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I was board on Thanksgiving and I did a deep dive on Andrew Benintendi. And I really want the Sox to sign him, I may actually like him better than Nimmo for the Sox because he has more of a track record when it comes to staying healthy. Nimmo has 7 years as a pro and he’s only played 100 games in the league 3 times. I’m counting 2020 where he played 55 games out of 60. That’s 91% of the season and that comes out to 149 games in a 162 game season. Whereas Benintendi has played over 100 games in 5 out of his 7 seasons. So he’s a more reliable player. Like Nimmo, he addresses a lot of the Sox issues. He gets on base, he has a reputation of being a solid defender and he’s left handed. I wouldn’t be mad if the Sox were aggressive and tried to sign him before the Winter Meetings.

I agree but I wouldn’t be mad if they signed Clevinger, especially on a one year prove it deal. Plus, I’m of the mind that the Sox need to sign TWO starters. That second starter could be a lefty, a 4/5/6 starter type. Guys like Quintana, Yarbrough, Smyly, Boyd.

I think they created the title for Tosar so they would be able to get him out of KC. I imagine that Tosar would oversee the hitting coach(es).

I’d wish they’d announce the staff already.

I guess the Sox should stop signing LH sluggers just because Dunn and LaRoche didn’t work out too

Sometimes you gotta sign a bad deal to get great players on your team

Just spend the additional $5M-$7M annually and sign Nimmo.

He must’ve really fucking hated playing for the Sox

I’m hoping all this talk about controlling the strikeout means that we’ll see a higher BB% and better plate discipline going forward. In 2022, the Sox were dead last in walk rate with 6.3%. The Royals had a walk rate of 7.7% and they ranked 20th. A walk rate of 8% is considered average. I’m hoping we see a purge of the weak contact guys. Players like Harrison, Leury, and Engel.

I agree partially, it’s bad business to draft a 1B/DH type with a top 3 pick. I really wanted the Sox to draft CJ Abrams with that pick

I hope the Sox look beyond KC for the remaining assistant coaches vacancies.

They were a chore to watch

1B coaches usually have another responsibility. Boston is the outfield and base running instructor iirc. He has to go

He's tied to this manager. If Grifol doesn't work out, Hahn needs to be shown the door.

Danny Parkins said on his show that he was told that the new KC owner mandated an outside hire at manager

The Royals have a new owner with ties to both Tampa Bay and Cleveland. He hired a manager with ties to both of those places. I wouldn’t read much into that.

He went on to say that wasn’t a prerequisite and that they were going to cast a wide net

I know, I hope he’s recovering but he’s terrible. All his tales are trash

How he still has that job blows my mind. Hub Arkush too

Lmao

Good for David Stearns for putting his mental and physical well being first.

Lots of chatter about Tommy Rees being shown the door at ND. And honestly, I wouldn’t hate it. He’s a good coach but he’s been awful at recruiting QBs during his time at ND. And unfortunately for him, that’s the lifeblood of the sport

If Washington were the guy, they would’ve announced it by now.

Katz wasn’t hired to coach one guy. he gets no credit for developing Cease? Kopech, Cueto, Martin?

Ethan Katz and the bullpen coach, are the only guys who should be allowed to stay. And with that being said, pitching coach and hitting coach hires have been more of a FO decision but this is encouraging, it looks like coaches like Boston and McEwing are gone