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What about Anderson? McCann here vs Detroit? TA has taken a solid jump at the plate which like Moncada has to be attributed to Steverson. The overall offensive numbers are bad but the core players for next year Abreu, Anderson, Moncada, Eloy and McCann all made improvement at the plate this season. With the dearth of offensive talent after that group, it may be hard to determine how effective the hitting coaches are.

Agree. Sounds like he wants to test the market regardless. I think he will insist on leading off and playing CF wherever he goes but with that ability the team will say yes.

Success can affect that. I live in New England and Florida. Football by far rules in NE but Hockey( amazing as that may sound) rules in Tampa.

Last year we could have had Machado if the price was right since it was us and Padres. Maybe the Sox will not attract the top tier FA but they should be able to open their wallets to the 2nd level and get quality players.

Did Joey Cora leave on bad terms? He is a former player and coach, speaks Spanish, good amount of experience and would come at a reasonable salary. Still on the younger side for a manager. Not sure he has been mentioned, though, for many jobs.

He is only 25. He had a decent year last year and a lousy year this year. I do think it makes sense they head into ST w him having to compete for the 4-5 spot depending on status of Kopech and Rodon plus who they add off-season.

The Dolphins have only had one winning season in the last 10 years. Now the media says they are tanking. They are trying to go from lousy to the worst of the lousy.

I thought Maddon did a great job in Tampa. Limited financial resources and limited fan support playing in one of if not the best divisions in MLB. With the Cubs he got both financial resources and fan support. He has a .541 career win %. That is better than Terry Francona. Maddon has had a lot of success but like most managers he has some baggage. But winning has not been a problem so far. I would love to see us get a young manager like Minny did. But that would most likely be a gamble since we might get someone w their first job. I do think Girardi is an interesting choice but hahn would have to find out what went wrong in NY.

Before we even get to FA, the FO has to decide on the status of the coaching staff. Bringing back RR, McEwing, Steverson and Cooper will also be "frustration for sure". Based on the improvement we have seen, I think Steverson should be retained.

Maybe the red flag is long-term front office personnel in both franchises.

I would take Tatis who is on pace for 43 HR, hits for a high average and is 2 years younger. A shortstop adds much more value than a DH. Tatis also is a threat on the bases.

I do think Jerry will open up his wallet this off-season and spend money. But I still am concerned that he has drastically cut payroll on both his professional teams over the last 5 years or so. Hopefully at this point Jerry is listening to his sports FO people and not his CFO.

If he is the back-up catcher and accepts that role, then $5 Mil is okay. As many have said, Grandal is going to cost at least $16 for 3-5 years. I would think McCann will look to get out in 2021 or sooner. I doubt he signs a 2 year.

How rare is it to have the league leader in RBIs on a 90 loss team. Jose is running away w the AL and may even catch the NL leaders before the month is out. I guess those .300 hitters give him opportunities for RBIs.

Better than at the plate.

I agree but I don't follow the $5 Mil. Do you think he would get $5 in arbitration? Brock Holt is a FA in 2020, plays IF/OF and he makes $3. I think 3-3.5 is going rate for a 1.5ish utility guy.

I think the problem was Ventura never coached. Now Aaron Boone didn't either but he is doing pretty well. Then again, look at the roster he has to work with. Cora in Boston and Baldelli in Minny served as coaches and both were surrounded w experienced guys around them.

Terry Francona is another guy who failed in his first job in Philly and then won 2 World Series in Boston. That is why I said they have to examine how good they think Omar is. Using your standard of lack of success in a MLB job, how do you judge minor league coaching? Omar has had 2 losing seasons in AA. But that to me means nothing. When the time comes, it will be interesting to see how much analytics plays into the guy chosen. If the Sox FO is gung ho w numbers then they will need a numbers guy in the dugout. If not, they will need an old-school manager.

We have had back to back inexperienced MLB managers. So unless Omar is thought to be someone special I would hope they go for experience

Just a thought. I think on most teams, he can be the CF if both sides think that is best. He is only in RF because Bradley is better. But I don't think it happens either. I think he stays in Boston or gets traded this winter for a big package.

I think Boston will not offer JD if he opts out because he most likely will only be a DH going forward and they will apply his money to the Betts offer. My concern for the White Sox is Boras is the agent and he will drag this out till ST like he did when JD signed w Boston as well as Harper w Philly. JD has supposedly been a major influenece in their clubhouse which Boras will counter the age issue with. He would be great w our young bats. Betts is extremely popular in Boston and is close w Cora. Unless he has a "destination" in mind, I think he resigns w Boston. But there will be a new GM going forward so you never know.

I have seen numerous posters say we should go after JD Martinez. Same age and both a liabilty in the field. JD has better numbers (in a better lineup )but Jose will be a good amount cheaper.

Yes, he was around during the LaRussa years. Ironically DD hired Tony as a special assistant in Boston.Not sure his job will survive now that DD is gone.

Living in New England for part of the season, I wouldn't want DD. He pulled the right strings last year and they won it all. But he went into this season with a limited bullpen and the when injuries hit their starters the pitching imploded. Again at the deadline he passed again on adding to their pen. Now maybe management limited his spending but they did fire him so it would appear they also blamed him. There were rumors Cora was not happy they didn't get reinforcements.

Jose has vaulted past Devers and opened up a lead in the AL RBI race. He has set a new career RBI record which he will keep adding to. Combined with TA's AL leading BA, we have seen some outstanding individual offensive performances this season.