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I agree but he does have a true weapon

Wasn't Uncle Sato in the Karate Kid 2 ?

Damn, East St. Louis I know back in the day was unbeatable. Not sure Rice can play with those guys. And the potential final very difficult with a young QB.

We are aware there is risk involved as there is in every player you sign and multiple reason for doing it. Most of the pitchers in free agency have age, durability or injury risks. What are you going to do? Punting is the other sport.

LaCombe is 100% not getting picked.

Mahle or Holmes plus tier below Skubal guys Peralta, Gray, King, Trevor Rogers Nick Martinez, maybe Mize. No idea if Woodruff can actually still be a starting pitcher but might be worth a flyer depending on who else wants him. I Guess Michael Soroka belongs here too. Probably forgetting someone since I had to add Rogers , Soroka and Woodruff since I 1st posted this. Also Kay, Cannon, Hudson, Bart, Chris Murphy, Acuna, Graham Pauley are all out of minor league options and a few will likely be non tendered around the November 20th deadline Most likely Bart because he's owed too much and Murphy. Maybe Leasure too but he still has an option but is projected to make $1M while he recovers from TJS. So dates to look at. Nov 20th to see who the Sox and other non tenders are. Dec. 1st. Kaira signing deadline and Dec. 2nd, lockout day. Between Taylor, Fedde, Trevor Richards and Newcomb that's 250ish innings and 4 multi innings relief guys lost from the BP. So Getz has his work cut out for him and said the BP is 3rd or 4th on his To-Do list.

You quoted me before I edited it where I said his FIP was good and he had a velo jump of 1.5 in 2026. You didn't have to point out his downside to me because I already did that "or an injury filled year" as the alternative to hitting a sweet spot of improvement. Also I'm well aware he doesn't hit 100 MPH any more. He's had too many arm injuries for that and considering what else he's gone through it's surprising he even came back and had 2 straight decent years. And also yes for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction so I guess you the yang to my yin.

Sox will never get anywhere if they give up on guys like Colson at this point. He can defend and he can hit homers. If he improves contact, he's elite. As is, he was 2.8 fWAR. Yea it may be fluffed a bit. It's still pretty good, despite a big flaw. A lot; probably the Yankees don't have what we need or won't trade it. Lombard won't cut it.

Getz first trade for a starting pitcher sucked. Just spend some fucking money for once. Get at least 2 starters in free agency. I would love King. Plus add a 2nd veteran starter like Gausman or Holmes.....2 year deals for either of those guys should absolutely be doable.

They make that Bonemer trade and they're all the way back to the 22nd-25th farm system in mlb again... Meawhile DET CLE MIN all Top 10

His slider is a carrying tool.

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I would trade Carlson in a second. He’s completely replaceable. Trade him before teams realize he has the pop of Madrigal. But with free agent prices like this, I would see if Schultz can improve and I wouldn’t consider trading Bonemer at all due to his power potential. That would be worse than giving up on the power potential of a guy like Boston Smith for an expensive old bum starter.

and that could be underestimating by 5-10% based on the Bauers expectations being in the low $50s

Rasmussen will cost about the same as Detmers due to limited control... Carlson/Schultz/??? etc. OR Bonemer

Completely reasonable deals considering the Sox payroll, but I agree that it won’t happen. The money that is spent will likely be on B and C tier free agents.

Will’s prediction: Padres (four years, $104 million) Nick’s prediction: Padres (four years, $100 million)

Too many big market teams are after him and Padres quite simply have to get him Skubal or Peralta for their fanbase Mets have to make a big splash Blue Jays can't afford to go backwards

There’s no excuse for not being able to sign King or any of the guys you named outside of Skubal, but I’m not holding my breath. I think Getz avoids the free agent prices on starters and tries to trade for one, not that I think that’s the right strategy.

SI2027 Top 40 MLB Free Agents Big Board: Player Rankings, S...The 2027 free agency class is notable for a few reasons, and not necessarily ones that reflect well on the group as a whole. There’s the big name at the top—twoanyone interested in #19-27 for Sox??? that's the tier they will be shopping in below Rogers Holmes Taira remember Sunny Gray will be at 37 and rapidly aging considering there might not even be an Opening Day

Fair and agree. He was so bad for Milwaukee I forgot that trade ever happened. I was thinking he finished out a meaningless low 4’s ERA season with St Louis. We are already going to waste a bunch of $ on a backend arm in Castillo, May would just add to that problem

then Clay Holmes back to Cubs in $40-50 million range and Taira's predictions Will’s prediction: Giants (three years, $36 million) Nick’s prediction: White Sox (three years, $51 million)

Then you basically have Skubal King Peralta Rogers Taira...not a long list most wouldn't put Mahle on it despite post trade deadline results Rogers SI projection Will’s prediction: White Sox (four years, $84 million) Nick’s prediction: Nationals (four years, $92 million)

I don’t even think he’s #3 quality. I’d rather see what the other younger guys you mentioned can do than throw any money at May. Any money going toward a FA starter should go to a true #1 or #2 quality pitcher. We’ll see if it happens…

Mehh May is a solid #3/4 innings eater, but we already have plenty of arms to fill the back of the rotation. Gotta go after top of the rotation starters that we can go into a big playoff game with confidence in. Burke, Taylor, Castillo, Kay, Martin, Schultz, Thorpe, Sandlin, McDougal….depth isn’t the issue, go after the big fish please