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Somebody has to play catcher for them since they trade 2 of them.

He's just paving the way for Kevin Keirmaier trade to the Sox .

They have to field a decent enough team to keep the fans interested. Might be just the Minnesota way of rebuilding .Maybe looking to be competitive next year. The Sox could start falling off if Lynn's back gets bad . Kopech struggles, Giolito has a down year and Cease struggles to keep moving forward.

They're rebuilding .Out with the old big contracts get a smaller one back in Sanchez then dump his too. I mean if you can't live with a 1 yr. $7.5 M contract that's a rebuild.

My kind of trade !

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Nope all righties all the time. It isn't that hard.

I'm sure they would be since he probably wants to prove last yr was a fluke. He may want to opt out after the 1st year and try again with the tighter defensive rules in play about the shift. The again if he can get a 4 or 5 yr deal worth from $80- $100M there might be no need to opt out.

Yea there was Keuchel and Ryu and one other pitcher. Bumgarner perhaps ? They were rumored to be connected to both Ryu and Keuchel.

People have short memories. The Sox FO as a whole has made terrible mistakes in all area of the organization for a long time now. You name it scouting and development, Intl draft, college draft, biomechanics, sabermetrics, friends and family , trades , Free agency, admitting they underestimated a market. When did Hahn say that? November ? December ?

Some of it is sure. But he was getting a ton of high choppers and little dribblers because of the sinker and batters just hitting the top of the ball. Then a walk and its 3 men on and grab the pearls time .

Good one ! HAHA

I see no point in arguing at all. I'm not going to look up a blanket statement covering all MLB teams and see how many relief pitchers they signed or traded for. Balta was specifically having a discussion with SS2k5 and used his own words against him. 20 guys in the minors and he wasn't worried about the BP for the next few years. I don't know how long the next few years meant .You'd have to ask the source or ask him who the 20 pitchers were in which he had all that confidence.

Preaching to the choir but as you witnessed there are some who wouldn't do it.

If you were the source of that joke and came out and said you were joking I'd say haha good one ! But you never know..

You could some of those yourself. Hendriks, Kimbrel, Tepera, Graveman, Kelly Velasquez. Maybe Colome Evan Marshall ,Jimmy Cordero came from came from outside the organization but they were cheap . There could be more if we are talking about since April of 2018.

Really? Harrison and Velaquez when there's like 25 guys big names people want to break the news on . No one cares about Harrison and Velasquez , they aren't feathers in anyone's caps .

Damn that was a smooth answer. I have no idea the rationale behind anyone saying they wouldn't do that trade except for just blind faith in Kopech. The kid could be the next Seaver but he ain't that now while at the same time saying no to an extra $10M ?

Assuming everyone is healthy and I'm not missing a mystery injury to Woodruff. I'd do that trade in a heartbeat. Woodruff is at the top of his game and Kopech is a gleam in our eyes hoping to become what Woodruff already is. Woodruff would make the Sox a real legit threat out of the box to win it all this year and can pitch a full season. Not only that his salary this year is $6M and Kimbrel's is $16M so the Sox gain $10M in CBT space for 2022. Am I missing something here ? Seems like a no brainer .

Please notice that I said Left handed Right Fielder. While Castellanos is a great hitter the Sox would be once again a vastly Right handed hitting lineup with him.

I'm curious as to how everyone feels about the remaining big moves some think are coming and some don't. Let's hear it.

His HR rate is pretty high too. Since no one else has specifically said it, maybe Katz sees something in him that he thinks is fixable. We got the obligatory Coop will fix him comment but this should be a minor league deal.

I thought it was Lillibridge .

You may remember Velasquez for this : Not just 1 but 2 amazing plays against the Sox playing the OF !