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

[Morris Wanchuk]

They would definitely want value for taking on Yoshida, but I would be happy to oblige.

Or some retained salary?

 

[DKH]

I would not be against a Yoshida/Castillo deal. They you could move Raffy to DH and sign Bregman. Or keep Raffy at 3B and sign Hernandez

I actually believe a healthy Yoshida is the 23 first half guy

I think he has a very good season

B-U-T

I would move him but I’m guessing you have to add more like Crawford or Abreu

With Montgomery going and the flexibility and uber team friendly deal Rafaela signed my OF of now and future is

Duran
Rafaela
Anthony
Abreu

This should be very good and fan favorites- I’m not up for trading Abreu all things

Yoshida has 3 more years and if he stays that’s about how long I have Devers at 3B

Casas I’m not trading unless I have a monster return

He’s by all accounts a super nice person to people who approach and he’s quirky

I will lose it if they deal him for Castillo

 

[yazmybaby]

I want to go back to this tweet. Am I the only one who feels led astray by the "no other big names" report? I would absolutely consider Montgomery a big name.

The scouts have him rated a 60 overall, so he will make the majors, just a question how good he will be? We will have to wait 2-3 years as I cannot see him making his debut until 2027.
At 6'2 220 lbs, a rocket of an arm and proven college hitter, I would agree with you, he is a big name.

 

[DKH]

The scouts have him rated a 60 overall, so he will make the majors, just a question how good he will be? We will have to wait 2-3 years as I cannot see him making his debut until 2027.
At 6'2 220 lbs, a rocket of an arm and proven college hitter, I would agree with you, he is a big name.

If their present OF situation wasn’t what it is I don’t include him

Duran went from INF to OF

Seems like Campbell could do the same

 

[yazmybaby]

I will do Red Sox - hated the Cecil Cooper for George Scott trade (my all timer - and when I met Jim Rice 25 years ago I said I don’t want to bother you for an autograph I just went to say I’m still pissed about the Cooper trade. For a second he was processing it because he didn’t expect it, then laughed and gave me a ball at his insistence for my kid who was not there)

Hated the Reggie Smith deal to St Louis

Fred Lynn deal

Theo signing Mike Cameron

Hated not resigning Eovoldi & Wacha

Hated FA signings of Hanley Ramirez & Pablo Sandoval

Betts obviously

The Lester deal to Oakland

Hated Duquette deal of Jamie Moyer for Darren Bragg

Hated Ben ‘banana man’ Oglivie for washed up Dick McAuliffe

Hated the Jack Clark, Danny Darwin, and the Matt Young

Hated signing Kenley Jansen

Hated Sparky Lyle for Danny Cater. Lyle incidentally lived st the time in North Shore Gardens in Peabody - same time and place as Bobby Orr, Ross Lonsberry, Joe Watson, Eddie J, and trainer John Forrstall (Watson & Lonsberry went to Broad Street Bullies & won 2 Cups)

Bloom wasn’t a fan so most of his moves were not to my liking

I did like
Story
Vazquez & Renfroe deals because I knew he got good prospects
Sale deal - like Grissom
Whitlock rule 5

He lost me on Eovoldi & Wacha

trading Rick Burleson

Theo - signing Lugo hated

Schilling deal liked

Eckersley deal with Indians for Wise, Paxton, a 3B Cooper ? Guy who went 5/5 or something crazy

Hated Tony C deal for Doug Griffin & Tatum the reliever

Loved Pedro deal for kid from Dartmouth Rose & the other P name escapes

Loved loved midnight deal by Duke for Varitek & Lowe for that stiff Heathcliffe Slocunb

Hated Ken ‘the Hawk’ Harrelson for Sonny Seibert

Hated friend of DKH, John Tudor for Mike Easler

Hated letting Clemons go and signing Steve Avery & Shane Mack

Loved the Beltre & Victor Martinez signing

This is off top of my head probably 100 more

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
People forget that Boomer was a multiple gold glove winner.
You forgot the Nomar for Cabrera / Mientkiewicz trade that got us a WS and the Carney Lansford trade which I loved.
I wished we did not trade Reggie Smith either, he was a great player, as long as he was healthy.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

Hmm ...

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[DKH]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
People forget that Boomer was a multiple gold glove winner.
You forgot the Nomar for Cabrera / Mientkiewicz trade that got us a WS and the Carney Lansford trade which I loved.
I wished we did not trade Reggie Smith either, he was a great player, as long as he was healthy.

It was off the top of my head lol

I’m a home grown core guy like what Bruins did, Celtics now, Sox in 60’s & 70’s….not keeping Betts, Devers, Bogearts, Benintendi seemed that but went haywire

Right now you got : Devers, Duran, Rafaela, Casas, Mayer, Anthony, Abreu, Campbell, Bello, Houck, Whitlock, crochet

Young core - keep it

If it’s for Casas get earplugs you will hear me

 

[EverettMike]

Who is the cheapest reclamation pitcher out there? That's who they will sign.

 

[KOZ37]

Who is the cheapest reclamation pitcher out there? That's who they will sign.

They already have him.....Michael Fulmer!

 

[CDJ]

It was off the top of my head lol

I’m a home grown core guy like what Bruins did, Celtics now, Sox in 60’s & 70’s….not keeping Betts, Devers, Bogearts, Benintendi seemed that but went haywire

Right now you got : Devers, Duran, Rafaela, Casas, Mayer, Anthony, Abreu, Campbell, Bello, Houck, Whitlock, crochet

Young core - keep it


If it’s for Casas get earplugs you will hear me

Speier threw water on the Casas-Castillo stuff thank god

 

[EverettMike]

Speier threw water on the Casas-Castillo stuff thank god

The report is they added Montgomery to the Crochet trade cause they got desperate after the Fried deal.

Can't rule out another stupid move made out of desperation.




I've turned into Randy Quaid in Major League 2.

 

[yazmybaby]

If their present OF situation wasn’t what it is I don’t include him

Duran went from INF to OF

Seems like Campbell could do the same

Agreed and we still have two decent OF prospects in Bleis / Garcia.