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He stole that from me.

What about domestic SoxTalk terrorists?

Fathom health/safety check call incoming…

Offseason so far is about like a kid receiving Werther’s Originals from grandparents instead of virtually ANY other candy he actually wanted.

Leury is not exactly known for his defensive highlights…even if bad routes, throwing to the wrong bases and related mental mistakes usually don’t show up in the boxscores. I just hope Hahn has a press conference to announce it. Hold that thought…there are only 1-2 in the media covering the Sox that will challenge him directly on anything, so it would be pointless as usual.

The money will be spent. ONE day during one of these insane offseason signing weeks, we will actually ink someone to be excited about. Wakes up to refresh SoxTalk, of course it’s Leury, even though the majority of projections the last couple of weeks didn’t have him on their future roster. TLR cannot be denied. Looking forward to Wainright and Molina in 2-3 seasons.

Brooks Boyer: “Phones are off the hook at 35th & Shields today with all the incoming season ticket inquiries to field. Expect delays calling in for the next 2-3 weeks.”

Jean Segura, 32 opening day. Long long professional track record. Until proven otherwise, 32 is the new 34-35 in baseball years. Exceptions for middle infielders and CFers are becoming increasingly rarer. And why are we now trading away youth to get older guys when that’s the opposite of how you extend a window?

You really think they will break in a rookie catcher who will be offensively overmatched in the heart of their contention window…and who might based on 2022 have to carry a more substantial workload?

Must be bWAR. The point with players in their thirties isn’t the back of their baseball card anymore, but what can they produce going forward. Is he going to be 2-3x more productive than Cesar or Leury in 2022 when you compare their respective sticker prices?

Grandal will get roughly half the at-bats there…or Sheets, because LH. Making Vaughn a weakside platoon DH at this stage in his career is idiotic. Or you’re suggesting we will trade Sheets and be even more right-handed? Then you have all those guys like Eloy and Abreu that will need to be rested or protected at that spot…gimpy days, etc.

Sure, as long as they add Conforto or Suzuki or ANYONE who can play halfway competent defense in RF. Which basically forces a Vaughn trade for starting pitching… Yankees signed Kirby Yates, two years, $8.25 million…would have been a solid move for that Tepera slot in the bullpen.

Hahn could have admitted the mistake with Escobar…signed him, or doubled down on exercising a much cheaper option on Hermandez if they truly believed in that player turning it around. He did neither. If you could have Escobar OR Hernandez and Tepera instead of Segura coming to a completely new division and over from the NL…that would seem more prudent. Cesar and Ryan would cost nearly the exact same as Segura alone. And he balances out the RH nature of the line-up more.

Spending an unplanned $14.5 million at this spot that instead could have been part of the package for a true “over the top” addition. If we sign at least one player for over $90 million per season, then maybe we can’t as easily argue the Kimbrel and Keuchel deals blocked a much more exciting addition.

At $14 million more per season and downside approaching… If you had never heard the name Craig Kimbrel before, you would be a bit befuddled if we had added Segura to this line-up as a FA for the same exact price.

We keep asserting that 2B is so easy to fill, just like RF and DH, yet we keep throwing money at it like drunken sailors to no avail.

Why would Turner give way at SS when they can just play Lux at second?

What are Pirtates? A new Taco Bell favorite? Or your own version of Pilates? Let’s hear your own unique, individualized action plan for the offseason. And which former poster is hiding as BBaum? Come out, come out, whoever you are and tell us the name you formerly posted under and how you are so familiar with the board despite a scant total of 29 posts on this site?

How old were those players when their long term extensions ran out? How old will Baez be? 35 is not even close to late 30’s/early 40’s now, is it? It’s not going to financially hamstring the Tigers in any way, shape or form.

But those playoff numbers erased that…

Yankees. SF had a career year out of Crawford, unless they’re moving him to 2B. Yankees seem like the obvious choice, though.

But still only 35 at the end. Compare to the Cano, Miggy and Pujols deals.

Should change title to seven years instead of six. Baez 28, Conforto 29, so likely now six for for Conforto. Our seat at the party is simply 14.3% smaller than everyone else’s.

“Detroit has spent most of the past five years in a prolonged rebuilding effort but has managed to stockpile an enviable farm system that now leaves the team on the precipice of turning the corner. Young starters Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal and Matt Manning will be expected to team with Rodriguez in leading the starting staff, while 2020 No. 1 overall pick Spencer Torkelson and 2019 No. 5 overall pick Riley Greene are both viewed as top-10 leaguewide prospects and potential lineup anchors. That blossoming young core makes it easy for Detroit, a team that has previously trotted out Opening Day payrolls north of $200MM, to spend heavily in free agency this winter. Miguel Cabrera is signed through the 2023 season, but the only player on the books beyond that point is the aforementioned Rodriguez. Roster Resource’s Jason Martinez projects a $104MM payroll without Baez next season, and that’s before the likely non-tender of Matthew Boyd and his $7.3MM projected salary (courtesy of MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz). With that in mind, even if this is the last marquee move of the offseason for the Tigers — and, to be clear, there’s no indication that’s the case — the additions of Baez and Rodriguez clearly set the stage for a return to aggressive adding in Detroit. The Tigers will have one more high-end draft pick in 2022, but the goal for the team is clearly to shift into win-now mode, and the additions of both Baez and Rodriguez are notable steps in that direction. Baez has averaged a hefty 4.6 wins above replacement (per Baseball-Reference) per season over the past four years, even including that ugly 2020 campaign, and the Tigers will count on him for more of the same as a linchpin both in the lineup and on defense as they turn the page from a rebuild the fans are all too ready to leave in the rear-view mirror.” mlbtraderumors.com

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