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Well, maybe he needs more than 18 IP in The Show first...

You're getting too deep...

Sure. Would they take it? Probably not. Maybe the Sox should inquire about Richard Rodriguez...

No.. Right now we have an outfield of Benintendi, Verdugo and Renfroe. We need an actual CF and to merge HR and AB into a platoon. Unless AB actually shows signs of life...

And because if they waited, they knew there was a legitimate chance they would not be able to unload him...

Taillon was available not due to his salary. but because he was a potential difference maker. But if they had a better feeling about him alsting until July, don't you think they would have held him that long? Nothing about that Yankee offer said "We have to take this deal NOW." So why did they take it now?

The Jays biggest offensive weakness might be at DH, which seems like an ironic place to have one...

And he also frequently misses every other year with injuries. He's the same type of pitcher as Eovaldi and Richards. Talent is not the problem...

Again, every talent evaluator in the country had Ball as one of the best picks that year. Most mock drafts had him going in the 6 - 14 range. The guy drafted right after him (Hunter Dozier) was not even on anyone's first round board. (KC was saving slot money, which was a common strategy at the time.) Ball was legitimate pick in that slot. He just did not pan out. That year, the closest thing to a surefire pick was supposed to be Mark Appel, who never did anything despite being a top 6 pick twice. Ball wasn't even the biggest bust among LHP in that draft, as Kohl Stewart went three picks ahead of him. The top ten picks in the draft included four pitchers who to date have combined for 63 IP in MLB, with Stewart getting 62 of them. That year might have been the worst ever for pitchers, as the only two first round picks still pitching in MLB are Jon Gray and Marco Gonzalez. The current Sox team does have two first rounders from that draft as position players in Christian Arroyo and Hunter Renfroe. Every pick is a project. The most MLB-ready players the Sox have taken in recent years per every scouting and talent evaluator were Craig Hansen and Durban Feltman. Hansen did nothing and Feltman has yet to appear in a game...

Well, we like to focus on Sox pitchers with caveats "If Eovaldi and Richards can stay healthy", but then we look at an equally questionable Hyun-Jin Ryu on another team and say "He was a good addition"...

The Jays have added some extremely good bats. But they need arms. I don't get why they signed Semien. What happened to Bo Bichette?

Every scouting organization in the country had Trey Ball as a mid-first rounder at worst. Every mock draft had him in the early to mid first round. That failure was on Ball...

No it isn't. They signed Polanco to an extension a while back that is paying him nearly $15mill this year. They still have a contract with Felipe Vazquez that would be paying him $7.75 mill that they only got out of because that dude has some serious problems. (I assume he does not get paid while in prison.) This year, they have arbitration hearings for at least 3 other players (Brault, Kuhl, Rodriguez) that will end up paying each more than Taillon settled for once the arbitration numbers are said and done. Taillon was NOT their most expensive piece remaining and NOT unaffordable. But what he was was a player that looked like a risk to make it to the All Star break, and they unloaded him while he still had some potential. And 28 other teams also clearly felt Taillon was a risk, because that Yankee package was easily beatable, but 28 other teams (including Boston) bowed out.

Although it is also a common one...

As it stands now, per Roster Resource, the Jays rotation is Ryu, Ray, Pearson, Roark and Stripling. As it stands now, per Roster Resource, the Sox rotation is Rodriguez, Eovaldi, Richards, Perez and Pivetta. Whatever one of those two you prefer, it is certainly not better by much. The reason to give the Sox the edge right now is the eventual return of Sale...

Sox signed someone named Matt Carsiti. Blake Swihart is apparently nearing a deal with the Nationals...

If the Red Sox did that? Since the 2019 season, the Red Sox have added Perez (twice), Pivetta, Richards, Gossett, Mazza, Godley, Seabold, Whitlock and now German. Sure they are not all star pitchers, but let's not pretend they have been inactive on that front. Getting Sale and ERod back should be a huge boost to the rotation. We'd all like it to be better, but that does not mean it is not already improved. And some of those Jays' pitchers you mention are already off the team, correct? Taijuan Walker, for example...

No. They paid a low price for a high risk pitcher. Taillon was not a salary dump; he was an injury dump. The Pirates have a handful of players who make more or will after their arb hearings, so moving Taillon and his two seasons of control was not something demanding immediate financial attention. But the other players, including pitchers Chad Kuhl and Steve Brault, are more likely to last until July. Cherington is a good evaluator of prospect talent. If he settled for this package of third tier Yankee prospects, it was because no one would give him anything better. And Cashman himself did not offer better because he is aware of the risk of a two-time TJ pitcher...

The Orioles signed Freddy Galvis and DFA'd Shaw. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/01/orioles-sign-freddy-galvis.html They also traded Jose Iglesias to Anaheim..

And just as quickly, they end...

Sox are reportedly talking to Mitch Moreland. Notin approves...

Semien to Toronto. Hitting will not be an issue for that team...

I think Renfroe has another arb year for 2023, at least he does per Soxprospects.com...

I’d be willing to bet the following reliever let an inherited runner (or three) score...

It's a difference of one hit every 50 at bats. They're close enough...