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Interesting issue:
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Rusney Castillo, who is 43 days older than 33-year-old J.D. Martinez, could bring a veteran presence. Or not.
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Should the Red Sox tender Eduardo Rodriguez a contract as a measure of good will? Much could depend on the medical updates between now and December 2.
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The Astros might want to keep lefthander Framber Valdez with Justin Verlander, Zack Greinke and Lance McCullers scheduled to enter free agency after the 2021 season.
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With the state of their rotation, the Red Sox will likely exercise the $6.25 million option on Martin Perez for 2021 instead of paying the lefthander a $500,000 buyout. Before tonight's meltdown, Perez had posted 0.5 fWAR, valued at $3.9 million, in 11 starts.
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Or if Eduardo Rodriguez is still nearly a year away from returning.
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Who will get a bigger contract: Marcus Stroman or Taijuan Walker?
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In 11 starts this year Rick Porcello is 1-6 with an ERA of 5.46 but with a FIP of 3.15 while posting 1.7 fWAR, the 23rd best in baseball this season: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/rick-porcello/2717/stats?position=P https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=10&type=8&season=2020&month=0&season1=2020&ind=0&team=&rost=&age=&filter=&players=&startdate=&enddate= Porcello could be an interesting get. Or not.
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Righthander Taijuan Walker, who is only 28 years old, has an ERA of 2.86 and an ERA+ of 152 in 10 starts this season: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walketa01.shtml Wallker has an ERA of 1.54 in five starts in the soft AL East this year. What kind of contract would land Walker?
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In March MLB News ranked the Red Sox and Angel farm systems No. 25 and No. 26: 2020 farm system rankings WWW.MLB.COM Since MLB Pipeline began ranking prospect talent before the 2015 season, the top-rated systems have sparked big league success. The Cubs (pre-2015) and Red Sox (mid-'15) won World Series, the Dodgers (pre-2016) advanced to consecutive World Series, and the Brewers (mid-'16) and Braves (pre-'17) have made multiple playoff appearances. The
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What is a fair 2021 salary for Eduardo Rodriguez in his final arbitration year working off his 2020 salary of $8.3 million?
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To be precise, Logan Allen cracked the preseason Top 100 prospect lists in 2019 some three years after the Red Sox traded the lefthander in November 2015. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=allen-000log https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/allenlo01.shtml#all_transactions_other
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What are the chances the Red Sox do not tender Eduardo Rodriguez a 2021 contract working off the lefthander's 2020 salary of $8.3 million? If the Sox do not tender Rodriguez a contract, will Rodriguez look elsewhere instead of negotiating a lower salary with the Sox? Does Rodriguez harbor ill feelings after losing in arbitration last offseason when the panel went with the team's $8.3 million figure over his proposal of $8.975 million? MLB Trade Rumors had projected Rodriguez with a 2020 salary of $9.5 million coming off his 19-win season. Rodriguez is scheduled to become a free agent after the 2021 season. The offseason could be more interesting than the 2020 season. Or not.
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The Los Angeles Angels are rumored to be interested in former Red Sox exec Dave Dombrowski: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/09/angels-rumors-dave-dombroswki-general-manager-billy-eppler.html
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What are the chances the Red Sox do not tender Eduardo Rodriguez a 2021 contract working off the lefthander's 2020 salary of $8.3 million? If the Sox do not tender Rodriguez a contract, will Rodriguez look elsewhere instead of negotiating a lower salary with the Sox? Does Rodriguez harbor ill feelings after losing in arbitration last offseason when the panel went with the team's $8.3 million figure over his proposal of $8.975 million? MLB Trade Rumors had projected Rodriguez with a 2020 salary of $9.5 million coming off his 19-win season. Rodriguez is scheduled to become a free agent after the 2021 season. The offseason could be more interesting than the 2020 season. Or not.
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Last year Eduardo Rodriguez and Seattle's Marco Gonzales -- lefthanders born 14 months apart -- each posted 3.7 fWAR in league-leading 34 starts apiece. Their fortunes have diverged this year with Rodriguez on the shelf and Gonzales impressing with 1.7 fWAR in 10 starts. Who knows what 2021 holds for the COVID survivor and the Tommy John survivor who in 2015 were ranked No. 59 and No. 50, respectively, on Baseball America's Top 100 prospect list? https://www.fangraphs.com/players/eduardo-rodriguez/13164/stats?position=P https://www.fangraphs.com/players/marco-gonzales/15467/stats?position=P
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The John Olerud Award has been given each year since 2010 to the best two-way player at the college level. Eventual Red Sox lefthander Brian Johnson won the award in 2012 out of the University of Florida. What John Olerud Award winner (who has taken a single path) has posted the highest WAR at the MLB level?
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Except for 2019, Carlos Carrasco has been reliable. Even with his shortened 2019 season, Carrasco ranks among the Top 30 in innings pitched since 2015. No pitcher has made more starts than Carrasco so far this season.
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I stand corrected on Yasmani Grandahl and James McCann, who switched teams as free agents. Wilson Ramos was traded on July 31, 2018, and J.T. Realmuto was traded on February 7, 2019. A majority of the 30 top catchers of the last three seasons have changed teams during that period, an indication that the market is fluid.
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Of the top six qualified catchers in fWAR over the past three seasons, four have been traded during that period: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=c&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2020&month=0&season1=2018&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate= Of the top 30 catchers with at least 100 plate appearances over the past three seasons, a majority have been traded: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=c&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=100&type=8&season=2020&month=0&season1=2018&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate=
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This year Cleveland righthander Carlos Carrasco has posted 1.4 fWAR in 11 starts covering 62 innings while Nathan Eovaldi has posted 0.6 fWAR in eight starts covering 42.1 innings. Eovaldi has made more than 30 starts in a season only once (way back in 2014) while Carrasco has made at least 30 starts three times. Over the past two seasons Carrasco has tossed 142 innings in 34 appearances, including 23 starts, while Eovaldi has pitched 110 innings in 31 appearances, including 20 starts.
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An overreliance on free agent contracts could hamstring a franchise for years ... unless the team can flip the players for prospects when the club falls out of contention.
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The Red Sox have lost Mookie Betts, Rick Porcello, David Price, Mitch Moreland, Brock Holt and Brandon Workman from a 2019 club that won 84 games. Chris Sale, Eduardo Rodriguez and Nathan Eovaldi have question marks. The prognoses for Andrew Benintendi and J.D. Martinez are unclear and Jackie Bradley Jr. may depart as a free agent. Chaim Bloom has done admirable job landing Alex Verdugo and Martin Perez (not to mention Kevin Plawecki, Christian Arroyo and Jonathan Arauz). Despite flashes from Bobby Dalbec and Tanner Houck, Bloom has a long ways to go to reach the talent level of the 2019 team.
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To state the obvious: Many are surprised that the Red Sox did not land a pitcher in the Mookie Betts trade.
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Going from 20-34 to "over the top" is a tall order with a shallow starting rotation topped by three question marks. Or not.