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  1. notin
    This wasn’t really the year to go big in FA. The best SPs were either older or injured all the time or both. And the drop off in position players after Judge and the shortstops was astronomical. In no other year does Brandon Nimmo land a 9 figure deal spanning 8 years. But the Sox still need to add more than a handful of relievers and an imported outfielder…
  2. notin
    Click is Bloom 2.0. That he inherited a better farm loaded with arms is the big difference…
  3. notin
    I don’t even care how much they spend. If they can build a competitive team for $95 mill, I’m on board. You want to hunt for bargains, I’m fine with that. As long as you actually buy one!
  4. notin
    The pessimism is beyond justified. I do hope the Cookie Puss Meeting yielded positive headway, but the only way to salvage this situation is a conclusion…
  5. notin
    Hypothetical question: Is this acceptable if they are actively trying to extend Devers? I mean, if the come out in mid-January and announce an extension for X years at Y dollars, does it help some of this inactivity make sense? I would be ok with that personally…
  6. notin
    I’m ok with that on two conditions: 1: They backfill his pen slot. 2: They keep him as a starter. And this does mean, if all the stars align and Paxton and Sale are healthy, that Houck goes to Worcester and starts and not to the bullpen…
  7. notin
    Hedges is all glove/no bat. Ditto Perez but he’s also 4 years older. After those two, Jorge Alfaro and Tucker Barnhart lead the list. At some point, we are no longer talking about upgrade over McGuire/Wong. Although that doesn’t mean the depth is a bad thing…
  8. notin
    The Sox could also try to work out deals for the players they lost in the Rule 5 draft, thus enabling the drafting teams to demote those players to the minors if they needed to. For example, Washington left 25yo catching prospect Drew Millas unprotected. And Philly left 24yo LHP Erik Miller unprotected. Both don’t seem particularly enamored with these players as much as many scouts (most orgs put Miller in the Phillies top ten). Washington does have a clear path for Ward, so they might be reluctant. Philly would be stupid not to make a deal that would allow them to keep Song, whose career to date consists of 17 IP in low A ball 4 years ago. Those moves won’t make the Sox immediate contenders, but that doesn’t mean either is a bad move…
  9. notin
    If the Sox had signed Correa, I could see trading Mayer. But right now he’s the biggest glimmer of hope on the horizon and trading him to salvage 2023 right now seems unwise. Unless Romero turns into an equally impressive stud (which does seem possible with his impressive start). Just upgrade the defense with players at SS and RF and recognize that 2023 rests largely on the shoulders and elbows of Sale and Paxton. If both are healthy, that is definitely a true upgrade to the rotation over the whopping 7 IP they combined for last year. Of course, the chances both are healthy are very, very low…
  10. notin
    He was last year. I wouldn’t mind if they got a catcher above him, and was disappointed William Contreras went so cheaply. I give up Rafaela in that scenario…
  11. notin
    Once again you missed the point.
  12. notin
    I didn’t mind them going for it. And the tone player they did deal, they sitting up upgrading the position…
  13. notin
    Sadly that contract doesn’t qualify “that amount of money” anymore. Not in Steve Cohen’s MLB…
  14. notin
    Yet first in line to criticize!!
  15. notin
    I wanted that one THEN…
  16. notin
    Go back one decade when we saw Miguel Cabrera traded for Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin. Certainly Miller eventually got good, but it didn’t help the Marlins. And Maybin had a long career as a borderline starter. Yippy. Detroit still has Cabrera. It did suck, and I was the loudest of the Keep Brusdar bandwagon, but it’s not unique and it will happen again…
  17. notin
    1. Downs’ struggles in AAA the past two years already accomplished this 2. If you think a DFA makes the deal worse, bear in mind they very likely get to keep him. Getting Downs through waivers isn’t going to be a struggle. The struggle was watching him fall behind Hoy Park on the depth chart…
  18. notin
    They were never c going to get an adequate haul. How many superstar players traded in their final year got back a haul? I’m sure there are some, but not as many as you think…
  19. notin
    So now he’s Swihart’s Ghost’s Ghost?
  20. notin
    Swanson is basically post-elbow Story…
  21. notin
    And me!
  22. notin
    I don’t recall that. Other than citing the Sox really needing a good OBP atop the lineup. I do stand by that and hope Yoshida fits the bill…
  23. notin
    Is it? I don’t know. I mean, if you’re the Red Sox and you want to keep negotiating, do you call out the other side? Or just ignore the media games? I don’t know, but I can see reasons to do both…
  24. notin
    He’s meh. OPS is a much, much better yardstick than OBP, which is a much better yardstick than the borderline useless BA…
  25. notin
    Did you mean the Padres? If you’re talking about them, I’d be more inclined to agree. But even then, why stop the bidding?
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