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I could see that happening, perhaps more than Fried, Crochet & Teoscar/Santander

He has shown some signs of decline, in the last 2 years, and has had some very slow starts. We could use a second half hitter, though.

Treinen to Doadgers, also. $22M/2

Could we see this? Fried or Burnes Teoscar Hoffman or Estevez Trade Mayer for Crochet I'm not a luis Robert fan. He's 26 and bats RH'd. He's owed 25:$15M, 26:$20M club option ($2M buyout). 27:$20M club option ($2M buyout) Word is the CWS want a lot for him, but I do think Mayer for Crochet is too much. Would you give Mayer, Rafaela and Sandlin for Crochet and Robert? (How about with Abreu not Rafaela?)

Conforto to LAD for $17M/1. Does this mean they are not so hot on Teoscar?

I wonder if Cohen did indeed pay $50M more than the next best offer. I'm not sure if even $715M/15 would have been good for the Sox. We can't assume JH will keep the wallet open for 15 more years. Eventually, a Soto contract would mean some lean support around him- like it or not.

Maybe, if we get an extension as part of the deal. (I can't remember when that last happened.) I'm kinda losing my love for Mayer, but it does seem like an overpay for 2 years of guy who has very few seasons of showing he can pitch very well over many innings. I do think keeping Anthony and Campbell are more important, and with Wong looking crappy on D, I think we need to keep Teel.

I really wanted Soto, but $765M/15 is absurd money. $51M a year. I'm glad he's on the Mets not the Yanks, but that kinda money might have crippled the Yanks for 15 years. Now we have the Yanks and Dodgers plus others to battle with over Fried, Burnes, Teoscar, Bregman, Scott....

Just this evening... MLBNetwork’s Jon Morosi reported this evening that a Crochet deal coming together during the Winter Meetings this week is “increasingly possible.” What’s more, Morosi suggests that the Red Sox are “more willing” to listen on top shortstop prospect Marcelo Mayer than previously believed and could become a more significant factor in Crochet’s trade market if they make him available in trade talks with the White Sox.

I'm a big fan of Abreus, but Mayer should be 5, and where is Houck?

If we end up trading Mayer for Crochet, our SS depth (after the fragile Story) leaves something to be desires, at least in terms of defense: Rafaela Romy-Sogard DHam-Grissom Campbell- Meidroth Romero (2026) Crochet is not enough. We'd still need to sign Fried or Burnes for it to work. Even those two are not enough. We could still use Hoffman or Estevez and a decent defensive catcher. Add that to a returning Whitlock and full, healthy seasons from Story, Devers, Casas, Slaten, Giolito, Hendriks and Fulmer, and maybe- just maybe....

With costs for good players going through the roof, maybe this now makes sense... MLBTR reports: MLBNetwork’s Jon Morosi reported this evening that a Crochet deal coming together during the Winter Meetings this week is “increasingly possible.” What’s more, Morosi suggests that the Red Sox are “more willing” to listen on top shortstop prospect Marcelo Mayer than previously believed and could become a more significant factor in Crochet’s trade market if they make him available in trade talks with the White Sox.

It means to me, that no one GM ever gets all the prizes. That does not excuse us missing out on all of them. I've laid down what I think is the minimum we need to do to feel like we can be relevant, again, and hope we can go a step or two above that suggestion. With 5-10 other teams in on the same guys we want, it's not easy. Why should we think JH can outbid other equally rich owners? Here is my minimum list: 1 from Fried or Burnes 1 from Bregman, Teoscar, Scott, Flaherty or Eovaldi Carson Kelly or the like. One step better: 2 from the second group or 1 plus Hoffman, Estevez, Santander or Walker/Alfonso or same as minimum, but trade for Crochet, Lopez or someone similar. Two steps better: 1 from Fried, Burnes and 1 from Bregman & Scott. A trade for someone like Crochet, plus Scott or Hoffman. (This ain't happening.)

With today's contract costs, he's now a bargain, at his age.

