moonslav59

No way I say yes to that, but I dont hang up. I say Bello OR Early and you can have Crawford or Dobbins instead.

I think they will want Tolle or Early and deserve one. I'm not sure 3 from Bello, Crawford, Dobbins, Harrison, Oviedo, Perales get it done. Maybe Campbell plus 2 from Crawford, Dobbins, Harrison, Oviedo, Perales? Not sure they want Arias or anyone else, instead, but that could be an option.

Saw somewhere a suggest trade: Duran, Tolle & Paez for Hunter Greene 4 years of control: I have to say YES! ($8.3M AAV) 26:$8M, 27:$15M, 28:$16M, 29:$21M club option ($2M buyout) We could afford to sign a big bat or trade Campbell & pitching depth for KMarte. What a rotation! Crochet, Greene, Gray, Bello, whoever is left from Oviedo/Sandoval/Harrison/Crawford/Early/Dobbins

I'm not so sure these guys are all going where everyone assumes they are. DD may love Schwarber, but I'm sure he likes other shiny objects, too, and some may cost less or fill a more important role than DH. It does seem like the Cubs want Bregman, but don't count them out on Tucker. Also, if they have that much cash, maybe someone else fits their needs better. TOR seems in on Tucker heavily, but then maybe Bichette goes to team we thought Breggie was going. Lots of moving parts. Maybe it just takes one domino, and they all come tumbling down.

He did?

If our budget is $18-22M, yes. Maybe Suarez?

He might get a chance, He's probably better than Uberhan and Drohstine.

If we don't get Alonso, I think we go with Polanco (Mayer 3B/Casas 1B w Romy helping out.) Maybe K Marte is just a dream.

Maybe. I think we have too many SP'ers better than he is, who will be in the pen first.

Everyone but the Sox can outbid Cohen?

Because he likes him and plans on being around long enough to see him come through? He might be in the AAA pen to start the year and be a mid season callup, I guess. They'd probably DFA Uberstine or Drohan ahead of him. Guzman is even farther away.

I think the Mets would rather sign Bregman to 4 or 5 years than Alonso for 4. Maybe the same for Bichette. Hell, Schwarber might get just 3-4 years. We may be the only team offering the 1Bman 4 years. (The guy is really a DH disguising himself as a 1Bman.)

I still don't get why that gets to much attention from you. I wanted them to extend Devers, just like I did with Betts, Sale and others. We finally did it. How is that related to what happened this year?

He'll probably be placed in AA- maybe AAA.

That was a rip-off. Nothing changed between the two, plus ND was ahead of ALA who lost big! Tulane & James Madison? What a joke!

I don't think Bregman is Brez's top priority. He was happy to get him on a 1 year deal, but now I think he's looking at Alonso first. Maybe he lowers the AAV by offering one more year than anyone else, but that does seem counter to everything the Sox have stood for since the Sale & Nate signings. (Okay, we had Story replacing Bogey and Masas replacing JD, but that's it for 7 years!)

These guys are likely high-fiving the fact that they got two TOTR starters for $23M total (21 Gray + 2 Oviedo.) They convinced themselves Casas will get 650 PAs and hit 35 bombs. They see Anthony as a top 3 MVP vote getter in 2025 and expect Mayer to bust out and hit over .800. They think 14 Sp'ers equals 5 great ones. They think 2B is not worthy of any sense of decency. They have some serious holes to fill. The good thing is there are only 2-3 major holes. The problem is, they just see one or two minor tweaks needed.

They could be happy he's gone, toasting with champagne and cashing in their Xmas bonus checks with the Devers money saved.

He is a top 10 or 20 prospect in almost every ranking, but he far from a sure bet TOTR starter, and even if he is, it might take 2-3 years to get there. Our window started this year, and we blew one year already. Now, we have 2 years with Duran, Chapman, and Masa, 1 to 2 years with Gray and 1 year with Whitlock. We may be able to extend the window beyond 2 years, but our brightest years seem to look like 2026 and 2027, but only if we add players that will be bih helps NOW!

