The Conductor: who should Breslow haul to Boston this winter?

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not sure where to put this but:

with rumors of casas being floated (tho, denied) and the need for a proper RHH, added to the $700M offered to soto….well got me thinking.

maybe bres is after vlad jr. he’s not gonna stay in toronto, w rumors he’s turning down extension offers.

casas, abrea? maybe a crawford too? sign that big extension to him ($500M+)?

sign bueler. anthony takes over RF. grissom or cambell at 2nd?

downt beat me up too much. but his age and these other factors have me…dreamjn?
Casas, Abreu and Crawford? That’s a pretty outrageous cost in talent.
I get it, offensively he’s exactly what this team needs, but one year of Vlad for ten years of two of the best young players in the game is already way too much - forget throwing in Crawford. Personally, I wouldn’t trade Casas or Abreu straight up for Vlad.
Let’s remember, that while Vlad is probably the Sox’s ideal fit offensively he’s also a terrible match defensively. He’s essentially the Devers of 1b: consistently a horrible defender yet given repeated chances to continue to play in the field because -as the biggest star on his team - keeping him happy is a team priority. Like Raffy, Vlad is the worst defender at his position (according to OAA) since he entered the league in 2019 (-31 OAA). You can’t have two guys who should be DHing signed to huge contracts until their late 30s. You just can’t.
 
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Casas, Abreu and Crawford? That’s a pretty outrageous cost in talent.
I get it, offensively he’s exactly what this team needs, but one year of Vlad for ten years of two of the best young players in the game is already way too much - forget throwing in Crawford. Personally, I wouldn’t trade Casas or Abreu straight up for Vlad.
Let’s remember, that while Vlad is probably the Sox’s ideal fit offensively he’s also a terrible match defensively. He’s essentially the Devers of 1b: consistently a horrible defender yet given repeated chances to continue to play in the field because -as the biggest star on his team - keeping him happy is a team priority. Like Raffy, Vlad is the worst defender at his position (according to OAA) since he entered the league in 2019 (-31 OAA). You can’t have two guys who should be DHing signed to huge contracts until their late 30s. You just can’t.
One thing that hasn't been mentioned about Guerrero that has me a bit concerned is his body type. In the off season between 2020 and 2021 he lost 42 lbs, getting down to 245 lbs. Credit where credit is due for the work he put in to get there, but at 25 years old b-ref has him listed as 6'2" 245 lbs. If he can maintain that weight he might be OK, but if he starts gaining again I worry about him becoming another Prince Fielder.
 

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One thing that hasn't been mentioned about Guerrero that has me a bit concerned is his body type. In the off season between 2020 and 2021 he lost 42 lbs, getting down to 245 lbs. Credit where credit is due for the work he put in to get there, but at 25 years old b-ref has him listed as 6'2" 245 lbs. If he can maintain that weight he might be OK, but if he starts gaining again I worry about him becoming another Prince Fielder.
Yeah, any team that signs him long term has to expect he’s eventually going to be their DH. Unfortunately the Sox already have a guy signed long term who will need to be shifted to that slot.
 

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So Flaherty or Buehler? They’re not going to go after Burnes, smart money says. Can’t help but think that it comes down to one of these two although there are a couple of other interesting options out there. Breslow and his team are paid to pick right on decisions like these. Can’t wait to see what decision is on the next SP they add.
 

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I suspect we have to wait to see where Sasaki lands before seeing more movement on the starting pitching front.
 

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I don't think Sasaki really will hold up the market. I have a feeling that most teams know if they have a shot with him and the financial commitment will be low enough that if a team is surprised and had the opportunity to sign him they would just deal with having an excess of good starting pitching.
 

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So Flaherty or Buehler? They’re not going to go after Burnes, smart money says. Can’t help but think that it comes down to one of these two although there are a couple of other interesting options out there. Breslow and his team are paid to pick right on decisions like these. Can’t wait to see what decision is on the next SP they add.
I honestly think that they are done with the starting pitching.
if they do anything more I suspect it’ll be another BP arm and something involving a Yoshida trade and a RHH bat- Goldschmidt or Arenado.
 

