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  1. notin
    If Kike goes on the 60 day, another option is adding an OF…
  2. notin
    And they all still can. Ort is still on the 40 man. As injuries pile up, Bazardo can get back on it and Kelly should be able to join him at some point…
  3. notin
    I hope not. He is into the cheaper years but his AAV is $19mill. I only included him because he is definitely available, even in a bad contract swap. Wil Myers would be the preferable alternative from SD. But I doubt they’d take Bradley for him right now as it would add money. A Diekman/Myers swap might be realistic (and I think is acceptable on BTV), but I don’t have any clue about whether or not SD would be interested…
  4. notin
    On 1b, the easiest upgrade Top Choice - Josh Bell. Free agent after 2022. Great hitter from the left side. Weaker from the right. But the biggest upgrade on the market and changes the lineup dramatically. Realistic Alternative - Hunter Dozier. Not as exciting as Bell but his contract (2 yrs $17.5 mill with incentives) probably makes him an easy target in KC Alternative That Scares Me - Frank Schwindel. He’s an upgrade over Cordero/Dalbec simply because he can field a ground ball and post a .700 OPS on occasion. But he is about as unexciting as it gets. Although he at least has a history of posting outlandish offensive numbers in his first go round with any team. Worst Choice - Eric Hosmer. If he had less than 3 full years after 2022 (worth $39mill), a Hosmer/Bradley trade would make sense for both teams. But that’s too many years of a very mediocre player…
  5. notin
    Unless the season is over anyway and they’re giving him one last chance…
  6. notin
    The same can be said about Brasier. But the Sox are not going to revamp their bullpen to the point where they have 8 pitchers better than Sawamura and Brasier. Especially with the injuries in the rotation that likely keep Crawford starting at least until Wacha returns. If the Sox add one pen arm to join Houck, Whitlock and Schreiber as The Reliables and have a bottom 4 of Sawamura, Brasier, Strahm and Davis (in whatever order you like, that’s probably about as good as it will get. Maybe they’ll add two arms like last year, but not likely both will fit in with that top 3. One will probably be some sort of fungible depth arm like Robles.
  7. notin
    And that’s part of the reason I hate the phrase “natural position.”…
  8. notin
    However the problem is the Yankees would also lose their best minimum wage prospects, too. Plus they have arb cases coming up for Torres, Montgomery, Holmes, and a few others.
  9. notin
    He’d have to be. Even the Yankees won’t be able to tie up nearly $100mill in 2 corner OFs and a DH…
  10. notin
    It’s easier to move a player off middle infield than into middle infield…
  11. notin
    On most high school teams, the shortstop is just the best player. I would bet more college and minor league players were high school shortstops than we realize…
  12. notin
    How many of the usual suspects can swing a trade for him and still afford to lock him up? And do so without losing any current superstars awaiting a payday?
  13. notin
    Trading him for who?
  14. notin
    Well, I think they have to sign first…
  15. notin
    According to BTV, that applies to the top 4 prospects of every team…
  16. notin
    LHRPs were more valuable before the 3 batter minimum rule…
  17. notin
    He has hit fewer batters than Houck…
  18. notin
    Offload another deal? Acquire additional prospect (like the Sox did with Ottavino)? Acquire a draft pick?
  19. notin
    And the relievers were relied upon for more innings …
  20. notin
    While too early to write anyone off, the starts from Bello and Seabold, for example, created some bullpen-taxing games that may have also hurt subsequent games. Winckowski and Crawford were revelations…
  21. notin
    I don’t care if the Sox pick up the tab. I’d rather he take the mound against Boston rather than for them…
  22. notin
    It’s not about blaming the AAA guys. But when 80% of the rotation is recent promotions due to injury, one should expect a slow stretch…
  23. notin
    Every team loses a bunch of free agents every year, and contenders almost never replenish for the following season at the deadline. I think the Sox go one way or another. That said, if the Sox can pawn off Diekman for an underrated AAA outfielder even capable of being a weak side platoon, I’m all for it…
  24. notin
    Draft rankings used to incorporate signability. Romero may have fallen in the eyes of some due to his commitment to LSU…
  25. notin
    Dalbec is the ultimate in highs and lows even more so than his similarly named predecessor Brian Daubach. When he is on, he is unstoppable. When he is not, he is extremely capable of stopping himself before anyone else even gets the chance. The end result is surprisingly a league average hitter with a career OPS+ of 101…
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