I mentioned this a while back, almost verbatim.
As for his dropping value, that applies to nearly every arb-eligible player that loses a year of control while simultaneously getting a raise…
But if pressed to predict (which I will actually do without pressure), I’d say Carlos Correa is more likely to be the Sox shortstop in 2023 than Bogaerts…
I think we also underestimated that June schedule.
The Sox played 8 series in Iune, but 4 of them are against teams that made the postseason. And the Sox did go 8-4 in those series. They didn’t just play Oakland for a month…
The sad part is - he probably has one. Not to mention an elliptical, a Stairmaster and his own personal aerobics instructor named Cyndi who dots her “i” with a heart…
Abreu is 23. It’s not uncommon for players signing at 18 to spend 5+ years o on the minors. Willy Aybar himself did not get called up until he was well into his sixth session of minor league ball…