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Ridding the team of Leury and bringing in a serviceable (albeit expensive) catcher sure would be nice.  I just don't see how that would benefit the Mets, especially if they were to throw in Escobar.  So, I don't think there's any validity to the "rumor".

Hopefully the Sox do pick up a 2B that would be the every day starter.  Leury should, and hopefully would, become a seldom used waste of roster space.  With Leury's #1 fan in TLR gone, he shouldn't see much playing time.

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1 hour ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

After another glace at Adam Duvall, I am all aboard that train as our OF 4.  Shed some money Jerry.

He’d be the perfect 4th OF for us IMO.  Obviously you have to weigh his addition vs. filling needs elsewhere, but I don’t think 4th OF is a spot we should overlook.

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20 minutes ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said:

At this point all the Sox really need is a 2nd baseman and 4th outfielder.

I don't know what their budget limit is, but right now I've got them about $5 million below where they were for last season, if I'm counting buyouts the same way they are. 

Last year, they wound up about $14 million below the tax line. There is some funkiness with how it's calculated for a few people, but there is some risk that they could be near the line if they added >$20 million.

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27 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Key quote, and reason for me to be optimistic the Sox can add Duvall or Conforto and Segura.

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While the early offseason saw many of the top free agents soaring past their predictions, it hasn’t exactly carried down to the lower tiers. Looking at the other bats mentioned off the top, Brantley re-signed with the Astros for one year and $12MM, a bit below MLBTR’s $15MM prediction, though he can come out ahead via $4MM of incentives. Martinez was projected at two years and $30MM but settled for $10MM over a single season with the Dodgers. 

 

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14 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said:

Key quote, and reason for me to be optimistic the Sox can add Duvall or Conforto and Segura.

 

No way the Sox are adding that much payroll.  If we aren’t capped out already, I bet we’re awfully close.  I’d say we have $10M max to work with and that’s likely being generous.  Only way to add Conforto or Segura is by trading a piece like Hendriks or Giolito.

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Just now, Chicago White Sox said:

No way the Sox are adding that much payroll.  If we aren’t capped out already, I bet we’re awfully close.  I’d say we have $10M max to work with and that’s likely being generous.  Only way to add Conforto or Segura is by trading a piece like Hendriks or Giolito.

And Eloy, opening up DH at bats. No room for Conforto as they won't block Colas.

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1 hour ago, Bob Sacamano said:

And Eloy, opening up DH at bats. No room for Conforto as they won't block Colas.

They wouldn’t have to. There’s 486 starts available in the OF plus all the games Eloy has to miss at DH. 130 starts per OF shouldn’t be a problem considering the propensity of Robert and Eloy towards being unavailable

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2 minutes ago, FourEyesShottenhoffer said:

They wouldn’t have to. There’s 486 starts available in the OF plus all the games Eloy has to miss at DH. 130 starts per OF shouldn’t be a problem considering the propensity of Robert and Eloy towards being unavailable

It’s safe to assume they are not going to add another regular starting OF.

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