WestEddy

Maybe Fuller or the bench coach knows or noticed something about his swing that can be corrected. Otherwise, I would think they have shortstop covered between Meidroth, Baldwin, Sosa, Rojas and Tristan Gray in AAA.

There was an open 40-man spot, so no corresponding move is needed there. However, he's out of options, so I'm guessing he bounces Amaya.

For a team in the first phase of their rebuild, they have no depth issue, regardless of whether you "give them credit" or not. Their depth exists. Bryce Wilson had 3 productive seasons, 2 of them directly preceding 2025. He's a fine swing-man.

None of that has anything to do with my comment. A weird, hidden benefit to signing a pitcher is that they actually pitch some games for your team. Trade value is an added bonus.

Actually, 4 Tommy John surgeries and Perez' injury resulted in the guy they promised a shot at starting - starting games. So that's 5 injuries, and 2 guys in AAA not being able to throw strikes, if we're going to get technical. And even with that, they still have 3 guys on the 26-man with starting experience behind Bryce Wilson, 2 other guys at AAA who might get starts in the bigs, and Jesse Scholtens may even be back by the middle of June. So, yeah, they had and have depth.

Actually, it isn't hard. He pitched well. Please try to follow the conversation.

They signed Martín Pérez to a big league deal, he wasn't awful. The Sox had starting pitching depth. Not everybody is the Dodgers with 11 FA starting pitchers on the IL.

Martín Pérez wasn't.

Again, just spit-balling options.

Right now, it's looking like various shades of nothing, or at best, an exchange of projects. If he does the "one year rebound" with the Sox, you still have the chance to trade him at the 2026 TDL.

Just spit-balling the options. If Robert kills his TDL value, but rakes the last two months of the season, he may feel he's worth much more than 2/40.

Weird, Google AI gave me the opposite answer. I appealed to the AI engine's ego by calling it a wise, handsome AI engine, so maybe it just gave me the answer I wanted.

Yes they can. And if this really is what he is, and the QO tanks his value, they can resign him at a cheaper $10M, or whatnot.

They could keep him, buy out his option, offer him a QA, and when he signs somewhere, the draft pick will probably be worth more than anything they get for him.

Could just be me, but I would think a player would be happier making much more money in the bigs and accruing service time while holding down a spot on an up-and-coming team. I don't think baseball players have the same attitudes as keyboard warriors.