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I honestly think that they are done with the starting pitching.
Maybe but here is a direct quote from Breslow after the Crochet trade:

“I think we came here a few days ago thinking we needed to improve our rotation,” Breslow said. “I think that's still the case. There are still really good starting pitchers left on the free-agent market. And there are still conversations that we're having with teams as trade targets.”
 

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Maybe but here is a direct quote from Breslow after the Crochet trade:

“I think we came here a few days ago thinking we needed to improve our rotation,” Breslow said. “I think that's still the case. There are still really good starting pitchers left on the free-agent market. And there are still conversations that we're having with teams as trade targets.”
With pitcher injuries being what they are in 2024, I think this is the right move. You never know who's going to go down. Last year no one could have guessed that it would have been Giolito. This year it could be Kutter Crawford, or it could be Crochet or Houck. Someone, maybe multiple someones, are going to get hurt.

You add one more starter and you can push Crawford into a long relief role, at least in theory. In reality somebody will get hurt and there will be plenty of innings to go around. Having a sixth guy who's ready to go as a starter and has major league experience doing that is what all the teams who can afford it are doing.
 

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All right, here's my newest SoSH "speak it into reality" trade wishcasting. There is absolutely nothing to suggest this is a possibility:
I think a good idea would be to see what it would take to liberate Henry Davis from Pittsburgh. Someone (sure sounds like it was Ben Cherington, but I'm not sure) tried to Swihart him, and it really hasn't worked so far. And they basically got Joey Bart for free and he turned out to be a legit starting catcher for them. A change of scenery combined with a new "leave him alone and let him do his thing" approach might really help Davis to rediscover himself.

I'm aware the cost would likely still be high despite the terrible MLB showing so far, but I'd strongly consider paying it. Of course, there's no reason to think Pittsburgh would listen at the moment. Nonetheless!
 

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All right, here's my newest SoSH "speak it into reality" trade wishcasting. There is absolutely nothing to suggest this is a possibility:
I think a good idea would be to see what it would take to liberate Henry Davis from Pittsburgh. Someone (sure sounds like it was Ben Cherington, but I'm not sure) tried to Swihart him, and it really hasn't worked so far. And they basically got Joey Bart for free and he turned out to be a legit starting catcher for them. A change of scenery combined with a new "leave him alone and let him do his thing" approach might really help Davis to rediscover himself.

I'm aware the cost would likely still be high despite the terrible MLB showing so far, but I'd strongly consider paying it. Of course, there's no reason to think Pittsburgh would listen at the moment. Nonetheless!
Interesting thought. Do you know if Bart forced the decision to move Davis or was that something already in the works?
 

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All right, here's my newest SoSH "speak it into reality" trade wishcasting. There is absolutely nothing to suggest this is a possibility:
I think a good idea would be to see what it would take to liberate Henry Davis from Pittsburgh. Someone (sure sounds like it was Ben Cherington, but I'm not sure) tried to Swihart him, and it really hasn't worked so far. And they basically got Joey Bart for free and he turned out to be a legit starting catcher for them. A change of scenery combined with a new "leave him alone and let him do his thing" approach might really help Davis to rediscover himself.

I'm aware the cost would likely still be high despite the terrible MLB showing so far, but I'd strongly consider paying it. Of course, there's no reason to think Pittsburgh would listen at the moment. Nonetheless!
This is an interesting one (and I’ve had also had similar thoughts about liberating Ke’Bryan Hayes).

Davis could be a fun project, but my first thought is whether he is still considered a catcher long-term? He’s a lot less exciting as a RF prospect competing with what we’ve got in-house.
 

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All right, here's my newest SoSH "speak it into reality" trade wishcasting. There is absolutely nothing to suggest this is a possibility:
I think a good idea would be to see what it would take to liberate Henry Davis from Pittsburgh. Someone (sure sounds like it was Ben Cherington, but I'm not sure) tried to Swihart him, and it really hasn't worked so far. And they basically got Joey Bart for free and he turned out to be a legit starting catcher for them. A change of scenery combined with a new "leave him alone and let him do his thing" approach might really help Davis to rediscover himself.

I'm aware the cost would likely still be high despite the terrible MLB showing so far, but I'd strongly consider paying it. Of course, there's no reason to think Pittsburgh would listen at the moment. Nonetheless!
Like this idea…Breslow has said cost controllable pitching is the holy grail so maybe go after Jones and Davis. Would Abreu, Mayer, Crawford, Grissom, Bleis/Zanetello start the conversation?
 

