Jackie Bradley Jr

[Buehrle>Wood 618]

"one American League Central team putting the 30-year-old at the top of its free agent wish-list."

https://www.radio.com/weei/sports/red-sox/source-red-sox-have-reached-out-to-jackie-bradley-jr

It's the Sox, right?

 

[Orlando 1,355]

7 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

"one American League Central team putting the 30-year-old at the top of its free agent wish-list."

https://www.radio.com/weei/sports/red-sox/source-red-sox-have-reached-out-to-jackie-bradley-jr

It's the Sox, right?

 

Could be the Twins who are looking to non tender Rosario but it probably is the Sox

[Cashman 72]

I am  gonna guess the Indians, so they can flip him at the deadline.

[Chicago White Sox 5,612]

Was Stone suggesting anything with this tweet?

 

[manbearpuig 1,384]

23 minutes ago, Cashman said:

I am  gonna guess the Indians, so they can flip him at the deadline.

You can say that about Royals and Tigers as well.

[fathom 5,551]

Have a feeling he would prefer to play CF in Houston than RF for the Sox.

[Chicago White Sox 5,612]

10 minutes ago, fathom said:

Have a feeling he would prefer to play CF in Houston than RF for the Sox.

Won’t he just care about the money?

[ChiSox59 2,359]

52 minutes ago, Orlando said:

Could be the Twins who are looking to non tender Rosario but it probably is the Sox

If the Twins non tender Rosario, it’s to make room for Kirilloff. Not to sign JBJ.

[iWiN4PreP 496]

Is JAckie Bradley Jr. good? 

I know there's been positives and negatives for him

i could see a situation where he'd be great for us and exactly what we need, but i can also see the opposite

it isn't a very sexy 'get' 

[Tnetennba 1,445]

If he came cheaply on a short term deal, he's not a bad veteran pickup to stick in RF and bat 8th.

[ShoeLessRob 182]

No thanks.

[Chicago White Sox 5,612]

1 minute ago, maloney.adam said:

No thanks. I have this feeling they will stick with Mazara for one more season due to the COVID situation. I don’t believe for one second that JR will open his wallet up for a Springer or even a Pederson. You your setting yourself up for disappointment if you think that.

Why not a Pederson?  He probably won’t get more than like 1/$10M if that.

[Dominikk85 395]

He is a good fielder but can't really hit that well. I don't see why the Sox need that. Having a glove first CF is ok if you have two corners who can mash but the Sox have robert who can field well AND has offensive upside.

The Sox also have a good glove guy who can't hit in engel. Granted bradley is not as bad with the stick as engel (only slightly below average instead of very bad) but with Robert and engel the sox don't really need a 95 wrc+ CF which is not terrible but a downgrade.

The Sox don't need more playing time blockers like EE and mazara this year, if you get one get a real upgrade or let the young guys play.

[Orlando 1,355]

5 hours ago, maloney.adam said:

No thanks. I have this feeling they will stick with Mazara for one more season due to the COVID situation. I don’t believe for one second that JR will open his wallet up for a Springer or even a Pederson. Your setting yourself up for disappointment if you think that.

I’m confused, you would rather just stick with Mazara than signing an average to good player like Bradley? You say “no thanks” like it’s a bad idea but then say Springer and Pederson are off the table. This is the attitude people had about Ozuna last year. Everyone was saying “no thanks” but look where we ended up. If Jerry isn’t going to spend much, Bradley is a good get. His defense alone makes him more valuable than Mazara and his lefty bat makes him better than Engel.

Edited November 8, 2020 by Orlando

[Orlando 1,355]

1 minute ago, Dominikk85 said:

He is a good fielder but can't really hit that well. I don't see why the Sox need that. Having a glove first CF is ok if you have two corners who can mash but the Sox have robert who can field well AND has offensive upside.

The Sox also have a good glove guy who can't hit in engel. Granted bradley is not as bad with the stick as engel (only slightly below average instead of very bad) but with Robert and engel the sox don't really need a 95 wrc+ CF which is not terrible but a downgrade.

The Sox don't need more playing time blockers like EE and mazara this year, if you get one get a real upgrade or let the young guys play.

We are beyond letting the young guys play. Who exactly would Bradley be blocking that the Sox are developing? The answer is no one.

[Orlando 1,355]

Bradley was worth close to 2 War last year. He had 7 bombs and a .283 average.

[SoCalChiSox 333]

17 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Why not a Pederson?  He probably won’t get more than like 1/$10M if that.

Pederson would be ideal.

[Chicago White Sox 5,612]

12 minutes ago, maloney.adam said:

I agree, that’s a bargain but we’re talking about JR here. Hopefully TLR convinces him to open up his wallet to improve the team.

I don’t follow.  The free agents we signed last offseason combined for like $60M in salary for the 2020 season alone.

[Chicago White Sox 5,612]

13 minutes ago, Orlando said:

Bradley was worth close to 2 War last year. He had 7 bombs and a .283 average.

It was also a total outlier season with the bat for him.  He’d be better than Mazara, I’d still rather roll the dice on Pederson if we’re playing in this price range.

[Chicago White Sox 5,612]

9 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said:

Pederson would be ideal.

Seems to make a ton of sense if you’re unwilling to pony up for Springer.

[fathom 5,551]

Just now, maloney.adam said:

Pederson won’t get more than like 1/$10M 

I don’t think a platoon corner outfielder gets that much this offseason 

[Orlando 1,355]

20 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

It was also a total outlier season with the bat for him.  He’d be better than Mazara, I’d still rather roll the dice on Pederson if we’re playing in this price range.

I agree but if the options are a Bradley type or go with what we have, I’m taking Bradley happily. If the Sox spend on pitching and go with Bradley in RF I’m good 

[SoCalChiSox 333]

25 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Seems to make a ton of sense if you’re unwilling to pony up for Springer.

And RH has been trying to acquire him for awhile now. Of course, if LaRussa has other ideas for that OF spot and Hahns opinions don't matter anymore even though he put together this whole team then all bets are off. 

 

[Chicago White Sox 5,612]

17 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said:

And RH has been trying to acquire him for awhile now. Of course, if LaRussa has other ideas for that OF spot and Hahns opinions don't matter anymore even though he put together this whole team then all bets are off. 

 

Yup, that’s the big wild card.

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside 2,099]

3 hours ago, SoCalChiSox said:

Pederson would be ideal.

Adequate  not ideal.