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Correct. They still need to burn one for Tapia, which could simply be moving Mills to the 60 Day IL. If Sherriff is added to the 50 man, they need to burn another. That could be Chang or Ort. Or neither and Ort starts the season in the bullpen…

There’s no question the Wad situation was handled the worst possible way. The only thing worse at this point would be keeping Ort solely to avoid some PR, especially since the Sox Woolf still need to DFA someone this week…

Well, the point now would be would it matter if we lost Ward and then DFAd Ort? Or DFAd Ort and then had to DFA Ward? I don’t know how much of a loss Ward is, but I so Lao don’t think he’s the best pitcher we kept Ort instead of..

I think you missed the conditional and hypothetical part of my question…

2017 The pitching was headlined by Jay Groome, who would throw 55 IP that year followed by 4 IP total over the next two years. In early 2017, the pitchers after Groome were named like Lakins, Johnson, and Shawaryn…

But if Ward was on the 40 in place of Ort, who would be getting DFAd to fit Tapia, Sherriff, Alfaro on the roster?

Actually letting him go might justify the Ward decision. Right now we look at the team and see Ort in place of Ward. If Ort were DFAd back in December and Ward kept, who would be getting DFAd for these roster moves today? Who goes to fit Tapia/Sherriff/Alfaro on the roster? If Ward is a candidate, then we lose him either way…

DFA Chang and Ort. Put Mills on the 60 Day IL. Then you can add Tapia, Alfaro and Sherriff. Of course if they just promote Walter or Murphy, they won’t need to rely on Sherriff at all..

Notin’s Top Ten 1. Mayer 2. Bleis 3. Rafaela 4. Romero 5. Perales 6. Mata 7. Yorke 8. Anthony 9. Walter 10. W Gonzalez As Casas has been told he’s made the team, I’m not putting him on my list. He and Bello have officially moved from “The Future” to “The Present”…

1. I think Mills (flexor) is likely to hit the 60 Day IL. The 60 Day IL has already been ruled out for Rodriguez. Expect Sherriff to take this roster spot. 2. I don’t know what Ort has to do to get DFAd. Clearly it’s not “pitch poorly.” My fear is it has to involve something extremely gruesome. 3. They could keep Alfaro and demote the recovering Wong if they would just DFA Ort. Just do it! 4. Chang is likely gone because 1) he isn’t Teflon Ort, 2) Dalbec definitely has options and I’m not sure if Chang does. This is important since this spot is essentially a placeholder for Mondesi. Tapia gets added to this 40 man roster spot…

To me, it’s obvious how this ends. 1. DFA Chang, keep Dalbec on the 26 man roster. Add Tapia to the 40 man roster. Dalbec (who has options) only stays on the 26 man until Mondesi is ready. 2. Add Mills to the 60 Day Injured List, opening a 40 man spot for Sherriff. 3. Ort escapes again for some reason.

I also don’t see Sherriff lasting long. 32yo pitcher with less than 20 largely ineffective career IP at the MLB level getting by on a 6 IP sample size in spring training against weak opposition. This does not look like the recipe for a long shelf life…

I thought so, too. But the Sox need to DFA two players to keep Tapia and Sherriff. Three if they keep Alfaro. Unless they actually flat out DFA Dalbec, I don’t see how that happens. Even Ort - unless he gets the spot over Sherriff - should finally be worried. Although, like Chang, he would probably clear waivers. One DFA? Dalbec gets demoted and Chang makes the team. But two? Chang is certainly a candidate, and a likely one as he has been DFAd before and is still here. Three DFAs? I don’t see it. Alfaro’s only chance is if someone goes to the 60 day IL. Edit: Now I’m seeing Wyatt Mills’ diagnosis is a flexor issue. A 60 day Injured List is a strong possibility. Hopefully this doesn’t mean they keep Ort. Just DFA Ort and Chang. Re-sign Chang. And add Sherriff, Tapia and Alfaro to the 40 man roster…

Tapia and Chang are not the type of “fresh faces” fans are going to buy tickets to see. Duran has 335 career PA. Tapia has 1,858. How is Duran the guy that “we’ve already seen what he can do?” Chang does have a shorter career than Dalbec, and is roughly the same age. But the thing about Dalbec is he is periodically a very exciting player. They’re not experimenting with him at SS and 2b to up his trade value or because Bloom believes in placing players anywhere. There’s a good chance they think Dalbec’s future is as a bench player. I figured he’d go play 2b/SS/OF in Worcester. But he might get a chance to do it in Boston while opening a spot for Tapia. Chang isn’t anyone there Sox will miss on the off chance he doesn’t clear waivers. Also your faith in Duvall in CF is worse than mine, but it’s possible Tapia takes over CF if Duvall falters. Or at least a Tapia/Refsnyder platoon. I seriously doubt the Sox carry two backup outfielders if the plan is to relocate the SS when they finally do need a backup…

Per Pete Abraham via Twitter Sox still have to decide on a few things: * Wong or Alfaro as backup catcher. * Chang or Dalbec as backup infielder. * Creating a 40-man roster spot for Tapia, who seems certain to make the team. * One bullpen spot. DFAing Chang and keeping Dalbec as the backup infielder does create the roster spot for Tapia. Given that Zack Kelly has already been told he made the team, the last bullpen spot goes to Sherrif, requiring a second DFA. That basically means Wong makes the team. No way they DFA 3 players to fill the roles vacated by injury…

I expect Schreiber can repeat 2022 if they change his role. He was the definition of high leverage remedy ace. Bases loaded with no one out? Bring in Schreiber. I remember one series last year in Toronto in which he pitched all 3 games and came in to face Bichette and Guerrero each game. Maybe give him a free low leverage outings and he puts up similar numbers…

Really just need Sale to be something close to Sale. Expecting “Peak Years Sale” is too much to expect, but even “Early Decline Sale” should suffice. Also yes, Yoshida has to replace Bogaerts’ bat. Expecting Turner to replace Martinez is certainly reasonable. Jansen should be a step up. But he’s not the improvement in the bullpen nearly as much as the additions of Martin, (the injured) Rodriguez, and Bleier. Keeping Houck there would be huge, too.

Or Waldichuk..

A lot of that is more because of the annual volume of bets folks place on them and not really the quality of the team. Much like with the Cubs…

Calling it out as not happening. Unless all the other SS candidates in front of him get converted to SP in order to backfill the rotation…

Worth noting, his Little League team is over the Luxury Tax threshold…

They’re supposed to spend it RIGHT!! Also if you prefer not to risk the albatross contracts, they accuse you of trying to save John Henry’s money…

Abreu’s OPS dropped in Portland but he did maintain his .399 OBP…

The Rangers released former Giants' setup man Reyes Moronta. Moronta was on the short list of RPs I suggested as good targets, but he was absolutely pounded by opposing hitters this spring. This is why I am not a scout...

I think they were sent down before Rodriguez got injured. If so, that could change their standings. Like I said, they were both already on the 40 man. Keeping Sherriff means kicking someone off of it. Keeping Tapia would mean two people are waived. Even if Ort finally gets his long-deserved and well-earned DFA, who else would go?