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I think people are wrong about judge. That was insane pressure last year. He has handled CF, some everything asked of him. He is a unicorn for his size. Also incredibly nice and gracious. Whatever team gets him will be lucky. For baseball, he should be a yankee for life.

I just forever think getting a great player does more than balance. Mainly because I think the internal players that could fill some of these holes are underrated by even our f.o. Looking back at ‘21, amazing how much burger/sheets buoyed those teams. When the right player comes, I’m all about getting them. But the real solutions were going back in time and trading for trea turner, sign Harper, etc. None of these guys do it for me. Sox won’t get Murphy, and it’s not ideal, but better to me than pining for kolton Wong or some s%*#.

He’s a great player so it’s better to add him than some 2 WAR LF

Real question isn't luis gonzalez, it's Trayce thompson

He's an outfielder so he has some positive momentum to his name

I would not pay conforto anything more than league min, personally.

Outman is going to end up terrible and dick allen will never let me live it down

I read his question as being about like, where do you tell them to put the lump sum first, and yeah I think there are special accounts that exist for that and you'd first want to get your house in order with a wealth management lawyer and accountant before even claiming it.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/james-outman/24770/stats?position=OF OUTMAN! OUTMAN! OUT MAN! OUTTTTTMANNNNNN The people want the sox to trade for outman I'm hearing.

feels so much like a 2015/16 offseason to me. The floor of this team is much higher, but last year we also know it's not enough. Still haggling over which B- free agent to take over 2b/OF and get 2.5 war from and how much improvement that will be, etc. etc. Said it before, said it again, I'd rather make this an eat s%*# year, where sox look for other underperforming players at the same or similar positions as their stars and try to tough love thru competition these guys ways into uncovering their potential. Because otherwise, it's all window dressing.

Feel like he'll will this into existence and call them a darkhorse.

Exactly

They have a lot of money. It’s crazy when orgs don’t make the avoidance of paying an injured player the number one priority. If he doesn’t accept they get an asset. Voila

I don't think so, the comment section is hilarious

Well if it's last year's giolito probably

The albert belle contract had to have happened as Bowden asked his future wife to prom and then walked down the aisle for graduation and first heard the beatles all at once. No other reason this should be this powerful in his mind 26 years later.

I can't believe this guy was a GM. Life is so unfair.

This is truly the funniest thing I've ever read, I laughed so hard my wife asked if I was ok 2 floors from me: https://theathletic.com/3772405/2022/11/10/aaron-judge-free-agency-teams-ranking/ let the gifs fly

While sox track record isn't good, let's remember the Rays get an extra top 50 pick every year and an additional 1.5 million in international spending than what sox are allowed. They make the most of that money, but it's a big reason why teams like them, cleveland end up in crunches like this every year.

He read my 2023 plan I see

Rasmussen is good, but if tampa thought Adames was going to be a 5 WAR infielder immediately they wouldn't have traded him for a 27 year old reliever, I'm pretty confident in saying that. They have overflow of talent, and sometimes players blossom. It's a good place to pick up depth for a team like the sox who do not have 40 man crunches.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/willy-adames/15986/stats?position=SS it happens

Was bummed I lost this. Absolutely was planning on buying a media blitz pressuring JR to sell team, forming acquisition group, showing them my annual spreadsheet to convince them I should be chairman.

I think he's unlikely to be a major leaguer this year, but power + lefty + still good defense. Put up good numbers last year. I thought he'd be washed out in single a so I was pretty impressed where he was at. probably require trades for younger guys that don't need 40 protection.

obvious answer is trade for Kam M-I-Z-ner