Rusty_Kuntz

Drafting pitching high is too risky for an org like the Sox. Buy pitching when the hitting is ready. Hopefully Ishbia is ready to fully invest by then.

They should have a very competitive lineup and hopefully will be much improved in the bullpen. But they really lack starting pitching. If they could get to 70 wins I think that would be a huge step in the right direction and might generate some actual investment for 27 or whenever the strike is over.

Saw Bonemer paly live in low A last may and immediately did a little write up on him here. He looks the part, was very impressed with his athleticism, build, and his swing. Big fan, glad to see he's moving up and steady improving.

Obviously depends on what is offered, but I think I'd rather keep both for now. If you have to trade one, Quero for sure. Teel can play all games at either C or DH against right handers and occasionally against lefties, Quero catches about half the games and can occasionally DH against lefties. You want Teel's bat for 140-150 games, he has 850 ops potential. Would rather keep both fresh. That changes if they get a legit DH but I don't really see that happening. Plus Quero was a rookie last year and has plenty of room to grow as a hitter. No reason he can't be in the upper 700s ops imo.

I like Alonso simply to put a RH power bat in the middle of the lineup between Teel and Colson probably. But as far as being better next year it would be Tucker or Schwarber. Maybe Suarez but I'd rather add power than a pitcher. As someone mentioned, Naylor and Gallen for roughly the same price would probably be the best.

I'm not a fan of them trading Quero unless they can get a top 100 type guy for him, which probably isn't happening in this prospect hugging climate. Teel was not great against lefties, but more than that I don't want Teel catching 125+ games at this stage. His bat is more important than his catching at this stage. Quero is a solid player especially against LH pitching, and the Sox probably aren't going to have a dedicated DH or bench players who are better hitters than either of them, so let Teel catch 90 games and DH 60 games, and let Quero catch 60 games and DH 50-60 games. Quero is also still very young and could easily become a ,770 OPS guy.

If it's based just on how the MLB club did, D/D-. A very bad year redeemed only some sporadic but much improved play over the last 2.5 months. This, though, takes into account lots of things that aren't under Getz's control. If it's on how his changes/decisions affected the organization, I'd say better. Shane Smith, Meidroth, Vargas, Teel, Vasil, Tauchman, Perez, Houser were all solid to good at the MLB level. Bonemer looks like a really good pick right now. Antonacci, Bergolla, Montgomery, and several others looked good as well in MiLB. Obvious Hagen was up and down and that is a major piece that needs to work out. But not a flop yet, at all. I'd give him a C+ in that regard.

I think they may have already ruled him out as a starter. Per a few people on here his mechanics won't stand up to a starters' workload. I really don't know. Point was that I don't want the Sox to spend much money on a closer until they are more competitive.

He wanted to start when the Sox moved him to the bullpen as well. Point being, I don't think they see him as a starter, and I think several people have pointed to his mechanics as the reason. If they want to give the chance, great. But I don't think that is happening. Either way, I don't want them spending money on a high-priced FA closer.

Let Vasil and Taylor fight it out for closer, spend money SP, OF, 1B or some combination.

Guessing that was a hit and run with Meidroth.

Home plate ump is brutal.

I was at that game. Sunday game the day after Anderson got knocked out by Ramirez.

Lol Benintendi.

He's basically right at his career median, just (kinda predictably) got a new team bump and is now reverting to the mean. Vaughn has been the same player his entire career, a mid hitter 15-20 HR OPS somewhere around 700 who offers nothing past his bat. Will be the same this year.

Korey Lee is probably the 3rd or 4th best bullpen arm the Sox have right now. Kidding not kidding.

As always it depends what you get for him. I'd rather keep him and see what happens next year than trade him for some mid 45 rated guy personally, but I get why others would disagree.

Good timing on my part! 😀

Not sure why they haven't moved Bonemer up.

He has improved a great deal. When he first came up seemed overwhelmed to me, had a huge and ineffiicient swing with a big loop. He's shortened his swing a bunch, become a great two strike hitter, and has good power. If he keeps improving, esp pitch selection, I think he can be a .780-.800 OPS guy, which plays even with a mediocre glove (at least for the next couple year on this team). Should be an everyday player between DH, 1B, 2B next year unless the Sox's free agent philosophy changes drastically.

I think they were saying they are planning on picking up his option, not that he was for sure going to be on the roster next April.

Cubs grabbed another reliever too in addition to Soroka.

He is clearly too good for AAA. Don't think he's a first baseman at all, and I'm not sure he's an everyday player at a single position on a decent team. Even on this team, if they dump Rojas and Capra, he's a 2B who will split time with Sosa and maybe get some reps at SS, but there really isn't any reason not to play Meidroth everyday there. I don't think he's a CF, so maybe also gives Benintendi a break against lefties. But doubtful he could play enough at one position.

Did he look like he stood a chance in any of those at bats to you? Also made a really bad error, and body language was terrible. Again, I'd prefer they kept him up for awhile. He seems to have at least a shot to be more than a AAAA player. But he didn't look right imo.

No doubt, but I think you can make the argument that they saw Baldwin was really struggling mentally and didn't want to ruin his confidence. That said I would still prefer they let him work through it. Capra obviously shouldn't be anywhere near an MLB roster but no one cares if he's struggling or not on a 100+ loss team.