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Interesting thought. Do you know if Bart forced the decision to move Davis or was that something already in the works?
He played about 50 games in the outfield in 2023, his debut season, and only caught two. The idea was to get his bat in the lineup, although it's not like they had a star catcher then or anything? They traded for Bart at the beginning of this past season. So I guess it's entirely possible that Davis is just a bad defensive catcher, which, weirdly, is a possibility I hadn't considered!
 

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He played about 50 games in the outfield in 2023, his debut season, and only caught two. The idea was to get his bat in the lineup, although it's not like they had a star catcher then or anything? They traded for Bart at the beginning of this past season. So I guess it's entirely possible that Davis is just a bad defensive catcher, which, weirdly, is a possibility I hadn't considered!
That's what I was wondering about.
 

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With pitcher injuries being what they are in 2024, I think this is the right move. You never know who's going to go down. Last year no one could have guessed that it would have been Giolito. This year it could be Kutter Crawford, or it could be Crochet or Houck. Someone, maybe multiple someones, are going to get hurt.

You add one more starter and you can push Crawford into a long relief role, at least in theory. In reality somebody will get hurt and there will be plenty of innings to go around. Having a sixth guy who's ready to go as a starter and has major league experience doing that is what all the teams who can afford it are doing.
I'd like them to add another SP too, but seems also worth noting they already have a 6th guy who's ready to go as a starter and has major league experience--Criswell. Not great, obviously--but he was ok last year (though wouldn't be shocking to see him slip--his stuff is obviously not overwhelming). You could maybe say Fitts too, though of course he only has 20.2 IP in the majors, so I admit that's a stretch. I'd like to see them get someone better than Criswell, and reporting indicates that Breslow wants to do this, but they have at least a little bit of depth as is.
 

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After Burnes (seems unlikely), Flaherty is probably the only option who could be reliably expected to peform at the same level or better than Nick Pivetta. I'm guessing the Sox are hoping for that compensatory pick but bringing Pivetta back wouldn't be the worst move at this point.

They could also go the risky/upside play of signing Buehler or even Scherzer, but I think this team should prefer a higher floor at this point.
 

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I'd like them to add another SP too, but seems also worth noting they already have a 6th guy who's ready to go as a starter and has major league experience--Criswell. Not great, obviously--but he was ok last year (though wouldn't be shocking to see him slip--his stuff is obviously not overwhelming). You could maybe say Fitts too, though of course he only has 20.2 IP in the majors, so I admit that's a stretch. I'd like to see them get someone better than Criswell, and reporting indicates that Breslow wants to do this, but they have at least a little bit of depth as is.
Yeah, I actually like what Criswell offers us. I'd just prefer to add someone with higher upside. Priester, Fitts and Criswell would ideally be emergency depth

Co-sign @Devizier about adding Flaherty, but I'd also be happy to see them add one of Buehler or Scherzer. Just increasing the depth would make me happy.
 

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Maybe but here is a direct quote from Breslow after the Crochet trade:

“I think we came here a few days ago thinking we needed to improve our rotation,” Breslow said. “I think that's still the case. There are still really good starting pitchers left on the free-agent market. And there are still conversations that we're having with teams as trade targets.”
I know what he said but if I was going to put money on a bet- I’d say he’s done on the starting pitching. I think he’s more than comfortable with the projected 5 and thinks the Criswell, Fitts and Priester group provides better depth than any team not in LA or da Bronx- and I think MFY’s will deal one of their depth guys- likely Stroman
 

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You add one more starter and you can push Crawford into a long relief role, at least in theory. In reality somebody will get hurt and there will be plenty of innings to go around. Having a sixth guy who's ready to go as a starter and has major league experience doing that is what all the teams who can afford it are doing.
I like this idea. If we’re not going to compete at the top of the FA pitcher market, we should use our financial resources to build out deep depth. This gives you a lot of flexibility throughout the year to survive injuries or additional assets to use in other moves.
 

