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It's all risk. Let's not pretend that just because we get "prospects" that they are going to somehow replace what we are giving up. What I see is in all the examples of hitters that do keep hitting into their mid and late 30's they seem to be bigger and stronger guys who primary tool is a big hit tool, while being strong enough to make those hits go for power. The tool that ages the least well is speed, and let's face it, that is nothing that Abreu needs to worry about. The guys I listed in previous posts as having defied those numbers are very similar to Abreu in the type of players that they are. It is also worth noting that while you are posting a league average number, just by a statistical nature, there are outliers to those. I really think Abreu profiles as the type of hitter who will hit into his mid to maybe even late 30's and is the kind of guy that a team should be OK with extending.

It is worth mentioning that since the Sox started 9-27, they have gone 7-6 in their last 13 games.

Handful? You are saying one. And you are using it as some sort of catch all to eliminate anyone who does hit later in their career. That isn't really "data".

The funny thing is if you add up all of Anderson's MiLB and MLB ABs, and compare them to Moncada's AB in Cuba/MiLB/MLB, they aren't that far apart.

There is a list of guys that have hit past 33. Even just in Chicago you can look at a guy like Paul Konerko. Frank Thomas had some huge seasons in his late 30's. Miguel Cabrera is continuing to hit. Victor Martinez is another name that comes to mind, as well as Chipper Jones. Carlos Beltran has continued to hit into his last 30's, as has Adrian Beltre.

Winning the World series for the 1st time in 108 years justifies the means.

He was a failed hitter who transitioned to pitching.

Remember when people didn't think Giolito would be a good offer?

Even Adam "Launch" Engel had two more hits. Dude has raised his OPS 77 points in the last 5 days. He even has an OPS over .700 for May.

You are quite literally stuck in the present. No sense of the future, and apparently have completely forgotten the past as well.

Just got back from Solo. Really enjoyed it, thought the casting of both Solo and Lando was really solid. Both worked hard to get mannerisms and the like down of Ford and Williams respectively.

Why? What of his skillset is going to be the issue? You can look around baseball and see similar styles of hitters who age into their middle to late 30's just fine.

In two years, yes.

His value is in that he puts up .300/30/100 and .900 OPS year in and year out, while also being willing to teach these kids how to be major leaguers by example. Both are super important.

Jim Callis keeps saying Swaggerty is the one HS bat connected to the Sox.

That's an understatement. They would either need to eat most of that deal or offer some prime prospect to get it done.

Just like the other 32,000 posts, we can stop reading here.

Exactly.

I [heart] this thread.

If the Democrats can't beat Trump in 2020, they need to fold the party.

Again, Dylan Freaking Covey.

Only 79 more games to go.

If memory serves me right, didn't the Padres have a 40 man roster crunch?