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  1. Hugh2
    This team, if fully healthy, is much better than last years IMO
  2. Hugh2
    Oh I agree with the sentiment here, I think we go for it this year, but I don’t think we see any big ticket acquisition, we will see a very Bloom like move. I think he adds a starter and an infield bat and hopes better health pushes them to greatness. It almost worked for Bloom in 2021. Heck, I wouldn’t mind the pitching equivalent (in value) to Schwarber.. maybe he will surprise me, but they probably get some guy with. 4.5-5 era who can throw innings who their scouting department says can be better with a tweak. But seeing what Giolito cost, I would not be opposed to a slightly better upgrade than that
  3. Hugh2
    I've been anticipating a starting pitcher at the deadline......and the feeling of waiting for them to sign a pitcher all offseason met with Kluber has re-traumatized me. They probably add a #4ish guy at best. Which will be great if Sale could come back healthy, IF Sale could come back healthy.
  4. Hugh2
    Not if you're clearly going for it you don't. Which they should.
  5. Hugh2
    Two? top prospects? I wouldn't call Bush a top prospect. I'm not saying he might not turn into a nice relief arm at some point. But he's never been ranked, and his stats don't pop out. He's #3 in the Angels system, which is a horrible system. He probably wouldn't be top 20 in ours. Quero would be top 5 in ours. Quero was the 89th-ranked prospect. His stats were down this year too, but he was only 20 at AA, they also got a relief arm back in the deal as well. The Sox equivalent to this trade might look something like Ceddanne + Mata. But that ain't apples to apples, Rafaela isn't a pitcher and you never know how organizations value guys. The Angels could be down on those guys and really high on Quero. Point is. The Sox could get a good starting pitcher rental without giving up the farm. Which is why I'm all for a rental this year. This is the year you get a rental because you have a shot with some help and you don't blow up your future.
  6. Hugh2
    Bobby will likely be traded. The team has reportedly been upfront and honest with him about that telling him he's "playing for everyone else"
  7. Hugh2
    Bloom is making some great trades but the problem is he’s completely allergic to the big move. The price for rentals seems to be higher this year. I hope Bloom doesn’t get any buy/sell ideals and gets rid of Paxton. He’s the exact type of guy you’d want to trade for right now if he wasn’t on your roster. And Sox still need a starter.
  8. Hugh2
    I thought they had them ranked 5th before the draft too? EDIT: I might be thinking of pipeline. Still they must of been close to that already because everyone else had an infusion of talent in the draft too. Although, I think they may have really liked our draft as well.
  9. Hugh2
    No, but a lot of guys who fit the mold of starting pitcher go bust in the past have turned out to be pretty good options there. Guys like Webster, Owens, RDLR, and Ranaudo failed in the past where today guys like Houck, Winck, Murphy, and Johnson are succeeding. Yes, none of those guys look like Bello, but they're the exact type of guys you need to make that work. What they really need is another starter or two, and a few bullpen arms who are an upgrade but have options. Kind of like the guy they just traded Kike for. I think they assume one of Whitlock, Sale, Houck fills one rotation slot and they go out and get another. If they do that, and maybe add another bullpen piece along with two additional starters (one coming back from injury) they could make a nice little run here. Assuming bats don't go cold.
  10. Hugh2
    The problem with that ideal is if you have starters going less innings it puts more stress on the bullpen, however, having more multi-inning guys capable of that can mitigate that issue. Also, you need guys down in AAA you can trust because you're going to be rotating that depth on the back end of the 26 all season. When you have better options than Ort/Garza coming up thats' been shown to be a viable strategy, or at least in Tampa. Actually, to be fair, it hasn't exactly worked out horribly for the Sox so far but I don' think that can last all year. They need to add at least one starter.
  11. Hugh2
    If we DFAd him we’d likely paying his whole salary. I’m surprised LA is even paying a million.
  12. Hugh2
    I doubt anyone is disappointed that Art Howe can no longer start his favorite player.
  13. Hugh2
    OR, he's the type of guy that gets drafted after the 10th round and has middle round money thrown at him. High risk, high reward prospect....but how risky is spending 300k??? ERC was a 4th round pick, thinking about this more and how little I actually know about the kid and that sounds about right.
  14. Hugh2
    I think both our assumptions are conjecture. Also, wasn't there talk of him going #1 overall? which, I'm not sure means much over there but that level of talent can vary year by year as well. The #1 overall pick in Korea could be a back of the first round guy here one year and maybe a 3rd or 4th round pick the next. But 95+ MPH, 18 years old....someone would draft him in the first several rounds here.
  15. Hugh2
    And it was reported as I wrote that. That’s the return. For Kike, it’s a great return
  16. Hugh2
    Two names being throw around for the possible return are Nick Robertson, and Justin Hagenam. It’s a weak return as in these are both relief arms BUT two thoughts. First, the fact we are getting anything for Kike is amazing, we are probably eating salary, so what. Secondly. Despite not being stellar prospects both these guys have high floors as relievers and are a lot lot better than the scrubs we’ve been had riding the shuttle this year.
  17. Hugh2
    This is a good point. It's easy to not feel sorry for them with the money they make but they're still people and they have families that the love and they have to think about possibly uprooting them and moving to another side of the country. That's a big deal.
  18. Hugh2
    Kind of yeah, I have no ideal where he would have been drafted if he were state side. Completely guessing here but I could see him as a supplemental first round pick or 2nd round. That’s a very promising young player, still more Henry Owens than studs in there but that’s no different from any other young pitcher. It’s very risky.
  19. Hugh2
    They can offer someone $158,655, so no, this concludes our draft.
  20. Hugh2
    an 18-year-old high schooler who could throw 95+ would get at least $300K in the draft here so, not sure what these guys don't like? his control? BREAKING NEWS 18 YEAR OLD TEENAGER STRUGGLES WITH COMMAND. Yeah, that's a real high-risk guy to draft in the first round and waste 1/2 your bonus pool on when the hit rate on high school pitchers is the lowest in baseball. This sounds like the same level of risk as he's of the same age but he only costs you $300k so so what. I'm pretty sure no one will complain about bringing in a young pitching prospect who has potential.
  21. Hugh2
    Yeah I saw a post on the soxprospects forum where the screen shot of the Milb page showed a time stamp. Thought it said two hours, today it’s looking like 1 idk. I’ve already declared in here that I know nothing.
  22. Hugh2
    Lol And he signed hours ago
  23. Hugh2
    I just realized I have no f***ing ideal how much a first round draft pick would make in Korea. I assumed it was much less than MLBs draft but figured the #1 pick would make more than $300k And just now I’m realizing that I don’t even know if the KBO has bonus system. I know nothing.
  24. Hugh2
    I feel he would make more money if he was the #1 pick over there. Maybe he just wants to start his pro career now and not wait until his late 20’s to play in the US.
  25. Hugh2
    Just learned this, Wilkeman is 2nd in all of minor league baseball in K's. He has an impressive 14.88/9IP K rate this season and 11.7/9IP for his career. Here are some other Sox pitchers of recent and old career minors K rate and their double A rate Wilkeman 11.7/9 - 14.88/9 Lester 8.3/9 - 9.7/9 Bello 10.8/9 - 12/9 (Bello was also a year older than Wikelman here Pedro 9.5/9 - 9.3/9 The dud misses bats, if his control improves, he's a weapon.
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