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My thoughts exactly. Not to mention, would this team be better off if Jackie Bradley batted .225 from the right side?

Of all the complaints about the Red Sox, none of them seem more trivial than having three left-handed hitting outfielders. Since most pitchers do throw right-handed, having left-handed hitters is a good thing, and who cares what position they play? If the Sox had two LHH outfielders and a LHH catcher, would that be better? If they need a RHH bat in the lineup, Chavis and/or Dalbec can step in at 1B or 2B. Moreland is a nice player sometimes, but I could see him losing his starting role if one of those two gets hot. In fact, who is the best LHH in the Sox system above A ball? Jarren Duran? That all 3 outfielders bat lefty is a non-issue. The pitching is an issue. However, right now the majority of the Sox best position prospects are infielders - Casas, Downs, Dalbec - and very little in the OF, with just Duran and Wilson. And both of them are likely CF. I think the sox either know or will learn that Connor Wong is not a catcher like the Dodgers did. and he likely ends up in the OF as well. (The early returns on experiments with him playing 2B an 3B were not met with rave reviews.) With Devers and Bogerts holding down 2 of the 4 infield positions for the forseeable future, it does give the Sox some leeway to move an infield prospect for a pitcher, and Jeter Downs is probably the most likely candidate. One possibility is to Miami, a team owned by his namesake and flush with young pitching and weak infielders. (Although they do have some legitimate young talent in the pipeline at 2B and SS in Isan Diaz and Jazz Chisholm). But 3B for them is a bit of a black hole. Might they be interested in Downs or Dalbec? Maybe the Marlins sell high on Caleb Smith for one? (The BTV simulator does value Smith significantly higher than either.) A trade of Downs for Jeffrey Means of Baltimore works out nicely on the simulator, and Baltimore has fewer middle infield prospects than good neighborhoods. A trade of Downs for Jameson Taillon also works out on the simulator, but if the Red Sox balked at Brusdar Graterol's medicals, I imagine a review of Taillon's would induce a fatal apoplectic attack. The Rockies are probably not amenable to a Jon Gray/Jeter Downs trade even if the Sox also took back one of their awful contracts. Middle infield is easily the strongest position in the Rockies system. I imagine any Gray deal is for pitching and not much else. Oakland's Sean Manaea might be a possibility. The A's have 7 starting pitchers with MLB experience on their current roster and 2B for them is a place to put out-of-options shortstops who cannot beat out Semien. The A's are a post-season hopeful after last yer's brief appearance, but budget constraints have the team in a constant state of reloading. Manaea only pitched 29 IP last year, so they don't need him for a playoff run (especially if Montas is back and drug-free) and his salary of $3.75mill seems paltry to most teams but might be considered movable in Oakland. Maybe a deal with KC involving Downs and Bradley for Jacob Junis and Ian Kennedy. The Royals save a good amount of money and get a good 2B/SS prospect, something they lack. The Red Sox get a bad contract on a pitcher who has become a good closer and get an effective SP who has the added bonus of already being hated in Yankee Stadium... A few thoughts on the subject...

I consider Puig the most likely impact player left on the market, and potentially the only one left. If the Sox think they need players capable of making an impact - and they do - he is where you start. Of course, you do have to acknowledge the reason he is the only impact player left on the market...

They tried 9 games way back when. 7 is good.

Yeah, the conventional wisdom I referred to was not about bringing JBJ back. It as about offering him arbitration knowing full well there was a glut of glove-first CF's hitting free agency. A non-tender and re-signing him for less made more sense, especially in a cost-cutting year...

The cut fastball, which grades similar to that of Mariano Rivera by some scouts...

I might hav e been the first. But it's a small bandwagon, so far with just myself and mvp on it. Unless you're on that one with us, too. Thr Buchholz one was nice. That was in 2015. But it all started with the Nava prediction in 2014...

I know. I nail a prediction and you complain about the thread title

RF. Verdugo to CF. Bradley to KC for Ian Kennedy. This prediction is not likely to go as smoothly as my Cesar Puello signing prediction...

It would definitely help, although arguably if dealing both gets you a cheaper SP, then it accomplishes the same mission another way. The Sox absolutely do need some minimum wage contributors. But Chavis has no real position and Dalbec is blocked by Devers at his best position, and moving him to 1B just holds the fort for Casas, although Casas is a minimum of 2 years away even if he just flt out destroys high A and AA pitching this season...

I honestly do not get all these people who think "if we trade Mookie he's never coming back" but somehow thought if we did not trade him, he was here forever. Mookie wanted the market. It was a choice between trade him now for what you can get or watch him walk after 2020 and receive only a single draft pick that likely never cracks AAA...

Some things never change...

I still want Puig. Puello is bench fodder and is only on a minor league deal anyway. He's basically the new and improved Gorkys. While upgrading over Gorkys was nice, there are bigger fish to fry...

Not sure what took so long here https://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/19655-Next-up-for-Bloom

Yeah. I called this one two months ago... A rare moment where my predictions align with reality!!!

Martin Perez might be good for 170 IP or so, but he is basically an ERA+ of 95-100 guy. Unless Bloom saw something in him that could be exploited...

I think the Sox could deal both Chavis and Dalbec, but I don't think it's very likely...

I never wanted Price either, although for different reasons. I did not like what would be obvious ramifications on spending and keeping the young core. The only thing I ever liked about his contract was the opt out, which becamse a moot point when he got injured during the second year...

I doubt there is much available capable of his ERA+. Even for 120 IP. The Sox are either going to have to move one of their top few prospects (Casas, Downs, Dalbec) or settle for a lesser pitcher and hope for the best...

Definitely my thoughts on the subject...

Thank you, Curt Flood...

Yeah I see the MLBPA embracing that. Also, maybe eliminate free agency and have all players sterilized...

They’re keeping Bradley, solely because they misread that there would be a market for him and offered him arbitration against conventional wisdom....

Exactly. The Sox need to replace the IP from Price...