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  1. harmony
    Chaim Bloom was hired to field the best possible Red Sox team. Bloom was not hired to spend, spend, spend.
  2. harmony
    And then the power went out for an hour. That's a bad sign.
  3. harmony
    And then the Red Sox could spend the saved money in a free agent market that yields poor returns on the dollar. More likely than not, the Sox would be stuck holding another underwater contract.
  4. harmony
    Isn't Dustin Pedroia's contract underwater?
  5. harmony
    Would the Red Sox trade Dustin Pedroia for a token return? Internet posters can treat players as faceless assets with assigned numbers. Real-life employers -- in and out of baseball -- have human considerations.
  6. harmony
    Would the Red Sox trade Dustin Pedroia for a token return?
  7. harmony
    The Rays won that trade ... likely short term and more certainly long term. Or not.
  8. harmony
    Which is not to say the Tampa Bay Rays would trade Kevin Kiermaier for a token return.
  9. harmony
    Agree. The latest regarding Kevin Kiermaier's availability: ... or lack thereof.
  10. harmony
    According to SoxProspects, Brayan Bello and Jonathan Arauz are ranked No. 22 and No. 25 in an undistinguished Red Sox farm system. Arauz is an unlikely trade target for the Rays who currently have middle infielders Wander Franco, Vidal Brujan and Xavier Edwards ranked No. 1, No. 41 and No. 67 overall at MLB Pipeline: Top 100 Baseball Prospects | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM The Official Site of Major League Baseball
  11. harmony
    Certainly does not work for the defending American League champion Tampa Bay Rays. According to SoxProspects, Brayan Bello and Jonathan Arauz are ranked No. 22 and No. 25 in an undistinguished Red Sox farm system. Arauz is an unlikely trade target for the Rays who currently have middle infielders Wander Franco, Vidal Brujan and Xavier Edwards ranked No. 1, No. 41 and No. 67 overall at MLB Pipeline: Top 100 Baseball Prospects | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM The Official Site of Major League Baseball
  12. harmony
    In the words of a wise man: "Sorta makes it harder to deal Vazquez..." Or not.
  13. harmony
    Baseball Trade Values assigns 30-year-old Christian Vazquez a surplus value of $21 million and 28-year-old Willson Contreras a surplus value of $28.3 million. https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/players/9649/ https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/players/7916/
  14. harmony
    If Christian Vazquez is traded, who is the starting catcher for the 2021 Red Sox? Kevin Plawecki?
  15. harmony
    Would the Tampa Bay trade for catchers Francisco Mejia and Blake Hunt lessen the Rays' rumored interest in Christian Vazquez?
  16. harmony
    The small sample size of three starts disqualifies Tanner Houck. Sorry. BTW this year Yusei Kikuchi finished third among Seattle pitchers as lefties Marco Gonzales, Justus Sheffield and Kikuchi combined for 4.7 fWAR, valued at $37.4 fWAR, in 30 starts.
  17. harmony
    In nine starts this year Seattle lefthander Yusei Kikuchi posted 1.1 fWAR, valued at $9 million. Prorated to the 32 starts Kikuchi made in 2019, that works out to 3.9 fWAR, which in 2019 was valued at $31 million. Needless to mention but Kikuchi would have led all Red Sox pitchers in fWAR this year ... but that's a low hurdle.
  18. harmony
    https://calltothepen.com/2020/12/16/baltimore-orioles-trey-mancini-to-be-full-go-for-spring-training/ https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-trey-mancini-chris-davis-20201214-ygypghblfvazfcus3juwgswy5a-story.html
  19. harmony
    Before the Red Sox signed Hunter Renfroe, a package of one year of Alex Cobb and two years of righthand-hitting outfielder Trey Mancini may have worked. Or not. Neither Cobb nor Mancini is likely to fall within Baltimore's window of contention.
  20. harmony
    The Texas Rangers reportedly sign Japanese righthander Kohei Arihara:
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  22. harmony
    Trivia: In December 2014 the White Sox traded Marcus Semien, Chris Bassitt and two others to the Athletics for Jeff Samardzija and one other. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/semiema01.shtml#all_transactions_other Semien finished third in the 2019 AL MVP voting while Bassitt finished eighth in the 2020 AL Cy Young voting. Samardzija posted a 4.96 ERA in 32 starts with the White Sox before entering free agency.
  23. harmony
    Except for parts of five minor league seasons, 30-year-old Marcus Semien has spent his entire life in the East Bay where he and his father were athletes at the University of California, Berkeley. Active in Black Lives Matter, Semien would replace Jackie Bradley Jr. as the only African American on the 25- or 26-man roster for the Red Sox. https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/athletics/why-marcus-semien-wants-world-see-supporting-black-lives-matter Boston may be an unlikely destination. Or not.
  24. harmony
    The Red Sox reportedly are among three finalists for Japanese righthander Kohei Arihara: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/12/report-padres-rangers-red-sox-are-finalists-for-kohei-arihara.html Arihara is a year older than Yusei Kikuchi was two years ago when the lefthander signed with the Seattle Mariners. Their lines from Japan's Pacific League: KA 129 G, 836 IP, 3.74 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 3.23 K/BB. 817 H, 626 K, 194 BB YK 195 G, 1010.2 IP, 2.77 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 2.43 K/BB, 810 H, 903 K, 371 BB
  25. harmony
    The ZiPS projections give Christian Vazquez the comp of catcher Dan Wilson, the Seattle mainstay who made the floundering Jason Varitek expendable: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/zips-2021-projections-boston-red-sox/
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