What are the chances that the Sox have a deal offered to them that they would accept, but are waiting on Snell and Montgomery to see if there is a desperation offer from a team out there before accepting?
Not saying they have an agreement with a team, but where they can, for example, call the Orioles or Yankees and say "we accept the offer of (insert offer here) from our previous discussions."
Because right now, with Cease, they have:
Cease
Fedde
Kopech
Soroka
Flexen
Touki (decent in limited time here, DFA candidate I guess)
Scholtens (decent last year in limited time, also DFA candidate when more space is needed I guess due to age and wanting younger options)
Shuster (has options so good depth to go back and forth between MLB and MiLB)
Woodford (MiLB deal)
Kuhl (MiLB deal)
And then guys whos should be slated to start in Charlotte where the guys above don't really have enough room to also make starts (but I guess can pitch in relief):
Eder
Mena
Nastrini
Burke
Thompson
It's a lot of options for innings. Just not good options haha