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But Sox had an 8 man pen for most (all?) of the last couple seasons with a 25 man roster. They're not going to go down to 7 with the extra roster spot.

Surprised Sox were willing to go over the estimate on Colome.

Dbacks extend David Peralta - 3 years $22M with $1.25M in annual incentives. Nice deal for the Dbacks. Peralta was a guy I wanted to target via trade for RF for 2020. He was also a FA next offseason, so one less guy that makes sense if Mazara doesn't make real strides in 2020.

I'd be shocked if Mendick stays on the MLB roster once Madrigal arrives. In fact, I'd be a little surprised if he even makes the OD roster as I think they'll add a IF on a 1 year deal. But no, the Sox aren't going to have a 5 man bench.

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I may be in the minority, but I love his sleeves look. Man is ripped.

I don't doubt that Cease was discussed in trade talk this offseason to the extent that other teams kept asking about him. I highly doubt the Sox actually offered Cease for 2 years of Thor.

Keuchel will almost certainly be wearing #60. Cordero will likely receive an ATV, or a boat, or some other insanely generous gift for switching his number.

Don't really see the fit with Maybin, to be honest.

The return for a guy with minimal surplus value on a market rate deal shouldn't be 3 top 40 prospects. Even if there were no money involved. That is a crazy good return.

Cash is a pretty big factor there. How much cash? If like $20M, that is such a no brainer for the Rockies. Who is beating that? That is like trading Cease, Madrigal and Vaughn for him. Crazy town.

I doubt their fans feel the same. They haven't advanced past the division series since 2008 when they beat the Sox. Did make the playoffs 4/11 seasons, but haven't won a series. The Rays do it an interesting way and very cheapy, but its not like they've actually done anything with it.

The man definitely had someone telling him stuff. He did pretty well. He'll live in infamy here for years.

This trade makes no sense for the Rays unless they really don’t like Liberatore.

yah, but it also shows how far the Sox have come in such a short amount of time when we now have a 40 man roster that is is at least 90% occupied by players that have real value to the organization. Always sucks to lose someone, but it is just another sign that some real progress has been made. I do expect a rebuilding org to gobble Medeiros up, though.

Covey is a little ways down the list, fellas.

Zavala will very likely be the one DFA'd for Cishek. So I wouldn't get too worked up about that. And exposing Medeiros to the rule 5 draft wasn't an option in 2019. He was added to the 40 man in 2018.

Exactly. He’s interesting enough, has options, throws left handed and has a pedigree that I wouldn’t be totally shocked if he gets claimed.

Yah, I don't really give 2 fucks about the Cubs, so doesn't affect me much. Get it from a traditional Sox fan perspective tho.

I would love to see the Twins trade Lewis + Graterol/Balazovic + Larnach for 2 years of Bryant. The Twins would really be doubling down on 2020 and 2021 - without much pitching - and their outlook for 2023 on would be pretty terrible.

AJ Reed comes to mind. God was he just horrible in his short Sox stint.

As I've said here many times, the Twins IF defense is horrific. Sano and Arraez were both in the bottom 10% as well. Won't be long before they move Polanco off SS.

Sounds like he probably hasn't gotten a single offer that is actually close to $110M based on the recent reporting.

He's going to miss at least half the season before he's throwing in games. So he may factor in late, but certainly not before the ASB.

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