Yes, it's a stupid small sample size stat. But I don't think it's quite accurate to say Bregman has been declining.
It's risky to go more than 2, but if they decided he's their guy and went to 3 or 4, he could be very tradeable if he crushes in Fenway. So I think they can stick their necks out a bit more.
Yeah, biggest chunk was against Sale and Price, two noted bums he will no longer face at Fenway.
If ONeill got more than 2, Teoscar will get more than 2. Which I’m fine with, but we need to remember that it was only a year ago that he wasn’t even offered a QO. He’d be a nice add but he’s a subpar defender in a corner OF spot on the wrong side of 30 with a very good but nowhere near MVP bat.
Why not DH Casas? Get him a lawn chair and let him catch rays near the on-deck circle shirtless during the games.
Follow the Orioles' lead and bring the monster in.Teoscar is not just a bad OF, his range on Statcast was 2%.
Yeah, well if you can get healthy O'Neill, who can field decently and isn't quite 30 yet, the years are a feature, not a bug.
Well, someone who can hit LHP, which Soto can, so now they gotta shop for a bat. It's being reported they are doing that. Give it a day or two.
Bregman feels like Trevor Story 2.0, count me out on this idea. I hope they pivot to Pitching and lots of it. We have position player pieces ready to come up from the farm.
Maybe, but the trend line is headed down, and that’s pretty much the definition of “declining.” His OPS+ has shown a pretty standard bell curve over his career, so I think it’s safe to say you’re going to pay $150-200M for a 120 OPS+ ceiling.
The walks thing is really weird. Average, slugging, and K's all pretty damn consistent. XBH pretty damn consistent. But basically half the walks? I'm sure there are some examples out there but aren't walks usually something that continue with age?
Have you ever looked at Story's K:BB ratio?
The hit to the NYY is huge. Judge turns 33 in late April. Their offense cratered without him in 2023. Last year, he and Soto had monster years and it wasn’t enough. They will make key additions but Soto leaving puts a lot more risk on their lineup. Stanton was great in the playoffs but is 35 now and is in decline. They really need Volpe and Dominguez to level up.
I think they’ve shown that restraint the last few years, to the dismay of most of the fanbase. They’ve been selectively willing to wade into the deeper FA waters for special cases, but been primarily happy with developing a sustainable core of talent.
I could not agree more with this. Yes the Sox have offensive needs but, by far, pitching is their most glaring need. I want them to swoop in and overpay (if necessary) to land Burnes or Fried. They need to be aggressive and sign on of these SPs and trade for Crochet. Time to start reaping the benefits of growing the minor league system to become competitive in 2025.
I am not sure how much longer they can continue to sell tickets on nostalgia and waiting on the kids in 2027.
It's easy to see .820 --> .804 --> .768, and 134 --> 122 --> 118 and look at his corresponding ages and see decline there.
The kids are going to start playing in 2025. Maybe not all of them out of spring training, but Anthony may, Mayer will probably get the call at some point if Story or Grissom gets hurt, Teel probably at some point since there isn’t really a road block at C, and Campbell might hit his way onto the big league roster in some capacity.
2027, seriously? Do you not think that the organization has a much clearer idea of what they have in their farm system as well as the young players on the MLB roster. Duran, Abreu, Rafaela and Hamilton all had ample opportunity to show what they are and are not capable of on the MLB stage. Anthony and Campbell have given every reason to think they are very close to being promoted. It's generally assumed that Teel can make that leap, but needs more time and concerning Mayer there still might be a few ???, but this team is so much better positioned to assess where they are moving foward.
I don’t like the idea of trading Casas but I’m amenable to it if the Sox are prepared to sign Vlad Jr. next year.
Especially when 75% of your line up needs to be platooned anyway.There is only so much roster space. You can't sign every free agent.
It depends on what the kids do and whether the rest of the team bounces back. I could see a scenario where Roman and Campbell blow the doors off the league right away, we actually have some health luck (Story and Casas fora whole season?), and that immediately makes us a 90 win team. Is it likely? Probably not, but I have no idea.
Are they looking to move Harper off of first? He seems to have settled well in there.
At a certain point, isn’t some of this on Alex Cora to push Breslow and ownership and tell them we don’t have the horses
I mean, he's kind of been doing that for several seasons now. Generally it's mostly / more during the trade deadline and was a lot more overt with Bloom at the helm, but he's been doing that. So have the players on the team (Devers) and the "veterans" that are now off it (Jansen). And the former players. And the fans. And the local media (for whatever that's worth). Just to site this so it's not simply my opinion:
sure but why in the hell would Bregman sign a 2-3 year deal unless it was outrageously overpaid in AAV.
I'd be happy if they follow this pla, or something similar.
They need a 2B in this scenario as well since I don't think anyone is convinced Grissom can actually play the position. Maybe Campbell can, that's an answer left to our more dutiful prospect hounds on the board though.
Oh right.... I somehow had it in my head that Harper was the DH. Anyhow... I could see them going that route- they'll have the money from Schwarber available.
