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Extra year of control over an at best 4th/5th outfielder. Brilliant.

Too literal a translation....but illogico en espanol.

2003 fifth starters were key difference... Twins picked up Kenny Rogers and Loiaza faded down the stretch.

You mean Kopech and Edman too. Sox will probably sign Heyward, hey he's a familiar name.

McCarthy 304/840

They pushed him way too fast because of his AA numbers. He was never going to be ready.

Way too many missed scoring opportunities.

6 hitters .622 ops or lower.

Now if he could only hit…

Can’t get thrown out there. Just can’t. Have to be sure.

Riley Greene has become a really solid player. Meanwhile, Vaughn outhitting Torkelson in battle of the evil of two lessers.

Beaten by Dillon Dingler. Not even a good porn name like Dirk Diggler or whatever Wahlberg was called in Boogie Nights.

None of those guys are really projected to move the meter, though. At best, Elko has a Palka-like impact. Vaughn Sheets and Robert are your three best hitters…Benintendi the hottest, and 4/4 of those guys most don’t even want on the roster. Eventually Quero has to be thrown into the mix.

Sale leading NL in wins and ERA. Moncada at least has Desastre Personal. Looks like Sale would probably need around 200 wins for HoF. First three are pretty much shoo ins. Sale at 134 career total, Cole 150. 1 J. Verlander 260 144 .644 519 519 3.26 3,390 26 9 0 3380.1 2,846 1,223 1,325 350 942 113 0 27 13,783 97 9.03 2.51 3.60 0.93 24.6 6.8 1.12 .278 3.53 77 3.40 80 7.58 311.2 2 M. Scherzer 215 112 .657 465 456 3.16 3,405 12 5 0 2874.0 2,341 1,008 1,081 334 754 112 2 20 11,610 78 10.66 2.36 4.52 1.05 29.3 6.5 1.08 .287 3.39 76 3.17 76 7.33 311.8 3 C. Kershaw 212 94 .693 430 427 2.48 2,963 25 15 0 2736.2 2,079 754 827 226 675 43 1 27 10,784 102 9.74 2.22 4.39 0.74 27.5 6.3 1.01 .269 2.72 63 2.81 70 6.84 367.2 4 G. Cole 150 77 .661 311 311 3.18 2,214 8 5 0 1917.0 1,605 678 726 215 492 58 0 6 7,718 58 10.39 2.31 4.50 1.01 28.7 6.4 1.09 .293 3.41 79 3.16 77 7.54 206.4 5 J. Cueto 144 112 .563 369 364 3.51 1,852 18 8 0 2251.1 2,088 877 949 250 636 120 1 22 9,351 36 7.40 2.54 2.91 1.00 19.8 6.8 1.21 .283 3.79 86 3.92 96 8.35 33.8 6 L. Lynn 141 99 .588 362 338 3.75 2,003 4 2 1 1995.1 1,847 832 914 230 701 89 4 21 8,476 61 9.03 3.16 2.86 1.04 23.6 8.3 1.28 .297 4.12 92 3.82 93 8.33 66.8 7 C. Morton 137 120 .533 376 375 4.02 2,007 3 2 0 2086.1 1,952 931 1,028 199 768 184 0 25 8,931 68 8.66 3.31 2.61 0.86 22.5 8.6 1.30 .304 4.43 100 3.82 95 8.42 51.5 8 C. Sale 134 83 .618 366 286 3.07 2,376 16 3 12 1921.1 1,557 655 706 201 448 117 25 15 7,733 45 11.13 2.10 5.30 0.94 30.7 5.8 1.04 .295 3.31 72 2.90 69 7.29 276.2 9 K. Gibson 110 105 .512 324 318 4.52 1,485 3 1 0 1832.1 1,880 920 976 221 641 67 0 14 7,850 71 7.29 3.15 2.32 1.09 18.9 8.2 1.38 .305 4.79 107 4.26 101 9.23 -10.3 10 C. Carrasco 110 103 .516

And what current hitters on the major and minor league rosters do you believe in, exactly?

Solid reliever doesn't move the needle either. It would be shocking at this point for Eder to end up with anything close to 5 career fWAR with the Sox. If you're the Sox you need the 5+ fWAR four bagger hits...Robert and Crochet the only two in that stratosphere. Without stars, it would require almost almost every single position player to be around a 2.5-3ish fWAR contributor. Maybe Quero. Maybe Montgomery. But even those two aren't sure bets at this point.

Or Todd Marinovich.

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2024&month=0&season1=2024&ind=0&pos=dh Burger, despite the oblique injury and rough start defensively would be worth around the #11 DH in baseball, probably at least 2 fWAR if playing there the full season. So that’s out of 23 players. And roughly 2 fWAR more than Sheets. At least average gets you 2 more games closer to .500 and respectability…lineup protection for Robert, etc. There are some spillover effects, certainly. Less times the team is getting shut out, higher entertainment value for fans who enjoy his effort level compared to a Benintendi type, etc.

Still think Baseball America and MLB/Pipeline are the two lists that MOST look to first. As I said, it wasn't consensus across the industry by an stretch of the imagination. FG is late to the prospect game, but they have their ardent believers, too.

Stadium Pitching Staff Jose Rodriguez >>> Luis Robert Trendy upscale market

Sure, they gave up on him. But they should have realized Moncada was already a sunk cost based on his track record. They still could have given him plenty of time at DH based on his 2023 performance alone...but the weird fascination with Sheets somehow prevailed for what reason looks at fangraphs or the back of Gavin's baseball card? Burger was one of the few players last year producing surplus value for the Sox. The best example this year in Crochet will also likely be traded for a 25-50% discount if they force Benintendi's remaining contract into the deal. Turning assets into Vargas'es. Leaving Las (Lost) Vargas.

https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/210159/prospects/ Eder peaked as the #5-7 prospect on the Marlins but never a consensus Top 100 MiLB prospect.

Right...tragic family circumstances. But knuckleballs will always have their place in the sport...exact opposite of max velo. Matt Waldron throws quite a few per game.

Burger 68 career homers Eloy 94 Yoan Moncada 93 Sox money allocated to each player respectively?

Wakefield on the Sox? Jenks was throwing sliders/cutters as well with his flatter FB. Contreras was the best pitcher in baseball with just a fork and FB August 2005 until May 2006. Garcia Garland Buehrle McCarthy all contributed mightily. Bullpen lights out despite going through three closers.