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Red Sox/MLB 2025 Hot Stove - Mets land Juan Soto on 15-year, $765M deal

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GatorMike said:
At the moment, there seems to be more teams willing to spend than good players to spend on.

Someone's going to miss out.
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This feels exactly like last offseason. We will slowly find out Red Sox were aggressive on all fronts and end up with a mid rotation arm and another Tyler Oneil.
 
sarge88 said:
Perfect…

Abreu and Casas with others for pitching and a 3B

Duran CF
Soto LF
Devers 1B
Santander RF
Masa DH
3B
Wong C
Story 2B
Rafaela SS

😉
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If they are contacting Santander now I wonder if it means the Soto money is getting to the point they are gonna drop out, or if they see him going elsewhere in general. I'm good as long as he leaves the Yankees 😁
 
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Its starting to feel like Cohen is just going to offer to much money. For most teams there is a point where you have to move on.....I feel like the Sox are gonna blink soon. If they do I hope they reinvest the money quickly. Hope I'm wrong.
 
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Chevalier du Clavier said:
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I'd really be shocked if that was true. But if it is, I'd think the Sox can beat out the Mets. They could also offer less money and be competitive due to tax implications. Hope this ends tonight.

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That's something I'd like. Would open up a spot for Devers to switch positions. The Sox need to get their IF fixed, it's been obvious for years. A 3B is not easy to find, but Arenado is a possibility. Not sure a Yoshida-Arenado swap is doable, but I'd entertain that.

I still doubt that Casas or Abreu are enough to get other teams to budge on their top pitching arms, though. The approached teams were probably Chicago and Seattle. Teams just hang onto those guys or at least want arms back.
 
Mr Cartmenez said:
I'd really be shocked if that was true. But if it is, I'd think the Sox can beat out the Mets. They could also offer less money and be competitive due to tax implications. Hope this ends tonight.



That's something I'd like. Would open up a spot for Devers to switch positions. The Sox need to get their IF fixed, it's been obvious for years. A 3B is not easy to find, but Arenado is a possibility. Not sure a Yoshida-Arenado swap is doable, but I'd entertain that.

I still doubt that Casas or Abreu are enough to get other teams to budge on their top pitching arms, though. The approached teams were probably Chicago and Seattle. Teams just hang onto those guys or at least want arms back.
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I don't know that I would feel comfortable with Devers at first. There is a lot more to it than people think...it isn't a simple switch. He has never played there and I would hate to see him trying to pick errant throws on a daily basis.
 
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KOZ37 said:
I don't know that I would feel comfortable with Devers at first. There is a lot more to it then people think...it isn't a simple switch. He has never played there and I would hate to see him trying to pick errant throws on a daily basis.
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I don't know either, but I know that I am not comfortable with Casas at 1B. Especially when Devers stays at 3B, the SS has severe health-concerns and 2B is TBD. They have to do something to fix the issue, you gotta start somewhere. It's been ongoing for 4-5 years.

They can't keep stockpiling DH-types and expect to be successful. Soto would be yet another subpar fielder, but just too otherworldly with the bat.
 
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I don't know either, but I know that I am not comfortable with Casas at 1B. Especially when Devers stays at 3B, the SS has severe health-concerns and 2B is TBD. They have to do something to fix the issue, you gotta start somewhere. It's been ongoing for 4-5 years.

They can't keep stockpiling DH-types and expect to be successful. Soto would be yet another subpar fielder, but just too otherworldly with the bat.
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If they don't get Soto then trade Casas for pitching and sign Christian Walker to play first. That takes care of a RH bat and great defender at first. Or sign Bregman, and/or trade for Arenado. Basically does the same thing.
 
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Blah not a good sign

KOZ37 said:
If they don't get Soto then trade Casas for pitching and sign Christian Walker to play first. That takes care of a RH bat and great defender at first. Or sign Bregman, and/or trade for Arenado. Basically does the same thing.
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Christian Walker works for me if they trade Casas which I don’t want to happen unless Guerrero coming back
 
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Seidenbergy said:
Silence from "done deal" mick after breslow's comments.....shocker.
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I know everyone is shitting on/rooting against the "regular" media guys, but I think they've been so incredulous about Mick because it seems very obvious what has been going on with this guy.

He had it on real authority the Red Sox were absolutely 100% committed to signing Soto (something a lot of media have known) and he figured Boston would have a 1/3 chance of doing just that, so he's been playing the lottery.

If he's "right" BOOM. If he's wrong is he going to lose his job? Be a laughingstock? People very quickly won't care long, but he will still have gained notoriety and more fans/followers.
 
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If/when the Sox lose out on Soto, I'd expect them to put the full court press on Max Fried.

But having a rotation that includes Fried, Houck, and Bello doesn't make sense if Rafael Devers is your 3B. That means they'd have to go out and get someone like Bregman or Arenado.

And if Devers is going to be either your 1B or DH, then you'd have to find a way to move on from either Yoshida or Casas. And if you've got big money players at SS and 3B, what happens with Marcelo Mayer? Lot of moving parts here.
 
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