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It's a fine signing. Saw he was hitting 96-98 in Japan as well. Very similar to the Fedde signing. Locks up Martin, Smith and Kay in the rotation. Burke, Cannon, and Thorpe (when is he coming back) and then all the kids in the minors on the way up

Is this dude fucking dumb? My god that was a horrible read.

If anyone doesn't see 2025 as a positive then I don't know what to tell ya. Sox were 31-43 for a .419 winning percentage since July 4th which is the date Colson Montgomery came up and all the young players started playing together I shouldn't have to explain with how well the young guys looked offensively with even more on the way up next year. Shane Smith becoming a mid rotation guy as a rule 5 pick is incredible. Davis Martin is a solid back end guy. Taylor, Leasure, Gonzalez, Vasil (another rule 5 guy) all excelling. The holes are obvious on this team for next year, but this season was definitely a positive development because of who won these games.

So they won't be embarrassed when they let him go for nothing? Lol, is that what you are saying? They will definitely pick up his option. Benintendi is a more crippling contract than Robert.

Thing is the players don't hot dog it. They do trick plays, but when the ball is hit, they run everything out. When I went Saturday night, multiple doubles were hit in the gaps, a HR was hit, pitchers were probably throwing mid 80s. There were plays at the plate, sliding head first. If it wasn't routine or anyone on base (where they would do a trick play most likely), it was a true baseball game.

Can't judge a guy off 50 ABs. Minor league success, so give him run as the 1B for the rest of this season. They have no one else at the position anyway. Vargas should stay at 3B as long as possible

I don't think Elko will be the guy, but he has definitely earned the rest of the season at 1B at the MLB level. Vargas' value ideally would be greater at 3B, so I would love for him to stick there. Think it will depend on Montgomery and how he develops at SS at the MLB level. For me, I want Vargas at 3B, Montgomery at SS and Meidroth at 2B. Figure out 1B and the OF when the time comes

There's an article that Y2Jimmy tweeted out that the Pirates big off season move remains to be seen and that they still plan to add. This could be a spot for Robert as well. Not sure what they would offer though. Would figure Griffin or Johnson would have to be in the deal

Looks like we basically posted at the same time. An Arroyo, Petty + package would be great for Robert and Reds fans seem to agree

I really do think Robert will get a bit more than we are expecting. Sell low, sure, but I still think we can land a great deal for him. Maybe something like Arroyo, Petty and Sirota for Robert would make sense.

This is an awesome deal.

I will not be paying $360 a year to watch three bad teams. Looks like twitter and ESPN updates for me

Right. This isn't hard to figure out. Crochet has two years left and Jerry won't pay him. Whereas, Painter (if in deal) would have 6/7 years of control

Teams don't trade top 10/20ish prospects hardly ever now. Take the best possible deal ever. If this were to happen with Painter as a headliner, I would bet there would be a few prospect trades this off season.

Yeah, Painter is really only the pitching headliner that I would be ok with. Painter, Caba, Escobar and a flier would be awesome