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I actually bought several pairs of season tickets when Nightengale tweeted out we were going to be aggressive and named Ray & Semien. I didn’t want to risk the Sox running out once we finally reeled in the big fish.

As much as I wanted to believe that we’d sign Scherzer, it never felt realistic unless we were prepared to go well over $200M in payroll. That being said, Hahn better land Conforto and have some other aces up his sleeve. I’m going to be really pissed if Rick deals Kimbrel for Seguara and positions that as one of our major moves this offseason.

Sox in the Basement podcast.

You are literally insane and Samson recently pointed that people have been misinterpreting that quote and that Jerry wants to win.

To be fair, only Nightengale reported that I believe

This pretty much seals it.

That’s true, but didn’t seem like any AL teams were in the mix outside of the Angels.

Oh fuck…anyone but the Mets.

Agree. And probably wouldn’t want to pitch for them if I was already a millionaire 200x over and at the tail-end of my career.

Luckily all teams share their thoughts with Jon Heyman so he can keep us up to speed ?

Would make some sense obviously.

You think the Sox may actually be in the mix?

Mets, Dodgers, Angels?? White Sox?? ?

Where did I say “win”? I said could “work out”. If you want to maximize your chances to win the next three years, Schwarber & Marte could make a huge difference.

Not sure how to take this signing. Financially it doesn’t change things, but do the Angels even have a rotation spot open after this? Seems like they’re now six deep.

I’d be disappointed too, but if paired with a trade for say Ketal Marte it could work out.

? Lance Lynn, Mike Minor, & Kyle Gibson were all amazing B/C tier signings that paid off in spades.

Agree. Which is why when Harold said he was the Sox’s top target it made some sense.

Imagine Schwarber being Hahn’s big move and it not happening until the lockout settled. It would be a brutal couple months for Soxtalk.

3/$120M is exactly what MLBTR predicted. Honestly, I’d love for the Sox to be in this thing right now and offering those exact terms.

I’ll wait to see the terms first, but the player makes a ton of sense for the Rangers.

Story will require a significantly larger commitment than Conforto and candidly speaking the Coors factor makes me nervous. That’s not to suggest he will flop by leaving, but makes me nervous enough to be worried.

Cohen not sacrificing the 14th overall pick if he can just spend money elsewhere to fill the need.

Source?

I don’t get why people would hate Conforto, but you’ve said this before. Care to elaborate? He’s not the three outcome hitter that Sox typically despises.