TheFutureIsNear

Because he’s Jerry and $14M would tie the Sox record of highest paid SP salary for a year.

I have a hard time seeing Jerry committing $14M to a 35 year old SP next year. And I’m a little afraid of the price for Wacha + $ kicked in. A patch in the boat for the next year and a 1/2 isn’t worth giving anything of value for.

I still have no interest in trading prospects for a vet that doesn’t get us close to a WS this year. I think people are getting a bit carried away with the success so far this year. I’d much rather go after a young SP. for instance Andrew Painter. Phillies are likely about to send him back to AAA and their entire IF (minus 1B) is awful. A Gonzo for Painter trade is something I’d rather go after. Keep building into this young core

Does he have a path to legit AB’s next season to be able to reestablish any value? He’s going to be behind at least Gonzo in the DH pecking order

Does Quero still have trade value? And would you trade him when Teel is back?

In a perfect world it would be Beni, but that really doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen. I just have a hard time seeing Sam A, Peters, Montgomery, Pereira, Beni, and Grichuk all on the roster. Seems like overkill and doesn’t give much roster flexibility. I think Gonzalez is a more useful piece that can DH and backup all of the IF spots. C- Teel 1B- Mune 2B- Meidroth SS- Montgomery 3B- Vargas LF- Sam A CF- Peters RF- Montgomery DH- Gonzalez/Grichuk (L/R platoon) Bench- Romo, Pereira, Acuna

The real question is who goes down/is gone when Mune is back? Is Gonzalez obvious? Or will they consider 1 of Beni, Acuna, or Grichuk? I think you’d have to at least see what a team is willing to give up for Grichuk? Doubt it would be much, but never know. Going to be a real OF crunch for Grichuk to get any playing time to warrant keeping him.

Quero needs time in the minors to figure some things out. He’s lost up there. He should consider starting with not standing 4 feet away from the plate.

Love it for the kid Don’t love the broadcast. Shouldn’t do this on the series opener vs the best team in the league. Save this for a Royals series in August.

Sure doesn’t feel like it recently. Maybe from earlier on when they were using Taylor? I’m not even totally against it, but you have to have better arms. These lefties throwing low 90’s sinkers are going to keep putting the team in hole. Just doesn’t make any sense.

This whole opener thing isn’t going well. Maybe let’s not do it anymore?

I wonder what it would take to get Carmen Mlodzinski from Pittsburgh? They had a disagreement about him pitching out of the pen and he could certainly have a spot in our rotation. Only 27 and controlled through 2029.

Pitching has obviously been bad, but also a bunch of fundamental errors allowing base runners to advance

That bunt was certainly a choice

And reality is that Martin is going to regress. At this point we might have to trade for multiple SP’s just to not kill every arm in the pen.