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  1. New York Post columnist Joel Sherman addresses the Red Sox "mess": https://nypost.com/2019/12/11/gerrit-cole-dominoes-are-falling-red-sox-mess-dodgers-lindor-pursuit/
  2. FWIW, Steamer projects Chris Archer with a 2020 WAR of 3.0 in 180 innings while projecting David Price with a 2020 WAR of 2.6 in 164 innings: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/chris-archer/6345/stats?position=P https://www.fangraphs.com/players/david-price/3184/stats?position=P
  3. In four seasons with the Red Sox, David Price has posted 10.6 fWAR, valued at $85 million, while being paid $121 million. The contract for a 34-year-old coming off an injury-shortened season is likely to sink deeper under water. Or not.
  4. Although the cost of David Price's replacement has gone up as well.
  5. The Red Sox have made no progress in their trade discussions involving David Price, according to this tweet from Ken Rosenthal:
  6. For luxury tax purposes, a trade of David Price for Wil Myers saves the Red Sox $17+ million annually for three years while the Padres would add $9.5 million annually in real dollars.
  7. Cincinnati Reds fans discuss trade for David Price: http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?119368-How-about-David-Price
  8. The market for starting pitchers continues to develop as the San Francisco Giants signed righthander Kevin Gausman to a one-year, $9 million contract with up to $1 million in performance bonuses: If the Red Sox trade Nathan Eovaldi, David Price or Chris Sale, the replacement might not come cheaply.
  9. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/11/nathan-eovaldi-drawing-widespread-interest.html
  10. But a likely downgrade from an 84-win team.
  11. Steamer projects 2020 WAR of 0.5 in 165 innings for Julio Teheran, 1.6 in 174 innings for Tanner Roark and 1.9 in 182 innings for Rick Porcello: https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=2717&position=P MLB Trade Rumors projects two-year, $18 million contracts for Teheran and Roark while projecting a one-year, $11 million contract for Porcello: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/11/mlb-free-agent-predictions-2020.html Pick your poison.
  12. Paul Quantrill's Canadian son, Cal Quantrill, underwent Tommy John surgery while in college at Stanford. BTW, the Milwaukee Brewers have signed your favorite Keon Broxton to a minor league contract:
  13. The Red Sox could pay less for a lesser starter. The Red Sox will get what they pay for ... or not.
  14. The Braves would be unlikely to trade quality for quantity.
  15. That 76-85 Seattle team in 1998 featured three Hall of Famers in Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez and Randy Johnson (plus Alex Rodriguez with Hall of Fame numbers). Here is your box score: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS199809020.shtml
  16. Nathan Eovaldi is a nearly 30-year-old righthander with a career ERA+ of 94.
  17. indeed .. the framework is there.
  18. Baseball Trade Values gives the proposed trade a "Moderate Overpay" assessment with the Red Sox coming out slightly ahead and the Marlins slightly behind: https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/trade-simulator/
  19. To be precise, the acquiring team pays the other team $100,000: Top prospects in the 2019 Rule 5 Draft WWW.MLB.COM On Wednesday, teams had to decide which of their prospects merited placement on 40-man rosters. Unprotected prospects are subject to the Rule 5 Draft at the Winter Meetings if they signed by age 18 and have completed five pro seasons, or if they signed at age 19 or older and
  20. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/red-sox-sign-marco-hernandez.html
  21. According to Baseball Trade Values, the Dodgers would be giving up $147.9 million in surplus value and getting only $52.7 million in return: https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/trade-simulator/ Hard to justify the $92.5 million disparity.
  22. Today's column from Boston Globe writer Peter Abraham suggests that Bobby Dalbec will be given an opportunity at first base: https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2019/12/01/soxfirstbase/xHJyGp0qqAUdtip9dgX76L/story.html?et_rid=1739401789&s_campaign=108stitches:newsletter
  23. Marco Hernandez was not waived; he was non-tendered, making him a free agent immediately without going through the waiver process. http://m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/non-tendered The Red Sox -- or any team -- could sign Hernandez to a minor-league (or MLB) contract.
  24. By this date five years ago Ben Cherington had signed Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval.
  25. And some posters call me The Cooler.
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