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The Arizona Diamondbacks have three years of 26-year-old righthander Archie Bradley with a 2019 salary of $1.83 million, five years of nearly 35-year-old Yoshihisa Hirano with a 2019 salary of $3 million and two years of nearly 30-year-old former Red Sox righthander Rubby De La Rosa in the minors: https://www.rosterresource.com/mlb-arizona-diamondbacks/ However, I'm not convinced the Diamondbacks are selling off.
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Reliever Shawn Kelley reportedly is off the table after signing with the Texas Rangers:
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Steamer projects Tayron Guerrero and Blake Swihart with 2019 WAR of 0.1 each: https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=11691&position=P https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=13176&position=C ... after Guerrero posted a negative 0.1 fWAR and Swihart a negative 0.3 fWAR in 2018. Guerrero remains under team control for five years and Swihart for four years (with a 2019 Super Two salary of $910,000).
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Nothing ... I misread the post. My apologies. FWIW, Steamer600 projects Christian Vazquez 60th in 2019 WAR among all catchers (although WAR may not capture pitch-framing and game-calling abilities): https://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=c&stats=bat&type=steamer600&team=0&lg=all&players=0&sort=27%2cd
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Tayron Guerrero, who is a candidate to close in Miami, comes with five years of team control and has no options remaining. https://www.rosterresource.com/mlb-closer-depth-chart/ https://www.rosterresource.com/mlb-miami-marlins
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Steamer600, which assumes 450 plate appearances for each catcher, projects 2019 WAR of 1.7 for Josh Phegley, 2.0 for Oakland teammate Chris Herrmann and 0.2 for Blake Swihart. Among all catchers in the projections, Phegley ranks No. 32, Herrmann No. 21 and Swihart No. 209: https://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=c&stats=bat&type=steamer600&team=0&lg=all&players=0&sort=27%2cd
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By one measure the Red Sox have the 28th-ranked farm system: Top teams on 2019 Top 100 Prospects list WWW.MLB.COM MLB Pipeline's unveiling of our list of the Top 100 Prospects for 2019 marks the culmination of a two-week run during which we also looked at the Top 10 prospects at each position.:: Complete 2019 Top 100 Prospects coverage ::This year's Top 100 list is the first since 2015 to ... while the Yankees are ranked No. 24. How can the last-place Miami Marlins be nearly shut out after trading away Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna a year ago? E6 Derek Jeter.
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Adam Conley is an interesting option with four years of team control and a 2019 salary of $1.13 million. Heath Hembree has three years of team control and a 2019 salary of $1.31 million. Steamer projects Conley with a 2019 WAR of a negative 0.1 WAR coming off a season of 0.4 fWAR in 50.2 innings. Steamer projects Hembree with a 2019 WAR of 0.2 in 55 innings coming off a season of 0.2 fWAR in 60 innings. Marcel projects Conley with a 2019 ERA of 4.56 in 50.2 innings and Hembree with a 2019 ERA of 3.98 in 61 innings. Conley is a 28-year-old lefthander from the Seattle area while Hembree is a 30-year-old righthander. If the Miami Marlins trade J.T. Realmuto perhaps the Fish would be interested in another Super Two, Blake Swihart, who comes with four years of team control and a 2019 salary of $910,000. Or not. I question whether the Red Sox can afford six years of Lou Trivino and whether the Athletics will dismantle their bullpen coming off a 97-win season.
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Whom could the Red Sox trade to land one of these potential closers? Mychal Givens comes with three years of team control and a 2019 salary of $2.15 million. Will Smith is owed $4.23 million in his final year of team control. Joe Jimenez has five years of team control, earning the league minimum in 2019. Fernando Rodney will earn $5.25 million in the final year of his contract but I doubt Oakland wants to dismantle its bullpen coming off a 97-win season.
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Parker Bridwell sets a high bar.
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With Blake Swihart out of options, I'm not sure another club would have room for Swihart on its 25-man roster. One way to find out is to designate Swihart for assignment and then, barring a trade, place him on waivers. In the plausible event he goes unclaimed, Swihart may be sent to Pawtucket where he can get the reps he needs. http://m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/designate-for-assignment
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An anonymous scout reportedly still views the Yankees with a Top 10 farm system: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2019/01/what-to-make-of-yankees-farm-system-which-has-only-2-in-baseball-prospectus-top-101.html
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Reliever George Kontos reportedly is off the board:
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Careful ... you might be called "the cooler.":)
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The Red Sox will likely sign a minor league deal with a reliever who will go on to win this year's Reliever of the Year Award. Or not.
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Seattle's ballpark (now T-Mobile Park) surrendered more home runs than Fenway Park last year: http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor/_/year/2018/sort/HRFactor ... which may be a reflection on weak Mariner pitching although the same was true in 2017: http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor/_/year/2017/sort/HRFactor
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This Seattle fan applauds the Hunter Strickland signing but the newest Mariner has his own character issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xiso0qrhD4E
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Justin Wilson reportedly is off the board: ... as is fellow lefty Oliver Perez:
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Hunter Strickland signed a one-year contract with Seattle for about $1.3 million, plus incentives that could nearly double his salary based on games pitched and games finished. Because Strickland comes with two additional years of team control the modest deal makes some sense for a club that plans to "step back" in 2019. The Red Sox selected Strickland in the 18th round of the 2007 draft but traded the righthander with Argenis Diaz to Pittsburgh in July 2009 for Adam LaRoche.
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I assume the "youth" reference pertains to the 23-year-olds -- Michael Chavis and Bobby Dalbec -- not 28-year-old Brian Johnson or 30-year-old Hector Velasquez. Even Blake Swihart turns 27 years old in April.
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From a payroll perspective, a trade would save only Blake Swihart's 2019 salary of $910,000.
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From Thursday's MLB Trade Rumors chat with Steve Adams: https://www.jotcast.com/chat/chat-with-mlbtrs-steve-adams-1-24-19-4418.html
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Reliever Shawn Kelley is looking better and better each day: https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2019/01/boston-red-sox-in-active-discussions-with-relievers-per-source.html As more relievers come off the board does the price for Kelley go up or down?
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Seattle outfield prospect Kyle Lewis was Baseball America's 67th-ranked prospect a year ago but fell off this year's list. So the Mariners had one BA-ranked prospect before the James Paxton and Edwin Diaz trades, which added only two of the four current prospects on Baseball America's Top 100 list. The Diaz trade netted another prospect Baseball America listed among the "next ten" this year after ranking him No. 100 two years ago. In summary, the Mariners have four current prospects on the Baseball America Top 100 and two other prospects who were previously ranked (including Lewis as high as No. 34 in 2017). Of course Red Sox prospects Michael Chavis and Jay Groome have been previously ranked. Nevertheless, farm systems are probably overrated.
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https://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&type=steamer600&team=3&lg=all&players=0&sort=19,d https://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&type=steamer600&team=13&lg=all&players=0&sort=19,d The Red Sox have a strong starting rotation on paper but the dropoff is steep after the top five.