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Is it? Sox #8, #20 and #22 prospects per Fangraphs latest list, in what is a bottom tier and top heavy farm. Royals aren't going to hand over 5 years of control on Lynch and 3 years of Lopez for trash. Gotta give up something. But yah, also realize Lynch and Lopez aren't exactly game changing players, but assuming Clevinger never pitches for the Sox, we really need a guy who can give us decent innings.

Spitball trade just for fun: Daniel Lynch + Nicky Lopez for Christian Mena + Wes Kath + Luis Mieses. Mena R5 eligible in December, Mieses already was. Is that enough for the Royals to part with 5 years of Lynch? He wasn't exactly great in 2022, but I love the arm. Might have to include one of JRod/Ramos/Sosa instead of Kath to make that work, and if that's the case, I'd probably rather aim for a better arm with a little less control.

You can still go with Sosa tho. Again, I am not really a proponent of acquiring Nicky Lopez, but doing so doesn’t mean that Sosa can’t still get the majority of the at bats at second base in 2023 and onward.

I just don’t really get the no prospects to trade. Every team would be interested in Montgomery. Most teams would be interested in Ramos, Jrod, Sosa, Vera and Mena. They have a limited number of guys to trade with value, they just chose not to move them. That doesn’t even mention guys like Colas and Burke who also have value but should impact the Sox 2023 roster.

It did, but he was placed on unpaid administrative leave pretty quickly.

Lol. If the Sox knew about it they wouldn’t have outwardly lied about that in their released statement. They just would have been silent on knowing about it. There is very little chance the Sox knew. There does not appear to be a police report. The ex gf appears to have reported it to the Padres and to MLB, the latter of which is bound by confidentiality and the former of which had no reason to inform the Sox. Let’s at least be logical about the situation.

Sosa being plan A isn’t a good plan. Even if they don’t bring anybody else in, Sosa is very unlikely to get the job right away.

Yah, this isn't a move that would excite me. I'd rather have Massey.

Except he hits left handed and actually fields his position exceptionally well.

Nah, not really.

Eh. Hiring Tony was.

Yah. Its pretty hard to wrap one's head around.

What was the Nightengale hint? Must've missed it.

Cueto is far more likely to be the gas can he was from 2017-2021, or injured, than recreating his 2022 magic and luck at age 37.There is a reason he was available for a minor league deal in 2022 - that is because he isn't very good anymore. Sox were right to try to improve on Cueto. Problem is, they picked the wrong guy apparently.

Ehhh. I am not exactly a believer in a 78 win Twins team that hasn't really improved and could argue got worse 80% of the days they play, and I don't see the Guardians recreating their late season magic. But I understand the skepticism on the Sox.

From a baseball perspective, Sox have some serious work to do on the SP side. We only had 6 realistic SP to begin with, and #6 wasn't someone you really wanted to rely on. Going to need to find a new 5th SP, a couple other depth options in a hurry.

Well there is about 12 million reasons why you're going to see inaction in the short term.

Well, I think she informed us of the investigation, not the league.

Do you have twitter? Search Mike Clevinger under the photos tab and the ex GF/mother of one his kids instagram screenshots show up, including pictures of the alleged injuries. What she describes is certainly worse than what the pictures show, but obviously any sort of abuse of this nature is wholly unacceptable.

Thanks. That is kind of what I figured. Means there is next to no chance Sox actually release him before this gets sorted out.

I am asking what I asked. Not that complicated. If they release him today for example, and he gets put on an un-paid administrative leave before the season and then a suspended without pay much like Bauer did, if the Sox released him before that actually occurs, does it change the un-paid nature of the suspension.

Yah, that's what I was thinking. Therefore Sox almost certainly will wait until he's placed on un-paid administrative leave while MLB goes through their process.

He didn't.

If Sox release him before his suspension is handed down, do they still owe him the $?

I felt the same. Not defending this POS in the slightest, but a couple scratches on the arm (that frankly could be from pruning a bush or playing with a kitten) aren't nearly as bad at Balta made it sound. I was expecting a bruised neck with handmarks or something. Unless there is something else out there I didn't see.