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Hey look, Reds adding salary when I was told yesterday there was no way the Reds would be taking back contracts (even tho they'd be dumping lots of it with that I proposed!) Good stuff Puzzling move tho

Yep. Not all hope is lost brother. Hang in there.

Put Conforto in there instead of Sheets and there is no way it not a top 3 lineup in baseball. Without Conforto, its probably more in the 4-6 range.

Prob just talking him up to try to get a morsel of value out of him next couple weeks.

That is not what he said. Would recommend listening to it.

According to Ray, there are 9 better. LOLZ

By what tho? $1-2M AAV? Its somewhat irreleveant. Those $1-2M do add up and I get that, but the money Hahn has spent on FAs this offseason isn't stopping anything.

Scenarios I've dreamed up in my head? Coming from the guy that dreams up worthless mental rosterbation scenarios everyday to try to prove to everyone here he is the smartest guy in the room, and could do a better job than the FO. You're insufferable dude.

According to who? Please still the 8-9 rosters better than the Sox. This is a wild take.

Ahhh. Understood, thanks for clarifying. My misunderstanding. The Sox are going to sign an OF. It might not be the one we want, but they're going to sign one. Then one of Eloy, Vaughn and Sheets DHs. SO yes, we still have a boatload DHs and point remains.

edit: misread the comment. My bad.

That's fair. But looking at AAV for this year while dismissing the rest of the contract is cherry picking and dismissing an enormous part of the calcullus. Sox needed RP. They signed 2 solid relievers and a swing man. Ray thinks he could have chosen better? Shocking development. Sox needed a 2B. They signed someone I don't love, but he at least plays good 2B and is a sparkplug and the FA market didn't have many options. I never expected the 2B signing to be a splash. Harrison is a perfectly acceptable 2B and 9 hole hitter IF IF IF IF IF Sox sign Conforto, who by the way, is still available. Kimbrel is still on the rsoter, but they still have a few weeks to trade him. He'll get moved. Honestly, I am not excited about the Sox offseason to this point. I have a hard time understanding what they're trying to accomplish. But we're dealing with an incomplete picture. The order of the deals is somewhat meaningless, even if its hard to see through the trees at this point. If this is the roster they break camp with, b**** away. But we're weeks away from that. And by the way, this roster is still one of the best in baseball and will win this division going away.

Can you read? Nowhere did I name SHeets the starting LF. Not once in my life have I suggested Sheets play LF. I said Vaughn should be the LF. Which he should be. Sox are fucking dumbasses if they run Eloy out in LF everyday. He'll be on the IL in no time, and decent chance he brings one of Robert, TA and Moncada with him. Dude is a DH. Time for Sox and Eloy to accept it. He's only valuable when hes in the lineup, and DHing is the best way to keep him there. The Sox need to sign a real RF. Schwarber is not that. Would I prefer Schwarber to standing pat? Sure. But until Conforto is signed elsewhere, I will save the whining. I wish others would too.

Exactly. Conveniently ignored while he cherry picks signings with no context. Silly analysis.

I've made my position on Sheets no secret. He should be a depth piece. Vaughn primariy LF, with Eloy sprinkled in. Eloy primary DH. Sign Conforto to play RF. Sheets is depth. Not complicated. Conforto is a much much much much better fit than Schwarber who we could just add to the pile of guys who are best suited to DH.

Can’t argue with that. Offseason isn’t over tho and the best fit is still out there.

Yeah. Eloy. And Sheets.

I’m glad the Sox didn’t sign Schwarber. We don’t need another DH.

I see things are a lot more chipper in here this am.

He was what, 2 innings over last year? They won’t allow it to vest.

We also have a pretty darn good catcher who was a fantastic signing

Ahhhh. Back to the listening to random Twitter account stage of the offseason. At least it’s better than lockout talk.

I do believe fathom is just fucking around.

Yeah I mean that’s still 2 long years away for most of those guys. 3 for TA. Pito is going nowhere, which is fine so long as they don’t overpay.

He has to throw an awful lot of innings before that even becomes a consideration. There is no chance they’ll allow the option to vest. He’ll be released if need be.