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  1. notin
    Adames isn’t horrible, but he isn’t Soto either. From the names on the market, Adames is one of the better fits. Who are the other Plan B options? Bregman? Alonso? Teoscar?
  2. notin
    He was. Until someone offered it. Now he’s looking for more. Soto’s like anyone else. Once he finds what he’s looking for, he stops looking for it and moves on…
  3. notin
    Why is Campbell an option at 3b? He’s player all of 5 games there in his career, and per Soxprospects, his arm is “passable” there but better suited for 2b. Forcing a hitter into a position he’s ill-equipped to play is how bad defenses are built. I’m fine with some other internal options at 3b. But I think the Sox can do better than Campbell there…
  4. notin
    For large parts of it. But there’s one fellow who defines it “performance in the post-season and Red Sox-Yankee games.” That feels a bit personal…
  5. notin
    And I’m not wild about the term “core”. It seems to have too many negative meanings. It makes me think of apples and nuclear reactors, both of which have cores that are not good. For teams, I prefer the term “foundation.” But I won’t complain if people say core, as it is easier to type. I’ll just assume the folks who use core are horrifically lazy…
  6. notin
    Also “clutch”…
  7. notin
    Exactly. Which is why asking for proof a player is “MLB ready” is a straw man. It’s a case-by-case scenario at best, and even then the folks who do it for a living are wrong rather frequently…
  8. notin
    I doubt they want any. The whole Abreu thing looks like a falsehood…
  9. notin
    Give me a definition of MLB-Ready. Because as far as I can tell, it means something different depending on who you talk to…
  10. notin
    What’s wrong with Adames? Or do you have a fetish for sloppy play at the hot corner?
  11. notin
    Adames over Bregman. Experience be damned…
  12. notin
    Maybe Soto wants much, much less…
  13. notin
    Returned him to Japan. It turns out that Bloom kept the receipt…
  14. notin
    Zero faith in either of those tweets. Those guys aren’t breaking stories…
  15. notin
    And if Soto wants to buy a place in Manhattan, he’s going to need even more than that. Probably double if he wants a parking space…
  16. notin
    I see it only if I Google the thing. Ok. But I don’t consider this Mick guy to be a good source of exclusive stories…
  17. notin
    Is this Tweet even real? I don’t see it on that guys timeline…
  18. notin
    Third spot is the most likely hitter to come up with 2 outs and no one on base…
  19. notin
    I think the DBacks can find an option that better fits their team for Montgomery than a DH with limited power and no defensive role who is signed for 3 more years. I could see Arenado coming to Boston (how prophetic of me after all the rumors), but I think more likely it involves someone like Whitlock than Yoshida. The only deal I saw as a guy was Yoshida to Seattle for Mitch Garver, but that would require the Sox paying a good amount of money, and is unlikely given Yoshida’s shoulder. Garver’s deal is much shorter, but he was always a poor fit in Seattle. In fact, as he is coming off shoulder surgery, I don’t see Yoshida getting dealt at all. I see him starting the season on the Red Sox injured list
  20. notin
    Bryce Miller gave up 15 HRs out of 21 on the road. Unless any trade for him include T-Mobile Park, he might not be the upgrade folks are expecting. And as a very wise baseball sage named Steve Stone once said “Don’t look at home runs; look at home runs with men on base.” Only ten HRs off Crawford last year came with men on base. Bryce Miller only gave up 21 HRs, but 9 came with men on base. I wouldn’t turn down Miller, but I would not bid too heavily on him. And I certainly don’t give up Mayer for him. Sure I compare Miller to Kutter Crawford, but I’m the rare poster on these boards that defends Crawford…
  21. notin
    I don’t see the Astros having any pitching depth. Both Christian Javier and Luis Garcia are recovering from TJ and are going to start the season on the IL, and probably miss a minimum of half the year. If McCullers isn’t there with them in a March, he will be in April. Book it. France and Blanco are serviceable, although France is borderline.. Brown is a rising star and Arighetti has potential. But who else? This team is in no position to deal Framber Valdez…
  22. notin
    Do either of those make sense for the other team? The Cards save money, but they have zero need for more LH bats or another DH. The DBacks also have a crowded DH/OF situation. Both teams might have an opening at 1b, depending on whether or not you think Willson Contreras is really a solution there. But not so sure either team has pitching they’d give up for Casas…
  23. notin
    The problem with trying to trade Casas and Abreu for a SP is most teams looking for MLB hitters aren’t shopping their SPs. That’s why I was surprised the White Sox wanted Abreu. Maybe they said something like “well there’s this certain left-handed hitting right fielder who could headline the trade.” If you use BTV, the closest matches to that pair are Brandon Pfaadt and Logan Webb. I don’t see either the Giants or the D-Backs making that trade.
  24. notin
    Probably quite a bit over the way Trout plays CF. Especially when he spent seasons flanked by defensive sloths like Justin Upton and Kole Calhoun and tried to make up for their lack of range. Reportedly the Angels did try to move him and install Brandon Marsh in CF, but Trout wouldn’t budge and eventually Marsh was dealt away for Logan O’Hoppe…
  25. notin
    Also, unlike Miller and Woo, he’s being shopped around…
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