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I think Sox gotta get two guys from Red Sox. I have seen Campbell + Montgomery floated. That sounds about right

Just listened to Garfien’s podcast with Gene Watson. Scary thing is Sox scouting still really believes in Vargas. He and Colson are the only players Watson mentions as core guys. He seems a little less convicted on Quero.

I gotta say, Paddy sure signed a lot of R/R 3b types who were sort of marginal prospects. Hard to get excited about the latest.

To me, Fletcher, DeLoach and Colas have to earn playing time from Spring Training on. Enough gift ABs to marginal prospects. Non-tendering Sheets means there are ABs to be had, but maybe don’t nail guys to the line up the way they did with Fletcher and Vargas after the trade deadline.

In what way is this signing about throwing the Sox from a window? Wouldn't hurt anyway. Sox dwell in the sub-basement.

If the Sox were the highest bidder, I bet he'd jump at the chance but only if the Sox made him their starting rf. He needs to shed the platoon label.

I wanted the Dodgers, but why give up players when your team prints money? I wonder if this means Sasaki is headed to the Padres.

So the worry here is that the Sox graduate 4 rookies past their eligibility in one year and that, despite 16 first rounders making the list this year, pick 1-10 is not a top 100 prospect. I will point out that Iriarte is close on several lists and that Wolkow, Bonemer, and Grant Taylor all have the tools to be top 100 guys. But sure, the Sox could have zero top 100 guys at this time next year. Anything is possible.

BA just put out the O's top 10. Nothing I didn't know, but bleah. Mayo and Basallo both project as 1b. They're not giving you Kjerstad, but he's 26 and his best position is probably 1b too. Honeycutt and Fabian are highly unlikely to hit enough to get to their other tools. Beavers and Bradfield look like below average regulars/4th outfielders/pinchrunners and Chayce McDermott would be like our 10th ranked pitching prospect. I hope to God Crochet does not go to them.

Why? You don't think they can draft a 50 and a 45 in like the 3rd and 4th round this year? With the slashing of minor league rosters, guys like that are getting less and less valuable. Might as well stick and hope to win the lottery with Robert as to acquire some org filler in a system that is already awash in 45/50 type guys.

Are they trying to make sure that Vaughn is the highest paid player on the team as payback to everyone who said he should be non-tendered?

Framing will still matter because mlb is going to the challenge system, not robots umps. Sheets is not a good lefty bat off the bench because he lacks positional versatility, Julks is not a good short side of an outfield platoon because he had like a .580 OPS. That is all.

Buerhle was a draft and follow. If Sox didn’t pay him, he would have been a top 10 rounds prospect. But your point is well taken.

Good God. If that is the case, and Montgomery and Quero start the year in the minors, this team could lose 130 games.

What an awesome article of a guy writing about someone else’s horrible trade idea. In his article, Heyman even says he doesn’t know why the Sox would do the deal. Brady Singer just got India and Wiemer. I think Crochet will fetch significantly more than Lux.

The Royals just traded Sox killer Brady Singer for Jonathan India and Joey Wiemer. Should help Witt Jr some on offense.

Madrigal is a non-tender. Maybe Detroit will pick him up to reunite him with Benetti

I believe this went exactly as I predicted. All these other relievers can be DFA if they don’t make the team in spring.

I would argue that there are a lot of guys I would dump first, including Shewmake, Amaya, Scholtens, Julks, and Chuckie Robinson. If they need 9 spots, including the 2 they already have open, Colas is definitely vulnerable.

So it begins. I wish Gavin all the luck as he seeks to become the next Ryan O’Hearn.

One of those Spidermen is gonna get $2 mil in arbitration, though.

A five man platoon of LF Benintendi/Slater CF Robert RF Hays with Fletcher 5th OF occasional starts for Hays against tough righthanders would be pretty good. Let’s not pretend either Fletcher or DeLoach has earned a starting job in mlb.

As I said above, you could have both Slater and Hays as part of a 5 man outfield rotation. You would have to part with Julks, if you could bear it.

For the extra year? Before he got hurt Quero was tearing up AAA. I can see manipulating his service time but Quero is already a better receiver and game caller than Lee. And he is miles better as a hitter.

Austin Hays is a non-tender. Might be a good target.