I’d greatly prefer Andrus, since Rojas really only had the one good season and is very one dimensional. But I also think Segura is probably most likely…
I do think Bloom knows what he’s doing. I also think what he’s doing is not what a lot of fans expect or, in many cases, want him to do.
The plan is clearly unpopular, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist…
Yeah Bloom has been just throwing money all over the place.
I think the issue here is you made your mind up any Bloom a long time ago and now you’ve gone to fitting the stories to match your opinions. Certainly not open-minded…
Do you remember your point? Teams only go in for Verlander (and his ilk) when going for it, and the Sox were in no position to do that.
So tell me how 68-94 Texas is in a better position? And hopefully your argument doesn’t hinge on them finishing ahead of Oakland…
And if we only use one season, do we conclude Elvis Andrus is a better home run hitter than Bogaerts? There’s a reason most use multiple seasons. I prefer 3 years worth myself…
Maybe he gets dealt for a shortstop?
Verdugo for Ames Rosario? Cleveland is swamped with middle infielders and is starting (per Roster Resource) someone named Oscar Gonzalez in the OF.
Granted he did have a big postseason home run…
And Toronto didn’t sign Kiermaier to put him on the bench, but sometimes you can make a trade that improves your team even more. If money allows, why shouldn’t they?
Are you really going to lead with “4th place” as if it was such a major accomplishment?
They won 68 games and finished 38 games behind Houston. They finished 18 games behind Tampa for the third wild card. Just because they played in a division with the more incompetent A’s didn’t make them closer to contention than Boston.
Remember when you repeatedly crapped on Boston’s hit stretch as being just against a bunch of bad teams?? Those bad teams are Texas’ division!! And they got to play them 76 times out of 162 games!!
Oh but now those teams are clearly all better positioned than Boston.
The Sox reportedly offered Eovaldi 3 years. Not sure of the money.
It’s hard to say Wacha is a lock to get more than Kluber right now since no one has signed him for anything yet…
Gallo was right there looking for a deal.
Maybe trade for Ramon Laureano?
How about Verdugo in LF, Kike in CF, Laureano in RF, Yoshida at DH, and Turner to the bench?
The Sox pitching staff is already better than last season’s. And it’s still December and they still have (per educated guessing, admittedly) about $20mill to spend…
It’s possible and I am putting that possibility out there.
We know Devers’ talks centered around his future as a 1b/DH. Think they ignored Bogaerts ability to play SS long term while discussing a long term contract?
Frankly it would explain why only 4 years were offered…