Timmy U

Dominguez is penciled in to play left, but that is an easy position for the Yanks to play the hot hand. I will believe Dominguez gets 500 at bats for them when I see it.

Mayo appears to be the consensus favorite. I just don’t see it. O’Hearn is darn good. Mountcastle is a solid righty bat who plays 1b/dh. O’Neill is gonna take the righty at bats in right field, plus Kjerstad has to get time. Maybe there are at bats to be had at 3b, but that means Westburg is either hurt or playing 2b because Holliday has failed to make the team. If the Yankees believed in Dominguez, they wouldn’t be spending $50 mil on Bellinger. Wilson is a good player, but lacks impact. I would bet Jobe of those 4, but I would rather have the field. Look at last year. No one had Gil. Someone like Burke could grab it as a more experienced player who gets a full season. RoY is really hard to predict.

It would be 1 year of Tucker for 3 years of Robert. Not a horrible trade.

I see your point. Here are some counterpoints: You promote him because you want PPI draft picks. And not just rookie year. The Royals got one cuz Witt Jr. finished second in the MVP voting. Or maybe you want to get his struggles in adjusting to the majors out of the way ASAP, while you still suck. The Sox are going to be breaking in 3/4 of their line up in the next 2-3 years. Better to not have them all be rookies at the same time? It has never been a harder transition. Finally, maybe they want something, anything, that is interesting to watch about their baseball team. Keeping him down for a while makes sense, but I don’t think it is the only choice here.

Thanks for posting this. The whole interview is awesome. Ely is really high on Schultz, obviously. Very high on Carela. Loves Cannon. Thinks Thorpe is going to figure it out. Iriarte has upside, but there is a lot to do. High praise for Garret Schonle and Adisyn Coffey too.

4.2 fWAR

Our movie would star Cody Bellinger and he wouldn’t be young. Like Rodney Dangerfield in Back to School only way less funny. Billion. Dollars.

I’ll take the two obvious candidates: Luis Robert. In the minors: Colson Montgomery. Deeper pick: Eder, as a reliever. Breakouts: Bonemer and Ronny Hernandez taps into his power this year to be a legit top 20 guy in the system.

Houston’s system is so bad, the only guy worth trading for is the guy they just got. Leon and Whitcomb are DFA candidates the moment they hit the Sox system Ala Corey Julks. I could see trading Robert for Cam Smith, though. I wouldn’t prefer it, but I could see it.

Cannot be announced before Jan 15. Window closes like a week later. A decision will be announced sometime mid to late January.

I think it is a great comparison… in that I would take Buxton OR Robert over 3 45 prospects and Fletcher playing cf in Chicago.

Wishful thinking?

It appears you and I value players differently. First of all, yeah some 45 guys turn into highly productive players. Most don’t. Hence, 45. Plus, the Sox are in Hell. The best way out is to find at least 1 impact bat. That’s why Getz is looking for upside. Braden Montgomery may never be able to hit in the mlb, but if he does, there’s 40 HR power potential. Robert still has that kind of potential too. Ha-seong Kim is an average major league hitter who derives most of his value from playing great defense. Not the kind of guy you build a team around. Also, he plays the same position as one of the Sox top prospects. So, I bet you they aren’t giving him $55 mil. If you trade Robert, that money is going right into Jerry’s pocket. I’d rather see it on the field.

Or a billion dollar movie idea!

If Jerry wants to dump $15 mil to get this payroll under $50 mil or whatever it's going to be, there is no hope ever no matter who they acquire for anybody. Max Kepler just got $10 mil.

What's the argument here? That Robert is unlikely to ever have a decent trade value, therefore dump him this offseason for a pile of crap? The Sox already have a ton of 45s in their farm system. 3 more will not move the needle at all. Conversely, Robert is probably the most talented position player the Sox have under contract. (You could dream on Wolkow and maybe Bonemer, but otherwise, no one is close). For $55 mil of Jerry's money, I would much rather watch Robert in a Sox uni playing great D and maybe running into a few balls than run Dominic F-ing Fletcher out in cf for 150 games just so we can see exactly how many games this team can lose. If someone offers you a 55 for him, sure, consider it, but otherwise, this is madness.

No way the Sox were giving him $10 mil for 1 season. Glad to get him out of the division cuz he mostly mudered us. Now the Sox can relax for a few months before lottery gift Walker Jenkins starts murdering them.

Good risk by Washington. I think Bannister helped him find something with the 4 seam.

Counterpoint to the Acuna hype: Lenyn Sosa is hitting .392 ..451 .765 with 9 HR in the same league. Maybe the pitching is not great.

I don’t hate it. Will not miss Chuckie, though he seems like a good dude.

To put it into perspective, Busch was bad enough at 2b that the Dodgers tried Vargas there.

Maybe they will release Chuckie, Shewmake, and Julks on the same day just to get it over with all at once.

Weird? Or exactly what you'd expect.

I suspect the plan for the International pool money was to keep it in Jerry's pocket.

Imagine losing Bregman and Tucker and then replacing them with what's left of Arenado. Houston's farm is pretty barren too. Cam Smith is instantly their best prospect by far. They really have to go for it this year. The window is closing rapidly.