Superstar Lamar

Also lost in all the "Almora is like a brother" narrative of every writer this week is that Machado has a very strong relationship with Wellington Castillo.

I assume all offers for Machado will include opt outs within 3 years (probably 2) which he will most definitely invoke. The Sox can offer some outrageous number in those first two years because the rest of the payroll will be so low during that period. So I don't see why the Sox would even blink at offering slightly above market on a 10 year deal but well above market in the first two years of the deal. Guarantee 70-80 million in those two years and see what you can do with Machado, Abreu, Jimenez and Moncada in year 1 surrounded by guys like Castillo, Avi, Davidson and Anderson. There aren't a lot of teams that will be able to make their payroll work with adding 40 million into one player for each year but it shouldn't make the Sox blink. From Machado's perspective, even if it doesn't work he is out of here in 2 years 80 million richer at the age of 28.

It won't be long now. Tilson is starting to get his hitting in line after a year off. Give him another 50 or so good at bats and he will be here to replace Engal.

JR refuses to negotiate with agents when hiring managerial talent which limits the available pool for the Sox. I suspect the next Sox manager will be someone currently in their minor leagues.

I'd say Alex Fernandez rather than Burger

Oddly obscure but sure, why not? Go Sox!

Your Delta Tau Chi nickname is...Pinto

QUOTE (wrathofhahn @ Feb 26, 2018 -> 04:59 PM) Five years is stupid there is no reason to offer him that kind of length. I'd do 3/33 or possibly 4/42 backloaded with an opt out after two. Who are we bidding against? Why back load it? If anything I would think front loading it would fit better. Payroll is low this year and a low salary would make him more tradeable if necessary in the future

It's difficult to find that G spot

I wouldn't be surprised if the Sox could move Soria by the end of spring training if they were willing to eat some of the remaining salary. I don't think that will happen and I wouldn't recommend it.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 5, 2018 -> 10:19 AM) This peripherals argument is weak. I look at his peripherals in 2016 and they suggest he is well on the road to done. Now his peripherals, like his traditional stats improve and suddenly he is a good flip candidate. The trade was fine, but lets not talk about him being a good flip candidate. A good flip candidate gets you something interesting back. This guy will get you maybe, if all goes well, a 26 year old in A ball who throws 100 and walks about 1 an inning. He will get you Jake Peters back. Avilan will get you a little more than that. That sounds like a fairly boring win situation to me, but a win nonetheless

I wonder if they could make a play on Frazier by taking on a bad contract like Ellsbury

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 10:53 AM) Royals rebuild does not have the same luxury of tradeable assets that the White Sox did (Sale/Eaton/Quintana) that brought us Moncada/Kopech/Basabe/Diaz, Giolito/Lopez/Dunning, and Jimenez/Cease/Rose/Flete. That is a tremendous amount of young talent for any farm system to build upon. Those deals allowed the Sox to quickly build up a strong farm system, something the Royals won't be able to do. Duffy could get them a few nice pieces, and maybe Salvador Perez, but beyond that there is not very valuable assets. The Royals should have started the rebuild a year ago and instead chose to go for it once more. In fairness to the relative situations, they were a championship team trying to squeeze out the last drops of possibility. I think you (not you, obviously) owe a championship team the opportunity to compete.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 30, 2017 -> 03:23 PM) I am not sure why anyone would think differently at this point. Jimenez might be the best prospect in all of baseball. If not, he is in the team photo. and Kopech is not?

If either of those guys are on the table (rather than the Red Sox saying straight out no), I would be happy to sweeten the deal with minor league talent. Would Abreu and Fulmer make it happen? A late 2018 OF of Jimenez, Benintendi and Garcia brings a smile to my face.

not sure why Jimenez is the universal #1 over Kopech

Jason Vargas from the Royals is my buy low veteran pitcher. He seems like a Miguel Gonzalez mirror image in terms of production when healthy but is a touch older and lefty

QUOTE (GenericUserName @ Nov 21, 2017 -> 12:14 PM) In one of the more recent BA updates they said the players would be under signing restrictions, but it didn't say international bonus pools like other earlier reports were, so I wonder if MLB is going to do something different this time. They do have the opportunity to set the precedent because the only other thing like this was the Red Sox but that was under a different international system. This is my thought as well. In theory, all other teams were damaged or put at a disadvantage by the Braves actions. The solution should be for all teams to be share equally in the solution.

I hope he gets reinvented into a prospect by next year's trading deadline

any advantage to us if it is a three way tie for second (since we are teasing out all scenarios)?

It's amusing to see the year start off with people hoping the Sox would be in a position to draft Beer and ending with them hoping to not be in a position to draft him

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 11, 2017 -> 12:56 PM) He is 4th on the team in fWAR for position players at 1.6 and with his recent hot surge he's almost up to league average with the bat -- a quite valuable quality in a guy that plays 3B, SS, and 2B all above average. Personally I'd be considering making him the starting 3B next year. He's earned that shot. If he's really a 2-3 WAR player it would behoove the Sox to give him another 500+ PA next year. He's still only in his age 24 season and will be hitting his prime just as the Sox are looking to contend in 2019-2022. If nothing else he's proven that he'll have a 10 year career as a utility guy. Sox haven't had a player like him in quite a while. Remember when the "super utility" Bonafacio was on the roster? Ha! Didn't they have exactly the same guy you are describing just last year in Saladino? Just like Saladino this year, I wouldn't bank on Sanchez' performance to be repeated

QUOTE (turnin' two @ Sep 7, 2017 -> 01:02 PM) Damn does that guy hate the Sox. He'd look foolish if he said anything different during Giolito current run

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 7, 2017 -> 02:28 PM) Surprised to see him back so soon. Liriano playing on the big club is a big incentive

I just don't understand the mindset of attending this thing