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Well it’s not like he said how long after the 2019 season...
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Would you sign Eovaldi over Keuchel if the money was close? Keuchel has a better track record, a Cy Young award, and a much, much better health history and is only 2 years older. His only drawback seems to be that he is left-handed. He might require 5 or 6 years, but that is TBD.
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Like with Cervelli, I imagine he’ll have be moving forward with numerous options, most of which will cancel each other out as the chips land. Sign Familia? Maybe no more Herrera or Robertson. That kind of stuff...
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I hope not. I would imagine it’s one of several plans he has...
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If they bring in another catcher, it’s a safe bet at least one of the current catchers will go. Swihart is already at risk for a roster spot even if the Sox make no more moves for position players...
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The strategy here might be to upgrade the catcher position to offset an anticipated drop in the bullpen. Replacing Kimbrel and Kelly might be the right move, but that doesn’t mean whoever steps I i is going to be as effective immediately. And if they aren’t,the team gets worse overall. Vazquez is a good defensive catcher whose minor league offense hasn’t translated to major league success. In this respect, he is really nothing special and has also had difficulty staying healthy. I can see why they might want to upgrade here. By it might not happen for financial reasons if DD brings back Eovaldi. Perhaps that was the downgrade he was anticipating as well...
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Probably a plan DD would like to implement, but it’s extremely difficult and a fair amount of luck is involved, which might be why it hasn’t been done in the luxury tax era. The safest strategy is to tweak his successful base and try to repeat, making mad many “upgrades” as he can. This is going to be especially tricky because options to replace Kimbrel and Kelly as successfully simply refuse to come forward and beg for jobs. So DD might have to replace that step down with a step up somewhere else...
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Well, the Sox have been the recipient of a lot of catcher chapter since last July, so I’m not surprised. But go for Ramos. Much, much better option...
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You didn’t see it? Farrell pushed him over and then whacked his kneecap with a ball peen hammer...
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He went 7 on Price. For 28yo Eovaldi, 4 years is a given. The only question really is - will he go five?
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Pollock is a free agent. They just need a checkbook and a pen. The Marlins appear to be asking for the moon for Realmuto, along with a second moon to be named later...
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The only starters in this market to even think about going 4 years on are Eovaldi and Keuchel...
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Someone better tell Dombrowski quick!
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Can’t find anything either. But the free agents who sign earlier in the off-season seem more likely to beat the projections. The ones who sign late seem to settle. So if Eovaldi is seeing the early action, maybe he’s seeing the gaudy numbers?...
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I’m just delivering the news here. If I were to make it up, we’d be targeting Wilson Ramos...
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Not really fair to include Ellsbury, who only had 2 injury-shortened seasons. And one of them was the result of getting run over by Adrian Beltre, who made a habit of breaking the ribs of Sox left fielders...
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I’m sure DD is going through the pitching market as well. Eovaldi does appear to be top priority, and hopefully there is a Plan B in place. But I wouldn’t be surprised if he tried to upgrade the catcher spot with a hitter. Cervelli might revert to the 90 OPS+ hitter he has been recently, but even that represents an upgrade of the 69 OPS+ that Vazquez has for his career and the 46 he posted last season...
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Morton made 56 starts and pitched over 300 innings in the last two seasons. Is there some health issue with him? He’s from NJ and some speculation has him wanting to return to the northeast (Do these “free agents wants to go home” rumors ever actually happen?). If the Sox can’t sign Eovaldi, Morton is not a bad Plan B...
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If DD wants to improve the lineup, that’s the most likely place. Cervelli had an OPS+ of 123 last year. And his acquisition would free up Vazquez for a subsequent deal in a market where catchers are actually an early hot commodity, although I’m not sure what the market for CV would be. I’m not so sure the Sox don’t spend at catcher. But if Eovaldi doesn’t sign, they will spend somewhere...
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NEVER sign players just to keep them away from another team. Houston and NY will find some pitching somewhere. You cannot stop them...
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Hey!! Don’t go messing with your trade value!!
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That makes things interesting with regards to Eovaldi. If the Sox think Wright/Johnson can hold the fifth starter spot, then the focus turns to bullpen...
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Maybe we’ll trade you
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They may have talked when Vaz was hurt, but apparently the talks have been renewed. Or it could simply be some crazy blogger with no real sources and a vivid imagination...
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A) Maybe he does, or maybe some of that love faded after Vazquez posted -0.8 fWAR this year. While $7mill is not insignificant for the Sox budget right now, we really don’t know where moves like this fall on the priority list. Maybe if the Sox don’t get Eovaldi, they pull the trigger on the two most expensive Pirates and acquire Cervelli and Ivan Nova ($8.5mill) for the same estimated $15mill increase from Eovaldi? Ok that one is pure conjecture on my part. C) The Sox have to replace a potential crowd after 2019 anyway, starting with Sale and Bogaerts. If DD goes for a one year catcher upgrade, he really is all in on 2019 again. Regardless, the rumors exist that DD is looking to bolster the catcher position, whether this is the smartest idea or not. Time will tell how interested DD is...
