Credit to
@Big Papi's Mango Salsa for floating Grissom’s name a few times and for taking the
trade Sale at all costs approach.
Thanks - and I’m kind of shocked Breslow was able to get Grissom for Sale. But pitching is stupid expensive right now.
I dunno if this means I should suggest more stuff or quit while I’m ahead. Hahaha.
In all seriousness, if Breslow does literally nothing else this year, swapping in Giolito on a one year for Sale AND landing 6 years of Vaughn Grissom for a net cost of $10m is a really nice little turn of business and for me makes this a B/B- off season as is.
The 2024-2030 Red Sox improved nicely the last two days.
Grissom really helps this team in a ton of ways. Most of the reports I’ve read on him (credit to others for posting) state he probably can’t stick at SS (which the numbers back up) but seem pretty bullish on him being able to adequately handle 2nd.
I also think his offensive profile fits the team really nicely. He doesn’t strike out, walks at a really good clip, hits for pretty good “gap” power (.516 slugging in AA and .501 in AAA) and has consistently been an above 130 wRC+ guy in the upper minors. He really strikes me as a Pedroia lite comp, and I mean that in a great way.
Duran - LF
Grissom - 2b
Devers - 3b
Casas - 1b
Story - SS
Yoshida - DH
Abreu - RF
Rafaela - CF
Wong - C
Bench of O’Neill, Refsnyder, Reyes, McGuire and sign a Brian Anderson type (or anyone capable of handling 3b and ostensibly 1b) and I feel pretty good about that, especially for the long term.
I like it even more if you can sign Hernandez for LF, then trade Mayer, Duran and Yorke for “Framber Cease.” But more likely just on its own merits, the 2024-2030 team is much better swapping Gio in for Sale and fixing 2b for 6 years.
(I doubt Mayer will be ready before 2026 at this point since he’s coming off a shoulder injury and is probably looking at 2024 in AA and 2025 in AAA.)
If Mayer IS ready for 2025, having Grissom able to move to LF or a super utility role (2 days a week at 2b, 2 in LF, 1 at SS) is just fine.