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Blue Jays keep getting linked to Ryu. Of all places he'd end up, I'd be pretty surprised if he left for Toronto.

I didn't see MadBum leaving the NL, so I'm not surprised with this or disappointed. Sox really need to do something though. They cannot allow Covey to see a major league mound in 2020.

I saw somewhere that Kluber gets a raise or something because he was traded, someone tweeted that CLE would be throwing in case to offset that. Kicking myself because I can't find it on my timeline now.

Wow, light return IMO. Clase is a RP.

I wish the Sox would add a SP from FA. That might help with more leverage, as they don't come across as desperate for pitching then.

Plus he was the one case where the most money didn't matter. He stuck to what was best for his family, and Stone even suggested he didn't want to leave the NL. Drives me nuts how some people think you can hold a gun to every FA head and make them sign with you. The Sox made a good effort and lost. I hope they use that $125M on something else now.

What worries me even more is the Sox are trying to sign someone and keep coming up short. I don’t think that’s the case, but it’s hard to know for sure. They do seem to be attached to quite a few players this offseason.

Oh, absolutely agree. Unfortunately, this FO has broken me to the point I expect signings like this.

He had a decent season. Would rather watch him than Covey.

Another option off the board. Sox doing their due diligence.

He’s no longer with the organization. Minor league FA if I’m not mistaken.

If the season started tomorrow, I think this is roughly a 78-80 win team. I had the expectation they could compete for the Wild Card this season, so I’m expecting more to be done. Not to confident that will happen anymore.

Well, being left handed probably is one of the items at the top of the list. Maybe they see something they feel they can use to unlock his full potential? I also don’t think they should use Avi as the sole reason to not go after players with similar skill sets. I just hope the Sox have more in store for whatever is going on with their off-season plan. They have to use some money to get pitching. I can live with Mazara if they do that and utilized him properly (and protect the hell out of him against LHP).

I’m sure we will see Burdi, Johnson, and Foster at some point as well. Plus you still have Schryver too, who did really well before being promoted to Charlotte. I’d still like to see them sign another solid proven arm. Not sure you can depend on Herrera bouncing back and Marshall staying as consistent as he was.

Patience or financially handcuffed?

Old man Bruce. Because why not have more 1B/DH types?!

At least the Sox big FA target actually chose a different state to play in instead of going just down the street?

At this point, I hope they do get him. Get some type of SP at this point. Every day less and less options are available.

Someone needs to put JR's face on Caesar in this clip.

I really wonder where the hell that $250M went between last offseason and this offseason.