawamura, writes Alex Speier of the Boston Globe. Sankei Sports reports it will be a two-year, $2.4MM deal with additional incentives available, according to Speier.

I guess the "comeback" point was more about improving over 2020, but I do think Devers could have an explosive season at some point in the next few seasons. He's 24, now, so this could be the year. Can we expect him to ever "blow away" his 2019 season? Maybe, not, but I'm betting he will. I'm hoping it might be 2021. 2019: .311 32 115 (90 xbh) and a .916 OPS. I'm thinking he's capable of .315 45 135 (1.000+ OPS)

Tough question. It's hard to think of Bogey doing much better than he has recently, but could he have a Betts-like year? I'll go with Devers. He's at the age where players often bust out. Since Sale did squat, last year, the potential there is pretty great.

That was before my time, but it seems like the games meant more when we were young. That 75 team really got me into baseball more than ever before. Although my heart was broken, that team (all the way up to 1978) will always hold a special place in my heart and mind. Tiant, Lee, Lynn, Burleson, Rice, Evans, Carbo and more. 2004 was incredible. 2018 was amazing. 2007 & 2013 were great, but there's something about those teams of the mid to late 70's that makes it more special than the others. First love, maybe?

Too many B's Ben Bloom Betts Bogey Beni Bradley Jr. Bevers Berdugo Balbec Bazquez B-Rod ....

Biggest Projected Changes in WAR from 2020 (adjusted) to 2021l No Sox on the leader boards for declines. Devers 7th in projected gain+2.4 in WAR SP'er Gains Sale 3rd at +2.6 ERod 5th at +2.5

Sawamura is a real chance. I still think we sign Pillar or Marisnick.

FAs remaining at positions of need: 2B (move EHern to CF) Logan Forsythe Marwin Gonzalez Jason Kipnis Joe Panik Neil Walker Daniel Descalso CF JBJ Pillar Jake Marisnick Jon Jay Jarrod Dyson Brett Gardner Brian Goodwin Billy Hamilton Danny Santana SP Odorizzi Paxton Walker Teheran Porcello Arrieta A Sanchez Rich Hill B Anderson, T Anderson, H Bailey, T Cahill, Z Godley, G Gonzalez, C Hamels, M Leake, T Milone, T Ross, J Samardzjija, M Shoemaker RP Rosenthal Melancon Workman Sawamura McHugh Kela Greene Clippard Giles Peacock (Several others) ??? 1B ??? Mitch Moreland and many others

Jed Lowrie signs minor league deal with A's. In lesser news, Didi G signs with Phillies for $28M/2 with deferrals.

In Brazil, you are fined, if you do not vote.

One could expect the same or better numbers from players in their primes or getting closer to prime. Bogey is 28. Devers was pre-prime in 2019. Vaz was having his best year in 2020- better than 2019. Verdugo should get better, but will not come close to Betts. A Renfroe-Beni platoon should be better than Beni's 2019 season. The 2019 season also saw this... 32 GS Porcello 5.52 (I'm thinking Richards/Pivett/Perez can beat that) 22 GS Price (4.28) 8 GS Velazquez (5.43) 7 GS Johnson (6.02) 6 GS Casner (6.20) 5 GS Chacin (7.36) 11 GS by Weber, Lakins, Jo Smith, Taylor, Poyner & DHern) Sale started 25 games (4.40) ERod started 34 (3.81) Eovaldi started 12 (5.99) It's not hard to imagine this rotation can do better, depite how good these guys looked on paper before the 2019 season began. Or not.

A large amount of people didn't vote for a president, either.

IP since 2018: 486 Cole 333 ERod (0 last year) 313 Perez 305 Sale (0 last year) 273 Pivetta 246 Kluber (37 last 2 years) 229 German (0 last year) 228 Taillon (0 last year) 227 Eovaldi 213 Severino (0 last year) 136 Richards 75 Montgomery (244 Houck minors & majors) (234 M King minors & majors) (220 D Garcia minors & majors) Not that this is any indicator of how many IP anyone throws in 2021, but we do know Sla eand Severino will start the year on an extended IL. Lots of zero IP, last year.

I see Chavis at a make or break point. We should find out, sooner rather than later, if he's the next Middy or what. With low expectations, this year, why not give him a long enough look to find out- not that he couldn't be cut and comeback with another team, but keeping him around in AAA for the next year or two would just prolong the indecisions. Yes, it's nice to have some AAA depth with ML experience, so even if he does not get a long look, he will not be on the top of our DFA list. I'm not super high on Arroyo, but he, too, might be primed to show he belongs. He's 25, and that's about the age many players start showing they are starter material. The guy only has 300 PAs in the bigs, so what do we really know, at this point. Let's find out. If he could hit like his .775 minor league number, which includes an OBP of .340 and an XBH every 10 ABs. I'm higher on Munoz than many here, but as of now, he's just depth and not even on the 40 man roster, so his chance will only come after Chavis and/or Arroyo have failed or gotten hurt. As everyone knows by now, I want EHern in CF almost FT. Maybe Renfroe can start vs some RHPs he's shown success against, and Beni can vs some LHPs, and each OF'er will need some days off for rest, but EHern is my CF'er.

Don't forget Taillon.

Dyson's offense has really tanked sine 2016. .674 in "17 .539 in '18 .633 in '19 .411 in '20 (just 66 PAs) And, he's 36. I'm sticking with Marisnick, but Pillar would be okay- though more costly and worse on D than EHern.