Because he is very likely to opt out of his contract after 2022. And this is the ideal off-season to find a replacement shortstop with Correa, Baez, Story, Seager, Crawford, and Simmons all reaching free agency...
I seriously doubt Bloom would trade Devers simply because a better team has some platoon at 3b. If Devers does get dealt, the most likely cause is his refusal to sign an extension…
It suggests to me that the last two games were against a LHP to start.
He did not start Tuesday against Rasmussen, which he shouldn’t have after his awful Monday. But Wednesday and Friday were against McClanahan and Rodon, both southpaws…
I’m rapidly boarding the Dalbec Train. Dalbec has a career OPS of .823 in MLB. Casas has an OPS of .885 in AA.
It’s not time to trade Casas and dedicate 1b solely to Dalbec, but I think it buys Dalbec some time and keeps Casas in the minors a bit longer…
Story does post stellar defensive metrics at SS and is probably worth keeping there.
There have been some longstanding rumors that the Rangers will go heavily after Irving, Texas native Trevor Story…
Someone is a bit overprotective about Duran. I don’t recall being called out the other day for saying Verdugo was safe from COVID because even if he was exposed, he’d just misplay it…
Back to the present, if the Sox did acquire Montas (whom Oakland is likely to move due to the large amount of arbitration-eligible players this winter), they could keep Iglesias and maybe bring back JB Wendelken, reuniting all the survivors from a midseason trade made 9 years previous…
I actually didn’t think Senzel was that fast or threw similar to Duran. But then he rarely gets into games because he can get injured by the mere act of being added to a lineup…
Actually at the time they acquired Peavy, Workman was in the rotation.
But having Peavy in the postseason pushed Doubront into the pen where he pitched quite well in limited action…
Maybe Duran should just run the ball back to the infield. His running speed and throwing speed are probably closer together than any other player in the majors...
I agree.
BTV right now has Verdugo with a higher surplus value. But after this year, he is eligible for arbitration, so I would expect that to drop as he will be making more money. Duran, as the minimum wage player, will have a stronger appeal around the league.
I still think a Duran/Montas swap is possible. But Dave Forst is not answering my texts right now...
Verdugo is hardly the ideal CF, but if you do play CF in Fenway, another factor in Verdugo's favor is he has a cannon where most people have a left arm. Duran's throwing arm doesn't quite look like we should be comparing it to Johnny Damon, but it still doesn't compare to Verdugo's either.
I hope they keep Schwarber next year as well, but if they do it really creates a logjam in the LF/1B/DH positions with 5 bodies struggling to fit into 3 spots...