ChiSoxFanMike

I don’t care. He has insane power and is 25 years old. He fits perfectly with this core.

Seeing some of these free agent contracts, I’m really interested to see what Robert would have gotten on the open market.

I don’t know how you could have Vargas, Sosa, and Vientos on the same team. They are all basically variations of the same player.

Where did you see that?

Them Ishbia cash infusions already making a difference.

That Meidroth projection would be great Teel and Colson should be better than that I’d take that from Vargas Benintendi, Robert, and Sosa all seem fairly realistic Seems slightly pessimistic on Quero and optimistic for Baldwin

From what I can tell, he was ranked #44 in the 2023 class coming out of high school per MLB.com. So he was already highly thought of out of high school, but has obviously taken an even bigger jump.

Interesting in that he has the size and power to play 1B, and that scenario would mean that Carlson, Antonacci, Roch etc are all really good. But yeah, I would prefer Colson to stay on the left side. I think 3B is probably the ideal spot for him in the long term.

I had several people in my replies yesterday suggest moving Colson to 1B in the long term. I can’t say that thought ever occurred to me, but it’s interesting.

I just don’t know how they are going to navigate having both Paez and Alberto on the roster together. They are both so raw and inexperienced. If one of them sticks throughout the season, I’d consider that a win.

Cmon man. I don’t know whether he would’ve been good or not, but it’s not like the Sox bullpen was full of Mariano Rivera’s. It puzzled me that they never gave him a chance even with all the roster churning they did.

Pallette struck out over 11 per 9 at the AAA level. Who’s to say he’s not better than them? They never even gave him the chance to prove that one way or the other.

I see at least 5 or 6 guys currently on the 40-man I would have cut before Pallette, but it’s most likely just shuffling deck chairs on the titanic.

I’m not going to lose sleep over losing Pallette, but not protecting him didn’t make any sense to me. It’s not like they have so much talent that there’s a roster crunch. Whatever.

Justin Crawford or Owen Caissie

If they trade for Robbie Ray, they could have a rotation with Kay, May, and Ray

Meyers doesn’t really do anything for me honestly. But he seems to mash at the Rate.

Where did Garfein say that? I’d like that gamble a lot.

Anyone else think Dustin May could be an interesting free agent target?

Wisdom couldn’t even hit lefties in his most recent MLB sample and is now 34. Unless it’s a spring training invite, I don’t get the point of this.

Fair. I’d like Benintendi off the team entirely but I’m not expecting that to happen until 2027 if at all. I’d just like more power and for all of Garcia’s flaws, at least he hits homers.

At that point you might as well sign Adolis Garcia to play RF and move Baldwin to a super utility role.

If Vargas has actual trade value, I wouldn’t mind trading him. I think he could be useful but I’m not convinced he has enough power to be above average at either corner. But I find it hard to believe they would get something of significance for him.

I’m getting Cam Booser PTSD but at least this guy is significantly younger.

Thanks! Well I’m not a beat reporter or Jeff Passan. Just a fan. I hadn’t seen anyone in the Sox community write about Okamoto and thought people would be interested.