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I didn’t realize we had three outfielders out — specifically that Michael A. Taylor has been undergoing scans due to some elbow inflammation. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/al-notes-slater-garcia-canterino.html Oblique injuries take a while to get better and who knows what is up with Taylor? If these guys all hit the DL, perhaps they go with Fletcher, Robert, and Tauchman in the outfield. Hopefully the Mets can’t find a taker for Starling Marte and we can nab Canario as an extra corner OF. Drury makes the team primarily as an infielder but can back up a corner OF position in a pinch.

I still fear him getting injured before Getz gets a chance to trade him.

The Mets are apparently looking to trade OF Starling Marte to dump his salary, which would potentially open up an opening day roster spot for Canario. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/mets-trade-rumors-royals-starling-marte.html

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Go ahead. I just think he aged out a bit. If it was 2-3 years when Cali wanted him initially, I think it would’ve made more sense. But honestly, if the Sox incur any more outfield injuries they may wish they had him.

I didn’t want him. He’s already older than our internal options (Colas and Fletcher). I’d trade for a 24 year old outfielder however.

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No, your statement was fair. I was reading it as you saying they had a ton of solid/proven options.

JR isn’t done yet feeding on Sox fans’ souls. It’s adding to his years left.

Be careful what you wish for, the grass isn’t always greener, or whatever other idiom you want to use don’t apply when you already have one of the worst owners in not one sport, not two. 🤣

It’s so bad and silty, even hell can’t use it as it’s foundation. The Devil decided that it would cost too much to build on so he looked elsewhere.

Okay, so they are “spoiled for choices in the infield” but mostly with guys who aren't yet currently proven MLB quality infielders or are has-been’s.

I was just curious as to which players you were referring to for each position.

The only way it could be worse is if while attending a Sox game, The Rate collapsed into hell and you were forced to watch this team play with TLR as manager and Grifol as his bench coach, while being burned for eternity by the flames of hell.

You think that Getz would realize this by now considering he DFA both DeLoach and Amaya and was able to retain one and reclaim the other since he was put back on waivers again. If you have multiple guys that can be DFA, not claimed, or were DFA a second time so you can reclaim them, you definitely have players you can dump from your roster for other players. 🤣

They could have DFA’ed a number of bad players. It didn’t have to be Colas. Owen White for one, and he is already a serious rehab project.

So why wouldn’t adding and playing additional prospects make sense instead of playing veterans that won’t be here in a year and won’t be traded for squat?

Can you please list these players out at each of the 3 infield positions?

Totally agree with you on your last paragraph. The problem is that we aren’t privy to all the information on each and every player/prospect that Getz signs or trades for so we aren’t basing our opinions on players with the same information and data as Getz and his team have. They should have more knowledge of all of these players so we should be wrong more often than them. Also, results matter. Whether we like a trade or not from the start, if none of the players acquired turn into productive major leaguers, the trade is more than likely a failure. Especially if people are expecting this rebuild to produce results in 3+ years.

Did he do that with the Phoenix Suns?

Will be interesting to see what the Mets end up doing with him. Sounds like it’s down to him and Starling Marte for one opening day roster spot. “Mets have 'decision to make' on new outfielder Alexander Canario”

No, that would be crazy. Obviously he would get the same shot as every other young player and performance would matter. Regardless, is Slater going to be around for the next 6 seasons? But I would love to see Getz nab Canario or any other interesting young player that gets cut loose before the season starts, even if they require a roster spot. The Sox have bad players on their roster that they can afford to cut.

Why are you comparing two acquisitions in which when one (Fletcher) cost a prospect and one (Canario) only cost cash considerations? Your scenario does not match the reality of what happened. If Canario were to fail, he only cost cash considerations, a 40-man roster spot, and some at bats, and the Sox have enough junk on their 40-man that they could have made room for him. If Meidroth is a bust, are you going to tell yourself that he wasn’t a bad trade target just because you thought he was a good one? That’s not how it works. Getz and his team have way more access to data on players than we do and it’s their job to pick the right ones, not yours or mine. It’s not like I said I’d move to another city if Fletcher is a bust. That would make no sense. Jerry isn’t paying me to be the Sox GM. He gifted the job to Getz. The onus is on him, not me. Many people also liked the Santos trade and now it looks pretty mediocre. You have been defending Slater’s acquisition this offseason — like I asked earlier, what does he really do for this team with where it is at? You said 2 potential wins. Well, if the Tauchman and Slater platoon end up winning the Sox 2 games in a 100 loss season, the only guy who will ultimately care and remember those meaningless wins is probably Greg, cuz of course — “just win baby!”