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My guess is Braun/Smoak platoon at 1B with Garcia, Cain and Yelich in OF

If they go into the season without any additions, I think Collins is the DH vs RHP. No idea what happens if they add someone.

I gotcha. I think he knows if he wants to keep Betts for whatever reason, he needs to dump Price and JBJ. I'm sure he's just waiting out the market.

I think they'll have two new pitchers, a 2B and probably another DH option, yes. Not sure on who those players are though.

There is no way that Chaim Bloom asked for Vaughn or Madrigal in return for David Price. He's a smart guy. I just don't believe it. It's a complete time waster.

Blake Rutherford type prospect

They aren't trading Madrigal and Vaughn. Not this off-season. Carry on.

It was supposed to say they aren't division favorites

You don't think the Sox can contend if they land one of Price/Keuchel/Ryu and say Bailey/Wood as a 2nd starter? Bring in Encarnacion and a vet 2B as well. They might be the division favorites but they can contend. It's December 17th and the Twins currently have 2 pitchers in their opening day rotation.

I'm not sure he does. He's older for sure but Wheeler has an extensive injury history as well

Just like they did with Zack Wheeler, right?

He posted a 138 wRC+ vs LHP last season

I have an article coming out about this in the morning. I love Edwin Encarnacion but he causes some issues with the roster for sure if they were to sign him.

I think he gets moved after Donaldson signs. He's not going to win that grievance.

Disagree here. I'd much rather have David Price at like 3 years and $60-$65 million than sign Keuchel or Ryu for what they're going to end up with now on the open market.

I'm guessing he gets traded to the White Sox for one of the OF prospects and a minor league reliever.

I hope he goes to the Twins. Bumgarner is going to end up being really bad money.

They offered it. They went hard and set the market. We're finding out why right now.

Robert is a plus defender with plus-plus speed and arm in CF. He's not moving to a corner anytime soon.

Did Olney explicitly mention that the Sox are interested in David Price?

That would be my guess if they actually made a trade. I'm not really sure what they're doing though.

I agree. I think they're going to trade for a starting pitcher but it'll be someone with a large salary. They just aren't going to trade those guys before they play a full season in the org. That would be shortsighted.

I doubt they trade any of those 3 at this stage

Yep. I'm with you on that. The payroll should be in the $130 million range.

This isn't correct. Grandal, Abreu, Herrera, McCann, Anderson and Jimenez adds up to $51 million. Colome, Mazara, Rodon, Leury and Marshall is roughly $25 million more. Then add in the the minimum salary guys.