Looking at WOO, I do think maybe it’s time to get back on the Ryan Fernandez train. If nothing else, he’s likely to be a step or two up over Mauricio Llovera…
Kutter has his MLB career high in IP and is only 9 IP short of his highest total since 2018.
I think a bump to the pen for a reduced workload might not be a bad thing…
It’s Philadelphia. The Phillies could win the World Series while saving the whales and removing all the air pollution, and fans would still be booing them…
By how much?
He was always getting a $29mill AAV. At worst he gets two more years at $2-3 mill more and is in the David Price range.
Or the Sox realize he is a risk and they let him test the market.
Or are you arguing they got him at a discount? Because right now he has been getting about $1mill per IP. The argument about waiting to see if he got more expensive seems tough to support, given the health issues he has had…
Definitely a gamble. And certainly plenty of pitchers have been pulled after 6 or 7 no hit innings. But I do get leaving him out there to let the fans watch him finish it. It is for the fans who paid that night after all…
I add Price to that list.
After 2019, the Sox still had roughly $300mill committed to those three, no cheap talent coming up, and their star players all approaching free agency…
Any player who could handle MLB for minimum wage made it that much easier to retain the elite talent. This is not a difficult concept. Keeping Manny Margot might mean no money spent keeping a more expensive OF. Keeping Moncada might mean no need for Mitch Moreland.
The number of minimum wage rookies who played at all during that period is surprisingly low. In his 4 years, only like 9 position players saw as many as 10 plate appearances. And that number includes the aging non-prospect Bryce Brentz types…