chw42

lol come on man, Eaton was 32 when we signed him the 2nd time around. Benintendi will be that age when this contract is over.

lmao they'd rather pay him his money to go away.

The Sox were supposedly in on Murphy.

You joke, but I brought up Benintendi when we hired Grifol.

FWIW, while Benintendi was not great playing in Yankee stadium, his peripheral statcast numbers looked pretty good. He had an expected slash line of .253/.387/.449 while his actual slash line was .212/.354/.365 (this is actually an above average wRC+). His BABIP in that small sample was .212 so it's safe to say that when it normalizes over a larger sample, you're looking at numbers much closer to the expected slash line.

I'm pretty sure I saw Twins fans lamenting the Twins for being cheap and not signing Benintendi for a few extra million per year. The grass is always greener on the other side, I guess.

Relax, he played 16 games in Yankee stadium.

Haniger got 3 and $44 million, but he's also 3 years older. I think Benintendi is also a much better fit for the team than Haniger. The deal is absolutely fair in this market and the 5 year commitment isn't that big of a deal for a guy that's only 28.

If they were willing to trade for Kimbrel, I'm not sure what's stopping them from trading for Hendriks.

Any chance the Rays want Hendriks?

We haven't had a solid left handed hitter in the lineup since Adam Eaton the first time around (if you're not counting switch hitters). Yes, Benintendi's ceiling is fairly low. He's not exciting. But this lineup badly needed a stable and consistent left handed hitter and that is exactly what Benintendi is. The upside to him is that his offensive numbers were depressed by Kaufmann stadium. His wRC+ on the road these last 2 seasons were 123 and 131. His ISO on the road in 2021 was over .200. Move him to Guaranteed Rate for half the season and I wouldn't be surprised if he put up 25 homers next year. Did they overpay? Probably. Is Benintendi an impact player? No. But only Aaron Judge or one of the top SSs would have been if Yoan and Grandal don't bounce back. The team's potential is still gonna depend on at least one of those guys to not be a corpse next year at the plate.

I totally forgot that Benintendi had a hamate bone injury. Apparently he had the surgery before to get it removed and then it grew back and got broken again? You gotta hope that's not a recurring issue.

I think we need to thank AJ Pollock for declining his free $8 million. Without that, I doubt this deal happens.

Oh for some reason I thought Grandal got $78 million. Now Hahn gets to say he gave out the biggest deal in Sox history to make it seem like the team is still spending money.

Yeah it's larger by like $3 million IIRC.

I wouldn't have minded Gallo, but this lineup is already looking at bounce back seasons from 2 of its left handed bats in Grandal and Moncada. Adding a 3rd guy to that list is just a bad idea. I feel like you have a better shot of winning the lottery than all 3 bouncing back.

Grandal's deal is still bigger.

I like this idea actually. Platoon partner/insurance for Colas.

That's not too bad. Liam's probably gone now.

I know they're going with Colas in RF, but we still need a 4th OFer. Depending on Victor Reyes or Mark Payton to be that guy is a bad idea.

My question is, what were they doing when Boston gave up Benintendi for Franchy Cordero before 2021?

Uh hmm, Ozzie's Burner had it first.

Watch this be the largest FA contract the Sox have ever given out

Probably 5 years and $75 million.

The Sox still need another OFer if they sign Benintendi.