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  1. notin
    Free agency is getting to the point where a 7 year $200mill contract doesn’t look outlandish anymore. I think the versatility is to ensure they have SOMEPLACE to play and the Sox don’t have to limit their key acquisitions to players that won’t block a top prospect…
  2. notin
    I think part of the reason Casas is so available right now is the Sox want to clear the way at 1b for another player already on the Red Sox. I don’t think they want to go get another 1b. It will be Casas or Devers in 2025 (barring injuries)..
  3. notin
    But you’re ok with the $3?
  4. notin
    Seems insane. Why are people throwing around free agent deals for arb-eligible pitchers? And why do others prefer to wait? The whole point for Boston is to get the best deal for themselves. Right now, with him only having one season as a starter, Thats not much date to know how good he is. But that also applies to Crochet’s agent. Wait another year, and if he excels, he gets more expensive and more confident he can reach free agency without getting hurt. The Sox might be able to sign him for Rick Porcello money right now. But 12 months from now? If Crochet is still willing to accept it, the Sox should probably pass. But going 6 years $170 when this already has potential to go further south than the Sale contract? Fewer years and maybe half that money at this stage…
  5. notin
    Vlad is younger, but they’re closer as hitters than I realized…
  6. notin
    Alonso wants Soto plus $3…
  7. notin
    Pedro? You mean Vlad Guerrero? Not to be confused or related to former Dodger Error Machine Pedro Guerrero. I’m starting to wonder if Bregman isn’t the right guy. Vlad is already asking for $450mill, and I’m guessing he won’t want $15mill per for 30 years. If Bregman is looking at $200 over seven, it’s probably an easier deal for the Sox to live with…
  8. notin
    After 10 years of a 123 OPS+, two years of 104 is a massive reduction in hitting. And he’s not likely to get better from ages 34-36. Now Bregman might make more sense. Sure you’ll need to sign him for 3 years at the end of his deal when he goes into declined. But at least you get the 4 years upfront when he contributes. With Arenado, you’re just skipping to those last few unproductive years…
  9. notin
    Freddy Peralta? Not so sure the $15mill contract is going to do it…
  10. notin
    The Sox need a catcher, a 3b, and another bullpen arm wouldn’t hurt. Unless it’s Chase Anderson…
  11. notin
    f*** Arenado. He stopped hitting 2 years ago and has 3 years left. For the last 2 years, his OPS+ is 104 and his remaining contract is $65mill. Why would anyone trade $10mill more for league average production? Just bench Yoshida and play Grissom at 3b, and it’s close enough while being much, much easier to undo.. And if the Sox are going to (hopefully) upgrade the 3b defense and not trade Casas, then just bench Yoshida. We’re long past the point where his $18mill salary isn’t even considered expensive. Teams are benching players with similar salaries around the league. It’s not even a big deal anymore…
  12. notin
    It seems like fans fixate on weaknesses they don’t like or weaknesses on players they don’t like. I will admit when it comes to Casas, but I don’t like his defense or his durability. But yes, he can hit…
  13. notin
    Vlad Guerrero Jr. has one year left on his deal and has set his contract price in the $450mill range. Also, if Vlad was an option at 3b, Toronto would have kept him there. They didn’t move Guerrero to 1b to accommodate Ernie Clement…
  14. notin
    I think it’s funny that the only way the Blue Jays can attract free agents is to pay full price for players not healthy enough for Baltimore, a team that some 72 hours earlier signed Andrew Kittredge, who himself has had his share of recent injury problems. (But not in 2024.)
  15. notin
    Seattle turned that deal down because Boston was including Yoshida and his $55.6 mill remaining on his deal…
  16. notin
    Lumping injured guys (Slaten, Campbell) in with the TJS crowd feels like piling on. Every team has pitchers that got injured last years, and plenty of them. But not all of those teams have as many rebuilt elbow ligaments as Boston does…
  17. notin
    I don’t see how trading Casas, yet to reach his arb years, constitutes cheapness. Unless the counter argument is the Sox should just release Yoshida. As for the stupidity of it, I’d at least want to see what he gets dealt for. But on this thread, Casas is a vital cog to the offense? There’s another one where he’s an unreliable klutz who can’t swing a bat without ending up on the injured list…
  18. notin
    We get a lot of foregone conclusions these days. And not even just talking about the contributors to this site. Google around and were trading Casas and Yoshida, and signing Bregman and Tanner Scott. And all this before 2pm today. Of course then reality sets in and no. We’ve actually reached that lull in the off-season where no one is going anywhere. It’s been in December the past few seasons. This year? Apparently post-holiday. Still over half of the MLBTR top 50 are unsigned. And less than 5 weeks until pitchers and catchers report…
  19. notin
    Like most, I won’t miss Dalbec. But hey, he gets to, as Trey Wilson said in “Bull Durham,” - “keep showing up at the ballpark and keep getting paid to do it.” Or words to that effect…
  20. notin
    Not sold on the foregone conclusions aspect either…
  21. notin
    I wouldn’t pass on Tanner Scott just because I signed Justin Wilson…
  22. notin
    Also I seriously doubt the Mets valued Dalbec and Casas equally. There may have been an iteration of that deal that included Dalbec, but no way was he the top piece. Someone worthwhile must have also been in there. The Mets dealt away consensus top 100 prospect Jarred Kelenic to get Diaz, and also had to take on the waining years of the mightily overpaid Robinson Cano. I can’t see them unloading Diaz for a package headlined by Dalbec.
  23. notin
    First Fisk, now this!!! If the White Sox are smart (and they rarely are), they would let Dalbec pitch and try to be a two way player. Or in this case, a one way player who has taken at bats…
  24. notin
    Pitching longer (on days they’re not getting pummeled) is fine. But if you have a strategy of limiting them to facing the lineup twice, they better be perfect through six…
  25. notin
    Absolutely not. In these days of preventing pitchers from facing the lineup the dreaded third time, you will have created a situation where the individual starters are pitching the same IP per game, leaving the same IP for the bullpen, but divided up amongst fewer pitchers…
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