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Yeah, I actually like what Criswell offers us. I'd just prefer to add someone with higher upside. Priester, Fitts and Criswell would ideally be emergency depth

Co-sign @Devizier about adding Flaherty, but I'd also be happy to see them add one of Buehler or Scherzer. Just increasing the depth would make me happy.
Yeah, I’d have zero issue with a 1/20 or whatever deal for Scherzer. He still looks pretty good when he can get out on the mound. Verlander looked more or less cooked to me but I’d even take him on a 1 year deal as well.
 

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Right. And as others have noted, even 10-15 starts from a guy like Buehler or Scherzer would have cascading effects on the bullpen. Crawford looked great in a long relief role in 2023 in part because it allowed him to dial up his fastball and survive better at the top of the zone. Having him AND Whitlock able to come in and give you 2-3 or more shutdown innings would be great. And if Scherzer or whoever goes down, Crawford can always ramp back up. He may not like it, but as a guy in just his first year of arbitration, he's not exactly got a ton of leverage.
 

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Like this idea…Breslow has said cost controllable pitching is the holy grail so maybe go after Jones and Davis. Would Abreu, Mayer, Crawford, Grissom, Bleis/Zanetello start the conversation?
If you're talking to Pitt it's just to get Jones; Davis still has enough prospect pedigree that he's not getting thrown in without really blowing open the package. The problem is that his defense at C was always kind of suspect; he was a "maybe robot umps are coming and framing is going away as a skill to worry about" guy. He was going to have to develop behind the plate, and he's not doing it in Pittsburgh. His bat + OF defense looks like he's a bit of tweener; if he's not at C, he's a lot more suspect as an acquisition.
 

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He played about 50 games in the outfield in 2023, his debut season, and only caught two. The idea was to get his bat in the lineup, although it's not like they had a star catcher then or anything? They traded for Bart at the beginning of this past season. So I guess it's entirely possible that Davis is just a bad defensive catcher, which, weirdly, is a possibility I hadn't considered!
Pitt also has Endy Rodriguez coming back from TJ who is a good D catcher. Henry Davis destroyed AAA again.
 

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I wouldn't assume that we're done on SP, but what's good is that after the Crochet trade we can be done.

It looks to me as though Corbin Burnes' market has narrowed to San Francisco, Boston, and possibly Baltimore or Toronto. This looks to be one of the eternal style of Scott Boras negotiations; it will likely drag into February. With Crochet in the fold, we can put an offer or two on the table (a short one and a long one: say, 2/$80m and a simple 7/$210m) and just leave them there.

He probably goes to San Francisco, and that's fine. But after what happened to Montgomery, he might decide later this winter to not make perfect the enemy of good.

I think I like that idea better than the midmarket guys at what I feel like they'll get.
 

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I wouldn't assume that we're done on SP, but what's good is that after the Crochet trade we can be done.

It looks to me as though Corbin Burnes' market has narrowed to San Francisco, Boston, and possibly Baltimore or Toronto. This looks to be one of the eternal style of Scott Boras negotiations; it will likely drag into February. With Crochet in the fold, we can put an offer or two on the table (a short one and a long one: say, 2/$80m and a simple 7/$210m) and just leave them there.

He probably goes to San Francisco, and that's fine. But after what happened to Montgomery, he might decide later this winter to not make perfect the enemy of good.

I think I like that idea better than the midmarket guys at what I feel like they'll get.
I continue to think Flaherty is a far better option and likely to command a far more reasonable deal — with no QO attached.

3 years/$80M with options and incentives to push it to 4 and $120M or something? And give him opt outs?

I frankly don’t understand the downside of this kind of deal for the Sox — we need more top-end SP options as well as more SP depth in case of injury/underperfomance, we want to avoid overtaxing a questionable bullpen or forcing the team to turn to regular bullpen games, and Flaherty won’t command a potential albatross type deal.
 

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I frankly don’t understand the downside of this kind of deal for the Sox — we need more top-end SP options as well as more SP depth in case of injury/underperfomance, we want to avoid overtaxing a questionable bullpen or forcing the team to turn to regular bullpen games, and Flaherty won’t command a potential albatross type deal.
Thinking among similar lines as you, but I imagine Flaherty wants something with more years... I'd seen 5 and 6 years earlier for him.
 

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A guy like Flaherty probably wants 5+ years or a 1 year deal with a player option. If he’s going to sign a 2-3 year deal, it won’t be for a while.
 

