Probably not, the way it is worded makes it sound less like they think they can get both, and much more like they only wanted ERod as a fallback if they got neither, and decided they'd rather chance getting none of the 3 than pay Erod now. If anything it makes it sound more like money might be a concern. They'll splash for Yamamoto maybe, but if they do they want to go cheap with the back of the rest of the rotation.
I hope so. It is hard to believe that after the past couple of seasons and Bloom's ultimate termination, they will continue along the same path. This team will get smoked in the division next year without some major changes. I feel the franchise has been rudderless for a while. But, this offseason is not over yet by any means. A big move could happen at anytime.
It's not that Grisham had negative value but getting his $5M off the books had value to SD. They were able to move $37M or so off their books and got a lot of cheap MLB ready starting pitching in return. I don't think the Sox would've been interested in adding Grisham and his LH bat to the lineup and he's probably slightly overpaid as a 4th OF, making the NY offer more enticing. He's also a good fit for NY where they can use him in CF to rotate Judge/Soto through DH and days off and be a late inning defensive replacement. The slight overpay for a 4th OF makes more sense for NY than it does BOS when you look at roster construction.
Right, but they didn't have to trade Grisham in a Soto deal. They could have traded him to some random team for a flyer prospect, or traded him to the Yankees in a separate deal which didn't include Soto. The reason they tendered him is that they thought he would have positive value to another team. The Yankees didn't have to pay less in prospect capital because they put Grisham in the deal. They might have, hypothetically speaking, only agreed to put Brito instead of a lesser pitching prospect in because Grisham was in the deal.
Would they be? Peak talent is great to have, but it's also about depth and health. Ask the Angels or the 2023 Yankees.
Bloom's trade record was spotty. While he made some good deals (the Vasquez trade, the trade for Schwarber) there were an equal number of real head scratchers (the awful Renfroe trade where Boston paid $14 million for a couple of prospects deep on Milwaukee's top prospect lists). While he occasionally made good calls on pitching, it wasn't a particular strength. So the time had come to move on.
If Boston gets to that table......showing the Video of Yoshida scootering his way to the park could make someone just scratch their head in a positive way.....safety in a big city. No one chasing ya......privacy. Just a thought.
BTV’s whole thing is about “surplus value.” They’re looking at what a player costs for the duration of whatever contract he’s playing under versus the anticipated on-field value of that player (some version of WAR multiplied by some dollar per WAR valuation).
They could sign him for a boatload of money, but come on it has been years since we jumped into the deep end of FA pool. Our bo
Statcast has him at +2 in Fielding Run Value over 1160 innings in RF last year. 0 (average) for range and +2 for his arm.
How many of those is one team allowed to have?
What's the magic number of posts that we have to stay under to improve the product?
I'm guessing this may be a bit tongue in cheek, but it always was (and is) going to be a rocky path to a good rotation, but there's already substantial difference in the field. At least on paper (no jinx!) there will be a bunch of Abreu and Rafaela, rested and ready Masataka and Story settled into DH & SS, another Devers peak year with the contract behind him, whatever Duran magic is able to hold onto from last year, and not to mention the fullness of Casas.
Think you mean 4 playoff spots. The Sox can only win the AL East or one of the three wildcard spots, at least last I checked.
Fair point. I meant more in the line of Texas, Houston, Seattle, Baltimore, Tampa, NYY, Toronto and Boston are all competing for 5 spots and the Red Sox are a heck of a long way behind all of them so lets not make it even further.
Why would he choose the Mets, competition-wise? They could turn things around, sure, but they haven't done much to separate themselves from the Angels. It's his life, but he has spent his first six years in hope/belief mode.
All the bandwidth trees that have been cleared over this story, and that's the first time I've heard this
Yusei, yes? I say no.
