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Yes, that’s the scary part of a Richards signing. History tells us he’s bound to end up on the IR at some point. If Q would take a 1+1 deal with a $1M buyout in year 2, I would absolutely do it.

Quintana could be had for $1-2M more and is a reliable inning eating #4. We need someone to eat some serious innings and Richards isn’t that.

Soxtalk Shoutout!

Please stop posting. Thanks.

Oh Ron, I wasn't insinuating that you win many ban bets.

I think we’re the only fanbase that has a 90 page thread on Hendriks. I hopped over to the Blue Jays forum and don’t even see a thread on him.

If you’re a new poster here, don’t bet your house against Greg or have a ban bet against Ron.

He must have not read the hundreds of Soxtalk posts where people trashed Grandal’s defense.

He’s actually been better than against lefties than I thought the last 2 years. Early in his career it was the opposite, his career slash favors hitting righties slightly more.

Somebody did not get joke.

Was hoping for Suzuki since he mashes against lefty, but then again, defense.

You guys are underselling Reylo, if you take away his 2020 season and his bad starts from 2019, he’s actually been pretty good.

I will go as far as to say that Katz is the most important person in this franchise for the foreseeable future. The offense is set for the next 3-5 years, the bullpen is one of the best on paper (yes, the volatility still remains), if Katz could get the most out of Kopech, Cease, Crochet, and help Gio continue his progression, look out, this team is going places.

First thing he did wrong was trying to play insider and not pick a restaurant name.

I think if they are confident they that they could extend Lynn, then a 1+1 deal for the likes of Q/Richards/Kluber/Paxton makes more sense instead of going the trade route.

Ingredients for a great closer •great stuff - check •ability to go multiple innings - check •composure to close out close game - check •balls to tell your wife you ain’t going back to Canada - double check

Marshall/Foster/Frye/Heuer/Bummer/Hendricks, add Crochet in September/playoffs. Name a better bullpen, go.

It’s not in Sox vocabulary so they haven’t thought of that. In all seriousness, since it’s still treated as a 4 year contract, I think the AAV is still the same.

They left no doubt this time. I am fine in general, wish it could have been less, but they got their guy.

$18M AAV?

So what were you just saying?

The elite defense from two years ago is long gone. Their best players will be a 32 year old DT and a 30 year old pass rusher heading into next season. They’re playing massive money to two edge rushers who couldn’t consistently rush the passer, their secondary cannot cover and generate turnover. Some of it could benefit from a change in coaching and scheme, it could still be a top 8-10 defense, but it’s not a unit carry a punchless offense. On offense, they need a #1 WR, a new QB two tackles, and a move TE. They have no cap space to work with. Sure they could kick the can down road and restructure a bunch of guys, but they got too many holes to fill. I don’t think Winston or Cam are answers here, if Belichick couldn’t get anything out of Cam, you think Nagy could? Winston could have been had for next to nothing last offseason, but Pace decided to trade a pick and pick up Foles’ remaining salary. That should tell you how Nagy thinks he would fit. They made the playoffs going 8-8, they might not be as lucky next year (and let’s not forget they won 3 games to start they could have easily lost). There is no upside to this team, just hit the reset button now and hope to hang with the Packers in 2 years when Rodgers might start to slowing down.

“After care evaluation, we felt that a return to playoffs and a highly competitive first half of yesterday’s game signaled a step in the right direction for this franchise, we’ve decided to bring back all of our personnel for next season.”

So your plan is to let Trubisky walk, yet quoted my post to disagree with my point of letting Trubisky walk? Point is Trubisky may be a good kid and handled himself like a pro, but he has no business being back next year. Move on.

Foles is under contract for next year. Even if you don’t draft or sign a QB, there is no value of keeping Trubisky around. There is also little cap room left, they could restructure a bunch of guys, or even trade Hicks or Mack, but even then, they need to be spending money to identify guys they could develop and build around in the long term.