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  1. Hugh2
    This is why I want the Sox to go out and get a 1B. I haven't completely given up on Casas yet, but I think you kinda have to a little bit when it comes to roster construction. If he's our first baseman in a few years from now......great. But I think he has to come back healthy and prove and he can stay healthy adding something offensively. I'm perfectly fine with a healthy Yoshida being DH too and as people say, these things tend to work themselves out. For better or worse.
  2. Hugh2
    You could go the otherway around and say Hancock Pete.
  3. Hugh2
    2 years older? you act like he's a 40 year old, he's literally 25 years old. So he got hurt running 100%, he's a big lumbering man and that's not his game. Someone should tell him that. I meant his 2023 season, after a slow first month he put up a .916 OPS the rest of the way from May 1st on, .953 from June 1st on. He's a slow starter, and if he can't ever stay healthy he'll never reach his potential. But if he can get healthy he has a chance of being a really good hitter. If Casas stays healthy next year, and perhaps that's a big if (and that's fair) he's going to be one of the best hitters on the team if not the best. You don't just throw that guy away when you have him under team control.
  4. Hugh2
    Look, I'm not super high on Casas by any means. But he certainly has a much higher ceiling than Yoshida. If he comes back healthy and was the guy he was for most of 2024 then this team has another middle of the order bat. Yoshida simply does not have that in him.
  5. Hugh2
    The Sox should have more than 45 to spend, unless of course they're paying Lowe/Hendricks....which ain't happening.
  6. Hugh2
    The same money? so you want to give Casas a 16-17 million dollar raise? Casas is under team control. He offers significantly more upside than Casas, but yes if Casas doens't look good or healhty I'd rather have Yoshida as well.
  7. Hugh2
    I assume a team that is very young gets better. Not a sure bet, but a good one. And 4th place? 3rd at best? Who assumes a young team flush in talent and more coming up regresses going into the next year?
  8. Hugh2
    This is exactly my take as well, I can see why some are a little edgy about that because he started off last season in a slump and got hurt before he ever really got it going. But if Casas comes back healthy, Story of 25 shows up, and Mayer/Anthony are back healthy I think the offense even without any additions could at the very least get a little better. They really should.
  9. Hugh2
    Exactly, the separation between his trade value and how good makes him one of the most un-tradable guys on the team.
  10. Hugh2
    Ya’ll are nuts for thinking Casas has trade value right now. The upside is in keeping him, but I’d have little issue with the team moving on at first base and letting Casas hit his way back there. of course, that creates a Yoshida issue again
  11. Hugh2
    I feel like it would be easier to scout a foreign pitcher than it is a hitter.
  12. Hugh2
    Agreed, yet I want him in the AAA rotation, the upside is too good and the payoff would be what's best for him and the team (beyond 2026)
  13. Hugh2
    The Red Sox are going to do what's best for Tolle, he starts next year in AAA to work on his secondaries. That's not to say that he may not end up back in the pen, but they're going to give him 2026 to see if he can be a starter.
  14. Hugh2
    They're almost certainly 100% not starting TOlle in the pen, he's arguably their #1 prospect and one step away from developing into a legit #2 starter. He moved to the pen for the playoffs and while he could find his way back there at some point he's a starter in 2026. I think you're right about him startin the rotation in AAA, if he performs well he will find his way up eventually either thru injury or giving someone the boot.
  15. Hugh2
    If a team only used Bregmans 3.5 WAR and factored in 3% inflation he's worth $29 million a year next year. If inflation rises to what it was the year prior he's worth about 30.25. I sitll don't see him getting more than 4-5 years. But why wouldn't he bank even an extra 20-30 million if he could? I would.
  16. Hugh2
    I love how we all determine what someones is worth. We don't have billions of dollars, we are not the market. An asset is worth exactly what someone is willing to pay for it. Bregman was worth about $28 million dollars last year according to the market. Although, I guess we could say he was worth $40 mil but ya'll know what I mean.
  17. Hugh2
    I wouldn't go above 4/120 for him and that would have me feeling really uneasy too. That would give him the same money he signed up for last year plus the $40 mil he already got. He's going to be 32 next year, he's at that age where he can literally fall off a cliff any year.
  18. Hugh2
    Yeah, that's what's happening. Honestly I won't be surprised if he's a complete dud or he turns into a late inning reliever next year. It all depends on how effective they're with tinkering with his stuff this offseason. Stuff seems fine, it's the control. They see something they think they can fix.....they either can or they can't.
  19. Hugh2
    I think he's going to be penciled in as the 4th/5th. Now, If he looks god awful in spring training that could very well change. And if it looks bad as the season progresses, I hope they pull the plug a little sooner than they did with Buehler.
  20. Hugh2
    Correct, same logic applies. I think Hicks is safe....for now.
  21. Hugh2
    I don't have a good answer for you Red, you'd have to ask the Boston Red Sox. Just by going by what they said when he was signed an all that, if he's healthy, and baring something ugly I think they're going to give him a crack at the rotation.
  22. Hugh2
    I mean, I can get that perspective when talking about a specific player, but when they're generally talking about how the organization is much quicker to promote guys, especially pitchers in the game who are performing I think they're just making an observation.
  23. Hugh2
    Crochet Ryan (or other) Bello Sandoval Early There's a greater than 0% chance this is your opening day rotation
  24. Hugh2
    I don't think I'm being unreasonable. I'm not predicting Perales is going to pitch in Boston next year, if I HAD TO BET ON IT??? I'd certainly wager that he does not. But he's arguably the most exciting pitching prospect we have in the system in terms of pure stuff and there's a reason why Soxprospects have kept him so high in their rankings. I wouldn't say anyone pitched great or not great in 1.1 innings. but 101 MPH is 101 MPH. What I AM saying is if he has a good season he's going to fly up the system. To say a top prospect might click, and if said top prospect does click they will move up the system is very reasonable. I get you're skeptical, as you should be. Pitching prospects will break your heart.
  25. Hugh2
    They could get a kings ranson for Brennan Bernardino
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