November 21, 20232 yr DeJong will be very valuable if Remillard, Sosa, Gonzalez and Rodriguez all get injured.
November 21, 20232 yr Author Maybe, just maybe...The Sox are confident in acquiring a top 2B prospect in a Cease trade, and the Lopez acquisition and DeJong signing are stop gaps for said 2B prospect and Montgomery.
November 21, 20232 yr I will say this : The idea that this prevents a Sosa/Rodriguez tryout just isn't true to me. This guy was waived last year. It doesn't stop you from doing anything.
November 21, 20232 yr Just now, bmags said: Listen, Does he hit the ball hard? No Does he walk? No Does he make a lot of contact? No sorry I forgot where I was Also…not really that tall lol.
November 21, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, BigHurt3515 said: Why can't we just go with our young guys? What is the purpose of signing a declining vet who has been awful I cannot state this enough: Pedro hates rookies.
November 21, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Pale Sox said: Also…not really that tall lol. Was going to say, bmags how short are you? LOL
November 21, 20232 yr Yeah, 2021-2023 stat lines read like a sequel to the movie Terrifier....what a debacle. I DO wish we'd at least give our guys a shot at taking the job, in the Spring.
November 21, 20232 yr Author 1 minute ago, CentralChamps21 said: DeJong will be very valuable if Remillard, Sosa, Gonzalez and Rodriguez all get injured. Like the beginning of the first episode of Family Guy when it returned from being cancelled and Peter named off about 30 Fox shows that had started and been cancelled, saying that if all those shows got cancelled, Family Guy might make it.
November 21, 20232 yr Brett Lawrie and Jimmy Rollins was a better combo. That didn’t work out so well. Hope they get something decent for Cease and Eloy or they are going to be horrendous until JR gets out.
November 21, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Dick Allen said: Brett Lawrie and Jimmy Rollins was a better combo. That didn’t work out so well. Hope they get something decent for Cease and Eloy or they are going to be horrendous until JR gets out. Yeah things are quite awful in terms of roster personnel with not much in the pipeline
November 21, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, bmags said: I will say this : The idea that this prevents a Sosa/Rodriguez tryout just isn't true to me. This guy was waived last year. It doesn't stop you from doing anything. True, it's possible one can hit well in AAA and get promoted early.
November 21, 20232 yr Now waiting for the inevitable Merrifield signing and Moncada for Perez trade. Before you yell at me about the Moncada for Perez thing, Moncada has 1 year at $29M and Perez has 2 years at $44M total so if the Royals save money overall. Edited November 21, 20232 yr by baseball_gal_aly
November 21, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, Pale Sox said: Also…not really that tall lol. jesus christ my whole life i've thought he was 6'5"
November 21, 20232 yr Just now, fathom said: Lopez and DeJong middle infield…I bet Whit is acquired for RF now. Yeah RF, a little 2B.
November 21, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, CentralChamps21 said: DeJong will be very valuable if Remillard, Sosa, Gonzalez and Rodriguez all get injured. Oh you couldn’t be more wrong here. He’s being acquired to start at SS
November 21, 20232 yr I read some BA chat in like 2015 praising the cards for turning dejong into an unlikely shortstop because of his height and it probably wasn't dejong but boy did that stick with me. Everytime I saw a closeup of that young man I'd think" wow, that's the face of a tall man"
November 21, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, hogan873 said: Well, the defense up the middle got a lot better. That's something, right? Right? What it seems like the plan is, to establish an identity on the ground floor of adding/promoting the real talent to the roster later. I guess in this case, a defensive identity. Perhaps a grinder mentality. In other words, the ballyhooed quick turnaround may amount to a turnaround in style orientation rather than a turnaround in the standings.
November 21, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, Soxfest said: Such a Hahn/Williams signing, meet the new boss, same as old boss! Tony La Russa is still the boss, and always gets his guys. Getz focuses on Royals. Together, they are an impressive duo.
November 21, 20232 yr Just now, fathom said: Oh you couldn’t be more wrong here. He’s being acquired to start at SS Precursor to Montgomery for Salvy trade?
November 21, 20232 yr Remillard is an easy DFA once this is announced. Well, there’s a bunch of guys…
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