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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

Also, why would you make his name so damn small? Not everyone knows who the hell the Sox manager is. This was probably done by a $60K salary right out of college.

They should phrase this better. Makes it look like "will" is an auxiliary verb as in "Will will set the tone". I don't know why multi-billion dollar corporations hire illiterate people to do their communications. Or every single newspaper.

I was at the game where Trayce walked one off for the Sox...good times. I did not realize he had retired.

Multiple executives expected Bauers to accept the $23.15 million qualifying offer from the Brewers -- more than nine times what he made in 2026 -- but Boston swooped in and locked him up with the first long-term deal of his career. Because the deal went for more than $50 million and the Brewers are revenue-sharing recipients, they will receive a compensatory draft pick between the end of the first round and competitive balance round A. espn.com

The defensive metrics completely fell apart after the first 2-3 months of that particular experiment.

Sure but Skubal has a much better secondary offering. And the biggest problem will be sustaining his outings through innings 4/5/6...durability will be a significant concern based on the month of Sept and playoff results.

Chiefs moving across state lines to Wyandotte County KS.

Even Taira's likely getting $50-75 million depending on contract length... More likely guys like May and Woodruff on speculative contracts...or Korean based former big leaguers/drafted.

buy high high high lol big no no so much for Romy/T.Casas https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/from-journeyman-to-58m-jake-bauers-heads-to-boston-in-smart-move-for-red-sox-214351919.html https://www.si.com/mlb/red-sox/red-sox-bet-jake-bauers-breakout-season-was-no-fluke-hot-stove-takes Ty France just went up in value...

otoh guys like Walker Buehler nowhere close to the pitcher he was pre injury...which was Top Ten in the majors May also hasn't been anywhere close his velo also down 2-3 mph from peak

Getz always gets his man

Dick Tharp Field in Normal. They were the #1 seed in 7A with a still undefeated record. But it doesn’t look like they played any really good teams... https://www.maxpreps.com/il/normal/normal-community-ironmen/football/schedule/ I think BR will take care of them, but the true test would be next week because they would likely have to face East St. Louis. Downers Grove North took out St. Rita last week so there’s no chance at a rematch of last year’s championship game, but I wouldn’t mind seeing a BR / DGN championship game.

Why? He was terrible in Birmingham last year, and he doesn't have any big crazy tool that would make him a fixer upper.

Well seems like they might go for pitching in the 2nd year after their TJ recovery. Sometimes that's a sweet spot for a big improvement or an injury filled year. I don't have anything to back that up but with with so many pitchers having TJS there's plenty out there who have improved and become very good pitchers

I can't understand why Boston would give him that type of contract.

Interesting, you don’t think LaCombe gets protected?