December 11, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, BigHurt3515 said: We don't have room for two corner OFs he's saying if they miss out on Harper, they can sign Brantley and someone else
December 11, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, BigHurt3515 said: We don't have room for two corner OFs I was referring to the Phillies which is who the Tweet was referring. They can make Harper a priority and if he signs somewhere before Brantley, they can still snag Brantley. Edited December 11, 20187 yr by soxfan2014
December 12, 20187 yr https://mobile.twitter.com/jaysonst/status/1072645611491598336 Sox connected to Brantley again. How will Boras use the Sox to drive up Harper’s price if this happens?
December 12, 20187 yr Not sure I understand this off-season. Are the Sox 2-3 aging vets and a huge mega star who will command X times the salary of entire roster expecting to compete in 2019?
December 12, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, fathom said: https://mobile.twitter.com/jaysonst/status/1072645611491598336 Sox connected to Brantley again. How will Boras use the Sox to drive up Harper’s price if this happens? If the Sox sign Brantley, I'd imagine because of Eloy that would take them out of the Harper sweepstakes because Where's he going to play? The only way that works is if the three players rotate through DH like Stanton and Judge.
December 12, 20187 yr 9 hours ago, kwolf68 said: Not sure I understand this off-season. Are the Sox 2-3 aging vets and a huge mega star who will command X times the salary of entire roster expecting to compete in 2019? No they aren't trying to compete in 2019 . The Nova signing should 've told us all that. Barring miraculous seasons from Moncada, Eloy Giolito, Rodon, Anderson Abreu , Castillo, and the entire bullpen they will not compete even with Harper or Machado. Probably not with Harper and Machado too. Now if they sign another good starting pitcher or take a chance on Kichuchi's shoulder, trade for a 3rd baseman, put Harper at 1st base,add Brantley and trade Abreu for a CF I MIGHT think they are trying to win in 2019. Even then it would still take some miracle seasons from most of the pitching staff and some trade deadline moves to have a shot in the playoffs.
December 12, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: No they aren't trying to compete in 2019 . The Nova signing should 've told us all that. Barring miraculous seasons from Moncada, Eloy Giolito, Rodon, Anderson Abreu , Castillo, and the entire bullpen they will not compete even with Harper or Machado. Probably not with Harper and Machado too. Now if they sign another good starting pitcher or take a chance on Kichuchi's shoulder, trade for a 3rd baseman, put Harper at 1st base,add Brantley and trade Abreu for a CF I MIGHT think they are trying to win in 2019. Even then it would still take some miracle seasons from most of the pitching staff and some trade deadline moves to have a shot in the playoffs. Our pitching staff is still too much of a question mark for the Sox to compete in 2019 regardless of what postion players we manage to sign this offseason. Rotation help like Cease/Dunning won't be ready until about July/August at the earliest as well.
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