Dodgers sure like to ruin the fun for everyone else
Why? Did they force the other teams to not bid on Snell? The contract is high, not way above the estimates. I wish the Sox would be acting like that. They used to, but stopped.
No matter what happens during the winter, they will eventually have to resolve their defensive problems. Basically most of the news are about pitching and Soto. That's fine, but it won't help signing another bad fielder to the richest contract in history and/or getting another GB-pitcher, when you already have two in Houck and Bello. Especially if they are truly after Fried.
This team won't go far in this league if they continue to trot out a bad defensive group. And ironically, one of their best fielders - Abreu, who plays GG-defense in tough Fenway-RF, is rumored in trade talks. How does that help?
If they were truly honest about their situation, they'd move Devers off of 3B and finally make him a permanent 1B / DH. That move (and a legit SS), would come a long way. Not that the potential free agent solutions (Bregman, Adames) are desirable, but they finally have to fix their infield woes. Defense has become so crucial in this league that it's still baffling that the Sox have mostly ignored this for the past 5 years.
The Red Sox could have taken off after the spectacular 18 season, but simply punted. What a gross decision for the fanbase at that time. Even the media is talking nowadays as if the Sox offer some hostile environment when players can only be persuaded to come with money. Are they wrong, though? Without homer-glasses, the Sox are not anywhere close to tier 1 anymore.
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