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They can just slide Carson Fulmer in until everyone is healthy ?

Yeah it seems way out there, the "what the Sox were willing to eat and west coast team" just got my gears churning.

Buehler, Kershaw, Urias, Heaney, Gonsolin, Dustin May. Bauer if he ever returns, they don't need Price.

Yeah I'm just speculating based on the rumors and what LA would be interested in doing, but only way I could see them giving up a Bellinger type for Kimbrel.

final year, UFA next year

Or do we have to take back David Price to even it out? Their bullpen slots down much better with Treinen and Brusdar at SU with Kimbrel closing.

Also Lewis has reverse splits.

Sure, just that Lewis would strike me as the most available of the group. Unless they're concerned about Kelenic's less than stellar start.

Julio Rodriquez is the future at RF, Kyle Lewis, Kelenic, Haniger, Winker, maybe they're willing to deal Lewis.

Seattle is intriguing, they have too many young promising OFs for available positions and could use bullpen help now that they're all in.

Would prefer that too, would just be shocked if PIT dealt him.

If AV is outgoing, I want Ketel Marte.

Agreed, I'd kick off negotiations with Burger, Cespedes, and Dalquist or Kelley for Manaea.

I'll agree they should have signed Escobar, should have traded for him last year frankly.

Yeah I don't get the hate on a 1 year stopgap deal. Cesar had to go, other than Semien and a Ketel pipedream trade who really excites anybody?

By all means, provide the list of elite offensive 2B that were realistically available. They have the 5th highest payroll in the league, I'm not sure what you guys were realistically expecting them to do. Yeah, this is a standard Sox move, I don't love it, I don't hate it, it's a guy for 1 year that can play a position of need competently.

The OP and myself have not mentioned him starting, you strawmanned that one. They obviously plan to play Leury a bunch at 2B, but like I said, if the 2B plan isn't working out just get a guy in the season. There's no sense in melting down over a 1 year depth piece deal.

Did you not watch Cesar last year? Clearly didn't want to be here and crumbled under the pressure of being on a winning team. Bunch of speculation that he was a bad clubhouse fit. Every A's fan loves Harrison, he can also play anywhere on the field, which Cesar was clearly incapable of.

If this offense/team needs elite production out of their 2B then something went terribly wrong.

Last year he played 800 innings of league average 2B, put up a better offensive WAR and OPS than your precious Michael Conforto and costs nothing. If he sucks, deal for a 2B before the deadline.

Maybe I'm biased living in the Bay, dude is a star and a top 3 1B in the sport.

Which is absurd, he's a GG 1B and Jose is not.

Yeah, my hypothetical is mostly based on the fact that he's available, fits the LHH power need and we have nothing else to talk about so why not speculate wildly. I'd rather buy low on Bellinger since he fills a positional need, but couldn't imagine what kind of package LA would demand for him.

He did seem to run out of gas at the end of the year, hopefully just needs to adjust to a full MLB season.

You mean like a Matt Olson?