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But the JBJ thing is already here. If he’s the reason you think it’s a lateral move, then it’sa done deal. If JBJ is playing CF with Kike at 2b then the Sox need another corner OF, and can even get a LF. But if Kike stays in CF, then Bradley will be covering RF, and, even in his best seasons, struggled vs LHP and could use a platoon partner. But if that’s the plan, what platoon partner would NOT be a lateral move?

He is projecting Ronaldo Hernandez, the catcher acquired from Tampa last year for Jeffrey Springs and Chris Mazza, for that role…

How? A Bradley-McCutchen platoon in RF is light years better defensively than Renfroe, especially since Bradley is the strong side. And McCutchen should be markedly cheaper than Renfroe…

A bit optimistic. Yorke only graduated high school 2 years ago, and in 2 more years he’ll be starting in MLB? Probably not. He’s more likely to see his stock fall than rise. We all assumed Jeter Downs would have a stranglehold on 2b by 2021 at one point, too…

Yes, if Mookie is your benchmark, Renfroe is a bad defender. Of course, so are 28 other right fielders…

I actually don’t think Renfroe is a bad defender. I just think Fenway has more ground than he can cover…

Well, we don’t need McCutchen to be Dwight Evans. He just needs to be as good or better than Renfroe for, say 6 or 7 innings. When LHP start…

I would be surprised if Bloom did any of those things, except maybe #3. 1. The Sox have already signed 3 starting pitchers this off-season, and none of them to MiLB deals. With Sale, Eovaldi and Pivetta in place, and with the possibility of moving Houck and/or Whitlock to the rotation, any additional arms are likely to be bullpen or minor league depth contracts. 2. This one is a maybe. It all depends on who is in the OF With Verdugo. Is Kike moving to 2b? Is JBJ going to take over RF or start in CF? Will he be platooned? Is Duran still in the picture? I do think if they get a RHH outfielder, it will be Andrew McCutchen, who OPSd over .900 vs LHP last year and could be a corner platoon. 3. This one we all agree the Sox need, but then we’d as also agree 29 other teams do as well. But I doubt we agree with Bloom on the definition of a quality reliever. I expect him to be eyeing someone like Oliver Drake. But we’ll see who it is, if anyone. 4. Certainly a good idea. But if I was Devers’ agent, I’d have to be absolutely blown away to tell my client to extend. Of course, it all depends how the new CBA looks, too…

Oh they were great. I will admit I was already making white flags and brushing up on my French…

The 2018 team was 10.5 games better and didn’t deal with a COVID outbreak…

To be fair, by the time they started struggling, it was too late to go all in…

It also includes a modification for whether or not a player is going through a divorce or just fighting with his girlfriend or mistress…

If the labor dispute doesn’t end soon enough, he might just return to NPB…

I wouldn’t read too deep into all these media quotes, Manny of which were taken out of context and are easily interpreted multiple ways…

With Sale out, maybe they figured they wouldn’t be competitive so going over was opening that window too early. They did add money in July with Schwarber…

Of course, ARod’s crazy contract was 21 years ago. So in 21 years, “crazy” went from $25mill per year to $32mill per year. But how much did the price of crazy go ip in the 21 years before ARod’s deal? What was considered a crazy contract in 1980?

Plus his antics when getting a big hit are very off putting…

McCutchen. Pham hasn’t been the same since he got stabbed…

I never believe these guys anymore. No way he tells the whole story to the media…

Maybe. Maybe they wanted Stallings because he has more control…

Anyone know what Bloom was offering for Stallings?

I hope that’s not the case, that he’s already counting Casas. I don’t like the idea of building the MLB roster around players t even on the 40 man roster yet. If Bloom doesn’t sign, say, Schwarber to play LF because of Casas, that’s wrong. And early even going that far, even if he is courting Casas, that makes 3 left-handed hitters, maybe 4 to account for Bradley or Duran. Still not too left-handed…

But their positions don’t matter in that case…

Or like they’re in a state of suspended animation, but without any animation…

Ward is safe because he would be a stupid Rule 5 pick…