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Everything posted by notin
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Chris Sale has thrown 151 IP since 2019. Giolito threw 184 IP last year alone…
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Over the Valdez/Reyes/Arroyo/Turner crowd that played there last year? I think so. Grissom is a good player who skated through the Braves’ system. He’d most likely already be their starting 2b, but they already have Ozzie Albies…
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From 2016-2018, Sale, after Pedro and Clemens, was the third best SP on the Sox in the past half century. But he simply has not been the same since 2018. Since then he’s been an injury waiting to happen. During an offseason long hunt for SP, almost no one on this forum ever reminded us “we do still have Chris Sale, you know.”
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I can see that. I don’t know of this means they’ve given up on Yorke or this simply doesn’t impact him. Yorke wasn’t likely to debut this year, and might wind up someplace other than 2b (which at one point was the trajectory). He also might be trade bait for a pitcher. Possible there was enough interest in Yorke that Grissom was a pre-emotive strike? Or maybe we assume too much, and Grissom will be the player on the move for pitching…
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I’m not. I imagine O’Neil is better at any position. But I can’t be sure how they will lineup. I just wanted the names for now…
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Bad range. Fringe arm. He doesn’t cover SS that well. That’s ok. The Sox don’t need him there…
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You think a 25yo pitcher with one bad season is a reclamation project?
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His fielding as a shortstop has been lacking. He always looked like a better option at 2b. But the Braves are all set at that position with one of the best players on the most team friendly contracts in the game. So Grissom has been without a position in their organization for a while now…
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Now move Nick Yorke to Toronto for Alek Manoah…
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He was in MLB two years ago…
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You just will never figure out why some fans express interest in payroll. Been explained to you dozens of times. Yet never seems to sink in..
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Easy to pick a Cy Young winner. Who is the lowest ranked ace?
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Montas to Cincy. The best remaining longshot is off the board…
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But can we love Vaughn Freakin’ Grissom!?
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Ok so the plan I saw on that other thread is gone now…
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The plan seems obvious to me. Maybe a little toooo obvious. Hmmm. That said: Step 1: Sign Teoscar Hernandez to play RF, which then allows Breslow to: Step 2: Trade Jarren Duran for a SP. Most likely to Cleveland or Miami. Once this happens, the Sox can: Step 3: Trade Nick Pivetta (or Kutter Crawford?) for a 2b. Moving a pitcher at this point becomes necessary due to so few having options. A Pivetta/Jorge Polanco swap with Minnesota makes so much sense for both teams, the only thing obviously holding it up is steps 1 and 2. At that point, catcher is the biggest remaining question mark. SP: Sale, Giolito, Bello, Crawford, Acquisition BP: Jansen, Martin, Schreiber, Winckowski, Houck, Whitlock, Bernardino, Mata, Slaten (Wincky might have to start in Worcester if everyone is healthy). C: Wong 1b: Casas 2b: Polanco 3b: Devers SS: Story LF: O’Neil CF: Rafaela RF: Hernandez DH: Yoshida BN: McGuire, Refsnyder, Reyes, Valdez(?)
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Soxprospects lists Sale, Bello and Crawford and two acquisitions (one being Giolito). Crawford may be more entrenched as a starter than you think. And I think he’s earned it…
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But Giolito even in his awful year last year still had more bWAR (1.6) than Wacha (1.2). Wacha pitched 134 IP last year, his most since 2017…
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Bret Saberhagen, Greg Harris…
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Also Giolito for 2/$38.5 is a better deal than Wacha for 2/$32…
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I think the bullpen of Jansen, Martin, Winckowski, Schreiber, Houck, Whitlock, Bernardino, Slaten, and Mata can cover for a lot of rotation mistakes…
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I think it’s a little odd some view Giolito as a reclamation project but also view Wacha as a sure thing…
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Before being dealt to Anaheim, Giolito was worth 2.8bWAR. That half-season value would be third-highest on the Sox pitching staff for the full year, trailing only Martin and Bello…
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I’d pass, too. But if I am Miami, I’m not trading Luzardo for Mayer and Perales. (Mata adds nothing.)
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… but with the caveat that this team desperately needs infield help on defense…
