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  1. notin
    Is sending him back really only fine for an extra year of control? The book on him all off season was “injury-prone, struggles against offspeed stuff, and never played above AA.” Has a handful of ST games changed all this? In an earlier argument buried on the boards, I said Mayer was the most likely to break camp in Boston. But that was solely based on Story’s injury-fueled history the past 3 years. Is he really going to displace Story? Or take over 2b in the interim? I still stand by my Devers (3b), Story (SS), Bregman (2b) prediction, with the Off-mentioned caveat that if Devers isn’t playing 3b due to his shoulder, Grissom would get first crack at 2b and Bregman would handle third…
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    True. Although that doesn’t really apply to someone like Campbell…
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    I think most teams already know who 23-25 players on their roster will be before ST even starts, and I bet for most teams, the only unknown roster spots are the back of the bullpen and/or maybe the fifth starter. I’m sure it’s happened, but I can’t think of an instance offhand in recent years where a team unseated a contracted veteran with a prospect based on ST. Maybe the small market/ low payroll teams do this more often because their veterans have less financial commitment and are easier to bench or unload. With the money committed to the bulk of starting players, I don’t think very many are “fighting for a roster spot,” especially with the bench roles, because younger players are better of starting in AAA than sitting in MLB. I could be wrong, but I doubt it happens all that much outside of backend relievers and 5th starters…
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    I doubt Yoshida cares what his trade value is. I think he’s just playing so he can get as many starts as possible. I like him as the DH vs RHP. Against LHP, I think Refsnyder (if not in the OF) or Romy make more sense…
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    Dwight Evans as an Oriole. Eddie Murray as an Angel. Trevor Hoffman as a Brewer. And at the opposite end of his career, Trevor Hoffman as a Marlin.
  6. notin
    Trades certainly do happen at this point, but they are far from common. With Abreu not even playing yet, he’s not a likely candidate for any team to see as a solution for an opening. Now despite being a 3 WAR outfields with a rookie, the Sox could still option him to Worcester if they think Anthony is ready to take over. But I don’t consider that to be very likely. Really at this point, the injury progress to Devers and Yoshida will be the only factors left in determining the position players on the roster. And whose left standing probably determines the rotation. The final bullpen spot or two might be the only spot anyone is actually trying to out for…
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    I’m not worried about a 35 yo career minor leaguer on a minor league deal derailing the season. If it ever gets to the point Stock is pitching meaningful innings, the season is already over…
  8. notin
    I don’t think the Sox are as desperate to get away from their best hitter vs RHP last year as you are. Overpaid or not, they don’t seem to see him as useless. They’ve DFAd contracts (Sandoval, Hanley) before that were close in value…
  9. notin
    The Sox current 40 man roster only has 3 position players who won’t be on the opening day 26 man roster. And one of them (Grissom?) might make it due to injury. The only other two are Sabol and Sogard. They might not be so readily expendable. Before June was out last year, Heineman found his way to MLB and even into a game simply because there was no one else left eligible to call up…
  10. notin
    Agreed. Rafaela will be in CF “as much as possible.” The Sox logjam of 1b/DH types is massively overblown as greater minds struggle to solve a problem that will easily work itself out. I mean, the season hasn’t even started yet and two of the three candidates are already questionable health wise…
  11. notin
    So we can burn him in spite of his innocence based on nothing but children panicking?
  12. notin
    I don’t put much faith in ST stats, but benching Rafaela (1.358 OPS) to play Campbell (0 for 9 with 7 Ks) doesn’t seem right. And adding Anthony and Mayer into the lineup is prioritizing getting an additional draft pick over winning games. If Yoshida starts the year on the IL and Devers is at DH, the Sox are NOT going to DFA three players to crowd up the 40 man roster with prospects. More likely, if Devers is DH and Yoshida is on the IL (which does make him less tradable), then you get GRISSOM at 2b. Forgotten man, but the Sox (and Braves) saw something in him and aren’t basing their judgments off him on one bad year. Bregman at 3b. Done. OF will be the same one that ended the season last year, assuming Abreu gets ready on time. If not, maybe Anthony has a shot. But also maybe it won’t be long enough to give him a shot…
  13. notin
    Wilson is the only one with a chance to see Boston without the season already being derailed by far too many numerous pitching injuries…
  14. notin
    Or demote him. He does have options. But most likely the Sox will need him. If you trade Yoshida and Anthony, and either Devers or Casas goes down, who steps up? Romy? Refsnyder to full time DH?
  15. notin
    If they demand Anthony or Mayer if you include Yoshida, then do not include Yoshida…
  16. notin
    I think the Sox have the potential for a really good bullpen with Slaten, Whitlock, Guerrero and Fitts…
  17. notin
    It’s going to take a lot of injuries to have him pitch meaningful innings anyway…
  18. notin
    Unless you mean rotating on and off the Injured List…
  19. notin
    It’s Scutaro. 5Gold figured it out…
  20. notin
    Greg Maddux as a Padre or Dodger…
  21. notin
    Anthony? Why not throw in Duran as well? Every trade is NOT an opportunity to unload a deal you don’t like. Why drive up the price on the last 2 years of a pitcher who hasn’t pitched since 2023 just so the first Sox injury can get Romy into the starting lineup? BTV suggests Abreu and Hamilton is fair. I think they overvalue Hamilton. Maybe Abreu, but only slightly. Abreu and Arias for Alcantara? It seems reasonable. Miami might prefer a bigger name. But 5 years of a 3+ year Gold Glove RF plus a top 100 prospect for two years of Alcantara? Fair or not? And would it interest Miami, who might prefer an unfair deal?
  22. notin
    My baseball nut daughter does the college one to me. Also she likes to see how many of the ten headshots randomly chosen each day on baseball-reference.com I can guess. (Exact opposite of this game.). Or read off all the teams a guy played for and make me guess the player…
  23. notin
    You’d think that giant red question mark face would be immediately recognizable…
  24. notin
    No. When I Google “Red Sox Alcantara”, the top ten matches are about Marvin. Theres one article about a Red Sox/Mets trade war, but it’s a Fansided article, which means it has less journalistic relevance than the forums on Baseballtradevalues.com…
  25. notin
    Chapman and Wilson…
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