Bob Sacamano

They should probably do a similar deal involving Kjerstad as well since they keep blocking him and he's going to be 26 soon. O'Neill was such a waste of resources.

I don't understand. Why didn't they just target someone who could play SS in a reserve role over Rojas, who is below average defensively at SS? Since people think Meidroth is likely to make the team, I wouldn't mind him starting at SS with Sosa at 2B. Baldwin probably starts at 2B in AAA in that scenario.

Luis Robert is the easy answer

Yeah agreed. Pirates, for example, have a $79M payroll and are in their competitive window now. Look at their young pitching staff. They should have gone out and grabbed say, Christian Walker who's from PA, since they had/have an opening at 1B. They could definitely afford a bat somewhere.

Yeah it's got to be a harder cap, deferrals to a minimum.

What would even be a fair ceiling and floor? A floor would have to at least be $80M, no? Or $100M?

As far I’m concerned, Caulfield is on his own planet

He rejected it. They may have to offer him a year extension or something to make him waive his NTC.

Braves sign Profar. Caulfield in shambles. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/braves-to-sign-jurickson-profar.html Probably have soured a bit on Kelenic. BOOM

Good

I don't think Fedde was disappointing at all. Just did the math actually. Take away his first inning pitching with a new team mid-season, his ERA with the Cardinals is almost a run less.

Tommy Pham was traded to the Cardinals with Fedde. And I should have specified the more impact type players.

Would find it amusing that they seem firm on not trading players within their division, only for said players traded to end up in the division anyway.

Fair enough! lol

Well, this is what people said would happen when Andrew Friedman left the Rays for the Dodgers. It's like the Rays philosophy of finding undervalued prospects but also having an infinite budget to sign/keep stars.

I feel like reading other comments on MLBTR or wherever kinda loved this move for the Dodgers as guys who could blow up after the move. Looks like Ferris had a good year in his age 20 season and Hope did for his age 19 season.

Having like 3 guys from the 05 team is laughable. The comeback of Soxfest + the 20 year anniversary of the World Series year should have been epic.

And they will continue to do so with Rojas. I get it you are adding guys who can actually bring back something at the trade deadline, but a guy like Josh Rojas is going to have limited trade value.

Pepperidge Farm remembers

Yeah, it's not a gamble the Sox were really in a position to take. Glad they sold high.

Looks like he played a limited amount of games there and didn't play at all last year. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=revill000ped

2.8 WAR vs .2 WAR isn't very close.

Redistributing the Myles Straw salary for 2025. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/guardians-sign-paul-sewald.html

He got hurt in Winter Ball, correct? I know there was reported interest but I think it was before that.

Still would have preferred that Keashcall trade. Has played up the middle in CF, SS, and 2B and has some time until he is needed on the 40-man so no immediate crunch to get him playing time. Vargas just really doesn't fit anywhere (also, why I thought they should move him to 1B while non-tendering Vaughn).