My take, we got a LHP Paxton who was a present need, RHP Priester who is controlled pitching, who we desperately need....Jansen replaces McGuire, plus he's a right hand bat and he's a great catcher, game caller that helps our pitchers.....Sims and Garcia are upgrades over the waiver wire pitchers currently in our bullpen. Overall given the state of the market Breslow did very well. He cleared out prospects that weren't going to help the team, except maybe Yorke, and improved where he could without pulling a Padres approach and gut your farm system, so I'm grading a B minus..... Great live last night Corbin and awesome analysis video today. Keep up the great work 👍
It was a sellers market, I think the fact they didn't trade anyone off the roster and they got what they needed without giving up any of our top 5 prospects at the same time.
Considering that the new MLB playoff format has now turned the trade deadline into a sellers market, I'd give Craig Breslow a solid B grade in well navigating and balancing short term vs long term roster needs ... Quinn Priester was well worth acquiring providing the organization another young starter with some decent potential for Nick Yorke who unfortunately was the "odd man out" when it came to the number of capable middle infielders already present in the system ... Another big plus is this was another "one for one" deal as was with the Lucas Sims trade in which Breslow did not have to include any additional prospects ... Breslow also deserves credit for picking up three veteran pitchers in Sims, James Paxton, and Luis Garcia in bolstering the pitching staff for the remainder of the season without sacrificing the future by having to trade away any top ten caliber prospects ...
I feel like Breslow is proving that he is willing to overpay to make legit improvements to this team that he really believes in. He isn't like Chaim Bloom who would essentially only make moves that he saw as having little to no risk, like only getting Luis Urias last year.
Absolute Failure F-. They didn't address this three Stooges IF defense. I blame this all on Ownership. The image of Henry in the suite giving Breslow his marching orders made me barf 🤮🤢. This Man is committed to Profits not to winning. Stop giving him your money💰💰
As you said, it was a sellers' market. By making moves at the deadline, the front office showed faith in the team on the field (unlike the last 2 seasons). Breslow made the moves he could make to try to fill the team's needs. Nobody should have expected big splash moves. I doubt that ownership would have allowed any to happen.
I completely agree with this trades, i know is not big names or truly impactful moves, but for what i read they wanted to get Tanner Scott and the first thing they ask for him was Marcelo and Anthony. Im my opinion this is not the season to go all in, maybe next year when Tanner Houck and Crawford had more experience trowing the complete season.
Overall, I'm pleased with the additions. First, I've been advocating for a left-hander in the rotation, and that happened. The catcher addiction was an upgrade. Two relievers to bolster the bullpen will be a welcome upgrade when they get here. In addition, we get Grissom by the 9th of August and Casas 10 days later. All they have to do is start winning.
There are 4 classes of MLB players: Star, the total winner makes others better. Winner, above average players that compete really hard. Marginal, average talent player/below average performer. Loser, players that just cost you games repeatedly. Paxton, Jansen, Sims, and Garcia are all winners/solid workers and players. Mcguire, Anderson, Walter, Wingenter, Speas were players that repeatedly cost the Red sox winning games. So, yes these trade maneuvers were solid. Now the Sox will find out who can handle the pressure in a tight playoff race and be a performer under playoff pressure. The players that do, you keep. The players who don't or can't, you move on from. Trust this process.
Overall, feel about the same. I think getting the two relievers at the end made this "okay." Frankly, I expected less, especially once it became clear it was a seller's market. Pretty hard to imagine them getting any kind of clear difference maker without trading one of those top 5 guys, and I don't think that was worth it. I think Kristian Campbell made Yorke expendable.
I thought it was interesting that both Lucas Sims and Luis Garcia gave up only 2 runs each in their last 14 outings. Amd Sims walks might not be as bad as you think. He hasnt walked more than 1 batter in any of his outings this year aside from 1. And he hasnt given up many in awhile.
Great shopping analogy I like it…. Simple to me …did well with the Pen arms …right handed bat umm barely moves the needle. I mean yes upgrade over Reese… starting pitcher I think Paxton potentially could help but not a for sure plus… C+ maybe B- overall…priester could wind up being the hidden gem in all of this.
I grade them at a C or C+. 1) Bullpen help was needed coming out of the All Star Break. 2) I would prefer a starter with bigger impact than Paxton (Fedde and even Eflin should not have been beyond reason) 3) No middle of the order right hand bat. No issue picking up Jansen at catcher, but while he hits right hand it is not what we want.
