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At some point, Breslow could acquire a 2b or something, just to placate his fanbase. I’d guess right now he is trying for Yamamoto and reluctant to move in the meantime. However Yamamoto has a deadline of Jan.4th (ish) to make his decision, whereupon he will publicly say he is the new property of Steve Cohen. Fortunately other teams that play outside of Los Angeles, Kansas City, Detroit, and St. Louis have been equally and in many cases even more inactive, so the other options once Yamamoto falls through are mostly still in play…

Again, drama totally fabricated by a “desperate for attention” (and potentially illiterate) Tony Massarotti. Lackey never said he wouldn’t honor the deal and in fact said the opposite.

Winning has never mattered to almost all of them. They don’t hire agents to be placed on winning teams. Most of them are egomaniacal enough to think they can turn any team into a winner. (Even if past history says this is obviously false.) But they can’t just say “i want the most money, because it’sa bad look with the fans. So they say they want to win. They don’t mean it. (It can be a tiebreaker if money is equal.)

Unless your pizza box pulls a hammy…

Their healthiest pitcher is Eovaldi!!

They’re probably looking to trade for veteran pitchers.

That’d be the only way to get him. Assuming no kidnapping…

Carlos Baerga has never done any of those things either. Carol Burnett? Jury is still out…

Besides the initials (which they share with Carlos Baerga, Carol Burnett, and Crème Brûlée) and Yale, what are these “scary differences”?

Brandon Drury?

And Snell is just flat out overrated…

Burnes switched his representation to Boras after a couple years of feeling underpaid in arbitration. Chances are very good he wants to test the market and it would be EXTREMELY costly to convince him otherwise. He’s a tough target. Bieber on the other hand has already said he’s open to an extension and isn’t likely to require the same outlay of prospects. But he had some physical issues last year that likely mean he is well aware this coming season is a big risk for him. Not sure who else is on the trade market for pitching. Cease is still available but not so tempting (as far as we know) to Breslow. I can see reasons for and against Cease. Cabrera seems to be perennially available from Miami. But he’s a walk machine who struggles to avoid getting demoted. On the other hand, he does have a live arm with tempting radar gun readings (which supposedly is something Breslow prefers). The Sox and Marlins do matchup somewhat given out outfield surplus. But I can see some red flags in Cabrera, too. On the free agent front, Montgomery is solid, Imanaga is intriguing, and Giolito want as bad in 2023 as some stats indicate. (However he was worse in 2022 than he was in 2023. Is he declining?)

He already is..

I believe Cohen has more in his frivolities account than Henry…

At what point do we note that Steamer projected Duran to be worth 0.6 fWAR in 2023 and Duran was worth 2.1. If he continues to maintain be 150% than his projections, his true projected 3.2 fWAR does make him equal to Castillo

And for every owner that number is lower than it is for Cohen…

If the Sox sign Montgomery and Imanaga, I’ll be ecstatic. More likely however, they sign Giolito and trade for a pitcher. I’m not as down on Giolito as many on here are. He’s probably a smarter target than Snell…

You ask that as if you believe it’s only one possible outcome and not the ironclad reality of the situation…

The Sox aren’t outbidding the Mets for him. The Mets unloaded a TON of salary at the deadline last year in anticipation of a moment like this…

You’re salivating…

Like how Ohtani took them out of the Glasnow sweepstakes?

Glasnow is a Dodger…

His WAR will get bigger if Seattle plays him in more games…

BTV gives Castillo roughly the same value as Kyle Teel. Probably fair, but would Seattle even be interested?

Maybe. I just put what they said out there with citations. attach credibility as you see fit…