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$17 million in salary relief and a prospect and 2 40-man slots to Boston to acquire Sandlin. He's not a top 100 guy and Boston already moved him to the pen. I don't know what the Sox plans are for him. And no $ available to send with Robert. I don't the Sox need either Newcomb or Hicks. Don't start those Hahnber habits.

He's never had so much as a 1 WAR season; his 1 above average year was 2019 when he pitched 29 games. Of all the ways to spend $12.5 million (which the Sox will owe next year). It's the kind of "small" deal that Getz keeps making: it may look okay at first glance but is really far more helpful to the other team.

Smith was consensus top 10 if not top 5...is it normal for college pitchers ranked so high to not have a 3rd pitch? MLB is a tough place to learn. But he needs one. And the Sox need some 1s and 2s. I guess the ideal would be for the Sox to rehab Fedde again, move him in June or July, and have room for the young aces (hopefully).

Gomes was pretty good in the majors too. I would say that they need to trade Lee; Neither Rule 5 guy makes the team. Alberto pitched okay. The guy from the RedSox really had no chance from the outset. I guess they might have some deal worked out (the Rays owe us). It would be unfortunate to just cut Gilbert and Eisert (perhaps he has options?). I'll never understand Mead Just cut Benitendi

Charlotte is such an abyss. Does anyone, hitter or pitcher, improve there? Maybe they do but their stats don't show it.

The Padres got a lot more than just Thorpe for 1 year of Soto And if they didn't get enough, they mitigated well by getting 2 years of Cease. And they paid a lot more for 2 months of Tanner Scott than 2 years of Cease. Getz has had the better leverage position in most of these trades; he needs use it.

The Padres sent Miami their real pitching prospect when they traded for Tanner Scott. Getz took the pass-along prospect. It's really eye-opening to compare those 2 trades.

presuming he was actually scouted. Trade mistakes, yes.

Jared Kelley sighting; the 4-round wonder. Nice job. It wouldn't surprise me if he finally turns it on at some point. Hope it's soon.

Heck pay 1/2 the freight, Getz; make it 2/3. What a gust of air that would be. Getz should do more business with Atlanta. Anthopolous ripped him off last time; but he told Getz that he was ripping him off so his honesty was admirable.

Re the game today, Hicks got hit hard. 2 Singles and a lineout for DP. it's early of course; but Sox have him for 2 seasons. I will confess that I enjoyed today's broadcast; prefer this group to the regular Cubs crew (and Sox crew for that matter). Hire some women broadcasters, JR!

Murray's better than Mead (comparison as both are the products of oddball trades with the Rays). I can't see keeping Kelenic around if he isn't hitting. What's the real upside there to make him worth the wait? If there was a tangible/discernable reason why Wade was so bad last year, that makes him interesting than just a Charlotte player. Benintendi is the culprit in all of this....really the FO that signed him...we still owe him for 40% of his contract!

Well Carlson is already an A++ SS defensively, so that may be like splitting 10s in blackjack. But maybe he'd be that in CF as well. Regardless, wasn't much of the idea behind drafting the Middle Infielders is their position flexibility? . Sox are obviously letting IFs play OF very carefully, and so far it's just Baldwin. But the philosophy seems sound.

Hope he has a big year and someone overtakes him; then we can trade him for pitching prospects. Keep the pipeline flowing for a change. I know they don't want to mess with what so far has been a good thing (real good thing), but I think Colson would be a good CF

Yes, but he's better than most of the waiver wire catchers.

The Sox knew this was coming with Lee. Best hope is that there are multiple teams in need of a backup catcher, with no others available, at the end of March. Getz just needs to be patient and not give him away too soon. Mead shouldn't push out anyone.

He was the one player among the top 10 that I begged they not draft. He looked like a pure reliever to me. Should have taken the Middle infielder in 2024 and the pitcher in 2025.

He's another reason that the Hicks trade was unnecessary and really quite terrible, in contrast to the early reaction that it was clever bit of arbitrage.

Yes, that's a concern of mine...giving Baldwin (and/or others) away to the Rays, while we keep the players that the Rays and others have been unable to squeeze value out of. I'd prefer not to have the older guys around at all, so as not to tempt. The older guys should be here for the purpose of trading in July (and not for more org guys, please). As for wins, last year the Marlins won 79, with a 72 win Pythagorean. The Sox won 60, a 15+ game improvement from 2024, with a Pythagorean of 71. 77 or even 82 wins isn't inconceivable. But players will have to show progress and this is the time to let them show it (or not). Baldwin, Sosa, Vargas, Cannon, Burke...it's "this is it" time or close to it.

That would really help. But the Sox still owe him $30 mill and it would probably take at least $20mill to move him. Madness!

Why trade him if he's good? He wasn't a "Sign-to-trade." That's what signing middle relievers is for. Plus, if he's good, the Sox will likely be .500ish and WC contenders (as long as the pitching doesn't take a step back, which, but for the Rule 5 guys, it kind of did last year).

Suwinski had an Eloy-like career trajectory. Hard to get anywhere when promising players do that.

Roch faces my Green Wave tomorrow night. Can't wait!

You just don't trade a young player with upside for a mediocre salary dump, even with proviso that 90% of the time, the young player with upside won't make it. Hahn was better about which prospects to trade later in his career; of course he had other weaknesses as well. This Getz situation to me is just another example of his naivete. He doesn't really know Acuna. He kind of knows what the Mets front office told him about Acuna. Switch hitting is a skill, and he was just talking of the top o his head about a player he doesn't really know. I think that applies to most of the out of options, aging prospects, org guys he acquires, which is the largest demographic of his acquisitions. Reminds me of Lance White: "Why would he lie, Jim?" (Rockford Files).

Those Rule 5 guys, if they show anything, are more important than Fedde, Hicks, etc. They need to keep them.