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Is the idea of making the NYY, NYM, or Dodgers overpay, a false narrative? I keep seeing that we can "drive the price up" or make them overpay.... Does that actually exist when these teams are going to spend what they want?
 

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Is the idea of making the NYY, NYM, or Dodgers overpay, a false narrative? I keep seeing that we can "drive the price up" or make them overpay.... Does that actually exist when these teams are going to spend what they want?
And if it is real, is it worth doing? Doesn't raising the price on Soto also raise the price of the next big ticket item you want?
 

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Is the idea of making the NYY, NYM, or Dodgers overpay, a false narrative? I keep seeing that we can "drive the price up" or make them overpay.... Does that actually exist when these teams are going to spend what they want?
I am guessing no. What does it look like, you make an offer and the guy accepts and then you say "JK!"? Or you meet and talk numbers but don't make a serious offer? Either way that's a lot of credibility and good will torched on something that's out of your control. But baseball is a closed loop so maybe they actually behave like this, I dunno.
 

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He just did the 1 year thing and had an awesome year. I think he ends up getting 3-4 but like you said, it's going to take some time.
Exactly. And I’d move aggressively instead of hoping the market falls right and no one else grabs him. Make him feel wanted when all the other clubs are chasing Burnes.

Maybe model it on Sonny Gray’s contract, who got 3 years/$75M at the beginning of the offseason last year with a club option for $30M/buy out for $5M for the 4th year: https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/14331/sonny-gray#:~:text=Sonny Gray signed a 3,a total salary of $25,000,000.

Make clear to Flaherty’s agent you want him, and ask what he needs to sign and see how far apart you are. Obviously if he wants a 5 year mega contract that’s a tough conversation, but maybe you can structure the opt outs and incentives if he is top 5 in Cy Young voting or whatever so everyone’s happy — a good headline (“deal worth up to $150M!”) while the likely contract is a lot lower and Flaherty gets his payday.
 
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Exactly. And I’d move aggressively instead of hoping the market falls right and no one else grabs him. Make him feel wanted when all the other clubs are chasing Burnes.

Maybe model it on Sonny Gray’s contract, who got 3 years/$75M at the beginning of the offseason last year with a club option for $30M/buy out for $5M for the 4th year: https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/14331/sonny-gray#:~:text=Sonny Gray signed a 3,a total salary of $25,000,000.

Make clear to Flaherty’s agent you want him, and ask what he needs to sign and see how far apart you are. Obviously if he wants a 5 year mega contract that’s a tough conversation, but maybe you can structure the opt outs and incentives if he is top 5 in Cy Young voting or whatever so everyone’s happy — a good headline (“deal worth up to $150M!”) while the likely contract is a lot lower and Flaherty gets his payday.
I guess what I'm saying in the post above is that if Flaherty is getting 5 years, I'd rather give Burnes 8.
 

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If I'm the Sox I would jump all over a 1 year + player option for Flaherty.
Sure. I imagine they'd do that deal for most of the noteworthy pitchers on the market (dollar amount varies, of course). As others have said, I don't think that's going to get it done for Flaherty since he just did that and had a good year. No doubt he's looking for 6-7+ right now, given what Fried got (who's almost 2 years older). If that's not there for him, the demand for years will drop but I still think he's getting at least 3-4 from someone even if it doesn't happen until late January or early February.
 

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Casas, Abreu and Crawford? That’s a pretty outrageous cost in talent.
I get it, offensively he’s exactly what this team needs, but one year of Vlad for ten years of two of the best young players in the game is already way too much.
I'm right there with you on Casas, but (and you're hardly alone on this) I think calling Abreu one of "the best young players in the game" is really generous. He's an excellent fielder and hits RHP well... but at least so far he's been awful against LHP (40 tOPS+ last year) and his power is okay but unremarkable for a right fielder. That can be a nice piece on a team without other holes in its line-up, but is hardly top-tier. While it's definitely not out of the question, I think it's less than 50/50 he ever makes an All-Star team.
 