Right now, with no Devers, no Breggie, no Refsnyder and no Lowe, our 2026 looks like this: 1. L Anthony LF 2. L Duran DH 3. R Story SS 4. L Abreu RF (FT)/ Maybe Masa at DH w an OF shuffle 5. L Casas 1B 6. R Romy 2B/ L DHam 2B 7. L Mayer 3B/R Romy 3B 8. R Narvaez C 9. R Rafaela CF Bench: Wong, Masa, Romy/DHam & _____ (Campbell, Sogard, Eaton) SP: Crochet, Gray, Bello, Oviedo, Sandoval RP: Chapman, Whitlock, Slaten, Weissert, Crawford, Harrison, Dobbins, Hicks

I'd like to keep Duran, too. I'm not sure how well his speed "ages," and for some reason he seemed to reduce his SB attempts, this year. I've been open to trading Rafaela or Abreu, instead, and I'm okay with Anthony in RF or Duran/Anthony in CF. Having Campbell and Masa as LF options is enough depth to give me comfort. I'd be fine bringing Ref back for one more year, if we trade an OF'er. I do think two from Crawford, Harrison, Perales & Dobbins added to 1 OF'er is a big enough package to bring back a key piece at SP2, 3B or 2B. If we can fill one other slot w a FA, I'm fine with Mayer/Romy/Casas filling one infield slot to start the year. To get someone much better, we'll have to add Early or Tolle, but even then, it would mean keeping one more from the 4 listed above, so we should still be okay with SP'er depth and future outlook.

The new soxprospects podcast projected Guzman in the low 30's and Samaniego in the mid 40's. We traded #6 Garcia and #19 Travieso. They spoke of the upside on Perales as being top 25 nationally. They like the uptick in velo for Early and credited that with his move from #5 to #2. They also mentioned he has gained 20-30 lbs, mostly "muscle." On Witherspoon, they have nothing to judge with except that he was viewed by some as the top RH'd SP'er in the draft. They spoke of the big jump by catcher Franklin Primera from the DSL. (87% contact rate/7% in zone whiff rate/21% chase rates) Looks real good on D.

I'd be fine with no Marte and adding the 31 year old (today) Alonso. FYI: Bregman will be 32, soon. Schwarber will be 33 and Suarez 34. Bichette is the young one (will be 28,) but he has very little power and questionable defense. I would not choose Bichette to break the mold on large and long contracts. He's a decent 122-128 OPS+ guy, but a .470 SLG is not what we need. His .337 OBP is not high enough to make up for the lack of power. He did hit 29 HRs way back in '21, and many players add power as the reach their 30's but he's been going down in HRs: 29>24>20>4 (1/2 season)>18. We need a big boost in the infield, and we are not adding power in the OF or at catcher/DH. Who do you suggest we get? Alonso is 1 year younger than KMarte and sucks on D at 1B. Marte fills the big need at 2B. I do like Mayer and Anthony, and we should expect some gains from other pre-prime players like Abreu, Rafaela, Narvaez and prime guys like Duran, but the chances are, some will not. I'd like to count on Anthony & Mayer as putting us over the top, but we need to first replace almost 2 FT'er PAs from Devers, Bregman, Refsnyder & Lowe, first.

I saw that. That proves he'll be traded, soon. LOL!

It's impossible for a team to start a season with 15 SP'ers on the 40. Sure, some can move to the pen, even if temporarily, but one or two will surely be traded. I'm sure Brez will attempt to move the ones he has the least faith in, but those are likely the ones other GMs like the least and offer the least to get. I love pitching depth. I felt we had a lot, last year and ended up trading for May and Matz and adding 2 rookies to the 40, late in the year to start key games. Crochet, Gray, Bello, Sandoval, Oviedo Crawford, Harrison, Dobbins, Tolle, Early (These are ML starters likely on our AAA roster.) Perales, Sandlin, Uberstine, Drohan plus Houck, who will go on the 60 IL once the season begins. We will balance the roster with a SP'er trade or two. My guess is Crawford goes. The second guy is harder to project, but I think we'll need to be down to 12 SP'ers on the 40 by opening day, not counting Houck who will move to the 60.