Yeah...kinda curious what the breakeven point on that contract is.
It's particularly sad because Williams resigned with the Yankees on Nov. 25 and Mo signed with the Angels on Dec. 11 ... which means it was a really long game of Triple Play 98Oh, man! I'd say that this is the saddest sentence ever posted on SoSH, but it's in fact two sentences. In any event, it's a tough read.
Agreeing that the Baez idea isn't a real rumor, but as far as options at SS go, how does he compare to picking up either Elvis Andrus or Jose Iglesias (as the other easily available options)?
Baez would be the easy answer but it looks like a lot of what-ifs to make it work both short and long term, while Andrus will, despite Boras… end up being cheap. He is in a one-and-done land due to all you point out and his age of course.
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Per #RedSox CBO Chaim Bloom, the team is "close to a trade they hope to announce soon." Said this in response to a question from yours truly at Red Sox Winter Weekend.
Exactly. Just some dude making up a hypothetical trade. That like me going on my word press site and saying Dalbec and Duran for Ohtani.
why would we trade 2 nickels for only 1 $100 bill? Angels should add more. LOL.
Kiki is the primary shortstop as the roster is currently constructed. Changes to the roster after January 21 could change who is the primary player at any position. A month ago Cora would probably have said that Story is the primary shortstop. As stated previously, Cora is unable to discuss players under contract to other teams.
I think the unspoken thing in everything Cora said is "for now". If they're going to add a middle infielder between now and Opening Day, I don't think they're going to rule out anyone because they're primarily a SS and Kike is currently penciled into that spot. All options should remain open regardless of how things shape up right now. If Andrus is agreeable to the most team-friendly offer, they'll sign him and move Kike to 2B (or back to CF).
You're right. Say a trade was close, with all that was holding it up was the trading partner requesting an additional minor-leaguer and the Sox offering a lesser prospect. After the other GM sees Bloom telling a hostile crowd that a trade was near, he could say, "Chaim, we're insisting (good prospect) is in the trade or there's no deal."
Agreed and particularly Bloom who has been running a fairly tight ship when it comes to information getting out to the media. Seems unlikely he'd admit to anything, especially if doing so might jeopardize the deal in some way. I would think simply the act of announcing it prematurely might give the other side leverage to extract more out of him to get it done (a better prospect in a trade, more money in a contract, etc).
I think Trout is a throw in on that. Might have to include Duran though. Lol.
Those are offensive positions, which is the questionable part of Kim's game. I tend to think that he profiles best as a starting SS or a UT, but no one's sacrificing major prospect capital for a UT.
Salary dump.
Hasn't allowed a home run since 2018.
Only under control for two more years (signed from the Korean league so normal rules of 6 years don't apply). So almost a perfect stopgap, if they don't see fit to re-sign him.
Kim has 2 years of control left. He is absolutely a perfect stop gap to Mayer as far as control
I mean, he literally is a stopgap as he's a free agent in 2 years.
Houck for Kim is definitely not a 'no brainier' given the control gap. That being said, I think the reason you talk yourself into it is based on the fact that if you are to believe Houck is a reliever - relievers are in much more abundance than 3-5 WAR shortstops.
Because he signed from another professional league and was not a traditional prospect. The Sox signed Yoshida to a five year deal -- they don't have a year of arb for year 6, he's just a FA.
I'd rather deal with that problem in 2 years than the problem of having to sign someone like Andrus, Iglesias, or Harrison and watch them play this year.
The other way to think about it is that Houck's value is being somewhat wasted -- he's not one of their five best starters (and there's an argument he's not a starter at all), and they're deep in the bullpen, whereas they are almost comically bereft of above-average up-the-middle players. Kim at SS gives you four good options for the CF/RF/2B carousel (Kiké, Verdugo, Duvall, Arroyo) and really stabilizes the roster in a way that nobody else available could, unless Colorado is willing to trade Rodgers or something else unexpected.
It’s not clear to me that Houck isn’t one of their five best starters, though. It would certainly not surprise me if he’s better than Paxton, Pivetta, and Kluber as soon as this year. There are questions about how many times he can go through an order, but the same questions exist of Whitlock (who has actually been worse times 2+ through the lineup).
