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I doubt that this is the full class.

Aren’t the O’s working out Mayo in the OF? Anyway, I hope he’s the main piece in the return for the Sox. The bat will play anywhere. They need all the power they can get.

Any of these guys good enough to be top 30 guys after signing?

Again, I’m not excited by Kierstad. I don’t want a corner only, 25 year old rookie coming back as the headlining piece in the deal for Cease.

Really good for him. And good for the Sox too, when was the last time a Sox assistant was poached by another team? Especially a forward thinking team like the Mariners.

Getz hiring former Royals in his front office shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. It’s where he worked prior to the Sox, he has lots of contact there. I’m not going to get worked up over a contract/budget/cba guy coming from Kansas City. I’m sure it’s a fine hire.

If the Sox do end up making a deal with Baltimore, I hope they get back Enrique Bradfield Jr as a second piece and I hope they get Baltimore's comp pick in the first round of the draft.

True but the Astros pitchers loved working with him. I don’t have a problem with the Sox getting a veteran from one of the best teams in the league for the past decade. Sometimes it’s nice to have an adult in the room, especially if the adult is a winner.

I like this move. I wanted the Sox to go with a defense first platoon at Catcher this year and going forward regardless of the direction of the team, it’s an easy way to jump start team defense and of course help out your pitchers. The Cubs did this recently with Barnhart and Gomes. With the young arms and reclamation projects the Sox are going to trot out, being strong defensively at Catcher is that much more important. I like how Getz and co have rebuilt the defense of the team.

Vince Harris was my middle school dean’s assistant. He was a good man and involved in all the student’s life.

I agree that they should always take the BPA but that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t prioritize certain positions

How many of those guys were drafted after 2018? Also the Sox didn’t sign or draft Rutherford and Basabe. So yeah, they need to prioritize drafting outfielders in the early rounds of the draft.

Short Term: Sign Jorge Soler. He’s not the long term fix but they can flip him at the deadline. Long Term: Prioritize drafting outfielders early in the draft, the the only way this is going to stop being an issue year in and year out.

I’m very glad that ND finally backed Freeman when it came time to hire a OC. Love the Denbrock hire. He’s a good coach, he knows the school, and him being a TE coach allows ND to keep all of its offensive staff in tact, but also it fucks over Brian Kelly, which is a huge plus to this move. When he was hired, I said I wanted to give Freeman 4 years to see how he builds up the program, that’s the amount of time it took Dabo to build up Clemson, and I think he and the school are on the right track. ND probably goes into next year with the best coordinator duo in the nation, assuming Golden stays at South Bend.

I think all three are bad returns.

I expect the Braves are paying for most of his salary, if not all

Morosi put this out there, so it’s not happening.

Nick Swisher, Lance Lynn, Albert Belle, and Yasmin Grandal.

Is this a bad and unrealistic return from Baltimore? BAL gets Cease. Sox get Coby Mayo, Basallo, Enrique Bradfield, and their comp pick.

There’s younger options out there who better defensively and who at worth a multi year deal.

Seattle Gets: Cease Chicago Gets: Young, Peete, Farmelo Thoughts?

I’d rather see Julian Phillips out there for the Bulls than Patrick Williams. I’m curious if the Bulls will package Williams with Lavine to sweeten their return

Maybe they do but it’s ND, they should be able to get whoever Freeman wants. Maybe since Swarbrick is gone, the new AD will be more willing to spend on coaches. I agree on Hartman and the WRs. The main WRs are mostly freshman, so I expect them to be better going forward.

I think that’s insulting to Nick Kurtz

I’m thinking of it like this, you’re drafting an elite, game changing bat (that just happens to play first base), not a first baseman per se. The comp on him is Yordan Alvarez. You’d take him 1-1. Yeah, he may not offer much positional value (although he can play the OF too) but he has the makings of a superstar at the plate. Plus, he does all the things the Sox are bad at an elite level for a college player. I’m talking not just bat to ball skills and power but swing decisions and pitch recognition.