southsider2k5

You and I are on the same page on this one. I have no idea what people get out of following him.

We had a .671 OPS out of RF last year. Conforto is his career worst year filled injuries was .729. His career number is .824. If you leave off 2021 it becomes .843. Even at his worst, he is a large improvement. At his career average he is a huge improvement. If he gets near his career upper end, he would be worth an almost 300 point OPS improvement.

What a move to bet your franchise on Watson. Wow.

On a roster that was 28th in combined OPS from RF, it is worth $20 million to get a huge improvement out there.

OK, look, there are reasons to not want Conforto. His 2021 could well be a redflag to start with. But because he doesn't hit great against lefties? I mean have you see the rest of this roster? There is literally everyone else on this roster who can hit against lefties. We would be fine.

Same. This has been needed for a while.

It's really a shame Engel can't stay healthy. As a 19th round pick, he has been an absolute steal even just being a part timer. It would be nice to see if he could actually hit a nice ceiling with some real playing time.

https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/1504860108953579520?s=20&t=Cm_Et0xNoLlptQfB5cJWCw

Some of us are at acceptance.

It strikes me as another inkblot test. Those with some optimism see Pujols, Abreu, Soto, Longoria etc. Then there are those who look for the worst.

If they feel there is something there. They make the deal. They don't think like anyone else in MLB.

Well, they were willing to for the same guy at the TDL.

They were just bidding about double that for Freeman.

I will never get people who catch hurt feelings when our players do well.

Maybe

Let's be honest. Rodgers is just going to turn another receiver into a star.

Vaughn could have easily spent another year or even two destroying crappy MiLB pitching and none would have thought twice. In fact it probably would have served to increase the hype around the kid. I don't think it can be overstated enough how impressive this kid holding his own last year actually was.

The fact that both Castellanos and Conforto are sitting there with minimal chatter makes me wonder if the Sox have a handshake in place with one of them, or are at least far enough that they can quickly close once they move salary.

It does scare me that their window to spend any Kimbrel savings could close very quickly with a couple of key signings.