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The Yankees would just sign Walker versus trading for Hoskins. Hoskins likely is near untradeable after his 2024 season.

I don't view starting pitcher as the team's major need at the moment so good for Montas. He seemed like a good teammate so I am happy for him.

Moncada is more interesting but I am not sure we can afford him or if we would want to give him a multi year deal that I am assuming he wants. Rojas is a career 700 ops against RHP with near gold glove defense. Rosario is a career 800 ops against LHP. Not exciting but I am hopeful that it would be fine for a one year stopgap. If it isn't, we could trade for an upgrade in season. I was unaware that Sheehan was out that long but I would still take the chance. As far as Yelich/Contreras DHing, I just disagree there.

Thanks!

I have to give this another try after some of the transactions. Also, my girlfriend has been in surgery so I have way too much time on my hands. Trade One: Crochet (47.7 BTV) for Frelick (21.2 BTV), Hall (13.2 BTV), Black (12.2 BTV) and Uribe (7.5 BTV) I did not realize that Crochet only has 2 years of control left so that has changed my outlook on his value. Technically we are "overpaying" here but we need high end talent and the Sox need players that belong in MLB with control. Trade Two: Sheehan (9 BTV) for Williams (8.6 BTV) The Dodgers have too many starters and can afford to give up Sheehan. The Brewers could use a starter with team control and with some potential. Sheehan wasn't great last year but we can afford to let him make starts in 2025. Trade Three: Kendry Rojas (4.8 BTV) for Joel Payamps (7.2 BTV) Joel has been good for us but he is getting to the point where we need to move on. Rojas is a promising arm that we can add to the system. Sign Paul Goldschmidt to a 1 year, 15 million contract. At first I didn't think much of Paul. He is old and didn't have a great 2024. Then I dig a little deeper and he had a solid 2nd half of the season (.271/.319/.480). He also hits lefties very well (I am sick of lefties killing us) and plays much better defense at 1st than Rhys. I have often heard the argument that we can put Yelich and Contreras at DH and get by. I really think we need to give those guys full days off to keep them healthy and productive. We will also have injuries so they might get more at bats there than what the "plan" is. Sign Josh Rojas to a 1 year, 4 million contract. Rojas was non-tendered by the Mariners after a 2 War season. Why sign a guy that had a 641 OPS? His defense is outstanding and he can hit RHP a little bit. (I would platoon him) Sign Amed Rosario to a 1 year, 3 million contract. Another guy that has warts and is coming off basically a replacement level season. Amed would be your 26th guy that would platoon against lefties as he can hit them. I think he could play 3rd as his range is what hurts him, not his arm. Rosario can also be your 5th outfielder. Lineup against RHP: Chourio (RF) Yelich (LF) Contreras (C) Goldschmidt (1B) Mitchell (CF) Hoskins (DH) Rojas (3B) Ortiz (SS) Turang (2B) Bench: Haase, Perkins, Rosario and Monasterio Lineup against LHP Chourio (RF) Yelich (LF) Contreras (C) Goldschmidt (1B) Hoskins (DH) Perkins (CF) Ortiz (SS) Rosario (2B) Monasterio (3B) Turang and Mitchell can get some of these starts too obviously. Rotation: Crochet Peralta Myers Civale Woodruff Sheehan Bullpen: Megill Mears Koenig Hudson Peguero Bukauskas Ashby This looks like a playoff team to me with a bright future. C: William Contreras ($7.60M) 1B: Paul Goldschmidt ($15.00M) 2B: Brice Turang ($0.80M) 3B: Josh Rojas ($4M) SS: Joey Ortiz ($0.80M) LF: Christian Yelich ($24.25M) CF: Garrett Mitchell ($0.80M) RF: Jackson Chourio ($4.25M) DH: Rhys Hoskins ($18.0M) 4th OF: Blake Perkins ($0.80M) Utility: Amed Rosario ($3.00M) Utility: Andrew Monasterio ($0.80M) Backup C: Eric Haase ($1.80M) NA: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M) SP1: Freddy Peralta ($8.25M) SP2: Aaron Civale ($8.00M) SP3: Tobias Myers ($0.80M) SP4: Brandon Woodruff ($5.00M) SP5: Garrett Crochet ($2.9M) SP6: Emmet Sheehan ($0.80M) RP: Trevor Megill ($2.00M) RP: Nick Mears ($0.90M) RP: Jared Koenig ($0.80M) RP: Bryan Hudson ($0.80M) RP: Elvis Peguero ($0.80M) RP: J.B. Bukauskas ($0.80M) RP: Aaron Ashby ($3.45M) NA: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M) This team fits the budget.

