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  1. notin
    If they sign Bregman to play 3B and move Devers into a 1B/DH combo with Casas, this makes sense. If they sign Bregman to play 2B, that would just be stupid. I get Cora knows Bregman personally, unlike me, and obviously has a much better idea of the guy's limitations and capabilities.. But moving him to 2B looks like a step towards Jim Hendry Baseball, as that man's motto was "just get 8 good hitters and figure out the positions later."
  2. notin
    I don't know why it has to be an either/or. Especially since the Sox biggest needs (catcher, pitching) are not readily available from the farm...
  3. notin
    Henry was willing to put $700mill on the table. This is a big step up. If he had been willing to put half of that on one player in 2020, we would never have needed to talk about Soto...
  4. notin
    Yeah not sure who AZ has queued up for the DH slot, but I think they might prefer the one year contract over the 3 year one here. They'll deal Montgomery, but not for Yoshida...
  5. notin
    His OPS was .879 from April 13th to August 19th, although he only played 63 games in that stretch. At some point around then, he likely tore his labrum...
  6. notin
    The biggest need on this team is far and away a good defensive catcher. A good catcher can make your pitchers better if he excels at pitch framing. Right now we have Connor Wong back there literally losing strike calls because of his poor framing skills. Getting Burnes to pitch to Wong would be like buying an original Manet and sticking on your fridge with magnets...
  7. notin
    If JH “could” do that, why wouldn’t Cohen be able to do it as well? Why do people think Henry (2024 est net worth $6 billion) is in the same financial ballpark as Cohen (2024 est net worth $21.3 billion)? Even FSG ($13billion) Durant compete with Cohen. But at least they have the same number of digits in their net worth…
  8. notin
    The Braves need a shortstop. They have nothing at that position between Orlando “Awful” Arcia and some 18yo kid in A ball. They do have a good catching prospect in AAA named Drake Baldwin, ranked among their top 5 prospects by most sources. Sure they won’t turn down pitching, but it also isn’t a shortage for them. Story for Murphy does make sense for both teams, except with the money. Someone even posted a video of some Braves vloggers citing Story as a good move for the Braves. And I think both teams improve their C/SS combos here as the Braves are probably better with Baldwin/Story than with Murphy/Arcia. But Story is owed roughly $70mill over 3 years. So the Sox need to pay that down. Get Murphy, start the Mayer era in Boston. (Murphy can also DH when he doesn’t catch, since the Sox don’t exactly have Marcell Ozuna hogging those at bats.) Make it happen, Breslow. AA is expecting your call…
  9. notin
    … which might be later than when Story hits it..
  10. notin
    Nobody is an Arcia fan. Not even Mrs. Arcia…
  11. notin
    Story plus $15mill for Murphy. I’d rather have SS and C manned by Mayer and Murphy than Story and Wong…
  12. notin
    With Marcell Ozuna under contract for 2025, it’s a very safe bet Atlanta wants no part of Yoshida. They might want Story, but the Sox probably have to kick in some serious cash to make that happen here..
  13. notin
    I don’t agree the injury history is similar simply because Montgomery has pitche almost 700 innings since his last surgery. (Arguments that he’s due are acknowledged.) But with Giolito coming off TJ, which might be his second (I could be wrong), this rotation is fragile enough. Montgomery might not be the best solution. I just think he’s a better one than Buehler…
  14. notin
    I do think Alonso and Bregman make more sense for NY than Burnes. But I think a left-handed hitting corner INF would be an even better fit..
  15. notin
    Or if Rodon turns in another season under 70 IP…
  16. notin
    I am aware of the estimate. But as we’ve seen this offseason, they are often wildly inaccurate, especially on players garnering significant interest. With Buehler, 1 yr at $15mill is not crazy, which is why it probably won’t happen. Much like Luis Castillo, he’s getting way more attention than any pitcher coming off a 5.54 ERA season ever has. I just don’t see the bidding stopping there, and I don’t see it stopping at one year. Not everyone can afford Burnes at $240mill over 8 yrs (or whatever). But most teams won’t be scared off by $25mill over 2 yrs for Buehler…
  17. notin
    First of all, Buehler’s price is unknown, so $15 million, much like one year, is an assumption. Second “but it’s cheaper to put him on the IL than Giolito” isn’t the best argument. Giolito isn’t working out as it is; why is another option down the same path the preferred plan?
  18. notin
    Are the Yankees out on Burnes? They could pay him plus Fried less than their offer to Soto. The Dodgers were probably never in. Their contract with Snell was one of the bigger ones if not the biggest they’ve ever given to a SP age 30 or over. Blue Jays are out, whether they know it or not. No one wants to go there. Probably because they hate seeing their home runs in meters and their fastball velocities in km/hr. The Giants are the name I keep hearing…
  19. notin
    I’m sure Henry hates the very idea of a $7mill middle reliever. Hates it more than he hates poor people, kittens, and joy among the masses…
  20. notin
    A trade for Murphy fills two needs, as he is a good right-handed bat. He had 4 years/$60 mill left on his deal, a good (offensively at least, unsure of his D) young catcher in AAA named Drake Baldwin. BTV gives him a negative surplus trade value at -$14mill. If that’s accurate, the reported “big package” might not hold. It doesn’t make him free, and certainly doesn’t make Atlanta a dumping ground for Yoshida. But a good yet potentially overpaid player might entice them. I’d start the bidding with Garrett Whitlock, who is slated to be a middle reliever making $14mill over the next two seasons. His surplus value is -$1.1 mill indicating Atlanta should kick in some cash, but I ultimately wouldn’t hold them to it…
  21. notin
    That’s another factor. Of course discussions of what pitcher I prefer over what pitchers Breslow prefers will most definitely go in two different directions. And obviously mine won’t be the right one…
  22. notin
    Burnes is in too many radars to be a plausible option (at least to me). Bregman, not so much. Fortunately the Mets are set at 3b with Baty and Vientos. The Yankees could use a 3b, but also a 1b. With both the Yankees and Mets needing a first sacker, I hope they both focus more on Pete Alonso than Bregman. Let them start another bidding war there…
  23. notin
    To me, Buehler injects excitement like Wade Miller did. Yeah we got a name guy that we might never see do anything when we had a chance to get a lesser pitcher who showed up for work…
  24. notin
    There are success stories, like Taillon and Eovaldi. But with SPs, it’s maybe 50%. Its actually tough to tell with some pitchers, because about 10 or so years ago, it became a trend by very stupid parents to have TJ surgery done on high school kids because the belief was it lead to throwing harder (it obviously doesn’t). But it’s possible some MLB pitchers had this done. I also seem to recall Lucas Giolito had TJ his senior year in high school due to a UCL tear. (He threw hard enough to not need it to augment anything). If pitchers had it before turning pro, it’s not so easy to find out. HIPPA and all. But if I’m right, we’re already hoping for one recovery from two TJs. Why add another?
  25. notin
    Yes it’s the case with TJS, but that’s whole point and not a brush off excuse. His 2021 was outstanding, but that’s also 4 years ago now…
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