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  1. notin
    The slot value for #1 is $8.4mill (per my extremely cursory research consisting of one Google search. Please correct me if necessary). If Pitt were to sign a player for slot value, he would be the second highest player on the team this year, behind Gregory Polanco, whom they would dump yesterday). Even going way underslot down to $4.4 million would make their pick the third highest player behind Polanco and the imprisoned Felipe Vazquez (who I’m pretty sure isn’t getting paid) and just ahead of All Star Adam Frazier, who won’t be a Pirate in 3 weeks. That whole scenario with that team is pretty effed up…
  2. notin
    It’s a tough spot for Cherington or any Pitt GM. How do you sign a high school kid for $8.4 million today and then tomorrow go to an actual Major League ballplayer asking for $4million in arbitration and tell him that’s too much money?
  3. notin
    Bloom did make one of those trades, just not for the Sox…
  4. notin
    BTV gives Pitts a surplus value of 2.4. The guy is a former 1st round pick, but he’s struggling so far this year, at least numbers-wise. He’s not going to get a game-changing player (unless said player is really expensive), but he’s not completely untradable either…
  5. notin
    I think Groome is in play. Ward is a tougher sell than the Sham Wow…
  6. notin
    Exactly. A lot of people are extremely down on Andriese (very likely including Andriese himself). But at the end of the day, this complaint is starting to look like “the mop up guy struggles if we use him in crucial innings!!” I don’t think the Sox are going to go all Jack Welch and remove the bottom 10%, but they will very likely be adding depth. Especially in the rotation, where the Sox starter depth is non-existent, and for a team with two starting pitchers (Eovaldi and Richards) who visit the Injured List more often than they visit their own mothers, this is just flat out unacceptable…
  7. notin
    They faced 29yo career minor leaguer Mark Appel, a man who has redefined the phrase “Draft Bust”…
  8. notin
    Yeah the standings I looked at for 2020 omitted that column…
  9. notin
    It’s not the minor league talent that surprises me; it’s the reclamation projects like Springs, Mazza, Feyereisen, Wacha, Brett Phillips…
  10. notin
    Like I said before - they’re the defending AL champs and we’re drafting 4th. Pretty sure we’re the pesky ones in this situation…
  11. notin
    A tad harsh on Andriese. He is struggling now but had a terrific April and has had a career that shows he is better than this. Quick trivia question: Who had more career fWAR coming into 2021 - Matt Andriese or Matt Barnes?
  12. notin
    He can take a seat next to Garin Cecchini…
  13. notin
    No. Putting him on the 60 day IL starts his service clock. It's the same reason Mata is not on it....
  14. notin
    We could probably bring Barnes back for $16 million…
  15. notin
    Cut ‘em all!!!
  16. notin
    My guess is anyone selected by the Pirates, Rangers or Tigers will be equally thrilled, if not more so. Especially anyone who grew up around any of those teams. (Like Lawler and the Rangers.)
  17. notin
    So far, the talking heads have the Sox selecting either Davis, Leiter, Lawler, Watson, Jobe, and probably someone else. Considering Bloom took Nick Yorke last year, maybe we need to write off all of the obvious candidates and count on him doing something off script. Madden? Fabian? Who else would you suspect he would never pick? Sticking with Rocker here for two reasons 1. Bloom is unpredictable 2. I'm stubborn…
  18. notin
    Any player expected to be among the top picks is going to be selected by a bad team. That’s how the draft works…
  19. notin
    While I agree, at least we’ve all seen college players stay an extra year because the parents were rich, like with the 2006-2007 Florida Gators hoops team that had Al Horford and Joakim Noah…
  20. notin
    The pen might see both Sale and Houck as additions this year. Relievers are very common trade targets, so it’s not unlikely. But I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Sox add a starter…
  21. notin
    Possible. Or maybe he prefers a losing team since it might expedite his time in the minors. Heck, he might refuse to sign with Boston because his dad was a Yankee. But all of this is just guessing about what a 20yo none of us have ever met will think. Honestly, whether it’s this year or next, Leiter is going to likely be a top draft pick, which means there will always be a good chance the team that drafts him is a losing team. Now I am not so sure, but has there ever been any player who refused to sign because the team wasn’t any good? I know plenty have not signed because the team that drafted them did not offer enough money, but that’s not the same…
  22. notin
    I can’t speak for Bloom, but that would be a good get. While I think the BTV value of Kimbrel is low, I would suspect any trade for him doesn’t get back a surplus value exceeding, say, 5 on BTV’s model. They ain’t getting Downs. Potts? Sure, if they want him…
  23. notin
    The Cubs might want more.
  24. notin
    But even then, if the fear (as stated) was the 2024 roster going over, the only real commitment is Chris Sale’s contract (and Bogaerts if he stays). There will be ample opportunity to get back under if the penalties are harsher…
  25. notin
    Assuming it matters once the new CBA is finalized...
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