Larry Cook

Starting pitching on the 40 man roster: 1.) Houk (age 28) right handed. 2.) bello (age 25) right handed. 3.) QO (nov 19) pivetta (age 31) right handed. 4.) Crawford (age 28) right handed. 5.) giolito (age 30) right handed. 6.) Criswell (age 28) right handed. 7.) fits (age 24) right handed. 8.) preister (age 24) right handed. 9.) winkleman (age 22) right handed. 10.) mata (age 25) right handed. 11.) perales (age 21) right handed. Very young and very right handed.

The Red Sox already have a vast collection of #3 and #4 type pitchers !!!!

Abreau, Hamilton and criswell for crochet

If he lands fried, then he has improved the team.

It looks like bres-slow is going all in on fried!! That is what Atlanta radio guys are saying based on their sources

First move is a QO to pivetta. Is our team improved

Would pivetta use this QO to negotiate a multi year deal??? Three years seems like an eternity to sign him. He serves up more meatballs than Olive Garden!!!! his biggest injury risk is whip lash from wanting all the taters he serves up leave the stadiums This move hurts us for the 2025 playoffs if he accepts

Ouch!!! On what team???

O’Neil needs to move along. 150 strikeouts and he only drives in runs with taters.

Two bullpen arms are badly needed. One lefty and one righty. Stash some arms at Worcester so when guys get dead arms, we have fresh arms waiting

Is this our big offseason move to improve the rotation???

We gave pivetta a QO??? What is the strategy I wonder ? Is this bres-slow’s idea of aggressive and decisive???

Thank you Kansas City!!!

Campbell and cespedes are both future 2nd basemen.

The outfield has left handed batter Duran in left field. Defense is average plus. Had a great year offensively. Speed to burn. 4 more years of control! Is he a core member of our team going forward or is he a one year wonder? Right handed batter rafeala in centerfield. Defense is above average. Has a lot to work on offensively and chasing bad pitches. Above average speed. Signed a long term contract earlier this year. will the bat improve if he plays one position in 2025? left handed batter abreau in right field. Defense is above average. Had a decent year with the bat, but huge splits and should sit versus lefties. Average speed. 5 years of control. Is he an ascending player or trade bait? right handed bat refsynder. Below average to decent defender. Had a decent year with the bat. Huge splits, hits lefties well! Below average to decent speed. Will he retire or play out the contract? The elephant in the room is left handed bat Anthony! Defense is average. The bat had the potential to be outstanding. Speed is average plus. Only 20 years old! Does he start the year in Worcester ???? Outfield looks to be positioned well for the next 5 years with Montgomery and Gracia in the pipeline!

It does seem like a couple of quality pitchers these past two years, might have gotten us to the playoffs, but cost us teel and Montgomery

At the start of free agency we have the following starting pitchers on the 40 man roster sp1 - Houk. sp2 - bello sp3 - giolito sp4 - crawford sp5 - Criswell sp6 - fitts sp7 - Priester sp8 - winkleman sp9 - mata sp10 - perales I see us needing a sp1 and sp2 in order to move to make the playoffs in 2025. My first choice is free agent fried. But maybe he is too expensive for us. I believe we acquire the other starter via the trade route, but understand we have to give quality to get quality

Is walker beuhler worth purposing in free agency

Dude, I live in Alabama as well!!! I am in Trussville. Where are you ?

How many of our prospects would hang’em Chaim be interested in trading for??

His long swing should be trouble, but he makes a lot of contact. I have Anthony, Campbell, teel and Mayer in my big four. but we have a potentially awesome big 4 (part two) Montgomery, arias, cespedes and either blies or Garcia or meidroth

Is grandal an improvement over Jansen

Who are the 10 most valuable trade chips we have in the organization????

is cassas our starting 1st baseman in 2025

Bres-slow has a ton of options to get us the pitching we need and to improve our defense