Bob Sacamano

I’m just gonna call them Colson and Braden. Shorter spelling too

We no longer have our Cespedes lol

He's ahead of him on the T100 list so yeah he would move ahead of him in the Sox rankings.

I'll eat crow and own it. I thought it was likely because of JR's cheapness. Definitely mock the guy "with connections" that kept saying it was definitely going to happen haha Now trade him for another sunk cost you can get out of sooner.

Agreed. They got time to figure it out. This stuff will sort itself out later.

Yeah just don’t love the idea of one moving to 1B. Either one loses value in that scenario. Unless one can actually hit like a 1B should.

I’ll give him props on this one. Like it a lot more than the Cease deal. Now do Robert.

Still think they should have just grabbed another arm.

Pretty good quantity and quality move.

Boston might as well go out and get Burnes as well

Gonzalez does actually. He's on Boston's 40.

This all worked out perfectly. It was Tweeted that as of yesterday morning, both teams had minimal dialogue. Thank you Yankees and Fried! I guess ultimately, thank you Juan Soto for not going to Yankees!

Why not also just grab that lefty from the Guardians? Webb I think? Collect as many arms from teams that constantly churn out good pitching.

I definitely like this move more than the Cease move.

We're already doing the short 1B thing so hopefully not Quero.

This started. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/2024-rule-5-draft-results.html

Yeah, I don't really love Teel being in the deal.

The point of dealing Cease isn't to get guys the main guys you would get for Crochet. It would be to help your prospect depth when you deal your own top guys from taking a major hit.

Take a bat in the second round.

2 years of Crochet but one is going to cost more than the other. That can't be ignored.

They're low on talent so nothing really.

Yeah that doesn't help the offense much

Don't know how updated this is but this shows how many guys are on each team's 40-man roster. 6 teams have full 40-mans and obviously a good chunk that has space available won't take someone. Sox should absolutely add two guys. https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/breakdowns/40-man-roster

Most of us here don't want "some pieces."

You can probably grab the best arm option and a bat with your second pick. Not all teams take players and it seems like hitters less so.