fathom

One could argue Tony helped the Sox get Lynn and Hendriks.

This is just a ridiculous post

For 5 million he’s a better value than some of these guys. If they cost the same, I would have rather had other guys but for half of Richards, that’s not bad.

Gray added before season starts in this scenario?

I’m confident they will get someone

Keuchel barely made it through last year with his back issue

Some teams absolutely might value a plus plus hit tool more than others. Personally, I’d rather the Sox just try to hit 300 homers a year like the Twins in 2019.

No freaking way can they give Lopez a starting spot

First, I thought the research you did on his last 30 starts was sensational. I would argue the Sox were in a huge slump when they faced Wainwright and we know Indians offense was bad. With all that said, I won’t mind him in the 5th spot if it happens. Sox are currently one injury to the big 3 away from a huge mess.

He was 43/62 stealing bases in the minors. That’s way too many caught stealings for someone that’s supposed to be an amazing base runner. There were also numerous other outs on the bases he made, and many of us in the minor league threads referenced this.

Yep, it’s because I think we all view him as most replaceable of the young guys

You complain about everyone using small sample size for his bad base running and defense, but you conveniently don’t use it for his hitting.

Good deal for Richards

And this is the type of thinking that concerns me, as I know this twitter handler is well-versed in Sox thinking: https://mobile.twitter.com/rbh700/status/1352714219725217794

Not Harold, but I think they see his shortcomings are greater than expected. Basically he’s a one tool player in their eyes.

Hell no, you can’t go into the season relying on Lopez. That’s how you get into a situation where Drew Anderson is starting a game for you a month into the season. Sox currently are nowhere close to having the depth they’re going to need for a 162 game season.

I can’t even imagine how little Jerry would have spent this offseason if someone besides Tony was the manager

Until he gets hurt again by being an idiot out there

Wong

Besides the short season, Wainwright also got to feast on a lot of awful offenses in 2020. With that said, I’m fine with him as a #5

Please don’t go to the Twins!

Braves or Nats if the DH goes to the NL

Would rather have Richards than Wainwright

One year deal with big buyout paid over a decade or so makes sense. My big question is if you give Cruz two years, what do you do with Vaughn?

Just rumors out there connecting them to these avenues