Jack Parkman

Don't underestimate Scott Boras. He got Semien his 7 years.

wetbutt23

Also, while Robert can overperform BABIP because he hits the ever loving crap out of the ball, expecting .394 is unrealistic. Robert's 2021 looks a lot like Moncada's 2019. High BABIP, elite EV, decreasing walk rate.

I don't disagree, but there hasn't been enough time for AL pitchers to make adjustments to his adjustments yet.

Both of those are SSS problems though. I've seen both Robert and Eloy look like world beaters and terrible over long stretches. There's not enough information about either player to know what they are/aren't yet. Robert's 2 months when he returned from injury were really promising, but yet in April he had 1 HR.

It's not just him. Robert only played 2 months and people forget his September 2020 and Eloy has zero plate discipline though the power is huge. Neither player has played 2 full seasons worth of baseball yet and both have looked terrible at times. Assuming both are what they've been at their best is premature.

A lot of people need to hear this. "The Core" isn't that good yet or isn't as good as people think they are.

Yes, and the biggest thing is developing the next wave of players when they won't keep some of their existing core. Keeping your top prospects more often than not is important. It is really disappointing how quickly the Sox went from a top 10 farm to the worst in the league. That shouldn't happen.

The ones that have sustained success supplement their cores mostly through FA and targeted trades that involve players with 3+ years of control left.

Very true, but aren't the Yankees and Sawx trying to avoid luxury tax penalties?

Other teams are getting down to business, and Sox braintrust are sitting at home playing switch.

Gone, a Home Run!

https://www.mlb.com/news/every-team-s-largest-contracts Talk to me when Jerry gets his team out of the bottom 10.

Whatever.

Damage control. Samson realized he shouldn't have blabbed. Link?

Yes it is.

I'm going to remind everyone: https://soxmachine.com/2019/10/07/following-up-its-not-the-quote-its-the-cover-up/

Heh.

Stroman said he'd never play for TLR, so there's just a metric ton of meh out there. Who knows, Keuchel could bounce back to a typical Buehrle season (3.75 ERA, 120 K) Who is an upgrade on Keuchel outside of Ray and Stroman? I'm also assuming Kershaw will re-sign in LA and Rodon is gone.

If they're not going to get Ray, they might as well trot Keuchel and Lopez out there.

The options are already limited.

I'm not saying they have to get both, just one. If they won't even shop at a mid priced store, they're clearly not interested in winning championships.