WestEddy

Cocaine's a hellova drug.

Actually, if he signs in America, it IS imminent. Can't go too much longer.

I'm guessing that Chris Getz has pulled JR and Ishbia into a room and has told them what they're doing.

Good luck, buddy. Alexander Canario Signs With NPB's Seibu Lions - MLB Trade Rumors

Well, Happy New Year's guys, and go easy on the sake when they announce Imai.

I feel the same way about Murakami. Everybody has their work cut out for them, there. You declared that some of us can't understand how embarrassing Smith being the Sox's All-Star representative was, because he was "their 41st best guy". Vinny Capra and Oliver Dunn were on the Brewers' 40-man at the time Smith was selected. That says to me that you're prepared to argue nth degree nonsense to dig in and proclaim the Sox will be as bad as anyone can imagine in any given year, and we should all feel embarrassed, because reasons. The Brewers made an understandable decision on who to protect, and the Sox capitalized. Go ahead and feel shame. That's all lost on me. For two months after the TDL in 2025, the Sox played at a 70-win pace over 162. I know you want to include the record of a team that was up to 12 different guys on opening day than what finished the season on the team. The Sox's Pythagorean was 71-91, so assuming the guys that finished on the major league squad could win 70 games isn't unreasonable. (go ahead, pretend to be laughing) I don't think it's a stretch to believe that replacing Vaughn/Elko/Noda with Murakami, replacing Benintendi's defense with anybody more capable, getting a full season of Montgomery over Amaya/Capra (regardless of how good you think Capra is), and replacing Bryce Wilson/Jonathan Cannon with Key and Newcomb, along with any wish-casted growth from Baldwin/Vargas/Meidroth/Teel/Quero/Robert (returning any bit to form) - could result in adding about 5+ wins to that 70-71 win base that I feel is completely supported. That's 5 situations on this team where there's really no argument they could pick up a win from each. If they also add Imai and any kind of closer (screw it, Kopech), that shores up the rotation and bullpen by pushing everybody back a slot, that could result in wins. At that point, you're pushing towards the upper 70's/80 in wins. You can either show your math how you *know* that won't happen, or pretend to be laughing, whatever. If the team clicks, Monty/Teel/Vargas/others begin to play towards their ceilings, that could push this team over .500. If everybody went nuts and the division stagnated, you have a "competitive" team.

Yah, that guy. He's probably on the level of Kay, maybe a cut above, and key attribute, cheap.

With all your "Vinny Capra and Oliver Dunn are better than Shane Smith" gibberish, I really wasn't on the edge of my seat wondering which Sox signings would impress you. Maybe that's why you think signing Murakami is funny, because Vinny Capra is your idea of an All-Star.

Wow, internet guy pretends to laugh at me. My dreams are dust. Perhaps you should read a little closer. Yes, they've made additions. They added Oliver Dunn, who, BTW, was also on the Brewers' 40-man roster when they didn't protect Shane Smith for the Rule 5 draft, so I guess I should be embarrassed over that, too. You argued that everybody the Brewers protected at the end of 2024 was "better" than Shane Smith, so I guess we just picked up another All-Star, huh?

Sounds like you just explained it. There's another starter lower down the list that Caulfield would have popped in and posted 6 unrelated paragraphs about - it wouldn't surprise me if they went and got *that* guy instead. But yeah, maybe there's a wrinkle in the matrix this off-season, and teams just got skittish in a way the Sox don't have to be.

Looking at FanGraphs, he seems to be a bit below average the last 3 years.

Yeah, a Kelenic/Pereira platoon may hold RF, and Baldwin plays LF, or vice versa.

Work him out with Fuller, play the s%*# out of Kelenic in Spring Training, and maybe he makes the team. But yeah, 10-D is a league average hitter. Kelenic is a little better than you and me at this point.

Yeah, what you stated was perfectly reasonable. I think with the additions they've made, they're already somewhere above 75 wins. If they add Imai and keep Robert, getting above .500 wouldn't surprise me, and a couple rookies breaking out could push them into contention.

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He appears to be saying he believes the Sox are trying to tie up a long-term deal.

I understand that you're talking about sending money in general, but another thing hit me about Robert. Once you trade him, you lose all control over where he winds up. Trade him and $10M to the Reds for a guy who's already opening his own car wash business, and when the Reds are quite out of it in June, they trade him to the Royals, and now the Sox are paying him to play for the Royals, and he comes back around and kills us for a year and a half.

I think Tanner Murray makes Mead and Ramos superfluous. Dude has options and plays all 3 positions well.

There was a guy who wrote for FutureSox about 10 years ago. He wrote a scathing column about how there's just too much information available to the average fan, and they don't know how to process it. Minor league free agency, low level depth trades, Rule 5 protection, once this information became widely available in the internet, people would start screaming over every move. Not protecting Jordan Guerrero from a Rule 5 draft (he was never drafted) or sending Jake Peter to the Dodgers in a 3-way for Joachim Soria caused "is this a sauce or condiment" level melees on forums. Guys who never did or would do anything suddenly became very important depth pieces that never should have been moved. I think this carries on today. Every single quote gets parsed, and we all must feel embarrassed by it. That's some malarkey.

Maybe because entertaining a trade of Robert isn't about the money? If they didn't want to pay him, they could have just let him walk. They have no better options for CF right now, either in AA/AAA or even on the free agent market. It seems like he's their 2026 CF until he isn't. The Reds are in their competitive window. If they want to piddle around over a post-hype prospect and two TJS dudes, then they can enjoy another first round sweep, if they even make the playoffs again.

To be fair, I'd wait for Getz to utter Hahn's nonsense before attributing it to him. Getz seems to have his own, personal form of gibberish that doesn't exhibit a fondness for just being in the room.