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It’s amazing people still think this way about pitchers.

Yeah, heart of hearts I think Semien/Conforto would be foolish because it really does create problems beyond this year. Semien is an MVP candidate, so you are adding him because he’s incredible no matter the position, not because he’s the cost of replacing Madrigal. But if we add him I think you really should either trade for RF or be prepared to go year by year

There would be a team putting him exclusively at short? Maybe I’m crazy but doesn’t feel like that many teams looking for SS.

What I’ll say about Semien and Taylor is despite both being RH they were more productive last year vs RHP than Escobar/Conforto. Semien crushed RHP.

I’m starting to think I’m not on the same page with the board this offseason.

C A B All good offseasons

Broke my thumb scrolling so fast

@Sleepy Harold you heard the man

I think that's fair that the sox would probably have closed the book on him, but, the guy has played for the Astros and Rays so I can't imagine he cares that much about service time manipulation.

man this article is terrible and I would imagine none of these guys are close to being either unprotected or the ones selected in a rule 5, however, still interested in this and the deadline to protect is tomorrow https://www.mlb.com/news/toughest-top-prospect-40-man-roster-rule-5-draft-decisions?_previewId=36caa277-c9bf-4314-aa7b-88f3bb75bf8e new guy I'd be interested in: Calvin Faucher - TB 25 year old right hander who was rated with best curveball in TB system by BA

really not related to much but when just looking at fangraphs leaderboards for any interesting trade guys... I have to admit I did not realize that Dylan Cease was our highest pitcher in fWAR lol.

How much did he get last year?

You could stay in a similar budget but go after Rich Hill. giolito/lynn/cease/kopech/hill/lopez

Astros? Interesting.

One thing that has happened in Basketball that hopefully will translate is the move of former players into agents, which has now embraced agents to front office. Which circumvents the "players not wanting to work as 30k/yr analytics roles".

This article is bizarre because i'm pretty sure it's formatting was lost in some redesign but it's basically a story he's told in many interviews. He got an interview with Jerry through a parents friend, and Jerry told him to get a real job, then sent him a letter saying he wouldn't help ruin his life, but offered that he could volunteer to learn alongside his scouts. In other words, he wasn't paid. https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/sox-drawer-why-harvard-didnt-help-hahn Hahn worked hard to get where he is, but how many people can get into Jerry and Kenny's office multiple times?

I think this is possible the Sox think this way. More that it feels like they would have that binary kind of mindset of "We don't actually want Rodon at 1 for 18, so you should not offer a contract you don't want" and then also hoping to spin that to Boras as a sign of goodwill. I think the sox are probably painfully transparent in FA negotiations, starting at a high number they know is high bid, refusing to budge unless they know it's not. But no way that Boras actually grants any sort of favor except indicating whether the sox are close to valuing a player at the same number Boras and the player are valuing themselves as.

I think going after Bassit or Montas makes a lot of sense, especially since the As tend to value our prospects well. Yeah, heart of hearts I think swinging for Bassitt, Montas, or Luis Castillo make most sense. But I’ll puke for joy if we get Scherzer.

I am with Chili on McHugh, I think he is one of the best signings we can make this offseason. Perfect spot starter backup as well.

What I remember is he was a draft eligible soph who had more BBS than Ks, and destroyed Great Falls when that place was like an Instagram filter you’d put over all of our college prospects and they’d look sexy as hell. After he struggled with us in full season ball and figured he was like the others, but damn he can hit. Hope he keeps raking.

Could not believe I woke up to a loss.

I still think Keuchel for McCann is a very hilarious and strangely plausible resolution.

I don’t really see a guy that trendy, even with gray I don’t really live his stuff. Maybe go back to the kluber, paxton, games well for lightning rebottled

Jon Gray ?

Is there a German word for the feeling when caulfield picks up the argument you were making and runs with it and the terror and shame