Bob Sacamano

Idk I have a feeling 2B will be filled via trade (in a Kimbrel deal? For Vaughn + +? Who knows).

@Y2Jimmy0 @Harold's Leg Lift I hate to be that guy, but have either of you heard if something is close and potentially completed today?

Accurate as fuck.

He was probably waiting to see if a team out West could get close to the number.

And this doesn't matter. They don't usually leak everything.

Enjoy Joc Pederson and the return of Cesar Hernandez for 2022!

Thank God our payroll won't be an issue in 2028 and we will have the flexibility to sign a big fish.

lol exactly. It's part of the process, along with the beginning phase where they trick themselves into believing a huge signing is possible.

Soxtalk: I think this is the year the Sox will finally spend on a player *Player signs somewhere else* Also Soxtalk: Well, the last couple years of that deal will be bad anyway. This isn't just Semien. This is every year fans think they will sign someone big. If this how you think or the team operates, then you will never sign big free agents. Have to spend over what you are comfortable spending unfortunately.

Yeah...definitely feels like the beginning phases of a rebuild.

Running out of front line starters and there are no second baseman like Semien.

Yep. Definitely seems like they want to improve the team.

Makes no sense Rockies didn’t trade or QO him.

Lol of course there is. Not everything is leaked. Cue the Nick Cage meme

At 37, how much longer can he keep it going though? He’s not someone I really want to commit 3+ years to.

Oh thank god. This definitely seems like the kind of guy they would sign as Plan D.

Yeah I feel like we would have to really outbid, and I’m not really sure that’s smart for a guy who’s what, 37?

Vaughn for 5 years is more valuable.

Rays sign Kluber

Bat him lower in the order against lefties then. This team needs guys that can hit righties.

“God I wish they’d trade Vaughn.”*

I bet with Mets being in the mix and being overcrowded, I could see a McNeil + swap being an option too, similar to a Phil’s deal.

Outside of Semien, I don’t love the other options.

If he was a slam dunk to sign a pillow contract, he might as well have just taken the guaranteed $18.3 mill QO and had certainty prior to lock out.

Yeah which is why I don’t think it’s entirely crazy they just move on from him and resolve this roster crunch.