NCsoxfan

I think a huge factor for Moncada will be whether he takes his fitness/diet seriously. Taking this to the next level would be huge for him.

Even the worst GM that was drunk wouldn’t trade Nick for Musgrove

Soxtalk legendary prospect Josh Bell

Interesting. So we should stay away from anyone that’s ranked?

Process vs outcome. I’m not ok with their process even if the outcome works, and that’s a fair critique.

I swear anytime anyone is rumored to come available everyone wets their pants and wants to trade our top prospects.

What’s the video about?

Dang it. Would’ve paid for his flight to interview!

I’m definitely not one to think Hendriks is a must sign. It would be nice, but there’s no guarantee and it’s not worth a stupid contract. Buy low/rebound candidate can work as well.

You sound like Stan Bowman on steroids. Knowingly lose deals for the sake of a 1y run

It’s not at all, it’s 100% status quo. This time it just happens to apply to the new manager.

If you have enough money in this country to hire a good lawyer you can save face. If you’re poor, you’re screwed.

Colome isn’t a value play. You’ll end up paying a high price for a second tier closer?

Who’s a good buy low closet who’s been good over the last 3-4y but struggled/hurt last year?

Well of course!

There’s no question in my mind Hahn reads this form and searches his name on Twitter. He’s that kind of guy.

You never know...it’s not impossible that Mercedes turns into an Ortiz. I don’t think that’s the baseline scenario by any stretch, but we’ll never know for certain unless he gets a chance! I do think he would’ve been considerably better than EE last year but we’re beating a dead horse now...

Did Hahn get kidnapped? I feel like “Johnny from Berwyn” calling into the Score is calling the shots now.

I think the move is fine. He probably fits into the lineup pretty well. My only complaint is that he’s a jerk

I hope you’re right and I’m wrong and I can come back and eat crow. We have to project forward and obviously there’s upside with Dunning (health and term) and downside with Lynn given his age. You acting like it’s a foregone conclusion it’s a good deal is a huge leap of faith.

I see that Sox fans aren’t allowed to point out that a trade is extremely poor long term value and only makes us marginally better next year. Got it. We are just supposed to trade a dollar for 6 years in a row as long as we get back 1.10 next year. Brilliant.

Yep.

Exactly

Quintana was an extremely valuable commodity at the time and there were numerous suitors. This trade we maybe win the trade next year and lose substantially after that. If he were an ace I’d be ok, but “This is Lance Lynn ffs”.

One reason you know it’s an awful trade? The Sox have never been able to pull off such a trade in reverse. Hahn needs to trade an established player with multiple years of term left to get a good young cost controlled player. He’d never be able to do this trade.