February 5, 20206 yr Just now, chitownsportsfan said: Eh. The pitching is the problem. Engel and Leury are actually pretty ideal as backups. Not if there is an injury.
February 5, 20206 yr 1 minute ago, fathom said: Still think Sox desperately need one more bench piece, with Holt being the perfect fit. Right now we’re a few injuries away from seeing way too much Leury and Engel again. I agree and I think we'll sign a bench player in the coming days. Just now, chitownsportsfan said: Twins aren't fooling around. It's good for MLB to have interest outside the traditional large markets and it creates excitement of which the Sox have a legit shot to participate in down the stretch. Good. Yeah, the bright side is absolutely that it makes for a more entertaining sport. Hopefully it motivates Jerry to continue spending, too. This offseason was a great start, but a massive finishing move might be all we need.
February 5, 20206 yr Just now, Moan4Yoan said: Not if there is an injury. well sure but if you replaced Moncada with Holt over Leury does it really matter? Season would probably be fubar anyways. I'd like to see them keep their powder dry and if anything look to bring in more pitching.
February 5, 20206 yr 3 minutes ago, aeichhor said: I wouldn’t have made this trade but the Twins are obviously trying to win now.
February 5, 20206 yr 1 minute ago, aeichhor said: or...he is controlled at a very reasonable cost through 2024? Twitter has made us all dumb. It's a move for the next 3 years traded for the next 6 really. Good move by the Twins. Weakens them tho big time if his 31 year old arm gets hurt. Then the control means nothing. It's a gamble, calculated one tho.
February 5, 20206 yr I've heard that the Dodgers wanted Bummer in return for Joc Pederson. They couldn't match up. Dodgers priorities changed.
February 5, 20206 yr Why do people think the Twins are only all in for this season? They have another 2 to 3 years of high level of play and money to spend.
February 5, 20206 yr 2 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: I've heard that the Dodgers wanted Bummer in return for Joc Pederson. They couldn't match up. Dodgers priorities changed. Yea it was a trade of opportunity whatever. HOWEVAH I did say at the time that the sox were in danger of the opportunity cost of you know actually getting a RF proven good instead of this hopeful mazara biz. Edited February 5, 20206 yr by chitownsportsfan
February 5, 20206 yr 4 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: I've heard that the Dodgers wanted Bummer in return for Joc Pederson. They couldn't match up. Dodgers priorities changed. I’m not buying this. How do you go from demanding a top young lefty reliever for Joc to accepting a backup infielder like Luis Rengifo? Edited February 5, 20206 yr by Moan4Yoan
February 5, 20206 yr Are the Dodgers sending more players to the Red Sox or did they really only trade Alex Verdugo and Kenta Maeda for Mookie freakin Betts and David Price?
February 5, 20206 yr 1 minute ago, Moan4Yoan said: I’m not buying this. How do you go from demanding a top young lefty reliever to accepting a backup infielder like infielder Luis Rengifo? 2 years of control vs 1?
February 5, 20206 yr 2 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: I've heard that the Dodgers wanted Bummer in return for Joc Pederson. They couldn't match up. Dodgers priorities changed. Weird how they asked so much from the Sox got took so little from the Angels. The team that kept their powder dry made out like bandits.
February 5, 20206 yr Twins probably got better but I think this takes a WC contender in Boston out of the race. Improves our chances.
February 5, 20206 yr Maeda's contract is structured to where he has to start a certain amount of games or something weird before he goes to the pen, and it's all incentive based iirc. That Pederson return gave me AIDs. Yikes.
February 5, 20206 yr 6 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: Weird how they asked so much from the Sox got took so little from the Angels. The team that kept their powder dry made out like bandits. They also didn't have Mookie and Pederson on the roster as a spare part...but go ahead and ignore facts. Edited February 5, 20206 yr by soxfan2014
February 5, 20206 yr 1 minute ago, Balta1701 said: 2 years of control vs 1? I assumed that Y2Jimmy was saying that the Dodgers requested Bummer THIS offseason but I could be wrong.
February 5, 20206 yr 2 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: Are the Dodgers sending more players to the Red Sox or did they really only trade Alex Verdugo and Kenta Maeda for Mookie freakin Betts and David Price? Remember the cash side of this trade. Dodgers must have sent an armored car as well.
February 5, 20206 yr 1 minute ago, soxfan2014 said: They also didn't have Mookie and Pederson as a spare part...but go ahead and ignore facts. The Joc for Luis Rengifo trade was separate.
February 5, 20206 yr 2 minutes ago, Moan4Yoan said: The Joc for Luis Rengifo trade was separate. But they made the trade because they got Betts so that doesn't matter that it's separate. Edited February 5, 20206 yr by soxfan2014
February 5, 20206 yr 2 minutes ago, SCCWS said: Remember the cash side of this trade. Dodgers must have sent an armored car as well. The Sox have tons of money to spend but heavens to betsy they couldn't possibly trade prospects (GASP!) for 1 year of Mookie Betts.
February 5, 20206 yr 1 minute ago, soxfan2014 said: But they made the trade because they got Betts so that doesn't matter that it's separate. But your argument makes no sense. The Angels are just another team like the White Sox, and they gave up jack squat for Joc. What was stopping the Sox from making a crappy offer for Joc? Edited February 5, 20206 yr by Moan4Yoan
February 5, 20206 yr Just now, Moan4Yoan said: But your argument makes no sense. The Angels are just another team like the White Sox, and they gave up jack squat for Joc. But we already traded for a RF that they want to give a chance to at a cheaper price and has 2 years of control. What are you missing?
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