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  1. notin
    Any reason for the Okamoto preference over the younger and more successful Murakami?
  2. notin
    Probably not quite “settle for Arby’s” level of hunger. But I would guess at a minimum , Theyre well into the Applebee’s level…
  3. notin
    I think they prioritize moving Cronenworth, Musgrove, and Darvish. Bogaerts might top their list, but moving him is far, far less likely…
  4. notin
    Boston gets Ketel Marte Philadelphia gets Jarren Duran Arizona gets SS Aiden Miller, LHP Kyle Harrison
  5. notin
    Yeah !! Interest!! Trade for Marte, sign Alonso, get an RP or two, maybe a catcher (maybe), start the season...
  6. notin
    Minus the AAVs for Duran, Bello, Campbell, whoever goes the other way. But it’s all a pipe dream, since it’s unlikely SD trades him …
  7. notin
    Per BTV, a deal of Tatis for Abreu, Campbell, Bello and Romero for Tatis is fair. As is a deal for Duran, Abreu and Harrison. But SD might be looking for more than just “fair” in a trade of Tatis…
  8. notin
    The improvement can come from replacing the 730 or so PA’s from Toro, Hamilton and Campbell as well…
  9. notin
    Refsnyder?
  10. notin
    Eovaldi was signed as a free agent after 2018. He was free to negotiate with every team, was considered hot property that off-season, and happened to re-sign with Boston. (I got called out for saying Toronto hasn’t lost Chris Bassett yet; you can’t have it both ways, folks). Lackey was far from a good contract. 4 and 1/2 years, 111 starts and only 3.9 bWAR? He had his moments, but that contract was far from a success. Matt Clement was worth 3.1 bWAR in his first 32 starts, and no one considers that a good contract…
  11. notin
    Between Fitts, Priester, Harrison, and Dobbins and possibly even Criswell, the Sox had enough fringe-starter depth to deal away one or two. Especially if Drohan and/or Uberstine can enter the picture…
  12. notin
    For the record, no one is asking you to stan…
  13. notin
    I think they signed him because he went to the same high school as Tanner Bibee and Boog Powell. He might not have been there with Boog…
  14. notin
    As long as it’s useful salary…
  15. notin
    So the Sox could trade both, pay all but $11mill out of the $40mill-ish they’re owed, get nothing back and sign maybe one player? Better off trading Duran and/or Bello, getting 1-2 useful players, and holding the cap space for inevitable mid year additions rather than paying $30mill to two more guys playing elsewhere…
  16. notin
    Technically only 25% of Sandoval’s have appeared in games for the Red Sox. Patrick will need to make his Boston debut to allow the Sox to tie the Angels for tjis prestigious honor…
  17. notin
    I see no point in trading away Hicks or Yoshida if the goal is to clear payroll since the Sox are likely to have to cover a big chunk of money and not likely to get anything back that fills a need. At least trading Duran should net a useful player (or two?) and probably clears more cash…
  18. notin
    And because we love players named “Sandoval”…
  19. notin
    Kind of an odd choice even for MiLB depth. The Sox reportedly liked Tristan Gray because of his hard hit %. Then the depth follow up is a guy who struggles to hit period. I know a meaningless depth signing for a non-40 man player who likely won’t get that many more plate appearances in Boston than I will, but the difference is still a bit striking…
  20. notin
    I think this is more of a wishlist than a generic definition of a #2 starter, and it’s ok to have all of this on your wishlist. Sensible, even. But no definition of a #2 starter should exclude Tarik Skubal. He should quite obviously rank higher than that. Provably worth noting - only 30 pitchers had a sub-4.00 ERA and over 160 IP. That might be closer to being the definition of a #1 starter…
  21. notin
    I assume they mean fall behind NY and Toronto. But yes - this is a premature conclusion. No one knows what any of the lineups for these 3 teams will look like, let alone the rotations...
  22. notin
    Sonny Gray more than meets that criterion…
  23. notin
    Exactly. Gray is an improvement for this team. Theres also a lot of talking about “replacing players” and whether or not it’s just status quo. If they replace Bregman with Player X and Giolito with Player Y, then we are no better than last year. Or will be when we replace Devers. Stop. Thats not how it works and we all know it. Especially arguing the team needs to replace both Devers (who played less than half of a season) and Bregman (less than 3/4 and wasn’t that good when he came back) with TWO FULLTIME NINE FIGURE CONTRACTS. (No one ever just asks to improve over Abraham Toro.) The rationale for what this team needs looks like nothing more than cries and pleas for more free agents. No wonder John Henry hates you people…
  24. notin
    So we finish 1/2 game behind Toronto?
  25. notin
    So what is a #2 starter?
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