Honest question, do we know what (if anything) Hernandez's agent countered with? Do we know what other offers were out there? Is it fair to think that his market wasn't what he hoped it would be? $23.5 M is a sweet, one year, bet on yourself type contract on a team full of stars that could help boost his individual stats as he heads back into free agency.
This. I believe that on a conservative depreciation rate, the $8.5m deferred has a current value of about $5.5m. So for comparison, its a $20.5m 1 year contract versus a $28m two year offer. Depending on how TH values the security of the 2nd year, those are pretty comparable offers.
Ya, I'm not really upset either. I can't stand watching guys who k 30% of the time anyhow. If they move on to Soler I'm fine with it, but these guys are just placeholders anyhow if Anthony is ready next year.
Yeah, he’s a horrible defensive player. To the extent that he’s been worth ~7 fWAR in his career.his defense is so bad that he’s only had two seasons where he’s been worth 1 win.
Me either. I would have been glad to have Teoscar, but Duvall seems like a much better option than Soler. I mean, damn. Signing Soler seems like another reactive move.
Yes, is there some kind of distortion field operating at Fenway compelling the front office to add more DHs?
You could still sign Duvall since Soler isn't going to play in the field. If you did that you would have a lot of power in the lineup.
You're missing O'Neill, who is very good defensively and should handle either CF or RF.
How is he pretending that signing Giolito has anything to do with the next good Sox team? I didn’t read that in anything he wrote.
Yes, that's quite true, and I'd be better with that - might be nice actually. In that case no room for Yoshida any longer is there?
My pick would be Garrett Cooper as your 4th bench player. He's got lots of experience at 1B, plays a credible corner outfield and could platoon with either Duran or Abreu if needed (Yoshida probably doesn't need a platoon partner), and has a ton of power from the right side. He's never been able to stay healthy for a full season, which is why he'll be available for bench money. Spotrac suggests he's worth 2 years/$14 million, but he didn't even warrant a crowdsource prediction from Fangraphs, so my cocktail napkin prediction is 1 year/$3 million.
I'm not sure why we're so eager to run it back with Duvall or sign Soler. Sure, Duvall was good last year in limited time, but the recency bias on here about the guy drives me nuts. It was the best "partial" season he's ever put together. He's got a career OPS+ of 99, and has never posted an OPS+ better than 106 in a full season, and that happened all the way back in 2016. He's a middling player who was hot while he was healthy last year.
My concern with Soler is he was completely average offensively from 2020-22, so what if that guy shows up? Sounds like a terrible fit for a dedicated DH.
The batting lines have certainly been erratic. Worth noting though that KC and Miami have both played as extreme home run-suppressing parks for RHB though.
2020 was a small sample season and he had back issues in 2021 and 2022. That would be a big concern, but he came back healthy and hitting in 2023. I don't think there's enough positional versatility on the rest of the roster to carry a dedicated DH in the days of 13 man pitching staffs. Cora and Breslow would have to get together to figure out how the bench would work with him on the team.
Yes, Yoshida, O'Neill, Duran, Rafaela, RFsnyder, Abreu pretty much sees one of those guys moving on if the Sox bring in another OF. I suppose that Rafaela could start the season in AAA, but his defense probably requires him on the 26 man. Does Abreu still have options?
I cannot remember the thread or member that posted…. Not too many contracts being handed out over two years so far. Seems like this might not be an ownership mandate.
Deleted my part of that post as per the comments from a Dope. I don't want to be clogging up the board with something that maybe shouldn't be taken as a serious "rumor."
My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw Breslow pass-out at Legal Seafoods last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
