Defensively:
Catcher - Wong and McGuire - maybe just below average to average at best!
1st base - cassas - at best dumpster fire.
2nd base - Grissom - impossible to know. But best case could be average
SS - story - maybe average to a little better than average.
3rd base - devers - dumpster fire
LF - Duran - dumpster fire bring marshmallows.
CF - rafeala - best guess is average to above average
RF - abreau - best guess is average.
Our starting pitching is a massive dumpster fire, if our defense gives teams extra outs, we are battling for the first pick in the draft!!!!!!!!
So the payroll sits at about 201 million right now. Some people think the max budget is 200 million.
Is they are correct, then this is our team for 2024!
After the tragedy with the catcher. We seem to have shifted strategy and gone from pursuing one highly ranked signing and a couple lower ranked signings to a bunch of lower ranked signings
I assume that bladoff guy who reports this international stuff has some experience with projections.
Until I see the kid with my own eyes, I trust very few writers opinions.
And I am not saying I can judge talent, heart and desire in a prospect.
I saw teel a lot in college and he did not impress me that much. Yet his numbers thus far as a pro look pretty good.
We offered imanaga two years, with a chance to earn another two years?????
We are intent on going short years with pitchers, yet we have very little on the farm coming up to replace guys.
We are not signing any highly ranked international arms.
I am not sure I understand our long term pitching strategy????
I doubt we have the financial juice to sign any high priced free agent starters, so that leaves the trade market.
And we have to give value to get value. Are we prepared to move be or more of Mayer, Anthony, blies, or teel???
I think abreau is ready to be in Boston full time. Maybe it is better if rafeala starts the year at Worcester and comes up everytime O’Neill breaks down!!!!
I would hope that by June abreau is our full time left fielder.