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I mean, a 0.75 fWAR RF is a huge upgrade over last season. But I hear ya. Weird for the Sox to seemingly settle for a guy that sucks defensively and is only controlled for 2 years at this point in the offseason. Mazara is a guy you grab in February when all other options didn't work out. But if the return is Fulmer + Gonzalez, its whatever for me. Would be great to see them bring in a nice platoon option for him I guess, but that is probably Leury/Engel.

Adolfo........................Walker.................Basabe............................................Rutherford.........Gonzalez for me. But I am admittedly an Adolfo stan.

Hah, that is kind of wild. But one will be dirt cheap and has 6 years of control. The other is basically on a 2 year/$15M deal and he's already proven to a slightly better than replacement level player.

Walker is my 2nd favorite guy of that group. I am trading Gonzalez and Rutherford WAYYY before Walker.

Against RHP yes. They form a somewhat decent platoon I guess. Shittiest thing about Mazara is his defense.

I agree. Definitely not excited about it, even if the return is something like that or less.

Like Fulmer + Gonzalez/Rutherford feels like the right return for me. Can't see how you'd give up more than that.

I don't think Merk jumps in quite like that if its not basically done. I don't mind rolling the dice on Mazara. Trade return is going to be the real question. I also don't quite understand the timing - this a deal I would be doing after options 1-8 or whatever are exhausted. Hard to do that by December 10th.

Mazara just can't have that much trade value IMO. The potential may cause someone to pay more than the fWAR would indicate, but at some point, you're just not valuable.

Its a non guaranteed contract. You can non tender him if he sucks. Do you know something, or just being negative?

Eeeeek. Merk usually doesn't chime in that specifically on individual players.

That would be pretty gross.

Lol this place is going to be a shitshow if that happens. I really don't love it, but I definitely prefer it to other moves. He's a 1 year stop gap, only way he is here more than that is if improves drastically in 2020. But I really hope the return is nothing of note. Honestly, it should just be org filler.

I can never figure out posting gifs on soxtalk, but if I knew, I would insert the standing ovation gif! You tell him man!👏

I would think this indicates/confirms LAA's interest in Cole/Rendon.

Looks like they attached Will Willson along with Zozart. Willson was their 4th best prospect per MLB pipeline. 1st round pick (19th overall) in June. Cozart is due $12.65M in 2020.

per twitter.

And Cole. And Rendon.

Seriously tho - what a snoozer. Legitimately nothing has occurred today around the league.

Man, wish I was available to watch. Did you catch it live on MLBN?

Based on?

We also better be prepared to approach $150M payroll in 2020 if that is the case. If you sign Rendon, you better get some pitching.

They better be pro-rating Price's AAV down to $20M range at least if we're sending them a top 30 prospect.

Yah, certainly wasn't my go to move, but at this point it definitely feels like the most impactful move they can make. Or Moncada back to 2B, trade Madrigal as centerpiece for cost controlled SP or RF.

Robbie Ray + David Peralta. Going to stay consistent.