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I could see that being more applicable to Moreland and Swihart than the utility infielder and the backup catcher. ...

Maybe Holt 's option and the ability to denote him factored into the decision to keep him. ..

Didn't we get Leon from Washington? There's definitely a chance. But unless its for something useful, why?

Holt has the only option on the bench...

I get the addition of a big bat. They never really replaced Ortiz, and getting Martinez this year keeps them potentially or of the bidding wars for the big bats next year. Not to mention the Sox really lacked any thump last year. Not only were they dead last in the AL in home runs, they were dead last by as LOT. They trailed the White Sox by 18 home runs, and that gap was the largest gap between any two adjacent teams on the home run list. Martinez filled a need, and hopefully Price can fill a number two pitcher need. But I don't get not adding a single pitcher to the entire organization. No trades for minor leaguers. No minor league free agents. Not even a Rule 5 pick. Not a single arm was added above A ball. That's just weird to me. And to make it stranger, Ben Taylor was DFAd. He was only drafted two years ago! He had plenty of options left! And reportedly when he was claimed, Dombrowski said that he needed to add some pitching depth. (And the article made it sound like Dombrowski was surprised Taylor was claimed. Huh?) But hey, of he didn't DFA Taylor, the Sox would not have been able to get that cash from Arizona in the Marrero trade. ..

See? In a Subject about depth, I didn't even bring up the pitcher responsible for the most exciting start of the season. But, hey, maybe everyone else is right. Depth isn't important. If pitchers get hurt, you simply quit on the season. Thankfully the Sox don't have any injured pitchers (except Pomeranz, Rodriguez, and Wright) or any pitchers at risk (except Price and Thornburg). I know some of these guys are "due back soon, " which is important, because players always come back as scheduled and at 100% and "soon" NEVER drags into July. So depth is unnecessary. Except for some reason the third string catcher. There depth is vital and THAT guy should be considered untouchable. ...

The 2007 team has Jon Lester and Kason Gabbard waiting for their chances. Forget about Lester, right now the Sox don't even have the equal to Gabbard. ..

Now that Vazquez has been extended and is the starter for a while, unless Blake does become a Swiss army knife, it does make him more expendable. I wouldn't keep him as a backup catcher of he could be dealt for a decent reliever. Bullpen pitching does have some priority over backup catching. .. Like I said, the offers DD was getting might not be worth it. As he is fielding calls on Swihart per MLBTR, he's probably not getting offered much just yet. ...

Swihart can't go tp the minors without clearing waivers. If he is tradable (and he absolutely is), he won't clear waivers. I'd see what he was worth to other teams. Of course, they're is a good chance Dombrowski already has and maybe he just didn't like what was offered. ..

Absolutely. I'll start with the team that brought in Bronson Arroyo on a minor league deal. Maybe not the most recent, but certainly the most significant. You never know at the start of the season who are going to be the best depth options. WHich is why every off-season, Epstein's very first move was to sign half a dozen our do pitchers to minor league deals. Most of these pitchers never saw MLB, but every now and then, he'd get a difference maker like Arroyo or someone who who be dealt for a significant difference maker, like Brandon Lyon (packaged for Schilling). But, hey, why explore rarely successful depth tactics when you've already got a rotaruon depletef to the point of using Hector Velasquez and Brian Johnson in the rotation?

Its a very shallow rotation because the season hasn't even starred yet and we already have three injured starters. Velasquez is a nice story with the occasional good putting, but do you really want 180 innings from him? We all hope Rodriguez is bank mid-April, but he hasn't been very reliable so far. I actually don't mind Wright being out. Yes or depth is poor...

I'm all for giving Swihart a chance, but at some point, now that Vazquez has been extended, he is about as blocked as he can get. Corner outfield it's out. Third base too. And of course now catcher is blocked. If he can be dealt for a worthwhile player, there really is no reason to hold on to him. ...

No. I said every rotation is good when every pitcher is and pitching well. They are. The Sox 2015 rotation didn't accomplish the latter. May complaints were the"lack of an ace", but given that Porcello was one year away from a Cu Young, read that all that true? Compare the Sox 2015 top the Royals from that year. (Volsquez, Ventura, Duffy, Young, and Guthrie. Wad that rotation so much better? ("More potential" doesn't mean "better" at least not for 2015.) That KC rotation did won a World Series that year. ...

I'd rather have Marrero and the $2mill. Should have dumped Holt. Nunez makes Holt expendable, but Marrero is a better option at shortstop than Nunez. ...

Is that even close to what I said?

At least I finally get why Dombrowski ignores pitching depth. In his last 6 seasons in Detroit, he rarely had any pitching injuries. He only had one season where more than 6 starters started add many as 5 games. It looked like he put 3 or 4 starting pitchers on the DL in that stretch, which is a crazy low number for a team that has Drew Smyly... l

Every team has a good rotation if the pitchers are healthy and pitch well. But the issue is - what happens when everything doesn't go your way?

Fister was 7 years younger at that time than Lackey will be this year.

No options left. He can do a rehab outing and then a decision has to be made...

While the Sox early schedule is nice, that is a pretty bad rotation to start the year. Because as the season wears on, more pitchers get hurt than get healthier...

The weird thing about Bard is that his career was only 4 years long, but people talk about his collapse like it came after a long history of success and therefore was clearly some sort of management blunder. ..

Not if he clears waivers, which he will do of he gets released...

Is Cobb really worth that much more than Lynn? Cobb might be a better pitcher, but he loses alot of value because he has trouble showing up for work. ..

The Yankees had multiple players leap frog from nowhere top superstardom. Severino. Judge. Gregorius. The only Sox players having their best season were the guys who never played a full season before. ..

Coincidentally the score of the last UNC-BC game...