Kahnle was always going to be a polarizing figure on this forum. Had the Sox signed him, he’d be another injury-prone dumpster dive. But since we lost him to the Yankees, now he was not valued properly.
I never thought of him as anything. He was not one of the relievers I liked this off-season (two of whom have already signed elsewhere) and I would have assumed him to be a health risk…
I’ve been suggesting nothing but defensive improvements and calling them out as such.
Gallo in RF is a massive improvement over the Sox post-Bradley (also pre-Bradley/post-Betts).
Andrus if you are not going thing big at SS is the defensive way to go.
Ok granted thoughts of Wilson Contreras behind the plate are probably a step down from Reese McGuire…
That’s probably why the Padres talked to Turner.
Trea has already moved off shortstop to play 2b and CF. Bogaerts is reluctant.
The Padres will eventually trade for Cleveland’s Ames Rosario, whose has also willingly gone to the outfield, and make him their new 2b or CF or 1b or whatever…
Of course about 20 teams have made no moves above the level of minor league contract. The Yankees, Dodgers, Jays, Cardinals, Giants, Cubs, White Sox, etc. Not like the Red Sox are watching the entire league fill holes while they remain idle…
I imagine both are on the radar.
But - settle for them as opposed to who?
The only SPs off the board so far are Verlander, deGrom, Tyler Anderson and Kyle Gibson…
Estevez is off the board and on to Anaheim. 2 years $13.5 million
I’m a little disappointed there. Fulmer, Rogers, Jansen remain top relief arms left. Hopefully the Sox get one..
But Turner gets 5 extra points for Sliding Smoothness. I might need ore “o”’s in that word. And Correa loses 5 for thumping. First on his chest, and then on trash cans…
1. They certainly have more insight than us on the subject.
2. It’s very possible they “knew” he was gone because they knew he would want a contract they never felt he’d be worth…
We all like to think we know what X would have signed for, but he didn’t hire Super Agent Scott Boras to come up with contract figures equal to the ones dreamed up by unwashed web forum hillbillies like us…