That guy said we signed Teoscar to a 4 year deal about 2 weeks ago and nothing has happened.
Yup. There is no way in hell that source would be someone currently working within the sox fo.
I do find it hard to believe this story though, both given the general secrecy noted above and the fact that they would stall a big FA offer waiting to dump salary just seems hard to conceive. Like even if we accept the cap number (not saying I do) the idea they wouldn’t temporarily exceed it on paper to achieve a significant goal doesn’t pass small test.
Or an agent playing games because he's not getting what he wants from the Sox or wants to leverage another team into making a (better) offer.
Rafaela is one of those players that I think other FO's views will vary widely. IMO, I don't think his hitting will hold up; many scouts have said as much.; whereas the consensus on Grissom is his hitting approach will translate. Obviously the tradeoff is on defense.
A simple look at the name and you can tell it's a riff on Ian Rappaport IMO. As for the pitching I think (and hope) there are 2 more Ps coming that would push Giolito to the No. 4 spot. I'm hoping Montgomery/Imanaga and 1 from a trade
He's obviously still young so I get comparing him to the prospects we're familiar with, but he's not a minor league property anymore; he lost rookie eligibility in 2022.
I don't care who it is, either. But knowing the source's role is a way of trying to assess whether there really is such a "target" in the first place.
Yes, not only does "Judgeaport" not show up on a search for authors at the Athletic, but his tweets seem very.... fan-like, not reporter-like. I'll need to hear about Snell from someone else before I give it any credence.
Mine was just a sincere question as @SouthernBoSox felt that Grissom was a much better player. Just what what I know, both are quite young ATM, have limited MLB experience with different skills that they excel at.
I'm a big Chris Antonetti fan, but if he did that deal, I'd want him fired. Cleveland has plenty of outfielders to throw against the wall – what they need to do is move on from a couple of them in favor of a sure upgrade who adds power to the weakest hitting outfield in baseball. Duran doesn't fit that description in the slightest and is another lefty hitter in a sea of lefties. He'd also be not only the worst defensive outfielder on the roster, but make the rest of the defense worse by forcing their Gold Glove leftfielder to center. The Guardians only have five viable major league starters on the roster right now: Bieber, McKenzie, Bibbee, Williams and Allen... two of them had only a couple of September starts to show they're healthy after arm injuries. They need to be reinforcing their rotation depth, not putting themselves in a situation where acquiring more veteran starters is a requirement just to make it through the spring.
Yeah, I mentioned that the last time. We've got to do a better job as a board of separating reality from nonsense
It is tough in todays world. The Sale trade came to light about an hour before Passan broke it from a random SB Nation Atlanta Twitter.
They have a need, they have money, they were one of the top 5-6 teams in on Yamamoto, just spent $19M on Giolito and have a new POBO who just moved Chris Sale and doesn't appear to be done yet. Those seem reasons enough for any agent to try to use the Sox as leverage.
Do they have to spend like the Yankees, Mets, or Dodgers to be a leverage point for a player negotiating with a team like the Giants or Astros or Diamondbacks?
According to a Google search, the surname Judgeaport does not exist for a real person. Enough already.
When a "source" already has been proven to be a nonsense account, there's no need to even check that account again
1. Do they, though? Team profits and flexibility, yes, but has Breslow & Baseball Ops been given that space in an actual budget?
Chaos! We signed a starting pitcher and traded another in a deal that’s almost universally supported by the fan base. How is it chaos?
Someone in an Athletic thread posted about a contact who's inside the industry and who reports that free agents are being told that they should be careful about Boston and its incredibly negative media environment. Whether this is real, I dunno, but it checks out. Whether actual players should and do care about this, I dunno, but I wouldn't blame them. Not that the media has to cheerlead the teams by any means, but when you see certain people (Shaughnessy, Cotillo now) out there fomenting the "super mad because the Sox aren't doing anything" immediately followed by the "super mad the Sox did something" anger, it feels like an actual problem to some degree.
No, but I did work with a guy on a landscape crew (him early 20s and me anther decade older or so) that occasionally puts his poo on public restroom walls. Never met that person before either. This is kind of like that.
And yet these same players are fine with going to New York or Philadelphia?
Agree on the 3 year deal part…but Giolito has pretty poor command and they just signed him. You can only deal with what’s available. At the right contract, Snell would be a good add, I think, albeit not my first choice.
You do know that CB was hired after many other executives didn’t even want to get involved with the interview process. Boston is not a favorable destination right now.
I'm generally down on Rafaela because I share the concerns about his plate discipline, but I think he'd have more value than what we'd think. Grissom was never a top 100 prospect. Rafaela was #72 on MLB.com's most recent rankings, and Keith Law had him at #48. I think there's a good chance he could be used as the prospect centerpiece for a controllable starter.
I highly doubt that Kim Ng would have taken this job if these “financial shackles” were true. Or Sam Fuld. Or Brandon Gomes. Or James Click. Or Derek Falvey. Or Mike Hill. Or Jon Daniels. Or Mike Hazen. Or Amiel Sawdaye. Or Raquel Ferreira.
Who were their first choices? You just mentioned a bunch but never have I seen who their choice were. Maybe just maybe Breslow would have won the interview process. But the shackles stuff is a reach. The reporting structure with Cora in the mix is way more likely.
