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Daalbec has a better chance than Felton, but there's no hurry to add either.

Makes me think a signing is imminent. They just didn't want to string Ockimey along. One would think, if they had a trade lined up for Ockimey, they'd have added him today and traded him soon.

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Moreland/Pearce platoon (JD Martinez?) Swihart Holt AAA Travis Chavis Dalbec (not on 40 man roster, yet)

I think we're at 39 now, but if we need to boot (or trade) someone, this is my list... 1) Marco Hernandez 2) Chandler Shepherd 3) Robby Scott 4) Blake Swihart (out of options) 5) Sam Travis 6) Thornburg (doubtful)

I set the filter to SP'ers, so the 30 IP did not incluse RP'ers. I lowered the IP to 30, to see if any starters had a higher fWAR than Johnson, even with less IP, and there were quite a few. They may be higher rated than Johnson for next year. They may not be. Why set the IP at just 60 IP, just because that is exactly what Johnson had? Is that the magic number for you to call him a legitimate SP'er, and 50, 40 or 30 is not? Stick to 60 IP, if you want, and Johnson placed 150th in fWAR. That's dead last out of 150 (30 teams x 5 starters). BTW, I don't view Johnson as 150th, and the bWAR shows him to be much better, but I'm not cherry-picking fWAR. I never use BWAR. Ever. I like Johnson, but there is no way, after 13 decent starts, I'm ready to anoint him a top 6 fifth starter in MLB.

Maybe I'm in a minority, but 13 starts is a teenie tiny sample size. And, yes, 180-200 PAs is tiny, too. I'm not down on Johnson, but he was not and is not a top 5th starter in MLB, IMO. He might become one, and I'm not giving up on him after a decent season, but I hope we don't plan on him for 24+ starts next year.

Come on. Johnson and Gabbard's sample sizes are/were puny. To give Johnson extra points for consistency because he came up for very short stays of 4.1 IP one year and 27 IP another- both with WHIP's over 1.48 is not really fair. True, Gabbard's 66.2 IP should not have been a projection of what was to come, but that's kind of the point I'm making about Johnson. He certainly may end up better than Gabbard did, but I remember a few Sox fans lovin' on Kason, too.

The Current 40 Man Roster: Red: Bubble Roster or trade candidate Pitchers: Sale, Price, Porcello, ERod, Wright, Johnson, Velazquez, D Hernandez, Shepherd, D Reyes Barnes, Brasier, Hembree, Workman, Brewer, Poyner, Thornburg, Walden, Scott, Taylor, Lakins Catchers: Vazquez, Leon, Swihart 1B: Moreland, Pearce, Travis 2B: Pedroia (DL?), Holt, M Hernandez 3B: Devers, Nunez, Chavis SS: Bogaerts, Lin LF: Benintendi CF: Bradley RF: Betts DH: Martinez I count 39. Am I missing someone, or do we just have 39 right now?

I'm sure some team thinks he's better than their 39th or 40th guy on their roster, but that does not mean they are willing to give up much for him. I'm seeing him more as a throw-in with others to slightly improve the return. Hopefully.

A comp... Kason Gabbard with Boston 12 GS'd (66.2 IP) 3.65 ERA 1.29 WHIP 131 ERA+ Johnson 19 GS'd (130.2 IP) 4.34 ERA 1.45 WHIP 102 ERA+

Johnson started just 13 games for us this year and had 60.2 IP'd as a starter. His ERA as a starter was 4.15 (slightly better than as a RP'er but his WHIP was pretty ugly at 1.451. I'm really not so sure he'd win a starting role on even half the teams in MLB, if he puts up those numbers next year. Sure, there are teams with holes in their rotations that he'd have a good shot at making the rotation, but I don't think that number is close to 24. Of the 165 MLB starting pitchers with 60+ IP, Johnson ranked 150th in fWAR (0.2), 146th in xFIP (4.91) and 143rd in WHIP (1.45). If you drop the IP to 30, there were 170 starting pitchers with a higher fWAR than Johnson. 5 starters x 30 teams= 150. I like Johnson and think he can improve, but I'm not seeing what you're seeing.

That's certainly a possibility, but my guess is he will be traded before the rule 5 draft. His value cannot be that high, since everyone knows he can be taken for nothing in the draft. Maybe we trade Swihart, Ockimey and a pitcher for a better pitcher. It has to be a team that has roster room. How many are there?

