Baseball Gal

Sox don't have enough pitching IMO. They need everything. Eder and Nastrini aren't as good as Smith-Shawver and Waldrep. Schultz is still 2+ years away.

I don't understand why they're holding guys like Kjerstad and Ortiz when they're blocked. Makes no sense. Also, the Sox might want pitching back for Cease which is why they're more interested in Smith-Shawver and Waldrep.

Hire him, Jerry!

Jerry hacked Ron's account lol

You know my belief about budgets. Not spending money on free agency is a choice, not a necessity. If they want me to believe otherwise, open the damn books and prove it.

I actually think you get a better return with more teams involved rather than limited options and a desperate team. Every year I wonder why trades even happen in the offseason because it only costs money to sign free agents. It always makes more sense to just sign players.

@Y2Jimmy0 Are they deep in talks with the O's? I'd be over the moon if they got Kjerstad and Hall in the package.

This.

Forgot about him for a moment, so yeah him too.

This. I'm expecting everyone other than Moncada and Robert with a significant salary to get traded.

They're never going to get it right. They're cursed. They will go a century without one. It will be 2050, I will be in my 60s or dead and they still won't have a franchise QB. They will get one after we're all dead. Think of how many people lived and died as Cub fans never seeing them win a WS. This is our curse as Bear fans.

Or you could think that none of the QBs in this draft are special. I'm not a Fields fan, he's unclutch and fumbles too much, but I don't think any of the QBs are any better than Fields. I think Fields has a floor of average and he might not get any better than that, but you have to admit he's had two absolute dipshits calling plays for him and still has shown growth. I don't think he's the guy either, but if they start over you're probably gonna get Zach Wilson and that's worse.

presser at 4pm per Ben Pope

He'd have to be the 3rd piece in the deal imo.

I'm not interested in Outman. He's 26 already with very little MLB track record.

I don't think either Williams or Maye are any better than Fields. Fields has been average for 2 years, with insane physical tools. I'd rather not waste one of those picks on a QB when MHJ is there. If they don't take him 1st overall they're not getting him because AZ can't get out of the Murray deal.

It seems they know they're going to suck, so this season is all about "Local Boy Makes Good"

Now waiting for the inevitable Merrifield signing and Moncada for Perez trade. Before you yell at me about the Moncada for Perez thing, Moncada has 1 year at $29M and Perez has 2 years at $44M total so if the Royals save money overall.

Oh I thought his 2025 was guaranteed money. That's where I was confused.

Wait isn't Eloy getting paid $12M in 2024 and 14M in 2025? And then there's a buyout on top of that?

Eloy is a 0 WAR DH that's owed 26M over 2 years. It's not surprising at all he has no market.

It's not surprising there's no market for Eloy or Moncada.

Orlando is now Bartolo's Colonoscopy