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In hindsight, yes. But at the time of the Sale trade, Kopech was supposed to be the super ace. Also, if Abreu is involved in a Crochet trade, I wouldn’t be surprised if he is the headliner and none of the additional prospects the Sox receive in addition are from the Red Sox top 4.

5 years of control rather than 6 from a top prospect. Already turning 26 in June. Obviously he can improve but right now he’s a just under .800 OPS guy. Fairly high strikeout rate. Definitely a nice player but the Sox need to hit on a star, or at least closer to a star than Abreu.

It was a “Player Development Affiliate Intern” job posting on FanGraphs… https://blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/job-posting-chicago-white-sox-player-development-affiliate-intern-3/

No specific Crochet mention, but more talk about the Red Sox trading Wilyer Abreu…

It’s on there. You just can’t see it due to the angle of his left hand. If you zoom in, you can see it. Also, from his Wikipedia page:

Very nice on quantity but where’s the HBK, the SHOWSTOPPA?!? I need someone better than Crawford to be that guy in a Crochet trade. Abel walks the world and Arroyo is tiny like Dominic Fletcher. Tait and Peete are so young, who knows which way they go?

To get 3 potential average to above average position players for 2 years of Crochet would be amazing. I’m guessing when all is said and done (in a few years), we won’t be able to say that with whatever Crochet trade actually does go down.

Agreed. It’s Newsweek reciting some Fansided author’s article here. https://fansided.com/1-trade-every-al-east-team-improve-postseason-chances

His strikeouts stayed high but his hits (and HR), walks, and ERA all did jump up in the second half. Is that all due to BAbip?

I definitely didn’t like it. Fedde was terrible in the majors with the Nationals and I thought he would suck here. Definitely Getz’s best acquisition to date, which he then blew by dealing him with Kopech for Vargas as a headliner. 😔

Do they still exist? I thought they were all outed as fake insiders.

But it would free up a ton more payroll. Just imagine who Jerry would let Getz sign with all of that freed up money.

Someone has to carry on the tradition.

I heard he hurt his back from doing the Macarena, or whatever this is…

That would be a bit surprising, not that I think they currently have a better option. But they should still find one. Agreed. If this happens, it will be for all the wrong reasons — a strong showing in the AFL and upcoming Spring Training. He should have to start in AAA and prove that 2024 was just a down year. But like you said, a lack of options and probably some cheapness on Jerry’s part means this could actually happen.

I never said Taylor could be flipped for a haul. I said that I thought there were better fliers to take a chance on than some of the players Getz acquired last offseason. I also wanted Getz to go after Joey Bart and Victor Robles during the season when they were made available via DFA, but he passed. However, I do remember when @greg775, yes @greg775, owned you last Spring Training. See the screenshot evidence below. Game, set, match, old chap… 😘

I think the rotation can still be good but they are definitely going to rob from Peter [Crochet] to pay Paul [position player prospects]. But Schultz, Smith, Thorpe, Taylor, Cannon, and others can still be a solid rotation. But unless Getz knocks the Crochet trade out of the park, some young guys step up, and the Sox nail their drafts going forward, I still don’t see where they are going to come up with the lineup. Jerry isn’t going to spend in free agency.

Fletcher or Colas should already be that guy. May as well get some use out of them. Although Colas seems to be despised by the Sox front office.

The Sox have a 25-year history of 1st round failures on the offensive side. I think we know the answer as to why the majority of position players that were drafted in that time span ended up the way they did. On the flip side, quite a bit of 1st round pitching successes in that same time span.

Agreed. I’d rather see Getz grab as many of these guys as he can, rather than even worry about dropping a couple million on the Slater’s of the MLB.

Of course. That’s why these scrubs were DFA. They are nothing but fliers. But I’d rather see either of those two outfielders at some point next season than 29-year old Gavin Sheets play another inning in RF.

While you’re on my jock, take care of the itch on my left side.

Pham finished last season with 478 plate appearances and a -0.2 WAR. His final season line was brutal as well… .248 .305 .368 .674 Also, his numbers with the Royals were worse than with both the Sox and Cardinals. Pham will be 37 to start next season. Getz will bring in enough negative WAR players on his own just like last offseason, without us giving him any suggestions.