southsider2k5

I mean seriously. People keep saying this, but 28-70.

I wonder if the Dodgers would be interested in a slightly used Crochet?

He gawn already.

Cleveland has done a great job of hiding their cards.

Lemme stop ya right there

The Padres prospect took a big step back this year too Lesko, Snelling and Mazur have all had bad seasons. Salas is hitting under .200, and DeVries has been meh.

This is really part of the calculus. Best available might change if it allows you to get another player or two later. Sox did this to perfection with Wolkow.

$$$ is it. But the Sox are going to have another minimal spend off season and for good reason. You can't polish a turd.

The Yankees top position players mostly flopped this year.

Nice

Fun with math. Taking only historic levels of inflation, If the Sox were to issue the equivalent of the Albert Belle contract today, it would come out to just under $108 million. If you followed baseballs average salary inflation it would be worth about $206 million. The Sox aren't even keeping up with historic inflation, let alone average baseball inflation, forget top player salary inflation.

If your Fandom is based on winning, you picked poorly.

I kind of liked the accidental idea of not signing this year's pick and getting it back again next year, lol.

Did not see that, only he was on the 7 day IL.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/phillies-remove-all-star-center-fielder-trade-target-insider/26f32346f621941fb05cc68e

Honestly? Even if it were true, it would mean that I was right by the idea that the SSS Holliday flop could have affected his value and put him on the market when he wasn't before. But it sounds like it is being disavowed.

Hahahahahaha

Goes by worst to first by league and then switches to the opposite league worst to first if unclaimed

No one claimed that contract.

His boss is.

I see them having around 28 wins the first half of the season...

You want to immitate the Royals? The Royals spent half a decade tanking to get their franchise player before they had enough of a team to spend a minimal amount around.

Unless you are willing to pay him 200 or 300 million in a couple of years, there really isn't much of a choice.

They are also waiting 5 days after the break to pitch him again. Feels like they are giving themselves a couple of weeks to trade him without risk of injury to me.

Glad to see Eloy rushing back did something for that trade value.