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He has a better history of health in general, but that's not the worst call. I mean in general this is my feeling. If you are going to go through this process you should be acquiring as much potential talent as possible for the 4 to 6 years out range, with as many high ceilings as possible. Sure Eder could bust. Lots of prospects do, especially pitching ones, and ones post injury. To me this is the same idea as taking a Grant Taylor in the 2nd round a couple of years ago. It is the same story as Lucas Giolito or many others who had the same thing happen. You know you won't get his best for a period of time, maybe a year or two. But his ceiling is so much higher that it is worth the chance. This isn't a promise that Eder will be a star player. This is a reduced price shot at a front line lefty starter who has some dents in him, versus a potential front line lefty starter with no scratches or dents who costs a LOT more than Jake Burger. The fact he has struggled a bit post injuries isn't that odd, or even a real surprise. People struggle with stuff and conditioning their first year past TJS. Top that off with a broken pushoff foot before he even got back from TJS, and it doesn't seem crazy that he has struggled some. That's also not to say he won't fail either. He could well fail. We could have bought damaged goods that never get fixed. But it was a trade that makes sense to try no matter what the results are for a team that is BEGGING for future talent.

I can't think of many things worth less in this world than Mike North's opinion.`

Or that he was feeding people a line of crap.

I still don't know why people like to Jerry, Chris, and Pedro and believe them. You'd find more truth at a [insert offending politician name here] rally.

He has pitched a grand total of 65 innings since his return. This is no where near back from TJS. That is about 2 months worth of work.

If we are talking about what the process of the trade was, most of this is not relevant. The point was to get someone who could actually help the franchise when it was good again, not to waste three more years with a DH. Eder was a top left handed starting pitching prospect before his Tommy John. Obviously if he had recovered quickly and not suffered a subsequent injury on his road back to the mound, he wouldn't have been available for a mediocre bat only DH. That's the thought process behind the trade. Take a chance on getting him healthy and back on the mound on a regular basis again to see if he rounds back into the form that made him a borderline top 100 guy. With his second injury he never went through the ramp up process of getting his strength and conditioning back post TJS, which was obvious with his still recovering velocity during the fall league. If you want to be hung up on his ERA in 8 innings of 2024, but not Burger's 88 OPS for 64 PAs, as some kind of disqualifying rational for why you don't make the trade last year, feel free to engage in your circular logic all you like. The bottom line is the kid has thrown 56 innings since the end of 2021. I suspect he is a guy who will get better as the season wears on as he gets back into condition to start.

He is a very limited bat only player whose bat doesn't outweigh the rest of his game enough to be sad over. People can grind on the return for Burger all they want, but taking a shot at a potential front line pitcher isn't the worst approach to a deal like this. Obviously the injury and slow recovery from it has soured people on Eder, but the thought process behind this deal was decent. I do think Burger gets overrated just because of how bad everyone else has been.

I don't think they have expressly said, but the stadium would be for the Sox, but owned by the same ISFA that is in place today. The village is a bit more undefined at this time. Even if he doesn't directly own it, the idea is to get people in the area for ballgames so that it becomes an experience instead of a ballgame, with the hope the fanbase becomes more like the Cubs who show up no matter what, versus the Sox who do not.

If they are willing to give him everything he wants in a stadium/village project, that is like $2 billion to start with.

Sox are currently 57.5 wins on fan duel.

When you look around baseball it isn't that hard to imagine.

You asked a question and multiple people explained it to you. If that bothers you, toughen up.

Right, because Flexen doesn't have a FIP 2.5 runs better than his ERA that is being ignored here.

HE'S DEAD ALREADY!

Is this for the 5th starter slot?

He was 3 full runs worse than his FIP last year, and half a run in his career. This is who he is.

Last year was his first past TJS, and he even dealt with another injury before he could return. Putting too much into his '23 season is a bad idea. Coming into this season he has now barely pitched in 2.5 years. Give him a chance to recover his arm, conditioning, and mental comfort on the mound.

Then they better be looking at their own performances.