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Maybe Ozuna is pulling an Abreu with negotiations? Sox have no choice.

Agreed. Hector doubling down after last night makes me think it is going to happen.

I didn't say it wasn't. Go back and read my post, it was a total screw-up. I'm not sure what their line of thinking was. They didn't even bother to replace Thome's production. At least when they originally got Thome he was replacing Everett and what was thought of at the time a broken-down Thomas.

And that's why I prefer Castellanos over him, bad defense be damned.

Technically the Sox did not dump Thome. They traded him to the Dodgers to give him a shot at getting a ring. The Twins signed him in the offseason. Obviously the Sox never had any intention of bringing him back, and they totally screwed up on that end.

Dave's also gone on record saying he won't scoop things out of fear of screwing it up for the Sox. If anything big is going on, I would be surprised if it came from him.

I would much rather give up Lopez, Collins, and Basabe. I think the Sox will regret trading Stievers. He seems like one of those prospects that burst onto the scene. I wouldn't mind seeing what Madrigal + Lopez could fetch.

Yeah, probably, but at least they both have experience there over the course of their careers.

I don't think Boston would do that trade. Even with the notion out there they need to shed payroll, Herrera and Burger (especially Burger) have little to no value.

I'd be very happy with either of those two. Tsutsugo makes no sense. He's got 12 games in RF for his career, and Baseball-Reference doesn't show any fielding statistics since 2017. Unless that's an error, he's strictly a DH.

Disagree. Every option available for RF is flawed in some way. Adding Ozuna's bat to the lineup is a massive plus. Sure his defense is absolutely suspect out there (and he's not my top choice to put in RF) but if it prevents me from watching the Palka's, Cordell's, and Tilson's of the world - I can be happy with it.

Could be a "handshake" deal. We all remember Torii Hunter...

Would love to know if someone could get Gomez to confirm if he asked Ozuna about the Sox.

Trading Vaughn for Price and Betts would be idiotic. Betts is not getting acquired. He's a rental player and he's going to test FA.

He's probably has heard that the Sox are more open to trading what we are labeling as coveted players than we all think. Other than Robert, I would not be completely surprised if they have Vaughn or Madrigal available for pitching. Gonna be an interesting next few days.

Agreed, was only posting it to keep the convo going. "14 mins" is laughable.

Grain of salt, as always.

I love the internet.

Until Vaughn forces the issue, he's not a part of the big league roster yet. There are still other scenarios where he is used as a trade chip or simply does not make it. I don't think that is the likely outcome (not is that my preference for how the organization handles him), but I also don't think that you can write his name at 1B in pen.

Why do we think this is a forgone conclusion he'd end up in RF? Maybe the Sox don't want to have McCann/Collins as the DH solution? Rosters will be at 26 next year and that additional player must be a position player.

Seems odd they would flat out deny it though. If you couldn’t confirm it I would think you stay quite instead of jumping to a conclusion.

Yea I agree. Need a better source to confirm/deny this.

If this is legit I feel like we’ll know fairly soon. Kind of meh on this only because the thought of Ozuna in RF makes me ??

There’s no way the Sox are serious about Ozuna as a RF. He hasn’t played there in years. If they get him it has to be for DH.

I think I can live with something a long the lines of a 3 year deal if it ends up being him. Not exactly my first choice, but he's better than Covey, Despaigne, Detwiler, etc. I can't imagine Keuchel is going to be anything more than a 4/5 coming back to the AL. Damn do I wish Wheeler could have been locked up.