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Thing start to matter next season. These are things the organization will care about when trying to win baseball games. You can't have an everyday lineup that 8/9 dudes are right handed hitters.

So you think a lineup with a 1 left handed batter creates good lineup balance? Literally this would be the lineup in June next year: Robert CF (R), Moncada 3B (S), Abreu 1B (R), Eloy LF (R), McCann C (R), Puig RF (R), Anderson SS (R), Madrigal 2B (R), INSERT ? DH If this were the lineup, Leury would probably be in RF and Puig at DH. But this lineup is just so right handed.

Puig isn't very good though. He's been a slightly better than average OF since 2015. And not to sound like Lillian, but the Sox get so right handed if they add Puig. Literally the only lefty in the lineup is Moncada at that point. They really need a good defensive OF that bats left handed if they're looking for a long term fit. I guess I wouldn't be shocked to see the Sox flirt with Puig on a short term deal if they can't find a RF on the trade market, but he really isn't a very good fit. I'd honestly rather just roll with Leury in RF next season unless they could get Puig for like 1/$10M or 2/$18M, but that seems unlikely.

Lol,...not sure if joking.. If the Sox could get Beinintendi for Abreu, Colome and Bummer, he'd be in CF in Chicago tonight. And we have no minor league OF depth that is ready to play RF next season (with Robert in CF). After Robert, really none of the OF prospects have progressed as hoped, and certainly none are ready for MLB action in 2020. Best case, Rutherford comes up in 2021, or Adolfo has a monster start to next season and is ready by mid-summer, but both of those guys are major question marks at this point. And this is coming from one of, if not the biggest, Adolfo believer on this board. Basabe is not a completely cooked goose at this point, but hard to really expect much from him at this point. He could have been in CF by now if he'd played decently this season - but an injury, and a pretty poor season to date has ruined that opportunity for him.

Again - as I stated, I am not suggesting the Red Sox would actually trade Benintendi at all, let alone for a package of Bummer, Colome and Abreu. I was simply passing along the report that Boston Globe said he was potentially available, and seeing as though its been well reported the Sox like Beinintendi, and he fits what they need, it may be worth discussing. I also think its reasonable to assume Boston would have some interest in all three of Bummer, Colome and Abreu - but probably not in exchange for one of their best assets. Also, Abreu is the only impending free agent of those three. And yes, Beintendi is a much better all around baseball player than Puig and Castellanos. Castellanos is not an option for the Sox in RF. If they signed up, it'd be as the primary DH, occasional OF. You cannot have an OF with Eloy and Castellanos in it.

No doubt Wood is a big question mark. Which is probably why you could get him for 1 year and $8-10M range. I am in the Alex Wood camp (in addition to adding a front end guy) mainly because I want Kopech to spend the first month or two in AAA getting his feet wet, slowly adding workload (thereby controlling his innings early), and taking it slow. This also will get us a year of control back. Start the season with rotation of Cole (or other front end SP acquisition), Giolito, Cease, Wood, Lopez. Once Kopech comes up bump Lopez to pen, unless injury necessitates it sooner. The Sox need to take it easy with Kopech next season. There is no way he is going to throw 200 innings, so IMO, the best of both worlds is letting him slowly regain his footing in AAA, get the year back in late May / early June, and then call him up with only 40 or so IP under his belt. Realistically this is only possible if the Sox acquire two SP to go along with Gio, Cease and Lopez.

Nice weekend for Adam. Hope he keeps it up.

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Alex Wood would be a fantastic signing as the 2nd of two SP acquisitions. The other needs to be a TOR starter if the Sox are serious about getting good. I think 6/$180M would get it done for Cole. I've previously said 6/$168M. Somewhere in that realm. At some point the money needs to be spent. The Sox have so little committed moving forward that Cole at $30M AAV doesn't even get them close to a league average payroll.

I agree it’s gonna cost more than Abreu and two pen arms. I said as much. What do you think would be a fair deal. I do think the BoSox would have interest in all of Colome, Bummer and Abreu. What do you think would need to added?

He was a 4+ fWAR OF last season. And Sox need a LH bat that doesn’t suck balls defensively in RF. None of the FA fit that description.

So says some recent speculation from Boston Globe. Would you be interested? Does Colome, Bummer and Abreu get you even close? What would need to be added? Purely speculation here to discuss...not necessarily saying Red Sox would be interested. Was shocked to see report he may be available.

I’d be surprised if it got as high as 7/$210, but I guess you never know.

Yawn..feels like this kills some discussion.

The time to move on has come and gone, ladies and gentlemen...0

Ya interested to get a look at him.

Per sox Twitter.

Great for the Padres man. Not sure what they have to do with the discussion at hand.

The argument that the Sox are punting 2020 because Robert spent two weeks in AAA next season is such a terrible take. If the Sox punt 2020, it’s because they didn’t spend money on legitimate SP and acquire at least one above average position player. Not because their top prospect wasn’t called up the previous season and played like 10 games in the minor leagues to start 2020.

The guy was signed less than a month ago. RELAX

I don't think 200 at bats this August and 2 weeks of at bats next April is going to make any meaningful difference in Robert's 2020 season. And certainly not enough for me to punt control of his 2026 season, when he could very well be one of the best players in baseball.

Jump for joy. Honestly, I'd rather see Palka.

Lol what?

Yah, I'd love to watch Robert right now as as well. But this team sucks, and I am happy to be patient and wait until ~ 4/20/2020 when this team should be significantly better positioned to win baseball games. Good things come to those that wait.

Todd Fraizer is also a CAA guy and he's likely to be dealt soon. Brodie is worse at his job than he already appears if he allows his past life to affect his decisions as a GM.