Song’s entire professional career consists of 17 innings in Lowell in 2019. Its a bit of a stretch to think of him as a “young MLB arm”.
And while his 3.80 K/BB that year was impressive, it was less than the 3.94 of Aldo Ramirez (in 61 IP!!). You know, the nobody we dealt for Schwarber who peaked in A ball and didn’t even pitch last year…
The Phillies will swing a deal for Song. No way they keep a pitcher whose only professional experience is 17 innings of low A ball 4 years ago on their MLB roster all year while trying to defend the NL pennant.
If no deal can be reached, expect Song to be returned…
Not even sure where that taunt was going. For 3 years, he’s been picking on Bloom and now he’s taunting us that the Sox are going to fire him? From his perspective, that’s like laughing at us because our flu is getting cured…
The Sox payroll isn’t one of the top 6 in MLB for the first time in a long time, including the largely ineffective 2020 roster.
One year with a mid-range payroll isn’t necessarily a white flag. Especially with the two biggest free agents in MLB history potentially hitting the market in the next two years…
Getting a new owner is more likely to be a step or several back. There are more Bob Nutting’s and Bob Castellini’s than there are Steve Cohen’s out there..
I imagine, like every FO, the Sox have their own projections. And it’s not like ZiPS or Steamer have any sort of outstanding track record that they shouldn’t be ignored in favor of alternative methods.
I mean, it’s not like their blowing off WAPM…
Maybe they do.
Arroyo could certainly be better than Andrus, but his history has a lot of risks. I’m surprised they didn’t try harder for Andrus, who certainly wasn’t looking for big money or long years. At least not at this point…
Severino has thrown 120 IP since 2018. Even Sale and Paxton have thrown more. While the bulk of Severino’s IP did come last year, he was hardly without incident. He made as many starts after June as he made during June.
But hey, he’s in his prime!!
$850K. He could be cut.
But it doesn’t matter who we agree is the 26th man. Heck, Chang might be further up the ladder than that with an injury or two…
“If they can stay healthy” is the point.
A healthy Sale/Paxton/Kluber/Whitlock/Pivetta has just as much potential as the Yankees rotation. But it’s also not likely all of them stay healthy. And Bello - if healthy - can only make up for one.
Also - Schmidt is a relief pitcher. The Yankees need to wake up to that fact…
The Yanks biggest issue is already clear - starting pitcher health, just like Boston.
Montas is already down. Cortes is injured, but likely not seriously. Rodon and Severino are accidents waiting to happen. So the question might how far can Cole and German carry this team?
Is it more or less embarrassing than a team that has spent roughly $2.875 billion on payroll over the past 13 seasons and not even played in a World Series?
Asking for a friend…