Jack Parkman

Yes. 10D=Tendi as in Benin-10D

Ah, didn't know that. I think he's going to wear 18 with the Sox then.

What number is Benintendi going to wear? 16 is retired by the Sox(Lyons) and has been his number everywhere else.

I was just talking to a friend of mine about Javy Vazquez and Alex Rios.

I would have rather the Sox signed Gallo to his deal than Benintendi to his. Sox brass is just in love with Benintendi, that's all I've got. I'm not surprised the Sox acquired him, but what was surprising is that they didn't when Boston made him available.

^^^^^^^^ The issue isn't Grandal's dead money, but rather that ownership is unwilling to spend around it.

They could still be going for a hard retool. Hahn and Kenny are just in love with Benintendi. They've been after him for years.

Sox could also take Carrasco for more prospects and turn around and trade Giolito I'm a Blade Tidwell fan so he's a guy I'd target. If they traded Hendriks/Giolito for prospects, Garcia to balance salary and got back McCann/Carrasco/Escobar that is just moving around a similar amount of money and also reloading the minors a bit while still fielding a competitive team in 2023.

So now that Catcher is on the list of massive holes in the lineup, what can the Sox do there? Could Grandal for Perez still be an option if KC is only interested in getting out of the money, or would the Sox have to add now that it's known that Grandal is damaged goods?

If you want to know why the Sox have been sniffing around catchers, here it is.

Sox know this. Why they're looking for a catcher

I'm not waiting for him to have a monster season but I think something between 2021 and 2019 is possible.

Thompson and Kelley took steps this year. Don't forget that. They're not quite there yet, but they took massive leaps from 2021.

Profar would be a good pickup. Can play IF and OF.

I'm not complaining about depth but they shouldn't block Colas. They should have a decent insurance option but Conforto straight up blocks him.

Lol. I'll believe it when I see it. They do need a better option than Victor Reyes for insurance for Colas, but they shouldn't block him. Colas is 24 time to learn at the MLB level.

Jim Margalus used to have that as his Twitter avatar way back when.

This is a good point. I'm going to change it to 120 games.

If Liam gets traded his 2024 option becomes guaranteed. So whoever gets Hendriks gets him at 2/29M

Changed it to 175 IP numbers. Kopech was dinged by his relief pitching.

Done. I calculated 162 game averages and 33 start averages for SP. I'm actually going to change the formula to 175 IP for the starters.

It's really easy to look up their average on fangraphs.

When Anderson was healthy he was good. Also Anderson hasn't had a major injury 2 seasons in a row.

Extra credit for staying on the field.