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I do hope he can do that. And do it quickly. I know he was a 3b in high school, but scoring to B-R.com, he’s only played at 3b eight times in his entire minor league career, and not st all since A ball. Which makes me wonder where exactly was this work ethic to improve defensively before?
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He should be done for the season. And next year, join Trevor Bauer in Korea…
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Probably Josh Hader, but he’sa free agent after this season. Tanner Scott is another good one this year statistically, but I would not trade Verdugo for him. (Miami makes that deal so fast that they would go back in time to before that deal was made, and then make it again.)
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I don’t think moving Casas to primary DH/occasional first base constitutes tinkering with him too much…
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I would bet they give him another shot, but I would greatly prefer a 1b who can field a groundball once in a while…
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Sure if you massively undervalue Verdugo
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Also what was that old fashioned Earl Weaver recipe for success. Three parts 1. Pitching 2. Something. I forget what 3. Three run homers. Can you help me recall what Mr. Weaver had in the second spot…
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So the argument is the Sox always ignore defense and look for hitters? While on another thread, there is intense scrutiny going on as to why the Sox can’t develop pitchers internally. Hey, maybe the problem isn’t that the Sox can’t develop pitchers; maybe the problem is expecting any young pitchers to be productive while standing in front of a lackluster (to be kind) defense…
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The bullpen in heel has been great all year…
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Still looking for examples of the need to upgrade the defense?
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Well, my repeated proposal of Matt Chapman isn’t exactly one for a one dimensional minor leaguer…
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The best stategy is to avoid their targets altogether. Bulk the bullpen. Improve the defense. Trade for or sign lesser SPs whose role is going to be marginalized anyway…
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Story was clearly about the defense. Some of his other moves that looked defensive (McGuire?) simply have not turned out that way. And really, we don’t know what he saw in Wong…
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I agre on trading for starting pitchers. Free agent starters are quite often simply just bad investments. Relievers are the place to spend, on the other hand. But a bullpen upgrade or two!!
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If Chapman can be had for Story money, is it really out of character? Since, you know, we have Story. In fact, Chapman profiles as a Bloom type signing. Since Matt is a metrics darling who doesn’t always post “back of the baseball card” numbers. Will Bloom sign Chapman? Probably not. Of course this applies to every free agent from every GM. There are no locks. But Chapman really should be his primary position player target this off-season…
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1. None of us have anticipated any moves beyond maybe signing Kluber. 2. Should they be done, is the question. Not will they be done. Only discussing moves the Sox will make is just playing a guessing game. It’s not your job to be there forum police and limit topics to do not approve of. 3. Last off-season I said the Sox should sign Joey Gallo. That would/should have meant an OF alignment of Verdugo-Hernandez-Gallo, which is most definitely in the running as the best defensive outfield in MLB. The Sox did not take my suggestion. So fill out here - do they put do they not have defensive issues?
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100% dependent on the pitcher. And the round they get taken in should be a consideration…
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Did Foulke’s deal get longer with inflation?
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This has been the consensus for 3 years running now…
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Interesting that you consider dealing Jed Lowrie, who played parts of 4 different years in Boston, to be a prospect, but don’t consider Andrew Bailey to be acquiring one. Melancon himself was part of two of those deals. Granted he was sent away largely with the spare parts from the Punto deal, and the Sox did get a talented young Brock Holt in return as well…
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Exactly. And the one that has stabilized now is shortstop. The corners are the weaknesses now. That’s why this team needs Chapman…
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If the Sox want to improve defensively - and hopefully they do - they really should not bring back Turner and use the DH position for either Yoshida or Casas/Devers. Yoshida does seem the likeliest fit. But even then the Sox (if Duvall returns) have a bit of an outfield logjam. Probably either a Verdugo or Duran will be dealt. Since Duvall is more than capable as a RF, it actually could be either one. Now if Turner would accept a potential part time role, that’s one thing. But if he is looking for the full time role he does deserve, the Sox might not be the best fit . Or at least they shouldn’t be, assuming no roster overhauls this off-season…
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No. It’s a sweeping generalization rooted in the belief that DH is nothing but a career extender for aging union ball players. Shohei Ohtani has been a career DH. Yordan Alvarez as well. Other young hitters like Nolan Gorman have spent significant time in the role…
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Most of those were 4 years or less. Counting the 3 year deals to Victorino and Napoli as “major outlays” just highlights this. When you look at Epstein’s major contracts, how far down the list is Foulke?