Here's a write up on Colten Brewer from MLBTR Brewer, a fourth-round pick of the Pirates in 2011, has just 9 2/3 innings of big league experience, all of which came with the Padres in 2018. He was tagged for six earned runs on 15 hits and seven walks with 10 strikeouts in that time, but he was much better in Triple-A El Paso. Despite the hitter-friendly nature of his home environment in Triple-A, Brewer posted a 3.75 ERA with more impressive marks of 11.8 K/9 against 2.8 BB/9 with a 55.8 percent grounder rate in 48 innings of relief. Brewer only recently turned 26 and has two minor league option years remaining, so he’ll give the Red Sox some bullpen depth that can be shuttled back and forth between Boston and Pawtucket next season.

So, we add Chavis, lakins, D Hernandez, D reyes, Josh taylor and newly acquired Colten Brewer. I count 39 roster slots filled. I imagine a FA signing will fill that void. Anyone know when you can place someone on the 60 day DL (Wright, Pedey or marco hernandez)? Any other acquisition would mean trading or DFA'ing someone, most likely from this list: Swihart Marco Hernandez Robby Scott Thornburg C Shepherd What's the chances we lose someone to rule 5? Victor Acosta Christopher Acosta Yoan Aybar Roldani Baldwin Trey Ball Juan Barriento Edilson Batista Eduard Bazardo Jordan Betts Marino Campana Rusney Castillo Juan Centeno Luis Colmenares Eduard Conde Harrison Cooney Jake Cosart Ricardo Cubillan Enmanuel De Jesus Chad De La Guerra Jhonathan Diaz Jerry Downs Nick Duron Junior Espinoza Willis Figueroa Devon Fisher Austin Glorius Daniel Gonzalez Juan Hernandez Oscar Hernandez Tyler Hill Dedgar Jimenez Trevor Kelley Trenton Kemp Matt Kent Marcos Lantigua Adam Lau Deiner Lopez Isaias Lucena Chris Madera Danny Mars Algenis Martinez Tate Matheny Kevin McAvoy Daniel McGrath Samuel Miranda Joseph Monge Mark Montgomery Jhon Nunez Josh Ockimey Angel Padron Yorvin Pantoja Roniel Raudes Austin Rei Hildemaro Requena Eddy Reynoso Jeremy Rivera Jake Romanski Josh A. Smith Teddy Stankiewicz Kevin Steen Cole Sturgeon Luke Tendler Josh Tobias Carlos Tovar Kyri Washington Jordan Weems Jantzen Witte Any reason why Ockimey was not added to the roster?

I'm not for trading Vaz or Leon. Our pitchers love them too much. I was just responding to a post about trading Vaz and mentioned i thought it would take more than Vaz to get Colome. I do think there are other catchers out there who know how to handle a staff, but I'm not sure about risking a lengthy learning curve during another championship drive in 2019. If it wss up to me, I keep Vaz & Leon and maybe trade Swihart with prospects for something of value.

It wouldn't surprise me. I'd think at least one will. It would ease our roster crunch a lot, but that's not a reason for doing it.

Agreed. Though, rarely it does happen.

I'm not afraid of that rotation at all. You still need a big name like Kluber or Corbin. (Maybe Keuchel, but I'm not high on him.)

To even make it to the bigs, one has to have a certain state of mind, unless you are extremely gifted.

He wants Dubon & Shaw back. The one bad deal DD has made, and some can't let go.

I don't think anyone is suggesting just Vaz for Colome. Since Seattle is in rebuild mode, they may take a prospect or two with Vaz. I'm not so down on Vaz anymore. He slumped at the start of the year- both offensively & defensively, but he came on strong just before getting hurt and then struggled to come back until we saw him catching in the playoffs in situations usually reserved for Leon. It won't surprise me, if we trade Vaz, but I think he bounces back next year for whomever he plays for. He's basically had one bad half season out of his last 4.

Jonothan Aro.

It was a brilliant move by DD. I loved it at the time and love it more now. They gave HRam his shot. They actually played him more at the start of the year than I thought he deserved. When he slumped, and it appeared his playing time would diminish, Cora rightfully saw a problem with how HRam would probably not handle his new role all that well, but to me, and yes it is only my opinion, if it wasn't for his contract, he'd have been on the team to the end of the season. No Pearce. Probably, no vesting option, as his PAs would have been significantly reduced by Moreland playing against all righties.

Even then, I'd trade someone.