WestEddy

Then when you do one, we could be the goofball Beatles.

I think the only real catcher "WAR" worth anything is Baseball Prospectus, which one can access for free. There might be somebody else, but Baseball-Pro breaks out framing, the run game and blocking, I think. Yeah, Edman seemed locked in during the 22 season, on all sides of the ball.

Dude, relax. I'm goofin'. There aren't even rumors right now. Just trying to fire up some convo.

Counterpoint: No they don't.

Cal Mitchell, OF out of Pittsburg's minor league system, just spent the previous year treading water in El Paso for the Padres.

I think IllinoisPolicy.org is a conservative front group, so I take what they say with a grain of salt, but they're estimating that the Houston metro area will surpass the Chicago metro area in 2035. And Dallas/Ft. Worth is larger than Houston.

I would take a hard look at the Brewers before defaulting to Cub fandom. Detroit and Cleveland would probably be AL landing spots.

My late uncle had the same loyalties. When the Cardinals moved, he started rooting for the Packers.

What makes you so sure Chicago would get another expansion team? Houston is going to pass Chicago in population in the next decade, or so, and nobody is talking about a 2nd team for Houston.

Perhaps you should be calling Dave Dombrowski and asking him this. I haven't been in favor of acquiring Bohm. Perhaps you should be answer your own question. Why are you floating Bohm as a target?

Of course. As of now, we have at-bats against lefty pitchers for a RF to spare. We really can't sign any more OFs as there really isn't the space to play them, and the rookies we need to have a look at. I mean, okay, if we sign Hays, he plays in LF, DH Benny, then you're cutting into playing time for Sosa/Baldwin/Ramos/Valdas.

Part of the problem I have with the cavalier "the Sox could obtain any player - they just need to offer enough" takes is that Benintendi is a product of that. He was probably worth a 3-year deal, and Hahn went to 5 to get him in uniform. Now we're paying for that mindset. If Benintendi wasn't here, we could sign all the Austin Hays we could conceivably meet, and just rotate them all through LF and RF. Now, we have to rotate about 6 players through RF and DH. I think if the Sox sign an IF and a catcher, they're done on the offensive side. There really isn't the room or time to give a 4 month showcase to another Tommy Pham.

Okay, "headliner" is inaccurate. A significant piece. If Philadelphia is pushing Bohm, then Sox fans are going to take a hard, critical look at Bohm. That's great he put up numbers in the first 4 months. He turned into a pumpkin after the TDL. I'll leave the "we should be honored to even be offered Bohm" takes to Caulfield. This talk has most likely been long rendered moot, at this point. Bohm was probably floated once as a piece, Getz said, "whaddya, nuts?!?", and it was over.

If nobody's elite, then why do we have to hang onto Crochet?