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The Astros just signed Altuve to a 5-year, $125 million dollar extension. Hot off the Twitter feed.

Sure, because he was a top prospect and he’s still young. However, people would still be deathly afraid of his bat never developing like it hasn’t so far.

The lineup needs more Eckstein.

They should probably get a C and an incomplete. They replaced Stroman and I think they improved their bullpen a bit. They also added a 1B/DH. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they add Cody Bellinger and/or Matt Chapman eventually. Shota Imanaga Hector Neris Richard Lovelady Duane Underwood Jr. Michael Busch

63 to 65 wins sounds about right.

What’s worse — the fact that you just mentioned or that the biggest contract the Sox have given out was to Benintendi?

He also wanted the Sox to sign Puig. Dude needs to look into a different career because he fails at baseball.

That sounds about right, but the combined average .600 OPS isn’t going to be pretty.

Am I crazy to say a guy like Witt doesn’t deserve this much money? He’s no Trout. His walk to strikeout rate is pretty bad and his resulting OBP is poor as a result.

Exactly.

The bottom three of the lineup could be historically bad with DeJong, Maldonado, and Lopez likely down there.

You only get on these lists by being terrible the previous year. ?

The Sox have a decent amount of pitching but it’s questionable to say it’s all quality.

No, but I don’t think end of the year elbow inflammation is a good sign of things to come after a one full season workload as a closer.

The Sirotka trade was on January 14, 2001. According to Keith Law’s Wikipedia page, he was hired by the Blue Jays in 2002.

Sirotka literally never pitched again in the majors. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sirotmi01.shtml It looks like he signed a minor league deal with the Cubs after never pitching for the Blue Jays but he never made the team. https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/After-Two-Years-Sirotka-Eager-to-Pitch-7068683.php

No. Your vibe is wrong. He is the second coming of this guy…

He’s going to turn into peak Adam Eaton and you are going to fall in love with his grindiness.

But then we are looking at a Burnes-like return anyways.

The Diamondbacks just signed Joc Pederson for one year and $9.5 million dollars, but he’s evidence that you can find a replaceable short-term LF on the cheap almost annually, which is a good argument for not throwing $75 million at Benintendi. But I do like this trade.

Vera, Mena, they will both be just another failed international signing of a starting pitcher. Would you like to provide a list of internationally acquired starting pitchers that HAVE panned out for the Sox?

Why do you not like the Santos trade?!? The Sox don’t have a very good history with arm/elbow soreness. If usually leads to surgery like @Lip Man 1 keeps saying. Regardless, a good closer on this team for the next couple years should always be trade bait, just like the next man up, Jordan Leasure.

I would not put any money on Santos staying healthy next year. This reminds me of the Mike Sirotka trade. The Sox selling high on knowingly damaged goods. But this return will likely be better than an obese and drunk David Wells for one year.

I like both trades. Mena will be lucky to make the majors as a reliever. I don’t get the love for him. He will likely go the way of Norge Vera.