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Yeah on that last part, I am not sure. Without question, the Sox underestimated his market. They should have offered the QO and picked up the extra pick. The Sox have never held Rodon in high regard with respect to working hard. There has also been some mixed reports on his medicals. I tend to think the Sox didn't trust his shoulder. This could be totally wrong, but I know I read someone else say the Twins were turned off Rodon due to the medical eval. That could be totally off-base because I don't know how that would be reported. Anyway you cut it though, the Sox read his market wrong but Rodon was going to reject the QO had he been given the chance.

That is not true. The problem with not offering the QO was not getting the pick when he went elsewhere. Rodon was never accepting the QO.

Wow. What a call. Does someone have a cookie for this gentleman?

Sox will put Yermin on the 60 day. Count on it. This guy can play CF and has at least hit in AAA at some point in his career. Two things Blake Rutherford can't cay. It's a depth move that in all likliehood doesn't make a difference but I guess the 40 man is improved? Small victories this offseason.

Lance Lynn couldn't even get to 20 IP a year ago without going on the IL.

Who knows what the current CBA is and I am not sure it is even publicly available to check but I believe the old rule was that free agents that signed MLB deals had what was effectively a no trade clause through either June or July 15th of the following season. I would imagine that is still the case or there is some rule in place to prevent teams from skirting the QO.

I don't have any reason to rule it out but people I trust have said Sox will address RF internally all offseason. I had heard the Sox made an offer that was well below the value Conforto/Boras have assigned to Conforto. I know the Sox have been active with multiple teams since the lockdown ended. While it is ST, his clunker the other day certainly can't help the chances of moving him. I think the Sox probably should have ate some money for a better return before it got to a point of having to actually pitch him but that's not something Reinsdorf likes to do obviously. Haven't heard that. Where is that coming from?

What's interesting is just how little of a market there seems to be for Conforto. The comp pick is definitely a consideration for some teams more than others. I don't think the Sox should really care IMO. There are rumors his shoulder is an issue. Who knows on that end. He is not vaxxed for COVID reportedly. Not sure who would really care about that past the Blue Jays or maybe ALE teams that play the Blue Jays. I believe Toronto is the only team that plays somewhere that has rules against the unvaxxed but could be wrong. Not sure where the Cali teams sit to that end.

I wouldn't read into it. Merkin has been consistent in his thought that Sox handle RF with their internal options since prior to the lockout.

Believe it was cancelled with the CBA negotiations but stuff was constantly evolving so not 100% sure.

Crick was playing music when Felipe Vazquez asked him to stop. Crick declined to turn off the music. Vazquez asked Crick to hit him. Crick declined. Vazquez cold cocked Crick and Crick fought back messing up his finger. Vazquez got 4x the fine that Crick did and Crick appealed his fine. Felipe Vazquez is now out of the league as he was caught being a pedo.

I still expect the Sox to move Kimbrel.

He made 37% of his starts last year in the #4 spot.

How did he fare 2018-2020? I think Harrison will be a good guy in the clubhouse and a wily vet. He always seems to place us tough. But he hits right-handed, he doesn't get on bas, his career is in a downtrend, etc. Even coming off of a "good" year last year he was basically replacement level. I expected meh if they didn't surprise with a trade but Harrison is beyond meh. At least Brad Miller or Matt Carpenter or someone would help balance the lineup and add some sort of upside.

Sox had dialogue on Naquin after Robert/Eloy/Madrigal got hurt last year. Their GM said they won't be trading prospects to get money off the books. Instead they are strapping their MLB assets to bad contracts to get rid of money. At least with Eaton there was some reasonable optimism he could bounce back and he fit the lineup really well if the move played out as intended. Harrison doesn't fit the roster at all and has no upside. Like you alluded to, he is the type of player to have a rough 7-8 weeks to start the year and be on the waiver wire by the ASB. I didn't envision building the most expensive bullpen in baseball and hoarding utility players who don't get on base coming into an offseason where we had needs at 2B/RF/SP.

If I had to bet, I would not bet the Sox get a Conforto/Castellanos type. My guess would be someone like Joc Pederson or Dexter Fowler. That said, there seems to be a very limited market on Conforto/Castellanos. I am sure the Padres will add a bat. The Mariners could. Maybe Texas keeps spending or LAA gets involved. Conforto could make sense for Toronto if they keep spending but I don't really see much towards strong markets for these guys. The rumors with Miami and Colorado are something but if you're those players do you want to sign up to suck for the next years?

Man Harrison deal just sucks on many levels. Not only is it settling and an underwhelming deal, but it limits the team's flexibility rounding out the roster. I would honestly rather go into the season with Leury and Romy as the 2B options than have 5.5m committed to Harrison.

Yeah lefties I like R - SS - TA R - CF - Robert R - 1B - Abreu R - LF - Eloy S - C Grandal

I like R - 1 - TA S - 2 - Moncada R - 3 - Robert R - 4 - Abreu S - 5 - Grandal

There were no handshake deals on the QO. Idk where that is coming from.

This is when I knew it was a done deal. BASEBALL!!!!!

I wouldn't call that sneaking it in though. Just their negotiation plan. Probably did it because the players' position on this specific issue doesn't make a ton of sense. The only argument against the international draft is doing it too soon. People are flipping on the players over this. If this breaks down the negotiations it will be ugly.

Agreed

Someone just reported the international draft has been in all offers

Do you think the current system is what is best for the kids in the DR? You'd have to be insane to think that. They get shopped and peddled around as 12-13 year-olds by guys who take a chunk of their signing bonus.