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  1. harmony
  2. harmony
    Well, Hanley Ramirez still gets his 2018 salary of $22 million.
  3. harmony
    I don't know the specifics of the Hanley Ramirez contract but I suspect Ramirez may have a grievance if the vesting option is voided. Ramirez was playing well enough to be on pace to vest the $22 million option for 2019. As the Alex Speier article mentions, it would have been awkward for the Red Sox to keep Ramirez but cut back his plate appearances to avoid the vesting option. However, any grievance Ramirez may have had with that strategy pales in comparison to a grievance that the DFA voids the option altogether if no team claims him. Again I don't know the specifics of the contract but I doubt Ramirez can lose the benefits of the vesting option that easily.
  4. harmony
    In the likely event Hanley Ramirez is not claimed, a team would need to decide whether Ramirez is worth the league minimum this year and $22 million next year to play for roughly one and two-thirds seasons (assuming the team plans to play Ramirez enough to reach the vesting option). That prorates to an annual salary of about $13.5 million. Ramirez may be stuck in purgatory ... at least until later in the season when a team can sign Ramirez for the league minimum and not worry about the vesting option.
  5. harmony
    https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2018/05/25/red-sox-part-ways-with-hanley-ramirez/V8PHkHq10EEMLEATQKCeQK/story.html
  6. harmony
    And flush $30 million down the drain? Hanley Ramirez -- prorated 2018 salary of $22 million Jackie Bradley -- prorated 2018 salary of $6.1 million Sandy Leon -- prorated 2018 salary of $1.95 million Christian Vazquez --prorated 2018 salary of $1.425 million plus $13.55 million through 2021 Drew Pomeranz -- prorated 2018 salary of $8.5 million
  7. harmony
    I suspect the Red Sox will designate Blake Swihart for assignment and then within seven days trade the switch-hitting catcher to the highest bidder for a player or players who won't require spots on the 40-man roster or who at least have options left.
  8. harmony
    We'll leave that to you. The provided link explains the calculation that goes into the projection (which is a probability, not a prediction): https://www.fangraphs.com/library/offense/wrc/ An aggregate projection (ZiPS, Steamer, Depth Charts combined) tends to be more accurate than an individual projection.
  9. harmony
    With the 80-day suspension of White Sox catcher Welington Castillo, the Red Sox could offer the out-of-options Blake Swihart and Brian Johnson for two veteran relievers: righty Joakim Soria and lefty Luis Avilan. Soria earns $9 million* with a $1 million buyout of a $10 million team option for 2019. Avilan earns $2.45 million this year and remains under team control through next season. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=rel&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2018&month=0&season1=2018&ind=0&team=4&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0 * the Kansas City sent $1 million to the White Sox in the trade of Soria in January
  10. harmony
    I stayed at a Fairfield Inn by Marriott in Dedham about a five-minute walk from the Franklin Line South Station. https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bosdh-fairfield-inn-boston-dedham/ The MBTA trip to Fenway Park requires a transfer at the Back Bay Station.
  11. harmony
    I understand that you are profanely upset, but ... :)
  12. harmony
    ZiPS, Steamer and FanGraphs Depth Charts project Blake Swihart with rest-of-season wRC+ of 58, 69 and 64: https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=13176&position=C https://www.fangraphs.com/library/offense/wrc/
  13. harmony
    Does Jake Diekman share that characteristic with Blake Swihart and Brian Johnson?
  14. harmony
    Just last weekend I was talking with a Buenos Aires native about Argentina's lack of interest in baseball. My sister-in-law's beau will skip my daughter's college commencement next month because the event conflicts with Argentina's opening match in World Cup soccer.
  15. harmony
    Perhaps you're correct: https://nolanwritin.com/2018/05/17/texas-rangers-catcher-blake-swihart-boston/ ... or not.
  16. harmony
    To acquire the expiring contract of Texas lefty reliever Jake Diekman, what would the Red Sox need to add to an offer of six years of left-hander Brian Johnson and four arbitration seasons of Blake Swihart? https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=5003&position=P https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diekmja01.shtml Diekman will earn $2.7125 this year before becoming a free agent at the season's end.
  17. harmony
    This non-Catholic holds the current Pope in high regard but even the pontiff is not beyond reproach.😊😊😊
  18. harmony
    Blake Swihart won't land a high-ranking prospect. Swihart's trade value may have dropped below that of Jarrod Saltalamacchia in July 2010 when the Red Sox traded for the switch-hitting catcher. As I've written before: Blake Swihart is a year older now than Jarrod Saltalmacchia was in June 2010 when the Texas Rangers traded the switch-hitting catcher to the Red Sox for Chris McGuiness, Roman Mendez, Michael Thomas and cash. SoxProspects has never ranked the three prospects among the Top 20 in the organization. McGuiness and Thomas apparently are out of organized baseball while Mendez is a 27-year-old toiling at Double A. Saltalamacchia peaked at No. 18 on Baseball America's Top 100 prospect list while Swihart peaked at No. 17. At the time of the 2010 trade Saltalamacchia was back down at Triple A, much as Swihart had spent much of his age 25 season at Triple A after being a starter at the MLB level. With Saltalamacchia as his optimistic ceiling, Swihart has limited trade value.
  19. harmony
    Evan Drelich of NBC Sports Boston reports: https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red-sox/sources-red-sox-asking-lot-blake-swihart
  20. harmony
    And the Marlins would ask for Andrew Benintendi in a trade of Kyle Barraclough. Neither offer would go anywhere.
  21. harmony
    Do you have links to any sources suggesting that two teams are trying to acquire the erstwhile catcher?
  22. harmony
    If the Red Sox could only find a "future Fisk" ... No need to hang up the phone because the Marlins could not respond to an offer that included Kyle Barraclough.
  23. harmony
    It might not hurt to send Jackie Bradley down to Triple A. Bradley has posted a .165/.267/.252/.519 line in 39 games this year. Last May the Seattle Mariners sent catcher Mike Zunino down to the minors after the former first-round pick had posted a .167/.250/.236/.486 line in his first 24 games. In 100 games after his recall on May 23, Zunino posted a .270/.349/.571/.921 the rest of the season. Bradley and Zunino are defensively gifted streaky hitters born a year apart and drafted in the first round a year apart out of Southeastern Conference universities. Bradley entered this season with three years and 150 days of MLB service while Zunino had three years and 160 days of MLB service.
  24. harmony
    In his Sunday Baseball Notes, Boston Globe columnist Nick Cafardo suggested Seattle as a potential destination for Jackie Bradley. I don’t see it. The Mariners would likely offer no more than the expiring contract of veteran lefty reliever Marc Rzepczynski, with a 2018 salary of $5.5 million, who has matched the 2018 negative 0.2 fWAR of Jackie Bradley, who has a 2018 salary of $6.1 million. Of course the Red Sox would receive better offers.😁
  25. harmony
    If the “dudes flying blind,” why would the Marlins consider trading an interesting reliever for Jackie Bradley?
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