I think that is what Hahn is hinting at with his latest comments...
https://mobile.twitter.com/SBekovic/status/1204843770111504385
They are going to add a right-handed bench outfielder. I believe you already predicted Souza.
Lefty hitters usually struggle against lefty pitchers. I would like a manager that acknowledges this, factors in analytics, and creates his lineup accordingly. Instead, Ricky starts swearing when a reporter brings up analytics.
There’s a reason Theo just let Maddon go for Ross. He wants Ross to make the lineups based on analytics and worry about managing the in-game decisions.
Agreed, if David Price is out of range to take on in terms of talent and money I would be fine with Keuchel.
I would also be fine with Ryu. I don’t think Bumgarner would be the greatest fit and will likely be overpaid so he’s already out of the Sox comfort range but I wouldn’t complain.
I still think they should have done better than Mazara but I agree with you there.
If they don’t add a couple legit starting pitching options and some relief help, this offseason will be a failure.
Very strange comment. I assume he is referring to Rowand but Sox fans liked Rowand because he was a pretty good player on offense and defense for a couple seasons. I personally don’t like Engel or Mazara because they are simply bad players.
Nope. I wouldn’t bet on any one guy. They all have issues that could easily prevent them from being major leaguers.
Which one do you think will be a legitimate productive major league outfielder right now?
Try to look at consistency over their most recent seasons.
Your agenda is to say a much better and consistent hitting player is a worse option than a much cheaper player who can’t hit just because he has potential. It’s almost like Hahn and Kenny are trying to sell Mazara to us directly.
Yep, there’s always another star player that Sox fan lemmings can fantasize that our awful front office will make a run at. They are starting to sound like Cubs fans with the motto of, “There’s always next year!”
His true ceiling can be as high as you want to hope it to be. But the sad truth is that he has been very consistently bad throughout his first four seasons in the league. If you choose to go by his pretty consistent stats over his supposed unlocked potential, Mazara isn’t even a full 1 WAR outfielder!
2016: 0.5 WAR
2017: -0.1 WAR
2018: 0.8 WAR
2019: 0.7 WAR
The Sox are supposed to have money to spend after spending zilch over the past few years. If a Castellanos or Ozuna contract was ever going to hamstring the Sox for years to come, how are they ever going to acquire the starting pitching they need? How is there any hope at all if a $70 to $100 million dollar contract hamstrings them?
You are also making it sounds like expensive outfielders like Castellanos/Ozuna were the only options the Sox had over Mazara.