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1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

Madrigal is looking like a guy who is trying WAY to hard to make an impression.  He looks like he is trying to win a job he already has, and is trying to do too much.  He needs to relax and let the game come to him instead of trying to force it to impress people/coaches/staff.

This. 100%.

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Teams need two good catchers. The Sox will decide what resources to allocate where. Mazara is not helping. Maybe McCann is another Nick Foles. He could start more in the playoffs. Makes you wonder about scouting. Grandal is still worthy.

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3 hours ago, YourWhatHurts said:

This is not a question of "What will the Sox do?" it is "What would you do?"

Both are starting catchers so there is no option given to split time.  It's one or the other: one stays and the other is gone. 

This is called a false choice.

 

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4 hours ago, YourWhatHurts said:

This is not a question of "What will the Sox do?" it is "What would you do?"

Both are starting catchers so there is no option given to split time.  It's one or the other: one stays and the other is gone.

Why cant we have both?  Get rid of encarnacion and rotate them between 1b and dh.  Easy enough to get them both 100 games doing that.

 

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1 minute ago, southsider2k5 said:

Because we aren't blocking Andrew Vaughn to keep James McCann. 

 

The Sox might be better off without a full time DH on the roster if they can utilize position players like Grandal, Eloy,Abreu and others to fill that role.

If Vaughn absolutely rakes in the minors next year against LH and RH pitching, and does the same when he comes up to the majors, that is another story.

 

 

 

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26 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

Vaughn. However if Vaughn could get you a hypothetical TOR this becomes more interesting.

Vaughn alone doesn't get you a true TOR in his prime with 2+ years of control and a rental is not worth giving him up.

Just keep vaughn, get rid of EE next year and maybe sign a pitcher.

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For the following reasons, you keep Grandal and let McCann go.

 

1. Paying that much money to 2 catchers is a lousy way to allocate resources. It is also easier to just keep Grandal and let McCann go.

2. This team could desperately use another left handed bat. Keeping McCann over Grandal gives you 8 righties and 1 switch hitter (unless we find a left handed OF. We aren't keeping Mazara.) Not good. This is the most important reason IMO.

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53 minutes ago, tray said:

This is called a false choice.

 

Yes I believe it is a false dilemma but they will have to decide at some point what they can offer McCann. I don't see much bidding this fall, maybe until Feb or so. We heard the Mets lost $200M-plus so things will be slow until The Miracle arrives.

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25 minutes ago, tray said:

 

The Sox might be better off without a full time DH on the roster if they can utilize position players like Grandal, Eloy,Abreu and others to fill that role.

If Vaughn absolutely rakes in the minors next year against LH and RH pitching, and does the same when he comes up to the majors, that is another story.

 

 

 

This reminds me of not resigning Thome so Andruw Jones, Mark Kotsay, and Omar Vizquel could rotate at DH. Puke. Obviously the hitters are better, but having a full time DH is better than rotating.

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3 minutes ago, Yearnin' for Yermin said:

This reminds me of not resigning Thome so Andruw Jones, Mark Kotsay, and Omar Vizquel could rotate at DH. Puke. Obviously the hitters are better, but having a full time DH is better than rotating.

People are making this way too complicated. Abreu and Vaughn will be 1B/DH next year and McCann will be elsewhere.

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2 hours ago, YourWhatHurts said:

Why do we need a substandard defensive catcher to do this?  We have the ability to add a bat at multiple other positions.  We could add a 3B and move Yoan to the OF, add a LF and move Eloy to DH with Vaughn in a corner, add a RF and keep things as they are...

Fantasy land. Moncada isnt going to the OF, Vaughn more than likely doesnt have the skills required to play the OF . Moncada was moved during the rebuild.  You don't play around with permanent position changes once you're good.

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23 minutes ago, fathom said:

People are making this way too complicated. Abreu and Vaughn will be 1B/DH next year and McCann will be elsewhere.

Vaughn is a tank. He has not yet proven that he can play any position at the major league level , including first base.

He needs at least  a full season in the minors.

 

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If McCann would sign here to be the primary backup, with some DH as well, great.  But he wants to be the #1 catcher and another team will pay him to be so.  As was said earlier. we have to realize that he is gone after this year.   Let's use him wisely the rest of this season and post season and get him a ring to take with him. ;)

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17 minutes ago, tray said:

Vaughn is a tank. He has not yet proven that he can play any position at the major league level , including first base.

He needs at least  a full season in the minors.

 

Prospect progression isn't linear.  They are not going to bury him in The minors because of some Outdated concept of seasoning.  If they think he is ready, he will come up just like Madrigal did 

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