Superstar Lamar

I was willing to give Mazara a pass for 2020. His expected arbitration was just too high, especially with the market flooded with veteran RF

Take the over on Anderson RBI for next year.

anyone remember what the offer/ask was for Lynn at the 2020 trading deadline? Would today's offer have gotten him from the Rangers?

So where does he project in the lineup? It could set up a nice L-R combination at 8-9 with him and Madrigal getting on base at high percentages, not only turning over the lineup but putting people on for Anderson and the rest.

I seem to remember Eaton's defensive metric excellence to be fueled by people trying to run on him and him throwing them out on the bases. Could any regression be based on people getting wise to running on him? It seems to me he still has above average speed which allows him to still cover plenty of area.

Using 2020 stats is disingenuous. I don't look at them as indicative of any long term conclusions about a player. I'm not going into this season expecting 2020 stats from Abreu. I'm also not doing so with players who were on the down side.

Platoon him with Engel. That should give him about 95 starts. In 2018 he had 95 starts hitting .301/.394/.411. I think those are attainable if you keep him on those limits. You can almost set your watch to him having a +.360 OBP, except for the anomaly of 2020.

If the only thing this move does is permanently discredit Kinander's tweets, it has served a purpose

There was a pretty good chance Dunning would be back down starting in the minor leagues at some point this season. I think people are projecting aspirations onto him.

Jurko is a guy who loves to play fast and loose with the rules in order to joke around. It doesn't surprise me that he'd try to push his luck in an interview. I didn't blame Jim Everett when Rome continued to call him Chrissie in an interview despite being asked not to If Eaton hangs up on Jonathon Hood, then I'd be a little more concerned.

I assume he is going to be in a platoon with Engel, which should limit his innings and save his body for maximum efforts in the innings he plays. Is that an incorrect assumption?

I could not have timed this post better

Not this guy again. School kid always starts his inside information once each semester ends

He'd also work well versus RH in a platoon situation. Save his legs against LH as he is a maximum energy type of player. That would make for a nice defensive combination in RF as well.

His heirs. I don't know the economics of the booth. Do those guys really make enough to have FU money? I thought they made a nice, more than comfortable living but not the kind of money where you can take a big financial hit at the age of 50.

waiting for the board to lose its shit when the Sox sign Eaton

could also take the savings with Lynn and get a top closer

If we are going to sign a guy to fill a starter role on a partial season basis, I prefer Rich Hill

It is a really good environment right now for a team to have players on one year deals. I'd like to see how our internal players develop before clogging up the rotation with big contracts. If things go well this year, the Sox may be only looking for a #5 type next year and maybe not even that.

the agent would have choked him through the phone as it is undoubtedly a significant pay cut, a medium of lower importance and a team that provides less exposure for other jobs

Len is a plain yogurt sandwich served on white bread with the crusts cut off. If you want to hear nothing but the company line told to you in the most boring fashion, Len's your man. Don't expect anything of any challenge to the team. He fashions himself as some sabermatrician but can only regurgitate what he reads. He doesn't have the capacity to actually critically analyze the information. He plays the guitar, so he's super cool and hip. I'm shocked at the positive reaction here.

and Adam Engel

just like a marriage win and all is forgotten lose and you will never hear the end of it

Sox have the fountain of youth for 1B.

lots of great candidates for the position still available if they did the right thing and changed course