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He's easily the most important guy to lock up long term. I guess it depends on if they feel he is the long term solution at 3B - his defense is still very much below average. What a great developmental win for the Sox though. He's not a FA until 2030. Probably better to wait, even if you need that forces them to pay him more a few years from now. I'd argue the greatest blunder Hahn made was paying everyone in advance, running up payroll, and preventing additional FA moves to plug holes.

At the time of the trade literally no one knew who he was. It was a bad trade with hindsight, but more often than not those type of prospects never escape the A ball. Hell, the Dodgers traded Yordan Alvarez for Josh Fields. It happens. But no way does Boston Smith sniff Tatis in MLB impact. I just wish they would have sold high on him for a better SP option and not an albatross contract for 2027. The metrics are putrid. The Sox are lucky next season will likely be shortened and prevent his vesting option from kicking in for 2028.

I honestly couldn't care less about Boston Smith. He's a nice story, but I don't envision him being anything more than a role player. He was no loss - your farm system should be developing these types of players (and trading them) all the time. I'm only looking at it from each of their level of production for the Sox.

I'd argue it's worse. At least Shields could give you 5+

I just don't see any value to keeping him around. I can't see the Sox eating both him and Benny's contract. How the Sox didn't see his clear cut warning signs he is cooked is beyond me. Talk about falling in love with the back of the baseball card when all the metrics out there state the obvious.

No way Castillo even makes the playoff roster. What a terrible addition this has turned into. I can't imagine him sticking around through next year in a bullpen role.

Not just every organization, but every company. We've all been exposed to that type of behavior. I was initially concerned if he stepped away due to an internal conflict on the direction of the scouting/team/development. At least this is something that they can easily address, fix, and move on from as an organization.

An opener would keep him on a starter's schedule though. I could be wrong, but I believe the big problem in SEA was he was legit a RP out of the pen.

Pretty cool, definitely need to keep the pinwheels though. That would be sacrilege to drop those from the scoreboard.

I'd try an opener with him. Shifting him to the pen didn't work in SEA so I don't see why it would all of a sudden work here. What they should do is get Thorpe up and give him a few starts.

Yes, but expecting a 2020-ish playoff performance. This team is in desperate need of SP options it doesn't have right now.

He's ranked #7 overall for BA. Guys in front of him (in order) are: Jesus Made, Franklin Arias, Leo De Vries, Josue De Paula, Theo Gillen, and Kade Anderson. Emerson is at #13.

He is, but he's an authentic cheeseball and a real Sox fan. Hawk was too. I'll take that any day of the week over inauthentic, forced, or pretend fandom.

I hope he's replaced. He's gotten better, but he has some way too cringe-worthy moments for my liking. The "Yeah buddy" and "I See You" s%*# is too much and forced. I wish they'd get Plesac in there full-time.

It's a waiver claim, he has to be put on the 40-man, so someone is getting cut.

Well, this ought to be interesting. Send down Q who's finally hitting, or cut Romo who the pitchers like throwing to?

Thorpe had a great outing in Charlotte today. I'm not keen on needing to rely on a guy coming off TJ surgery for a pennant push, but give him a start or two and let Martin phantom IL for his "blister." I really hate the way McDougal was used since being called up. Kid sat for 11 days without seeing game action. Just seems like a total misuse of the kid. I was fine with the way the deadline turned out, but I do really fear Getz fumbled by not adding another SP to this group.

This is the only logical explanation I can think of too. Acuna has actually been fairly good the last month or so, and outperformed Mateo in that time. Mateo does have a connection to Fuller though.

They had a lot of neat items in there in addition to the jersey. They also sold some memorabilia in there too. Always thought it was a shame they tore it out to expand the Home Plate shop. The next stadium definitely needs a proper team history museum.

This is less than ideal...

I really like this move. Back end of the pen just got a lot better.

I don't think Getz 'panicked,' but he obviously wanted to get this deal done tonight. Until we see the prices on the rest of the arms available out there, it's going to be a little too early to judge on what is the actual cost on this trade. IMO, Getz gave up essentially nothing in this deal, except financial flexibility for the future. Boston Smith likely isn't a catcher long term, is 23 yrs old with half his time in A+ ball this year, and does have swing and miss concerns. He's not exactly a prospect. I think Getz cashed in on selling high personally.

I am not a fan of this move. Nothing do with what the Sox gave up, I just hate the idea of trading for a guy who isn't all that much better than Fedde or Kay, and yet makes way more not only for this year, but next year and possibly 2028. Plus, 33 yr old pitchers rarely get better. Getz better not be done...

This, I think a lot of people are overvaluing Smith here. He likely doesn't even stick at catcher. Using him as a trade chip to improve the MLB club for a playoff push is exactly what he should be used for IMO. But the fact this even leaked, it likely isn't going to happen - Getz and co. are always flying under-the-radar.

Agreed. If he's mechanically out of wack and needs to refine his pitches, he belongs in Charlotte where he can safely work on them and not impact the MLB team trying to win the division. Really seems like the Sox fumbled his development this year. Whatever changes he was told to make aren't working at this level. Kid needs a reset. I'm certainly not giving up on him yet. For anyone really worried about him long term, take a look at Dylan Cease's 2020 Savant page - he can still turn it around and be a rotation arm in the future.