Red Sox/MLB 2025 Hot Stove

[RoccoF14]

I personally don't find the ghost runner or pitch clock to be gimmicky at all

But this? Oh I despise the idea of a golden at bat rule.

I'm with you on that, 100000%.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Decent chatter that Soto straight up takes the offer with the most money, which per sources is apparently north of the 14/640 we were seeing being thrown around. MLB network was speculating that as of now Toronto is the team with the highest offer out there.

Definitely the type of deal where I sign it and ask questions later. Personally I think he ends up in Boston. I'm willing to believe the Jays are in the mix but thats as far as I go after Shoheigate.

 

[GatorMike]

As for Soto...they can't be interest kings again on us can they? By all accounts they are truly in on him. Get it done. It's not gonna go over well when fans see all this smoke and then Lucy moves the football yet again.

I think the Red Sox can make an aggressive, good faith effort to sign Soto... and still not get him. The five finalists are all financial juggernauts, each with their own positives and negatives. It shouldn't be too much of a shock if he signs with any of them.

The team's reaction to losing out on Soto will be key. They can still have a really good off-season without him.

 

[DKH]

I’m still in Soto here

Soto & Manaea/Bieber where I’m at (take one and run)

 

[DKH]

I think the Red Sox can make an aggressive, good faith effort to sign Soto... and still not get him. The five finalists are all financial juggernauts, each with their own positives and negatives. It shouldn't be too much of a shock if he signs with any of them.

The team's reaction to losing out on Soto will be key. They can still have a really good off-season without him.

agree but at this point let’s go

 

[Johnnyduke]

When did the Blue Jays become this financial juggernaut by the way

 

[RockLobster]

Sounds like Aroldis Chapman may be on his way to Boston...

 

[Johnnyduke]

Sounds like Aroldis Chapman may be on his way to Boston...

Christ almighty

I am not interested in this move at all for his baggage alone

Two thumbs down

 

[CDJ]

Good pitcher, gross signing

 

[N o o d l e s]

K ratio is still elite but that’s totally surprising to me.

When did the Blue Jays become this financial juggernaut by the way

In my head I imagine they just offer it because they know nobody is actually gonna sign there

 

[N o o d l e s]

Apparently it’s official

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[Shaun]

i have a cuban missile crisis in my pants

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

I like it!

 

[CDJ]

From a baseball perspective it’s a no-brainer, him and Tanner Scott are basically the same guy at this point and Scott is gonna get like 4/60. They needed a lefty reliever and they got one of the better ones they could have gotten


It’s on a human level that this move sucks. But I guess we still celebrate Manny in these parts so …if he helps on the field everything will be overlooked by most

 

[Johnnyduke]

Barf

I don't like it

It’s on a human level that this move sucks. But I guess we still celebrate Manny in these parts so …if he helps on the field everything will be overlooked by most

I don't. I make it a point to remind everyone that Manny Ramirez is not just some goofy, loveable character. He is a terrible human being.

 

[FrankerC]

Cannot wait to see Aroldis give up a bottom of the 9th homerun in the playoffs

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

Gross.

 

[McGarnagle]

Aroldis is a piece of shit

 

[Blitzkrug]

When did the Blue Jays become this financial juggernaut by the way

They always were in theory. Owned by one of the largest corporations in Canada.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

It’s his swing-and-miss capability off the field that concerns me.

 

[GatorMike]

MLB's moral line in the sand has more twists and turns in it than a cheap garden hose.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[FrankerC]

The thing that annoys me the most. If this were the Dodgers and they had a choice between Aroldis at a cheaper amount or Scott for more, theyd go Scott. Scott would provide the same as Aroldis and longer term without the baggage.