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  1. notin
    The Sox only made this trade so Henry wouldn’t have to pay Valdez!!
  2. notin
    Not to mention, he’s coming off of back surgery. TJ is one thing; everyone has an idea how long recovery is and how a pitcher can fare afterwards. But back surgery for a pitcher is comparatively uncharted waters…
  3. notin
    I think you’re too focused on Henry’s wallet and starting to believe some of the Internet Idiocy. Ive seen lots of “but Fried only cost money” out there and on this board. They seem to always forget the part about outbidding the Yankees, a team that did outbid us for Soto and wasn’t going to get beaten for Fried. The Yankees do have better financial resources, but their farm is comparatively weak. THIS was the way to outbid them, was with prospect talent. We played yo our strength…
  4. notin
    Yes he was for nearly 3 years…
  5. notin
    Buehler? At worst, he’s a 3 time Tommy John victim that does nothing but collect fat paychecks for not pitching. Probably a more likely outcome than that #2 thingy you said…
  6. notin
    I think you undervalue Abreu, who was a 3 WAR Gold Glove-winning outfielder who makes minimum wage. A good match is the Pirates, who have made Mitch Keller available and who Roster Resource lists with 29yo Rule 5 (2023) draft pick Joshua Palacios as their starting RF. Abreu definitely fits a need, and more important, is in their price range. Of course BTV doesn’t like this trade. Their model says Pittsburgh needs to add about $10mill in surplus value. I would do it straight up. But I wouldn’t be averse to helping their salary limitation by taking back Pudgy David Bednar (who was awful last year) in hopes of a rebound. I’d even throw in Zack Kelly…
  7. notin
    So you're not excited about the announcement that Fulmer might be returning to SP? (I assume they mean in Worcester.)
  8. notin
    Buehler is the solution for people who don't think Flaherty gets injured often enough...
  9. notin
    Is this really a good complaint? "Sure we got a young high upside pitcher, but we didn't PAY ENOUGH for one!!" You spent half the off-season talking about getting cheap, young controllable pitching. The Sox got a 25yo very high upside starter with multiple years left and an expressed desire to sign an extension. You got EXACTLY what you wanted. At some point, can you at least be happy about it? Carson Kelly is definitely a step up, but he is hardly the only option. And with Teel gone, the Sox can/should now explore catchers with multiple years of control. Since the FA market is just stopgaps and backups, they will probably need to look elsewhere. One possibility might be Sean Murphy. Atlanta has a good catcher in AAA named Drake Baldwin they could turn to (although I only can speak for his offensive skillset.) With Murphy missing most of last year and being owed $60mill over the next 4 years, I can see them moving on to Baldwin...
  10. notin
    Flaherty, a reliever (Finnegan, Kittridge, Bielak, etc) and, if rumors of wanting 3 yes / $70millare true, Teoscar Hernandez. And trade for a decent pitch-framing catcher, since they clearly forgot to re-sign Danny Jansen…
  11. notin
    I had heard Lopez is not available, but at a minimum, they probably won’t make any drastic moves until the recently announced sale of that club is complete. Who knows what direction the new owners want?
  12. notin
    Why would it be done by now? Seattle isn’t looking just to dump Castillo. The main reason it isn’t done is lots of teams are involved. Castillo is owed a lot of money, but it’s still pennies compared to what Burnes is going to get, and very likely less than what Pivetta and Manaea ultimately get as well. So for purely financial reasons, Castilllo is more popular than he normally would be. The Sox aren’t getting any of those Seattle pitcher. Especially not the overrated Bryce Miller…
  13. notin
    Did ok? They came in last place the first two seasons after that trade…
  14. notin
    If the Sox need another SP, just get one from free agency. Right now, catcher might be the bigger overall need, and free agency has nothing but stopgaps and backups…
  15. notin
    Just makes him different. Beyond height, and sometimes not even then, there’s very little in the way of physical requirements for pitchers…
  16. notin
    Let’s get him a new nickname instead…
  17. notin
    If you do a humorous one, you could call it In Stitches With Crochet. Or Needling Crochet…
  18. notin
    And that same logic was applied to Julio Iglesias when dealt for Jake Peavy. But I stand by my 2013 conviction that we should have dealt Middlebrooks instead. (The White Sox might have been ok as they repeated struggled to fill 3b after Joe Crede’s back gave up on him.)
  19. notin
    No mention of Kevin Youkilis for Zach Stewart and Brent Lillibridge?
  20. notin
    I don’t buy this guy is anything special. If he was so good, why did the Yankees trade him for bean pole with a ceiling of up-and-down middle reliever? Also, when did MLB have skinniness standards? And didn’t they apply to Sale?
  21. notin
    True and it’s not exactly Bagwell/Andersen. Actually, from a PR standpoint, it makes sense. The message to the fans that the title meant more than the prospects works better if Vazquez starts. But there’s always the humility angle. But why Houston breaks up MLB SP for a RF is beyond me. I mean, we need a catcher in Boston now, and it doesn’t have to be a short term solution. Does that mean we can deal Houck to get one? And of course, in Boston we have the “f*** Houston” angle where we let them suffer and fall in the standings rather than helping them out..
  22. notin
    If the Red Sox are taking on Cristian Javier, who is out for most if not all of 2025, Houston can take back a bad contract or two…
  23. notin
    Houston might be a bit embarrassed to deal away Abreu for 2 months of a backup catcher a couple years ago, and then empty the pitching staff to get him back, especially since they really don’t have much depth there…
  24. notin
    His substitute is similar, but a little more neurological. https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/laterality
  25. notin
    Reportedly the following pitchers are available via trade Dylan Cease (surplus value $33.6mill) Zac Gallen ($24.6mill) Framber Valdez ($24.4mill) Mitch Keller ($19.4mill) Keller is controlled for 4 years. The rest have one year left until free agency. Also, why so down on Manaea? You were down on him last year, too, and then he went and posted 3.2 bWAR…
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