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Exactly. The Sox aren’t going to spend any serious coin on another outfielder because B. Montgomery is waiting in the wings.

Yikes.

No way Braden doesn't get held back until the cut off date....that would be malpractice considering his lack of playing time at AA/AAA.

How does that make sense when the report earlier today or yesterday was that the Marlins were offering mid teens for one year? Someone's way off in their reporting.

Stopgap moves are actually encouraging if you’re looking for a vote of confidence in him. I ain’t mad.

Per Ken Rosenthal:

"The Padres are in agreement with Michael King on a three-year contract, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. The deal includes opt-outs after each of the first two seasons. It’s a $75MM guarantee, Feinsand adds. King receives a $12MM signing bonus and a $5MM salary for the 2026 season. He’ll decide on a $28MM player option or $5MM buyout next winter and would have a $30MM player option for 2028 if he doesn’t opt out." mlbtraderumors Talk about creative book-keeping here. $28 and $30 million deals might kill the Padres in 2027-28.

Pretty sure rushing the kid to the majors won't help that.

Agreed, but the OF will have to be cheap. $5 million or less. I’m not surprised they have talked to Conforto.

Odunze and Burden both ruled out.

https://yanksgoyard.com/yankees-international-prospect-crisis-just-took-a-brutal-turn-if-rumors-are-true Sounds like Yankees intl. scouting shop was a complete mess. Rodriguez chose the relative sanity/stability of the White Sox (until at least 2029.) https://risingapple.com/ny-mets-humiliate-yankees-shoplift-top-international-prospect-wandy-asigen&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwip2KyQz8iRAxVrDzQIHXgjJBoQFnoECAcQAg&usg=AOvVaw34QRKdblOLfDFyUiSR727I "At 16, it’s ridiculously premature to declare this a major victory for the Mets as easily as it is an embarrassment for the Yankees. Any other team losing the second ranked international prospect to the Mets wouldn’t be as much of a story. Going to the Mets, a day after Luke Weaver, to a team that has already stacked itself with ex-Yankees players and coaches, makes it a twist a uniquely Big Apple story at the moment " Fwiw, Mets' last big intl. success was SS Jose Reyes ages ago...1999 signing.

In all honesty, this probably is just insurance in the event they move Robert. This kid cost nothing but an immaterial amount of money and has options. I don’t think this prevents us from adding a corner OF.

Jul 11, 2021 · "So Rays scout Mario Gonzalez, father of Red Sox multi-positional player Marwin Gonzalez, signed Márquez for $200,000. Days later, the Rockies ..." Nope. But had to have been aware, peripherally involved.

My thing is I don’t want to watch them go 5-21 again next April. What I really want is for them to sign one more mlb outfielder.

The German Marquez talk in a different thread had me wondering if Rodriguez had any involvement in his signing as an amateur.

And even if he does, send him down.

Well, 90-95% are positive about Carlos Rodriguez, at least. Maybe it's a carry over effect from winning the #1 pick. Most popular, least questioned Sox decision in quite some time. Just wondering why it didn't happen 2+ years ago.

Probably both. He gets the better job title but also gets to stick in his own niche and work on what he is proficient at.

Sure, he could. But this team isn’t close enough to competing to burn a year of control on one of our top prospects.

That would be a very stupid decision. And it isn’t happening.

I am just saying, he’ll outplay these guys in the Spring. Cuz they bad.

If they are going to rush him, at least wait long enough for the extra year of control...

These moves prove he won't. They are hording bad OFs.

Definitely seems like the international side is his specialty. Wonder if he was drawn more by the AGM title or maybe the opportunity to expand his responsibilities/experience beyond that.