Sheehan for Devin Williams is pretty close

Yep. Teams don't want 4 quarters (or less in this case) for a dollar

If this is all the Sox want for Crochet, let's go get him instead.

Gasser will not be ready by Opening Day

The market keeps going up and up. I am more bullish than most on here but even I am starting to get uncomfortable. I have a nice end of year bonus that I was planning on plowing into the market but now I think I will wait until February on a hunch.

Old, No Power? I would aim higher at this point

Hoby non-tendered and Singer traded to the Reds??

I am very much out on Bell if he is going to get $12M plus. Pederson would be interesting but I just don't see him wanting to play for the Brewers and $12M might be out of what we could pay anyways. Between Mitchell and Yelich, the team is relying on guys that have an injury history. I get what you're saying about having Yelich and Contreras, DHing but I just think there will be a ton of ABs to go around as is. I also am strongly in favor of giving Contreras more full days off. He wore down majorly at the end of the season.

If Sal were a .300 hitter with 40 doubles, he would be an all-star. The batted ball data is very concerning for him. I think he is likely more valuable as a center fielder but we do not have room for him there.

Zero chance the Brewers Non Tender DL Hall.

Trade One: Alec Bohm (24.9 BTV) for Devin Williams (8.7 BTV), Hoby Milner (2,7 BTV) and Luis Lara (8 BTV) I normally roll my eyes at 3 for 1 trade ideas but this one could make some sense. I am not a huge Bohm fan by any means but he would fill in for our prospect timeline. My number one option would be to sign Kim but it is likely he will get more than a one year deal. Trade Two: Brady Singer (16.8 BTV) for Sal Frelick (21.8 BTV) I would like to sell high on Sal after his gold glove season and add another starter with a couple of years of control. I also think we need to either trade Tyler Black or move him to the outfield. This move would make him an outfielder moving forward. Trade Three: Kendry Rojas (4.8 BTV) for Joel Payamps (7.2 BTV) Joel has been good for us but he is getting to the point where we need to move on. Rojas is a promising arm that we can add to the system. Free Agent Signing: Josh Bell for 1 year and 6 million. I looked and didn't see any predictions for Bell so maybe my guess is wrong. Despite having solid batting stats, he had a negative WAR. He would strictly be a DH and a veteran bat with power which we need after losing Willy. Free Agent Signing: Paul Dejong for 1 year and 7 million. Another player that doesn't get any predictions. Paul had about 1 WAR and can play all over. He would replace Monasterio and play all over the infield. I would also have him replace Rhys at 1st late in games. Lineup: Chourio (RF) Contreras (C) Yelich (LF) Bohm (3B) Mitchell (CF) Bell (DH) Hoskins (1B) Ortiz (SS) Turang (2B) C: William Contreras ($7.60M) 1B: Rhys Hoskins ($18.00M) 2B: Brice Turang ($0.80M) 3B: Alec Bohm ($8.10M) SS: Joey Ortiz ($0.80M) LF: Christian Yelich ($24.25M) CF: Garrett Mitchell ($0.80M) RF: Jackson Chourio ($4.25M) DH: Josh Bell ($6.0M) 4th OF: Blake Perkins ($0.80M) Utility: Paul Dejong ($7.00M) Utility: Tyler Black ($0.80M) Backup C: Eric Haase ($1.80M) NA: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M) SP1: Freddy Peralta ($8.25M) SP2: Aaron Civale ($8.00M) SP3: Tobias Myers ($0.80M) SP4: Brandon Woodruff ($5.00M) SP5: Brady Singer ($7.5M) RP: DL Hall ($0.80M) RP: Trevor Megill ($2.00M) RP: Nick Mears ($0.90M) RP: Jared Koenig ($0.80M) RP: Bryan Hudson ($0.80M) RP: Elvis Peguero ($0.80M) RP: J.B. Bukauskas ($0.80M) RP: Aaron Ashby ($3.45M) NA: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M) Payroll is 7.00% under budget

Please keep the forum. Try to come up with a way to get some of the better posters to participate. I think it gets ignored because the quality of content is mostly crap.

Yep! At my family's business, this is happening more and more. It's nothing more than fraud.

People that do chargebacks to steal are trashbags.

Bohm is 22.3 and Williams is 11.2 on the Trade Values website I would do Devin for Bohm but he is not great defensively at 3rd.

Can you post the tweet/article?

What about 2022? 2023 is looking like a possible outlier at this point.

Worst case, he is the backup catcher in 2026

Right. Any team trading for Devin in the off-season will at worst get a draft pick by offering him the QO. At minimum, the offers need to be equal value to that. Those trades were all crap and I don't think Devin has a super high trade value.

Nice public gesture but go get your money Willy