10 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

Meidroth's approach sounds wonderful. I'd like to see what dude can do.

His walks are insane.  Dustin Pedroia version 2.0 would be nice.

Disappointed they didn't include Benintendi though, the sox saving money was a big issue for me.

My only problem with Chase is that his name is way too close to Nicole Kidman's character in Batman Forever.

This all worked out perfectly. It was Tweeted that as of yesterday morning, both teams had minimal dialogue. Thank you Yankees and Fried! I guess ultimately, thank you Juan Soto for not going to Yankees!

4 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

None of the new acquisitions go onto the 40-man, either. 

Gonzalez does actually. He's on Boston's 40.

Edited December 11, 20241 yr by Bob Sacamano

Was hoping for a Basallo/Beavers based return, this is a nice alternative, perhaps better?

 

Ha, fwiw, Fangraphs said Gonzalez was the most disappointing prospect of 2024 when they updated Boston’s system 

Chris Getz played this about as well as possible. Not sure he was getting anything close to this package at the trade deadline. 

 

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

Ha, fwiw, Fangraphs said Gonzalez was the most disappointing prospect of 2024 when they updated Boston’s system 

Now he is in the Bannister lab, baby!

17 minutes ago, Lyle Moooton said:

Wasn’t super enthused by Teel as the headliner, but the rest of the return is fantastic. 

Yeah, Teel is a fantastic prospect, but don’t love the fit with Quero.  That being said, we needed to get the best package of positional talent possible for Crochet and this is a surprisingly really good deal.  Montgomery was essential as the #2 piece given how their system stacks up and our desperate need for OF talent.  The last two pieces are legitimate prospects who have a chance of being real contributors and possibly very soon.  I hate to say it, but Getz appears to have delivered here.

4 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Gonzalez does actually. He's on Boston's 40.

OOps. Missed that. 

If you're on the side that this move wasn't a good trade by Getz.........I'm not sure what to tell you, at this point. Maybe you enjoy being contrary for the sake of it?

 

Getz got great return for Crochet.

Nice. Good move Chris. Many more are needed.

21 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Pretty impressive? Two T60 mlb prospects and two other 45 FV interesting names. This is a better deal than I could have imagined.

Mayer instead of Teel would have reflected a perfect trade, but the overall value here is really solid.

7 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Teel and Montgomery were two of my favorite names from the last two drafts. f*** yea. This past spring, I optimistically speculated that Crochet could return one 50/55 FV prospect and another 45 FV prospect. Boy, was I wrong. Way underestimated him. This is clearly a better return than what they got for Cease. Just goes to show how the league values Crochet relative to Cease despite the limited track record.

This is like the anti-Hahn trade return where the third and fourth pieces are actually good and not pretty much throwaways, as in the Sale and Quintana deals.

Development, development, development.  

I will not get excited about any "prospect haul" ever again as long as Reinsdorf and the people he puts in charge run this team.    We had a top 10 prospect in Montgomery at this time last year, he flamed out bad in AAA.     Now we're suppose to expect to take both Teel and Braden (from a well ran organization) and finish up their development portion? 

Sorry, not excited. 

Chris needs to find some more guys to flip at the deadline now. Need some reclamation projects like last year. 

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Mayer instead of Teel would have reflected a perfect trade, but the overall value here is really solid.

Red Sox fans seems more mad Teel is gone and would rather it be Mayer. They hate how much Mayer is hurt...which....no thanks.

Do we like Getz again?

Sox lost 120 games and look to be worse with no hope next few years.  I’m shocked some are upset they now have two potential starting catchers.  

3 minutes ago, Baron said:

Chris needs to find some more guys to flip at the deadline now. Need some reclamation projects like last year. 

When do they sign Quintana?

21 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I guess looking at the whole package, it is a bit more than an expected, but a lot less than I had hoped for.  I am really surprised no one else stepped up to beat this with Boston's top 3 off of the board.

Teel is generally seen as a top 20 prospect, so not a ton of guys out there who would be higher regarded.

Boston loves trading for tall lefties that throw weird, don't they? 

Pretty good return. This is the kind of value we should have gotten for Cease.