A couple of things:
- Xander is moving to 2B with Kim to play SS. This is a year or two earlier than I expected.
- Looking at the American League, this year is exactly the time to try and squeak into the playoffs and then take a run at the ALCS:
- Orioles have two injured starters and will be missing Bautista, the most dominant pitcher in baseball last year. There young guys will presumably have some growing pains and the new owners will start spending big money in 2025.
- Rays are in a down cycle
- Toronto is running back the same under-performing crew as has fallen apart the last few years (I actually think Justin Turner could help with this problem).
- Yankees are depending on big performances/health from Rodon, Stroman (less than 140 innings each of the last two years), Rizzo, Stanton, etc and Judge has only played 112+ games twice in the last six years
- Rangers may have a great rotation by the playoffs but there are a ton of question marks right now
- Unfortunately, the Astros should be very good, but, Valdez is on the decline and Verlander is already injured
- I'm talking myself into the idea that Montgomery is the right type of pitcher to extend in his 30s. He's pitched 158, 178, 188 innings the last three years and the Sox really need competent innings. Compare this consistency to Snell, who has pitched more than 130 innings twice in the last eight years or Rodon, who has cleared 130 innings (actually 132) once in the last 7 years.
- How much would the Sox have to pay to get Montgomery to accept a 4 year deal?
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