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  1. notin
    Huh? So Sandoval turns 30 after next season ends but youre counting him as a 30yo signing because why? Hes going to turn 30 someday? When Sandoval signed with the Red Sox, he was 28 years and two months old. If that’s too old for a free agent, then the Sox should never sign one ever again…
  2. notin
    First of all, I get the concern of not having experience. But at some point, they do need to get it. All of our internal options? Ok disregarding thr injured Houck, and let’s also table Drohan and Uberstine, because they are low ceiling depth. But I would say the ones that definitely need work in the minors include Tolle and Perales. And Fitts probably benefits from a reduced role, like a bullpen role. That leaves Early, Dobbins and Harrison as ready for the rotation. But I do question the ceiling of Harrison and (especially) Dobbins. But Early? I’m not so sure…
  3. notin
    Why was it a reckless? The Sox didn’t need him in December or January. And it wasn’t like when they signed Stephen Drew mid-season. They wanted Soto. Understandable. It didn’t pan out. But why go committing 6 or 7 years to your second choice when you’re not really sure about the guy?
  4. notin
    No love for Pete Alonso, who signed a week later?
  5. notin
    But at no point should we rely on internal options, right? The Sox have like 12 starting pitchers on their 30 man roster and 11 of them are worthless!!
  6. notin
    Ive posted many, mostly revolving around signing either Alonso or Bregman…
  7. notin
    Dealing Anthony would be massive. But sometimes that is the right answer. If not for his contract, I wonder if dealing Anthony for Nick Kurtz makes sense. Gives the Sox a slugging 1b and eliminates their OF depth issue. Plus it helps Oakland’s weak OF and eliminates their 1b logjam…
  8. notin
    Next Crochet? What happened to the first one? This search for a #2 starter leaves me asking this. What would you say to a pitcher that was worth 1.1 fWAR in a measly 14IP. For some perspective, Brayan Bello was worth 1.9 fWAR in 166 IP. This is starting to look like a bad 1980s RomCom. Everyone wants the Sox to pony up and sign Leah Thompson. And yet Mary Elizabeth Mastriantonio is. RIGHT THERE pitching deciding games in the postseason …
  9. notin
    Why is this an issue? The guy has SIX career starts at 1b, and none of them happened in 2025 when the Sox didn’t even have a first baseman. Again - he couldn’t beat out Toro; Hes not going to be the starting 1b this year. Wait until comments start on the Tristan Gray thread where folks interpret THIS is the Sox answer to their power bat deficiency, despite the article explicitly stating Gray will be either last man on the bench or in Worcester…
  10. notin
    It’s not just about fans, but broadcasting, too. It was postulated at one point, Vermont was Sox country. I’ve been to Burlington dozens of times over the years - Thats Yankee territory. Sure there probably a few dozen Sox fans, but they can’t watch games. Yankee games on the other hand are readily available. And this goes back to WINS days, long before the ubiquitous YES Network…
  11. notin
    You don’t remember the last time the Sox signed a big name free agent pitcher? To go all irrelevant pop culture, I assume you are aware of Jurassic Park? A movie that taught us just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should do it. As it is, you’re trying to argue using accountancy instead of baseball acumen, citing revenue and market share. Also that people condone and cheer for exploitation any relationship between spending and winning is not a good thing. Sports are supposed to be competition with the outcome determined by physical actions during the game, not by flexing financial muscles that render the bulk of the league as muted fodder…
  12. notin
    Crochet signed his deal at 25. How many 25yo free agents can you name? Most are on the other side of 30, with careers that will start to wind down shortly. Not remotely the same. My views on free agency are not related to money…
  13. notin
    But it’s not exclusive. That was the point…
  14. notin
    I could see Wong playing the occasional 1b as a substitution or because Cora keeps his bench involved. But he isn’t going to be a starting option, even on the short end of a platoon. The Sox didn’t have a first baseman last year between Casas and Lowe, and Wong couldn’t even beat out Abraham Toro for starts…
  15. notin
    I learned a long time ago not to trust these figures. I think GMs/CBOs are not allowed to discuss negotiations publicly, but they can certainly hurt their position elsewhere by doing so and they almost never do it. Whereas agents can tell reporters anything they want to and are not accountable to anyone for it. Also, fans believe agents 999 times out of 1,000….
  16. notin
    Annd therein lies the issue. Like Devers, you assumed 3b was “his” and he was entitled to it and owned it. Devers had every chance to prove he was capable of playing 3b, and he failed miserably, putting up the worst defensive metrics at the position in MLB. But now it is “mistreating” a player to replace him when he proves incapable of doing his job?
  17. notin
    I think we have to know him personally to be able to answer that question with any accuracy…
  18. notin
    Act fast? That’s not reality. Just something fans say when they h get impatient. Players don’t hire agents so everyone can be impulsive. Alonso and Schwarber will sign when Alonso and Schwarber are ready…
  19. notin
    143 out of 341 PAs (42%) vs LHP is absolutely disproportionate…
  20. notin
    We spent our allowance on Bregman…
  21. notin
    Romy is not the Sox best hitter. He looks deceivingly good because he does excel vs LHP, and he was given a disproportionate number of plate appearances against them. Springer DHd for Toronto due to some injury issues keeping him out of the field. Coupled with the flop that wa Santander, a move to DH was convenient. But the Jays didn’t give Santander $40mill so he could be benched in favor hof career minor leaguer Nate Lukes. That noodlebat team won 89 games and had a better record after trading their best masher than they did before. I expect a new 1b, be it Alonso, Hoskins, Bell, Yandy Diaz, etc. And if it is anyone other than Alonso, I expect Bregman to return. And I hope the Sox avoid Eugenio Suarez at all costs…
  22. notin
    And I think the Sox are going to try to upgrade over Lowe/Toro/Romy at 1b. I think Alonso is on their radar because 1) he likely won’t command the same money as Bregman or Bichette and 2) I can’t stand him, and the Sox seem to love grabbing names off that list…
  23. notin
    The Blue Jays’ starting DH last year had a .565 OPS…
  24. notin
    Baines isn’t a Hall of Famer, but as DHs go he was pretty good. And while a HOF DH would be great, a Yoshida/Romy or Yoshida/Ref platoon isn’t a weak spot…
  25. notin
    And then we trade Story for a 1b! Which OF do we bench? Also King might be the worst choice. Coming off injury with a QO attached. Not exactly a long history of success. No team will touch him except the Padres. Hopefully you filled out your MLBTR Free Agent Prediction form accordingly…
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