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Pertaining to Scherzer, he's definitely not my first choice, but the team could do worse than to have all of these young guns picking up whatever they can buy having him around.
I generally dislike the "one and done" contracts for rebuilding teams, but with Crochet in the fold, I can see this idea making sense with someone like Scherzer much more than I can for someone like Flaherty or Buehler and certainly more than the typical laundry list of players not good enough to command more than one year. Specifically because I think with a ToR pitcher in play, you've vaulted from "rebuilding" to "contending for all 3 wild card spots" status. In a typical sense, I'd say that I'd prefer not to move Crawford around or force Priester / Fitts back to AAA for a one year deal, but the equation does change with the Crochet acquisition since the time frame of the team isn't the same.

Also, just from a human element standpoint, I'd have to assume it's a bit easier for to explain a move to the bullpen for Crawford (would still get plenty of starts anyway) for Max Scherzer than it is say someone like Kyle Gibson.

In summation, if they truly believe in Walker Buehler (just to throw out a name) go out and find a deal that the player will accept with multiple years of team control. If they don't have someone in that tier they believe in enough to commit medium term to, or the players in question refuse to take long term deals (apparently Giolito last year, for instance) then go the one and done with someone like Scherzer or Verlander instead of the middle tier and certainly instead of the lower tier.

Same argument (for me at least) applies to the idea of Goldschmidt as a DH/1b option for the next two years. Not to replace Casas, obviously. To pair with he and Devers. Good call on that as another route to take.
 

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I'm right there with you on Casas, but (and you're hardly alone on this) I think calling Abreu one of "the best young players in the game" is really generous. He's an excellent fielder and hits RHP well... but at least so far he's been awful against LHP (40 tOPS+ last year) and his power is okay but unremarkable for a right fielder. That can be a nice piece on a team without other holes in its line-up, but is hardly top-tier. While it's definitely not out of the question, I think it's less than 50/50 he ever makes an All-Star team.
Eh. Abreu ranked 16th in the AL with a wRC+ 114 for players 26 and younger. He is surrounded by Josh Smith, Wyatt Langford, and Yainer Diaz. He is 14th in fWAR in the same category. He would have put up the same fWAR as Colton Cowser if he didn't get hurt. He isn't the the top tier, obviously, of the stars (Soto, Vlad, Whitt) but he is firmly in that second tier.

He had an incredible rookie season.
 

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Eh. Abreu ranked 16th in the AL with a wRC+ 114 for players 26 and younger. He is surrounded by Josh Smith, Wyatt Langford, and Yainer Diaz. He is 14th in fWAR in the same category. He would have put up the same fWAR as Colton Cowser if he didn't get hurt. He isn't the the top tier, obviously, of the stars (Soto, Vlad, Whitt) but he is firmly in that second tier.

He had an incredible rookie season.
Most of us on Sosh felt he hadn't been given enough chances against lhps. Then, fairly late in the season, in a key spot (of course I can't remember which game), Cora left him in against a lefty. And he either hit a home run or a double. The kid has a lot of potential, imho.
 

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Ehhh that homer was a nice fairy tale cause it was right after his grandmother died, but he went 3 for 20 against LHP for the rest of the season after that.
 

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I think for Abreu it's mostly (or at least a lot of) semantics.

He's a very good player to have, especially on a rookie contract. He reminds me in a lot of ways of Shane Victorino. Solid bat. Really good defensive player. Could handle CF if you need him to, but is much better suited for RF, especially in Fenway Park. Victorino was a lot more playable against same side than Abreu has shown to be (at least over his first experience in the majors). However with as many good things as Abreu does besides hitting LHPs, I'm more than happy to have him on the team and starting in RF.

If Abreu shows that he is able to stay in the line up against LHPs, he's a guy you'd certainly look to extend. If he's not, then you have him for his 6 years of control (and probably look to move him for something to help replenish the farm system the year before he hits free agency, depending of course on what the team looks like going into that year).

People can of course quibble with where he ranks in any tier of players around his age, but he does so many things well that he's the kind of guy you don't mind needing a platoon caddy for, at least in my opinion. I for one am pleased that they were able to keep Abreu out of the trade with ChW and include Teel as the centerpiece instead.
 

Fishy1

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Nov 10, 2006
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Yeah, that's where I'm at with Abreu. He's going to get more of a chance against lefties this coming year, just like Duran did last year, and we'll see if he adjusts like Casas, or if he continues to really struggle (like Duran).