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I trust Hahn to hire the guys to go out and look at the talent. Part of being the boss is knowing your strengths and weaknesses.

Pretty stoked to see if Engel can step up the hitting next year, that kid is ridiculous.

3 and 4 are meaningless numbers. Q is a good-to-great starting pitcher on a dirt cheap contract. Don't trade that. Period.

Trading Alexei represents a big risk to be sure. He is a steady producer and his contract dovetails nicely with when Tim Anderson should (please please) be ready. However, if you can get long term cost controlled talent for him, there are options on the FA market that can take over at SS for a year or so, for a similar or lesser price. Just one of the many possibilities facing Hahn this offseason.

Except that Lee was about to get very expensive and the org didn't want to pay him. Meanwhile Quintana is paid like a scrub for the next 3 years. You don't trade one of the best contracts in baseball, that's bad management. Trading Alexei makes some sense but not Q.

RE: Cargo - One, he will be 29 in a few days, so saying he is 28 is a bit dishonest. Two, he has had some very bad injuries of late, the kind that sap speed and range. The kind that could seriously affect his defensive game, and even his swing. Three, he has had a substantial uptick in his K rate over the last two seasons. Four, he has the aforementioned alarming home/road splits. Five, he is owed 16, 17 and 20 million over the next three seasons. Basically, no.

Yeah any trade for Sale starts with Betts. This has probably a .00005% chance of happening.

Bailey and Hochevar would be good short term pickups with upside. Same with Brandon Morrow. I think the Sox can find pitching on the cheap, and spend on a good position player. Pony up for Panda or Headley.

I would post my grades but they don't vary significantly from what others have posted. So here are some fake grades - Hahn - F - He already graded himself! Who am I to argue? Are you smarter than Rick Hahn, boy genius? Steverson - F - He was the hitting coach, but he didn't hit once this year. Not. Even. Once. Joe McEwing - A+ My favorite windmill Robin Ventura - A - Look at this way - he had a lousy team with no hope of reinforcements, and he had to deal with Harold Baines, aka King Douche Harold Baines - F - What a douche Steve Stone - C - Branching out into PBP, trying to become a more fully rounded person, Stone is humanity itself. There's a little Steve Stone in all of us, trying to get out. A good contrast to... Hawkbot 2000 - 01101010 - DADGUMMIT YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE CAN OF CORN MATT ABATTACOLA BZZT MALFUNCTION CORE OVERHEATING Southpaw - Like, Groovy Man - Keep on truckin'

It was a stipulation of the contract. Compensation goes up to 26.5 mil if he gets super two status. His contract is so ludicrously under market that I am not even close to upset about this.

From most realistic to pie-in-the-sky: OF - Ackley Markakis Corey Dickerson J Heyward C - Grandal Gary Sanchez Susac DH- Dom Brown Kendrys V Mart SP- Morrow Masterson Gee Latos Shields

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Sep 28, 2014 -> 06:37 PM) So basically we got all star performances from Sale, Q, Eaton and Abreu and we only improved by 10 games. I am afraid .500 next year may be a stretch. Well considering all the positions the Sox had virtually no contribution from this year, I think they did alright. Seriously, they had 5 position players and 2 pitchers who produced 1 or more WAR this year. The point being that with all the cash the Sox have, and all the dead weight they can trim away, they should be able to add another 10 wins pretty easily. Of course injuries and regression could certainly occur but building depth is another part of the process.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 22, 2014 -> 12:35 PM) Wouldn't the simple solution to that problem be to move Zim to 1b? That's what he is saying. Zimmermann -> 1B, Laroche out.

He's 23 He did lose nearly a season of playing time and still has I think he will be a good hitter

For example, lets take an average-ish 1B. Say, Matt Adams of the STL Cardinals. 2 WAR, .292/.321/.460, .337 wOBA, very average starting-caliber 1B His age 22 season he was also in AA, in the Texas league, which i've read slightly deflates offense. His line that season? .300/.357/.556

I'm not convinced he can hit that well. His numbers are slightly worse that Semien's in 2013 in AA, and Semien has struggled quite a bit this season.

Hitting for power is what he has to do though. He had a good season and he should be in the top 20 for the Sox but he didn't do enough to move the needle substantially

I like that Hawkins numbers improved, but most of the in person scouting i've read this season tells me he still can't recognize breaking pitches. I have a feeling he is going to struggle badly next season. Davidson is obviously way down, Barnum down, Trayce slightly down (only improved slightly repeating a level, still young) Beck, Ravelo, Engel pretty much neutral M. Johnson, Michalczewski, Danish up substantially thats 10, but not the top ten.

Freestanding Anecdotal Shart was my favorite Don Caballero song

Well as a first baseman who doesn't hit for power, has major contact issues and an injury history, he is definitely not a very good prospect.

Barnum may have been healthy but he posted an OPS above 700 only one month of the year. He is basically a non-prospect at this point.

That's Rick's job.

Wilkins has struggled initially with new assignments, so i'm not surprised. Porcello is pretty good as well.

Sale Latos Quintana Noesi Rodon Looks good, rite? I think Montas is a reliever long term. Jury is out on Danish

Its RODON time