I’ve seen a few other teams linked to Heaney already. He’s already getting more attention than he’s worth IMO.
I did not predict him to Boston in the MLBTR free agent contest. Apparently I predicted Baltimore.
For Boston, I predicted Correa, Eovaldi, Rogers and Clevinger. I do doubt they sign all four…
1. Yes the Mariners have not had depth like this since they had Danny Hultzen, James Paxton and Luis Gohara. Hopefully this crew is more successful.
2. Acquiring Houck would free up the Mariners to deal a prospect or two. It’s not a bad thing.
3. It gets them out of Crawford’s contract.
The Sox biggest issue in 2022 was injured SP. With Sale and Paxton already on board and Eovaldi in process, adding Heaney only figure to be more of the same problem rather than a solution…
I expect Bogaerts to decline (who doesn’t?) and negotiate around the league.
I expect Eovaldi to decline but continue to negotiate with the Red Sox and likely land a multiyear deal.
I also expect only Joc Pederson, Tyler Anderson and Martin Perez to accept offers…
Those high velocity arms need to throw strikes.
The Sox have a trio of speed demons on the cusp of MLB in Darwinzon, German and Wallace, but finding the strike zone has been an occasional issue for all of them…
No.
It’s because we don’t play on the West Coast and don’t have any Japanese players to help him assimilate.
The only reason he might prefer Boston is if he grew up in a generation that idolized Daisuke. Otherwise, what do we have to offer?
I’m higher on Jacob Wallace than most, but I think he could help the 2023 bullpen at some point. And if I ran a small market club, I’d absolutely take him in the Rule 5 draft if he was left unprotected…
Bogaerts might cost more as well.
MLBTR predicted 7 yrs $189mill ($27mill AAV) for Bogaerts and 5 yrs $110mill ($22mill AAV) for Nimmo.
Given that the Sox could use either one, their roughly equal offensively and one is projected for fewer years at a lower AAV, I do think it’s not a bad idea to replace Bogaerts with Nimmo. Especially since Kike allows for ease of adjusting the lineup…
Why not just sign Nimmo, who is his offensive equal, has OF experience, looks to be significantly cheaper, probably accepts fewer years, and is roughly the same age?
The only advantage Bogaerts has is he won’t cost Boston draft picks or IFA capital…
If the idea was to move Kike to SS and sign Nimmo, that’s a clever move
OPS+ from 2020 to 2023
Nimmo: 133
Bogaerts: 130
But if Nimmo is only looking at 5 years / $110, you can’t re-sign Bogaerts at that price… That’s a lower AAV than Bogaerts already rejected…