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Mazara would end up still playing a lot of RF would be my guess with Castellanos playing DH and moving to RF when Grandal is DH

Pretty sure Ricky doesn’t give a crap about playing both catchers at the same time. If I recall he did it quite a few times last season without Collins being called up.

Agreed. I was just pointing out that the Sox and rightfully so do care about service time and if it wasn’t for the extension he would have never started out in Chicago.

Castellanos, Donaldson and Ozuna are the best bats out there right now and I would bet that Castellanos holds out the longest of those 3, Boras won’t let him get less than Ozuna at a minimum I’d be willing to bet

If I remember correctly Eloy was sent down right before the extension was signed so the plan was for him to wait the few weeks in Charlotte before coming up. Fortunately they reached that deal and he became he opening day LF all of a sudden

I have a feeling Collins is as good as gone regardless. He isn’t in your plans to be the starting catcher. First base is locked up with Vaughn and Abreu and he isn’t going to be your DH. Don’t see any room for him on the roster as is and they might as well get whatever value they can out of him now.

I think anything 60-80 mil range will be what he gets.

Anyone know the payroll for the next few years. I thought I read a tweet or message on here somewhere saying it drops to like 76 mil next season. I don’t think any castellanos signing will cripple payroll in 3-4 years especially if you are only at 110 right now and this team gets good. JR and the Sox have spent when the team is good. No reason to doubt that moving forward

This would be one of the times I wouldn’t complain about it either

You really want to bank on a Betts type FA next year? I give the front office credit but c’mon everyone is going to be in on him next offseason. Adding castellanos does not block Vaughn. If anything it makes Mazara a role player, when Vaughn is ready you move Mazara to the bench Castellanos to RF and you have Abreu and Vaughn at DH/1B. Castellanos doesn’t block anyone in my opinion

Of the two I think Castellanos fits better in terms of years of control and he can do more than just DH. He can play the corner OF and possibly back up 1B if needed. Rumors are that he likes Chicago. He would be my target and have Encarnacion as plan B

Castellanos is the guy that fits the team the best in the long run. Get the deal done Hahn and call it and move onto the bullpen

I think he means if the option doesn’t vest Keuchel has probably either gotten hurt or been really bad and has been a revolving door in the rotation like in previous years

Too even I think it’s 1 year 7.5 mil.

Has anyone had a scoop on any move this offseason

Probably shopped for a relief pitcher my guess

Vaughn in my opinion hasn’t locked up anything. He is still just a prospect even if he is highly looked at, who I would gladly place as our everyday 1B in 2021. Abreu is what he is, probably better suited at a bench player in year 3 of his deal. In my opinion if you can get JDM go do it and work the rest out later. It’s a good problem to have.

In the AL Central with how weak it is, I believe it. Doing much outside of that I’m still skeptical.

I’d be more than okay with Castellanos, EE is good for 1-2 more years but if you could get Boston some salary relief for JDM and work out a new contract with him that to me is the ideal route to go down. Collins in my opinion is expendable at this point.

One more big acquisition preferably a bat like JDM and some bullpen help, call it an offseason and let’s f*****g go!!!

He did say I think yesterday about expecting the unexpected......❤️❤️❤️

It’s Christmas.....go big or go home

One of the best things about this deal is if I’m not mistaken the 40 man roster is back at 40 so I think it’s time to trim a little more fat off of that ?

Betances and trade Collins plus a couple prospects for Arenado.