I am not looking to debate whether the Sox are going to find a way to the 2014 Post-season. For this exercise, they are not. Let's pretend that this team just cannot stay/get healthy, Clay cannot get below a 5.5 ERA/1.75 WHIP, the kids are still struggling and every other team is getting the breaks. They are well out of a playoff spot by mid-July. So now what?
You are sitting in your office and teams start calling you. (Unfortunately, however, it is not Dan Jennings calling to offer Stanton for Gomes.) You have been playing cat and mouse with Jon Lester's Agent. You are keeping a close eye on Jake Peavey's player option for 2015, which is dependent on 190 IP (total required for 2014) and him staying off the DL. You love Koji at $5M, but so do a lot of contenders. Other possibilities include tires being kicked on C. Capuano, A. Miller, AJP, Grady (the Sizemore one) and Ross. Do you throw in the towel on WMB, perhaps as part of a package?
So, what are you looking for? I'd like to see your hypotheticals as Sellers. What teams would you deal with? Do you think Colorado, KC and/or Pittsburgh (teams with highly-ranked farm systems) are buyers? Who goes where? What would be a good haul for Lester? Do you deal with the AL East at all?
It's not personal. It's just business.
You are sitting in your office and teams start calling you. (Unfortunately, however, it is not Dan Jennings calling to offer Stanton for Gomes.) You have been playing cat and mouse with Jon Lester's Agent. You are keeping a close eye on Jake Peavey's player option for 2015, which is dependent on 190 IP (total required for 2014) and him staying off the DL. You love Koji at $5M, but so do a lot of contenders. Other possibilities include tires being kicked on C. Capuano, A. Miller, AJP, Grady (the Sizemore one) and Ross. Do you throw in the towel on WMB, perhaps as part of a package?
So, what are you looking for? I'd like to see your hypotheticals as Sellers. What teams would you deal with? Do you think Colorado, KC and/or Pittsburgh (teams with highly-ranked farm systems) are buyers? Who goes where? What would be a good haul for Lester? Do you deal with the AL East at all?
It's not personal. It's just business.