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All the MILB deals, please. Sox are certainly due for a late bloomer to click.

Not "needing" a very good player has never really stopped LAD before. I wouldn't rule them out, though I'd still hold Robert for now if I were Getz.

Kinda shocked he couldn't do better.

Thank god. The end of that terrible rumor.

Was Booser ever actually DFA? I don't think he was, although I may have missed it.

If Yoan can ever stay healthy (which is a ginormous IF), I think he's still got plenty in the tank to be a 2-3 WAR contributor, with upside for more. But obviously his time with the Sox has more than run its course. From all the core (non-Robert guys) from the last rebuild, he is the one that I feel can still can put together some good seasons.

I agree that signing middling vets to push out mildly interesting prospects and young controllable players is stupid for a team in the Sox situation. But Josh (not Luis) Rojas is an actual major leaguer. Romy is very likely not.

I think it's a terrible idea.

But where's he gonna play? It makes no sense even if the INF wasn't already super crowded. Makes even less sense now.

Thanks for clarifying, didn't realize that. In that case, @WestEddy was spot on, my apologies.

I think it'd be a lot more than that. 172 days on active roster is a full year of service. He only has 12.6% of the 5th year. It's more like 120 games into the season he'll reach the 5 year mark. Not that it really matters, he's not getting optioned.

Absolutely. He doesn't have the requisite service time to not be optionable. He also has just 4.1 years of service time, so he's controllable for 2026 as well even though it was just a 1 year deal.

Sox just decided to not non-tender Justin Anderson. And he's probably current leader in the clubhouse for the closer role. I doubt he's on the chopping block.

Sox currently holding 24 pitchers and 16 position players on the 40 man. It almost certainly has to be a pitcher. Murfee or Scholtens make the most sense, but obviously Murfee was just claimed, and Sox liked Scholtens enough to hold him on the roster all last year. Obviously this isn't a good roster, but you're getting to the point where you're going to have to cut interesting young guys you recently brought in if you continue to acquire middling veteran talent. This also hamstrings the Sox availability to be aggressive on the waiver wire, which frankly is one of their competitive advantages from being so awful.

Bannister obviously likes Gilbert. I don't think Combs is worth much hand wringing but it's a bizarre strategy they're employing giving up young players for 30+ year old relievers.

I think that is dumb. Guy threw 88 innings last year, and 115 in his pro career. He's not ready for an every 5th day spot on a major league rotation. Get him up to 120-130 this year in the minors, then call him up in May 2026. But yah, you're probably right - if this regime is anything like the previous, we'll see him before he's ready.

I get the stance. I wouldn't be mad about a Q reunion. I think Davis, Cannon and Thorpe should hold their own though. We already have Bryce Wilson around to eat some starts. I think the group of Burke, Nastrini and Bush should get plenty of chances for starts, but am less confident it would go well.

Well, nothing like giving them the punted 2025 season to earn that experience. There will absolutely be a learning curve. This team will be awful. May as well let these guys cut their teeth and see how has the potential to be a part of the next meaningful rotation.

I don't really have much interest in adding to the group at the major league level at this point. Give Martin, Cannon, Thorpe, Burke, Nastrini, Bush, Adams and Iriarte as many starts as possible. Maybe even sprinkle Carela into that group towards the latter half. Some pretty interesting arms in there, IMO. With hopefully top end arms in Schultz and Smith filling in the top of the rotation by mid 2026, I think we can find 3-4 mid rotations arms from that aforementioned group.

Good thing he has three more years of control, so plenty of time to regain value and be moveable.

I don't really know that he's a DFA guy. He wasn't DFA to my knowledge, and probably has some value coming off a really solid season due to all the cheap control even at his age. Certainly fair to question why you'd trade an 18 year old pitcher with solid DSL results for a low upside reliever in the Sox current circumstances.

Terrible news. Really enjoyed Vinnie's coverage of the Sox.

+100. Zero reason for either of them to be on the team until mid May at the earliest.

The sox are the laughing stock of MLB, but man, the O's are stupid. I got so much joy out of watching them get swept out of the first round this season, and 2025 isn't going to be any better. That simply isn't a play-off caliber pitching staff.

I don't think so. It all depends on the offers really. If they aren't there, you're better off betting on a better performance April-June, and cashing in then. Now if you can get a really good up the middle prospect now, and a supporting piece or two, then sure.