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  1. The Evan Longoria proposal perhaps has the most merit. Cot's Baseball Contracts reports that Tampa Bay is responsible for $7.33 million of the $43.33 million remaining on Longoria's contract: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mJmiNy5aP9WMJ-FrbiPZ8dR9ymXcRnA2AKLsIipeONg/edit#gid=1520401900
  2. FWIW Baseball Reference lists Andrew Benintendi and Mookie Betts as identical 5-foot-9, 180 pounds: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beninan01.shtml https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bettsmo01.shtml
  3. Contributors at Over the Monster discuss possible Red Sox extensions this offseason: https://www.overthemonster.com/2020/10/16/21519059/boston-red-sox-offseason-preview-extensions-bogaerts-verdugo-devers-benintendi The most interesting proposal may be for Andrew Benintendi, who has two remaining years of team control with a guaranteed 2021 salary of $6.6 million.
  4. The reasons that some Talksox posters are down on Nathan Eovaldi are the same reasons potential trade partners are likely to be down on Eovaldi. The Eovaldi contract raised eyebrows at the time of signing and looks even more questionable today. The Red Sox should stick Eovaldi into the 2021 starting rotation and hope for the best.
  5. The mention of Brandon Belt makes me sad. About eight years ago at Spring Training a friend and I were sitting on the berm at Goodyear Ballpark when a Brandon Belt homer landed on a bounce in my friend’s lap. My friend suffered a fatal heart attack last month.
  6. From today's chat at MLB Trade Rumors: https://www.jotcast.com/chat/mlbtr-live-chat-10-15-20-9059.html
  7. If Nathan Eovaldi is as flawed as you and I think, a trade partner may have little interest. Period. The Red Sox should treat Eovaldi as sunken cost and hope for the best.
  8. That's the kindest phrase under the circumstances. Albatross, which is used and misused in baseball circles, should be avoided at all costs.
  9. The Red Sox would need to find a trade partner looking to WEAKEN its pitching while assuming a cumbersome contract.
  10. Regardless of whether the Red Sox hope to contend in 2021, the pitching-thin Sox need to keep Nathan Eovaldi instead of trading the righthander when his contract is under water.
  11. Assuming Eduardo Rodriguez has been cleared to play baseball. Or to the broadcast booth or another line of work.
  12. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/10/sports/closer-look-red-sox-pitcher-eduardo-rodriguezs-struggle-with-myocarditis/ The Red Sox might need a more encouraging prognosis before tendering Rodriguez a contract less than seven weeks from now on December 2. Or not.
  13. If the Red Sox tender Eduardo Rodriguez a 2021 contract.
  14. MLB Trade Rumors has released its arbitration projections (using three formulas): https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/10/projected-arbitration-salaries-for-2021.html
  15. Centerfielder Michael Taylor, a defensive whiz, is now available, according to MLB Trade Rumors: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/10/michael-a-taylor-clears-waivers-elects-free-agency.html
  16. From the Seattle blog: https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2020/10/13/21512486/seattle-mariners-2021-free-agent-target-chris-archer
  17. A Seattle blogger suggests the Mariners should target Chris Archer if the Pittsburgh Pirates decline the 2021 team option of $11 million on the righthander: https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2020/10/13/21512486/seattle-mariners-2021-free-agent-target-chris-archer If a free agent, would Archer be of interest to the Red Sox? If the Bucs exercise the team option, would Archer be a trade target for the Sox?
  18. That limits the trade market for Nathan Eovaldi, who will likely return to the Red Sox next season.
  19. ZiPS projects Bobby Dalbec with a 2021 WAR of 0.8 in 121 games and a 2022 WAR of 0.7 in 120 games: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/bobby-dalbec/19966/stats?position=1B#zips-3-year-projections ZiPS projects Atlanta third baseman Austin Riley, who is 21 months younger than Dalbec, with a 2021 WAR of 1.8 in 124 games and a 2022 WAR of 2.0 in 125 games: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/austin-riley/18360/stats?position=3B/OF#zips-3-year-projections Dalbec and Riley have similarly lukewarm defensive profiles at third base. https://www.soxprospects.com/players/dalbec-bobby.htm https://blogs.fangraphs.com/called-up-austin-riley/
  20. Can the Red Sox find a trade partner that assigns a similar value to Bobby Dalbec (and his projected 36 percent strikeout rate)? The Red Sox may well pursue Atlanta centerfielder Ender Inciarte, whom ZiPS projects with a 2021 WAR of 1.7, which in 2019 was valued at about $13 million. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/ender-inciarte/4922/stats?position=OF#zips-3-year-projections The Braves may balk at that exchange. Or not.
  21. FWIW the Red Sox were 18-42 (.300) over the final 60 games of the 2012 season: https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2012-schedule-scores.shtml ... and won the World Series the following year.
  22. What are the chances the Red Sox were among the teams to attend a recent workout by righthander Aaron Sanchez? https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/10/aaron-sanchez-works-out-for-teams.html
  23. In the last three drafts the Seattle Mariners took college pitchers in the first round with the No 14, No. 20 and No. 6 picks. Righthanders Emerson Hancock, Logan Gilbert and George Kirby are now ranked No. 30, No. 35 and No. 95 among all prospects at MLB Pipeline: Top 100 Baseball Prospects | MLB.com WWW.MLB.COM The Official Site of Major League Baseball That's one approach that could be undermined by prospect attrition. The Mariners once had pitching prospects Taijuan Walker, Danny Hultzen and James Paxton ranked higher.
  24. The Red Sox will have the No. 4 pick in next year's draft: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/10/__trashed-21.html
  25. Thank you for the clarification.
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