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This right here. I am much more upset with the Sox that they seemingly had zero Plan B and instead are moving their "contention window" back a year because of it. If your rebuild is centered around 1 player, your rebuild is probably doomed to fail. I don't fault Wheeler for going to Philly. He had his reasons - which NONE of us know with 100% certainty. Acting like more money was the deal breaker is blind to other factors. He very well may have preferred Phillies playoff odds to the Sox. NL vs. AL. East Coast vs. Central U.S. Vicinity to his future wife's family. We simply don't know for sure. The Sox lack of urgency to move on to the next best option is much more worrisome to me than their 2nd place finish.

So if he has an ERA of 10, with more walks than strikeouts he should make the team out of spring training? If Kopech does not look good or back to his normal self before he was hurt, he should be sent down to Charlotte to get right.

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At the very least, I feel like something needs to happen this week.

Plus they already have no pitching as it is. They aren't going to create another hole in their rotation.

I actually feel like this might be the plan later in the year. Luery is going to get his AB's as a super-sub. Sox just need to bring in a solid middle IF (unless they are content with Mendick). Engel does not deserve taking anymore AB's away from anyone on this team.

I would be fine with that. It's not what we all expected, but it does still make the Sox a better team in the end. Would also kick the tires on Taijuan Walker.

You have to request the desktop version of the site to get it to work on your phone. FWIW, I've also noticed that on my Mac desktop, the site is much slower than it used to be.

This is interesting, but I think he's trying too hard. Could the Sox maybe pull a trade and then try to extend Ray?

Blue Jays keep getting linked to Ryu. Of all places he'd end up, I'd be pretty surprised if he left for Toronto.

I didn't see MadBum leaving the NL, so I'm not surprised with this or disappointed. Sox really need to do something though. They cannot allow Covey to see a major league mound in 2020.

I saw somewhere that Kluber gets a raise or something because he was traded, someone tweeted that CLE would be throwing in case to offset that. Kicking myself because I can't find it on my timeline now.

Wow, light return IMO. Clase is a RP.

I wish the Sox would add a SP from FA. That might help with more leverage, as they don't come across as desperate for pitching then.

Plus he was the one case where the most money didn't matter. He stuck to what was best for his family, and Stone even suggested he didn't want to leave the NL. Drives me nuts how some people think you can hold a gun to every FA head and make them sign with you. The Sox made a good effort and lost. I hope they use that $125M on something else now.

What worries me even more is the Sox are trying to sign someone and keep coming up short. I don’t think that’s the case, but it’s hard to know for sure. They do seem to be attached to quite a few players this offseason.

Oh, absolutely agree. Unfortunately, this FO has broken me to the point I expect signings like this.

He had a decent season. Would rather watch him than Covey.

Another option off the board. Sox doing their due diligence.