Larry Cook

I agree 100 percent. Trades have been an important part of roster building for us. yet another reason why drafting/international free agent signings and especially development are the lifeblood of an organization!!!

Devin Williams signs with the Mets

Do we really know what Sandoval is??? Seems like a bullpen kind of guy

Fansided proposed we trade Tolle, Duran and Romero to the reds for Hunter Greene!!! Greene under team control to 2029! I know it is an expensive trade, but depending on Greene’s medicals, I might pull the trigger on that trade if the reds agree to it!

I do not know if it is hope versus development. mayer is a hitter. No doubt in my mind. He just needs to stay healthy and see pitches. The kid can hit really well!!

I believe Tolle and early need at least half a season in Worcester to sharpen their secondaries. I did not watch and Arizona league games, so I am blind in perales! Valera has special stuff!! Really special stuff, but health is a huge developmental factor for him. saw fajardo pitch once. And while the stuff played well, I need to see more innings, I have never seen travieso or Soto or delzine play so I cannot comment. While uberstine, drohan and Mullins have pedestrian stuff, I am confident all three can help in the Boston bullpen in 2026. I would be sad to lose Mullins in the rule 5 draft! (But happy if we could replace him with the Yankees pitcher cohen or Corbin. Something like that. That guy has some exciting stuff for the bullpen!!!) paez and monegro had decent stuff (pre injury) long term development needed on them! the 3 college pitchers are a mystery. I watched Witherspoon battle kade Anderson last year. No shame that Anderson won that game. Important point: Witherspoon is not Tolle! To hang Tolle like expectations on Witherspoon is not fair to Witherspoon. Evanson has two really good pitches. If he develops a third pitch, we may have something special!! Love his demeanor on the mound. He throws it up there and challenges guys to hit it. He could be our next Olive Garden pitcher serving up a lot of meatballs! sandlin is our current Olive Garden out here. Everything this guy throws is fast, but actual straight line, hitters just have to time it up!! Trade bait for sure!!! mcneil??? I saw a lot of Tennessee games and I think the best thing I can say about McNeil is that….. he is the new Clarke!!!

Opening day 2025, we did not have Anthony or Mayer either.

Seems like we have disposed of a bunch of pitchers so far this offseason! I cannot remember an offseason with so many pitchers leaving so early

I guess trading him depends on how soon the nationals have quality prospects coming up from the minors???

Do they really need gore?

Injuries are always the great equalizer. 2025 injuries really gave us fits come the post season. the development of all the young pitchers is going to really help some team separate

But Seattle has some impressive arms coming up through the system???

And yet, he is getting 41mm to pitch in 2026???

Second year in a row that we had some impressive graduates! really hoping we get to see a healthy Valera in 2026. His stuff is extremely amazing

From what I saw with my own eyes , fitts tended to throw the fastball on one plane when his velocity faded. But when he had his velocity, his pitches changed plane and were harder for batters to hit. I always felt he could be a really decent starter if his fastball had more movement! unfortunately, I did not get to see Clarke pitch in 2025, but in 2024, command and control (literally pitch to pitch) were sketchy at best. I am still puzzled why we moved an asset like Fitts for a one year rental in decline

I agree! Hang’em Chaim over valued prospects but had no problem trading veterans.

A couple of writers are predicting that next year alcanterra will have the command and control needed to be a premier pitcher again

The twins are looking for 2 top 50 prospects for Ryan. Is gore really worth 3 top 75 prospects? if I am Seattle, I would be very loathe to part with Anderson!!!

If we resign Bregman, except for a left handed reliever, we may be done for rest of the offseason.

I think this is a pretty fair and accurate assessment of the ceiling and floors! Excellent job! early - I love his stuff! True, he does not have an out pitch, but if he is successful at mixing and matching 3-4 different pitches, he will generate outs and most importantly for bres-slow, strike outs!!! I hope he starts the year at Worcester and works on tightening up the secondaries. tolle - already has an elite major league fastball. The development of his secondary pitches will determine if he is crochet like ace or our next closer. The slider was tremendous in the minors last season, but as he hit the rookie wall in Boston, he lost the sharp break on it. I think he gets the slider working again in 2026! Can he refine the cutter or curve or change up into a legitimate 3rd pitch. If he does, then he will develop into a crochet like ace!!!!

Detroit fans are thinking Bregman is going to sign with either us or them! if Detroit signs Bregman, they will not trade skubal! but why would Bregman sign with Detroit if skubal will likely leave after 1 season???

If the twins expect 2 top 50 prospects for Ryan, I have to think most teams will decline that type trade

Boras will want several opt out years in that contract

I think Campbell’s confidence was bruised badly in 2025. He has the potential to be an above average hitter when he is right. defensively, regardless of position, he’s never going to be better than below average at any position!

I think bres-slow is waiting for the home grown reinforcements to arrive. hang’em Chaim did not use high draft picks on pitching very often !