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  1. Hugh2
    No offense, but that's a pretty far out assumption. By all accounts Casas should be able to get better. He's young, and a student of the game. People assume anyone can learn first base but you're taking a guy who has never done it and assuming he will be better in a few weeks? I don't think so. I'd put more money on Casas improving than Devers learning in a couple weeks. I don't subscribe to the whole babying of players. If Devers couldn't hit as good at DH because of the phycology of not playing the field and having his feelings hurt he never should have been extended. I actually think most MLbers are not like that at all.
  2. Hugh2
    Something tells me they won't. All hints point to him at 2nd base. But the team is much better if they explore dumping Yoshida and moving Devers to DH and plug Bregman in at 3B. Breaking up is hard to do.
  3. Hugh2
    Yes but realistically there's going to be a bottom of the roster that does throughout the season as guys add their war over 162 games not day 1. If the first guy off the roster is a net positive, he'll be one of the first ones up with better depth anyways. I don't think it's as simple as saying Romy Gonzalez gets the boot and he plays zero games and adds no value. He's projected to get 288 at bats. Whether or not he starts the year in Boston might not have much of an effect on that.
  4. Hugh2
    Sox also had 8 position players in 2024 who had negative WAR. Having more up the middle guys and better depth should mean at least one less of those guys.
  5. Hugh2
    IF the Sox end up signing Bregman it will certainly be interesting. I wonder how much more value he adds to the team playing 3B moving Devers to DH than he does just playing 2nd?
  6. Hugh2
    The Dodgers are trying to win like a cop tries to take out a bad guy by pumping em full with 567 bullets
  7. Hugh2
    I know, which is why I said "IF" I'm just purely going on their floor/ceiling grades. Soto is the 5th prospect in the system to have 7 grade on the ceiling. Now he can obviously climb a lot or fall based on how he performs this year....and next.
  8. Hugh2
    Except they did sign Soto
  9. Hugh2
    ALLEGEDLY they outbid LA for Scott but Tanner chose LA. Some might say that's what the front office is leaking to save face. I dunno, I'm not sure what they're saving from whom at this point. The common denominator is the same. Boston is no longer a destination place to sign for a lot of players. John Henry's apathy to winning and spending money has done horrible damage to the franchise in recent years. There's real value in winning, even if you don't have the best team in baseball. The thing that sucks, is even if we are lucky enough to build back and lets say we're blessed with a 2028 world series team. What are the odds John Henry rips apart that team too?
  10. Hugh2
    They have Soto at 30th
  11. Hugh2
    No he shouldn't, but Prices contract with inflation would be 255 million. While the truth is still cloudy, its' implied that Bregmans market is thin and he's probably going to be one of those guys who should have taken the extension. Even if that's not 100% accurate I doubt he's getting anything close to $255 million, I doubt he even comes very close to $200. Breslow knows the only other bidders out there are Detroit and Toronto. No one wants to go to Toronto, and Detroit is probably the worse ballpark for his bat. With Campbell waiting in the wings and other depth options such as Grissom, Hamilton, Rafaela, and Mayer I highly doubt Boston is going to bid against themselves. I'm not saying Boston is going to sign Bregman, but I feel fairly confident that if they do, it will be for significantly less than 200 million. Call it something in the 100-140 range.
  12. Hugh2
    their rankings, or most peoples rankings aren't exactly power rankings. I understand why a lot of people have a very hard time ranking anyone so young and unchallenged by any kind of pro ball so high. But I also get that some people may weigh upside more than others. If it was purely a ranking based on ceiling, one could extrapolate that Soto could be as high as 5th in the Sox system.
  13. Hugh2
    DD always seem to have a few other guys thrown into every trade. It's like the man was allergic to trading for a player with anything short of handing over at least 3 guys.
  14. Hugh2
    It's very plausible that Crochet and Buehler become our #1 and #2,
  15. Hugh2
    Oh wait you're goin by Moons ratings, my bad.
  16. Hugh2
    The talked about Soto on the latest podcast. They really really really like him and are high on him. Justin Gonzalez is ranked 25th.
  17. Hugh2
    You're 100% spot on, but nothing this team does anymore flabbergasts me.
  18. Hugh2
    If he was going to sign an extension, I don't think anyone would expect it to be announced until spring training.
  19. Hugh2
    Tanner Scott signs, with…..get this, the Dodgers.
  20. Hugh2
    Ah dude I’m with you there. And for the record my “sour grapes” comment was directed at those front offices not you. i admire the dodgers. They invest heavily in scouting, drafting and developing player AND THEN go out and are unafraid to spend the money.. the only thing that is going stop LA is if their ownership group comes down with John Henry disease
  21. Hugh2
    Sasaki is going to cost them nothing. $6 million bonus aside he’s going to cost what any good cost controlled player would cost any team. stopping deferred payments would do absolutely nothing to prevent the dodgers from signing someone Sasaki.
  22. Hugh2
    Super teams make a sport. It’s been proven that a sport does better when there’s a super team. the fans love it and their base grows exponentially, and the rest of the league needs a villain. how much sweeter was 2004 because we beat the New York Yankees? The Dodgers will become the villain baseball needs, and they’re in the N.L. in hope we get to beat them in the World Series again some day.
  23. Hugh2
    International draft
  24. Hugh2
    No, Jim Bowden is not reporting that. He said there are several front offices who believe there was a pre-cut deal and that there may be an investigation, there’s already been an investigation. sounds like sour grapes to me.
  25. Hugh2
    Well from that vantage point everyone has the exact kind of depth. They all got 40 men and a 165 domestic reserve. But point taken.
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