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  1. notin
    I’m thinking of starting a Twitter War with Alex Bregman…
  2. notin
    I suggested Manaea last year (among plenty of others; I’m no prophet.), and you didn’t like him then. Is this personal between you and Sean?
  3. notin
    Chris Sale broke a rib throwing a pitch, which is obviously the action that fills his wallet. Did it derail his career?
  4. notin
    Yoshida’s surgery and questionable availability for the early season probably make a trade of him pretty unlikely, too. Casas is another candidate, but that idea was shot down quickly by Breslow. So that probably means it’s him on the block…
  5. notin
    Speaking of recklessly and wantonly, the Angels signed Yusei Kikuchi (2.2 bWAR in the past 3 years) to a 3 year deal worth $63mill. That goes a long way towards explaining why Pivetta (6.6 bWAR over the past 3 years) turned down a QO…
  6. notin
    Hopefully not that whiny b*tch Alex Bregman…
  7. notin
    DH, trade, or maybe he has an “accident”…
  8. notin
    Finally!! https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/red-sox-reportedly-considering-moving-rafael-devers-to-first-base.html
  9. notin
    Ah the American Cold War strategy…
  10. notin
    This whole “we need a right-handed bat!!” is such a BS smokescreen. The Sox had a higher OPS vs left-handed pitching than the AL champion Yankees did. Fix the defense. Team is 13th in OPS against lefties and the Sox need to get right handed hitting STAT!! But they’re 23rd in OAA and that’s not an issue…
  11. notin
    Campbell pitched SIX INNINGS last year. Why are people giving up on him?
  12. notin
    Is that his health insurance carrier?
  13. notin
    Soto has more walks than strikeouts for his career. Since he joined the league, only three hitters with qualified amount of PA have more walks than strikeouts. Soto, Bregman, and Arraez. And only Soto has hit 200HRs while doing so…
  14. notin
    And what hat he wants on his bust in Cooperstown…
  15. notin
    bWAR/162 Grich 5.7 Pedroia 5.6 Whitaker 5.1 So maybe as questionable?
  16. notin
    Career cut short. But he had the potential to be either in the Hall or a Lou Whitaker-esque questionable omission…
  17. notin
    My rankings are as follows 1. Carson Kelly 2. Christian Vazquez 3. Nick Fortes - listed by MLBTR as a non-tender candidate. 4. Kyle Higashioka. Decent framing. Weak blocking. All are defensive upgrades over Wong. Wong’s bat and versatility does give him some usefulness and some trade value if the Sox pursue a pair of catchers.
  18. notin
    The money is higher than preferred, but a reunion with Christian Vazquez does make sense. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/christian-vazquez-543877 Minnesota is cutting salary, but Vazquez only has one year left. So while he will be blocking pitches, he won’t be blocking Teel. His BTV surplus value of negative $4.3mill doesn’t suggest a trade will be costly…
  19. notin
    Enmanuel Valdez isn’t a top prospect. He’s a decent (ceiling) bat with no glove absorbing a 40 man roster spot that would need to open up to acquire Vasquez. And he could get the distinction of being traded for the same player twice…
  20. notin
    I believe Price’s opt out was after year three. He could have taken his ring and hit the market prior to the 2019 season and just in time to free up $123mill to add on to Betts’ offer.
  21. notin
    Reportedly he is working on it…
  22. notin
    Ok but we’re keeping Abreu. Want Enmanuel Valdez?
  23. notin
    Ptchers are never blocked. But signing position players is different, and can quite often involve making a long term commitment to solve a short term problem. Not to mention free agency typically involves paying players in their 30’s for what they did in their 20’s, and often for another team. That said, I rarely advocate heavily (or even at all) for any free agent. But I still want the Sox to be all in on Soto. Fix the pitching via trade(s)…
  24. notin
    After reading that article comparing him to Vientos, I’d put Romy Gonzalez in the 3b mix. And I can include Meidroth. I’d also keep Campbell and Mayer out for now. Both are more likely to fit better in the middle infield. No one has confused Story with Cal Ripken lately. And Hamilton, while fun and surprising, can be beaten out at 2b…
  25. notin
    You could flip flop those two names in that last sentence and it makes just as much sense. Not to mention, Grissom is only 6 months older than Meidroth, already reached MLB, currently on the 40 man roster, and liked enough by the current admin that they increased the money in the Sale trade to acquire him. And also have not likely given up on him after one injury-plagued season…
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