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Kimbrel gone by Monday.

I guess we’ll see!

That’s why you trade Kimbrel and reallocate the funds. Seems pretty obvious you’re not a Conforto guy. That’s cool. Hope you’ll be disappointed at the Sox improving vastly in the next week or so!

Agreed

Why tho? It’s not your money. $5M AAV is nothing. He makes this team so much better.

Hard for me to understand why any Sox wouldn’t want Conforto. At 5/$110M plus…I guess I get it. But 4/$75-80M….I truly wouldn’t get why anyone would be opposed. He makes this team alot better in several ways.

I do too. I want to keep him. He’s great depth. But there isn’t a chance in hell I’m sitting AV for him consistently. One is going to be an offensive star in this league. The other a useful platoon bat.

Those 150 hand selected great matchup at bats tho!!!

Hes better than nothing. But not sure how the org would come the conclusion of Nick C over Conforto. But they’ve made puzzling decisions before!

Nope. Sox aren’t sitting AV on the bench 5 days a week to play Gavin everyday. Sorry.

Right. Sox needed RP. Got 2 solid ones. I don't consider the $16.5M they spent on RP squandering at all. If you want to b**** about that, b**** about the long list of guys who could be in our bullpen and most of them all flamed out. Burdi, Tyler Johnson, Bernando Flores, Ian Hamilton, Alec Hansen, Caleb Frare, Ryan Burr, etc., etc

The best thing about Conforto, in my opinion, is that shitty 2021. Without it, he's probably already signed a deal around what Freeman got. The shitty 21 allows the Sox to get a potential bargain. Everyone here seems worried about Colas and Cesepdes, but guess what - if Conforto bounces back to his 17-20 self, he's a bargain around $20M AAV. Now the SOx have the ability to pick and choose who to trade between Colas/Cespedes and Conforto. Good problems to have.

You're not signing Conforto for his hitting against lefties tho. The Sox offense takes a large step back against RHP, especially good ones. We will see alot of that in the playoffs. This lineup badly needs to improve in that regard and Conforto goes a long long long way to do that. Sox having plenty of sticks that absolutely mash lefties. Shit, just sit Conforto on the bench against lefties and let Engel or Leury get some PT. I get the concern about handing Conforto 5/$110M. I definitely prefer something closer to the Yaz deal. But not sure ~$4M AAV and 1 guaranteed year is worth losing him over.

That's fair. I would have taken him too. Problem is, he hasn't been an option since November. IIRC, Sox were in on him.

What 2B would you have selected? The FA market wasn't exactly flush with good options.

Hernandez was so bad with the Sox, I don't care what his metrics say. I'd happily take a player who's cherry picked stats may say he's slightly worse than Cesar just to try something else. They tried Cesar. He was fucking awful and they rightfully cut his ass instead of paying him $6M. The people that are bitching about it would be bitching about picking up the option or resigning him for less. It is what it is. Guy sucks and I am glad he's not on the roster. Again - I feel like i've had to say it hundred times - this isn't a defense of Harrison or signing him. I am completely underwhelmed by that move. But assuming they do the right thing in RF, its whatever. I personally never expected anything but a stopgap player at 2B.

Ray Ray always knows best!

That's fair.

He hasn't been linked to anyone. I don't really care to debate to what extent the media has linked Conforto to the Sox. Its a meaningless conversation. You don't think they'll sign him? Shocking. We'll see what happens.

The page had to turn the corner on Cesar. He wasn't an option. Not only did his defense disappoint significantly with the Sox, he clearly didn't fit in and the guy looked miserable and uninterested. They had to try someone else. I can't believe people have been routinely supporting bringing back Cesar Hernandez since Harrison signed. The guy is a fucking bump on a log. I would have preferred nearly any of the other 4-5 legitimate 2B options.

Who has Conforto been legitimately linked to Ray Ray?

Yup. Hard to not feel those vibes. I get why people are skeptical. But the fit is too good.

Yup. I'm cool with Harrison at this point. Honestly, defense is a much bigger need than offense at 2bB right now. I just wish Harrison batted left handed. But I am excited for his spark and I think he'll be a really fun guy at the bottom of the order batting in front of TA. He's not sexy, but I am content with it at this point. Just sign Michael fucking Conforto.

Yeah, I just don’t take message board insiders word as gospel. No disrespect to Pal in particular, nothing against him. But we also have guys who actually use their real name and have gotten info in past like James Fox who haven’t said anything like this. You can choose to believe the Sox aren’t intersted in Conforto if you’d like. That’s cool. I’ll wait until he’s signed elsewhere to freak out. The fit is amazing and until he signs elsewhere I cannot imagine the Sox aren’t trying to sign him.

The Sox are definitely interested in Conforto, even if it hasn't been super publically stated. I am sure Conforto is still looking to beat the 5/$100M that the Mets apparently offered him last summer. I am sure Sox are trying for something more like the Yaz 4/$73M. Hopefully they don't overplay their hand.