That's true, but when the risk pays off, an elite pitcher is way more valuable in the post season than an elite hitter.
Red Sox/MLB 2025 Hot Stove - Mets land Juan Soto on 15-year, $765M deal
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Boston absolutely HAS to land at least one of: Burnes, Fried or Crochet. There's no excuse not to. They have the money to sign Burnes or Fried, and they have the trade capital to get Crochet.
Its that simple.....
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When the offseason started, I thought there was a 30-40% chance they'd do something dumb. Feels more like 50% now.
The one positive of the Austerity Sox era has been that there's some comfort they're not going to go out and make Hanley/Sandoval signings or mega win now trade overpayments. I'm good with Fried or Burnes (hell, both), a cheap bat that doesn't involve a QO, and more investment in RPs.
The scary Plan B of signing Bregman (or trading for Arenado), moving Devers to 1st, and trading Abreu and Casas for Crochet is something I'd rather stay far away from.
The one positive of the Austerity Sox era has been that there's some comfort they're not going to go out and make Hanley/Sandoval signings or mega win now trade overpayments. I'm good with Fried or Burnes (hell, both), a cheap bat that doesn't involve a QO, and more investment in RPs.
The scary Plan B of signing Bregman (or trading for Arenado), moving Devers to 1st, and trading Abreu and Casas for Crochet is something I'd rather stay far away from.
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Thing is if you sign Fried you need D at third. Same with sinkerballers Houck and Bello. If that’s how your building your pitching you have to have a glove at third.
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EverettMike
FIRE DON SWEENEY INTO THE SUN
They're going to do something stupid. I can feel it in my bones. (Previously I could only feel it in my skin.)
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You're not wrong, I'd just prefer a solution that doesn't involve overpaying Bregman or trading for Arenado and acquiring a pitcher (who will also require an extension) that has a single season as a starter and arm reliability questions.
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Been kicking this plan around in my head this morning...
- Pay whatever portion of Yoshida's contract you need to in order to move him.
- Move Devers to full time DH.
- Sign Gio Urshela as a stopgap 3B.
- Tell Marcelo Mayer to start working out at 3B.
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If you listen to his podcast it’s wayyyyyyy better than all the experts.
If it’s 15/750 for real that is ridiculous
Campbell I’m betting can play third
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It’s pretty fascinating though - keeping me very interested even watching football
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If they miss out on Soto, totally cool with signing Teoscar and Fried and trading for Crochet
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I'm not convinced he can play 2B, let alone 3B. I don't think he has the arm or the instincts for the hot corner. He might be limited to left field only.
I think Mayer would be an outstanding defensive 3B. And you could keep Trevor Story at SS until Franklin Arias is ready 2-3 years from now.
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How illogical would that be considering they didn't sign him last year when there was no QO attached and could have been had for less years?
I mean, one thing would come in handy: If they were to also sign Fried / Burnes, signing a second player with a QO would hurt less.
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I mean, not really. As @EverettMike said, there are basically no negative repercussions for him. His job isn't to break news, so losing credibility doesn't matter. When Soto signs elsewhere, he could simply say that they had an agreement that Boras/Soto broke or the Mets/Yankees/whoever came in with a last minute offer that couldn't be refused. He could go another direction and say he wanted to show how gullible fans are. The possibilities are endless.
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Yeah. I’m not expecting Soto to come here, and there’s so much to unpack…..both ways.
For instance. He started to build up a pretty good reputation based on Monty and Porzingis, why “make something up” about Soto, and why make the guarantees that he did?
I mean at this point even if Soto signs here, he was wrong because he said he was signed, sealed and delivered a week ago and all that was left was the press conference….which obviously wasn’t true.
If he was just guessing, he’d have been better off saying something like…my sources say the Sox are in deep on Soto.
Why risk losing credibility by being so descriptive/definitive so early?
Who knows?
All I know is that as long as he doesn’t go to NYY, I’ll be ok with it.
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