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Locking up Moncada would be my #1 priority after free agency settles.

This will be a good barometer for the Sox current player development staff.

Give me Aaron Sanchez, Alex Wood, Jimmy Nelson, Robbie Erlin, Trevor Cahill if the Sox don’t sign Ryu or Kuechel. I’d much rather have the Sox pay a FA than trade prospects as the farm is quite thin and they really need to string some good drafts together to rebuild some depth there. I hope they sign some intriguing guys to some minor league deals, if they plan on competing they need 10 arms to get through a season having guys like Chris Volstad is not going to cut it anymore.

Bellinger and Soroka

Let’s not forget that the Reds have gone all in on Driveline. A lot of the key Driveline practitioners and figures have been hired by the Reds in key FO/PD positions. For example Kyle Boddy, Driveline’s founder, is now their Pitching Coordinator/Minor league director of pitching initiatives. They’re on the cutting edge.

The Sox really need to string some good drafts together. The 2015, 2016 and 2017 drafts haven’t yielded much fruit for the Sox and it’s big reason why they still don’t have much depth, valuable assets they’re willing to part with or assets that other teams find interesting

The pitching market is moving super fast and the Sox don’t have anyone. It’s infuriating. Hoping for two of Kuechel, Tehran, Gray, Miley, Nelson, Walker, Sanchez and McHugh.

It didn’t work for me on my phone or tablet. It’s working now though.

They have one of the best catching tandems in the game right now. What’s wrong with having depth at a position?

I’m think Grandal catches 100 games. McCann stays as Giolito’s personal catcher and gets the remaining games, maybe he catches Cease too. Both guys will get ample time at DH and McCann can be deployed as a PH too against LHPS.

Where would you bat Grandal? I like him batting third so that can he get on base before Abreu and Eloy Robert Moncada Grandal Abreu/Eloy Eloy/Abreu

Pitching wants: Wheeler: High ceiling and he joins Giolito at the top of rotation. Wade Miley: Left handed, veteran, could help teach the team the Astros way of handling and developing pitching. Rich Hill/Colin McHugh: Someone who can make multi inning outings out of the pen and make the occasional spot start and be used as an opener.

While we’re here, I hope the Sox don’t lose sight having coaches who excel at player development at the ML level. Yes, their window of contention is approaching but they can’t afford to lose focus on player development when teams like the Dodgers, Astros and Yankees are stressing it at every level of their organizations. I’d like to see the Sox bring some college coaches into the org.

There’s an article in the Athletic about how the Sox use analytics with the pitching staff. Don Cooper and Curt Hasler are both learning how to use them and learning everything they can to understand them. It’s been posted a couple times in the past week.

Yeah he was a great defensive player and I think he belongs in the HOF but that doesn’t mean he’s a great coach and teacher

Would love for the Sox to make a deal for Ryne Stanek. I know Renteria has hesitations about the using the openers, so why not go out and get the best one?

I wouldn’t be upset if the Sox took a stab at Gray.

https://www.mlb.com/pirates/news/ben-cherington-offered-pirates-gm-job I think that the Pirates made an amazing hire, Cherington, who comes from a scouting background, knows how to build a player development machine. I wonder how he’ll operate in Pittsburgh under these kind of financial restrictions, which is something that he didn’t have to experience in Boston.

3 years and $39M

Braves just signed Will Smith.

Was hoping for someone from the college ranks but this looks like a good hire.

I know everyone is rightfully focused on improving the offense but I am really tired of seeing poor defensive baseball. Grandal would help in this area a lot, so would two new starting pitchers but hopefully the team’s defense is shored up too

What?

How about this lineup: Robert - CF Moncada - 3B Grandal - C Abreu - 1B Eloy - LF Moustakas - DH Dickerson - RF Anderson - SS Madrigal - 2B

Wheeler, Grandal, Moustakas, Porcello/Lyles, incentive laden deal), Betances, Pomeranz/McHugh