So, let's start with the obligatory NO ONE WILL EVER REPLACE DAVID ORTIZ
However, we do have a Papi-sized hole at DH next year that the Sox will have to address.
We have a handful of options.
Should we:
Go after one of the big name free agents: The Toronto guys or Cespedes are probably the most likely to be elite power hitters (yes, Bautista is on a decline, but will probably get some team to overpay)
Sign someone to a short deal: Napoli or Morales (has an option) or someone like that
Trade: Either Martinez in Detroit if they're willing? Joey Votto, who has been mentioned a billion times over the years?
From within: We could of course have a rotating "day off" for guys like Hanley, Sandoval vs RHP, Pedroia to get him off the field a few times a month, etc
(dopes, I thought this was a better place to branch out form the Ortiz retiring thread, so we can beak down actual options)
However, we do have a Papi-sized hole at DH next year that the Sox will have to address.
We have a handful of options.
Should we:
Go after one of the big name free agents: The Toronto guys or Cespedes are probably the most likely to be elite power hitters (yes, Bautista is on a decline, but will probably get some team to overpay)
Sign someone to a short deal: Napoli or Morales (has an option) or someone like that
Trade: Either Martinez in Detroit if they're willing? Joey Votto, who has been mentioned a billion times over the years?
From within: We could of course have a rotating "day off" for guys like Hanley, Sandoval vs RHP, Pedroia to get him off the field a few times a month, etc
(dopes, I thought this was a better place to branch out form the Ortiz retiring thread, so we can beak down actual options)