JH can "afford" to sign the top remaining 5 FAs, but what does that mean when several other owners can, too?

He has said he wants to play with the Dodgers, and it's hard to imagine us throwing that much more money at him to et him to choose Boston. If we miss out on Soto, who is left? Bregman? (Devers to 1B- Casas to DH or another team?) Teoscar? Santander? Walker or Alfonso? (Trade Casas and keep Devers at 3B?) It has to be pitching, pitching pitching, but I doubt we get 2 out of these three: Fried, Burnes and Scott. Maybe one plus Nate or Hoffman. Maybe one, plus a trade for another. Is just Fried, Hoffman and Carson Kelly enough? (Not for me.)

Replace Wikelman with Crochet, Kelly with Hoffman, is the idea. Then, the bottom of the 40 is better off, as well.

I thought I read he was okay moving to 1B. Report says we are interested in Teoscar.

This is how they ranked the teams (not seed.) 1. Oregon 13-0 2. Georgia 11-2 3. Texas 11-2 4. Penn St 11-2 5. Notre Dame 11-1 (dropped one slot by not playing) 6. Ohio St 10-2 7. Tennessee 10-2 8. Indiana 11-1 9. Boise St. 12-1 10. SMU 11-2 11. Alabama 9-3 (left out) 12. AZ St 11-2 13. Miami 10-2 14. Ole Miss 9-3 15. So Carolina 9-3 16. Clemson 10-3 (They moved up only 1 slot) 17. BYU 10-2 18. IA St 10-3 19, Missouri 9-3 20. Illinois 9-3 21. Syracuse 9-3 22. Army 11-1 23. Colorado 9-3 24. UNLV 10-3 25. Memphis 10-2

The final selections are in... I think ND was unfairly placed 7th, behind 2 loss Penn St and Texas, but I guess they felt a team should not be penalized for playing in a conference championship game. Alabama is OUT !!!!!!!!!!!!! Hurray! 1. Oregon 13-0 (plays winner of 8 Ohio St.- 9 Tennessee) 2. Georgia 11-2 (plays winner of 7 Notre Dame- 10 Indiana) 3. Boise St 12-1 (palys winner of 6 Penn St-11 SMU) 4. AZ St 11-2 (plays winner of 5 Texas-12 Clemson) Penn St and Texas get rewarded by facing scrub conference winners in round 2, instead of Oregon or Georgia. While Texas played in the SEC, they did not face Alabama, Ole Miss, So Carolina and Tennessee. They played two tough SEC teams (Georgia, twice, and lost both games.) They beat no top 25 teams. (A & M was ranked top 25, at one time.) ND beat A&M, too, at College Station. We lost to No Illinois, early on, and theyw ere ranked top 25, at one point. We beat Louisville, once a top 25 team, and a tough GA Tech team on the road. (GA lost to Tech.) We also handed Army their only loss of the season and beat USC away and killed a pretty good Navy team. I can understand Penn ST ahead of us, but not Texas.

All 4 of those players are better than 5-10 on the CWS (for Crochet.)

Maybe Campbell moves to the OF, if we sign Bregman.

Either one would be fine: both if the return was better. Throw in Wikelman and Kelly, too. We need roster space for Fried, Bregman and Hoffman.

We should know that Casas has been our best left batter vs LHPs since 2022 (180+ PAs) .772 Casas .746 Devers Only Refsnyder (.910) hit lefties better on our whole roster. If you lower the PAs to 100: .910 Ref .879 Romy .772 Casas .746 Devers .743 Story .694 Wong 2024 only: 1.179 O'Neill .941 Ref .879 Romy .877 Wong .772 Jansen .758 Casas .687 Devers .665 Duran .603 Rafaela (reverse splits) .565 Yoshida (did much better in '23) .532 Abreu and DHam (Both should platoon until they prove themselves.)

That was a damn good trade Brez made. He kept up the Bloom tradition of one and done OF additions- Pillar, Renfroe, Duvall...