I think it was a tough market but we came away with two relievers. I am in hopes that Sims and Garcia can help stabilize that bullpen. I loved your analogy Corbin !!! lol :) Here's hoping Priester can develop nicely. I kinda felt from the start unless we were willing to part with some of our top prospects we were not going to make a big splash. I did not think Breslow would part with the top prospects and I am glad he did not. I do think Nick Yorke will soon be ascending to the Pirates major league club. I think unless Priester develops well there maybe some regret on that one although we have a surplus at second base. I am pleased with Hamilton at second. San Diego came home with the relief pitching prize of the trading wars. However they paid very dearly with some of their best prospects for that one. I would not have wanted to pay that price! I grade this C/C+. We traded a gang of prospects away. They have to make Priester a win !!! Joe
My Jansen 2 cents: the Sox took a look at the Colorado brawl and moving on from Reece became a big priority. That issue was never going to go away, and always going to be a risk -- Reece clearly wasn't going to be able to get over his very, very (very) dumb mistake that he was lucky didn't cost him his whole career, but teams all around the league figured out he was clearly able to be raddled by taunts from it. So Breslow made a change for a catcher who was highly respected among players, had very solid D, is known for working well with pitchers, and will likely hit better at Fenway than in Toronto. In the context of that brawl, and all the teams around the league playing Michael Jackson's "Beat It" when Reece was up to bat, the Jansen trade was a good move. The team can't afford huge distractions on the field in a playoff hunt, especially if it had just been at the center of a brawl.
This wasn’t the year to go all in… it was a sellers market and there wasn’t that over the top player that I would’ve traded one of the top 3 this offseason is the one to attack and try hard to bring in Corbin Burnes and that right handed bat
If you take out the Nick Yorke trade out because of Quinn Priester's potential development. The RS only gave about 7 million in prospects according to baseballtradevalues for Garcia+Paxton+Sims+Jansen. I agree that Paul Dejong should been included too, but you got your wish with Sogard getting an opportunity. Plus, the RS signed Montgomery to under the slot value! Shocking me! The only trade that appears bad is the Garcia trade, but Lugo wasn't worth a November roster spot. There are several DFA candidates on the RS 40-man roster: Bailey Horn+Dablec+Valdez+Brandon Walters+ Brad Keller+Mata+Isiah Campbell.+Trey Win.
It was a sellers market. All the other GM overpaid also, that is the nature of this year situation. Look at what the Astros gave for Kikuchi or what the Padres did. Anyway, the Red Sox didn’t have any choices, they had to make moves to be taken seriously. We see what is going on since we’re back from the All Stars, it is easy to see that we are in trouble bullpen wise. Is it perfect ? Of course not. But it would have been depleting if he had done nothing. Let’s hope these new guys have an impact on the team for the next mouths. So, on the positive side but nothing flashy.
Paxton did what I thought you would do! Yeah yeah errors don’t help but once again we get a guy with a era over 2000000000!!! Not sure if any body has been looking but we are giving up tons of runs! And even when we had a 14-3 lead I knew it was not safe! I grade it a d+
Breslow did the best he could in a seller's market. Problem is the hallmark now of Cora managed teams is bad defense, poor fundamentals, and second half collapses.
The bats are fine and I’ve always liked Jansen he’s always been a reliable hitter but I wish we got a middle infielder. For starting pitching we got a guy who’s starting to show his age and is injury prone. Lastly I’m not mad with what we got in the bullpen they are both guys who can help us now and I’ll say that was our biggest need. I would give this deadline a C
@@prodigyheat9578 the only problem with "I love what he's done in the past" is that you aren't getting 3 years ago Jansen you are getting two months of this year (.212 avg, 6HR) Jansen. I mean he is better than Reese but he's not the right handed bat we needed.
C is fair and to versatility that’s not necessarily true you simply don’t know what Jansen you are going to get in the second half you are just making the assumption he can’t improve at all
The Sox's window for serious WS contention is 2026-2030 when the next wave of top prospects is up. To improve the chances of a wild card spot, the front office possibly hurt that window slighlty by trading a couple players that might have been of use (Yorke and Portes) and some others that could instead have been trade bait for some useful future pieces. To really bolster the team (think Rooker, Crochet, Tanner Scott) in this sellers' market you would probably have had to trade some of the top prospects and really cripple the window. Personally I'm glad they didn't trade anything more. I'd rather have a serious shot at a couple of World Series in a few years than a wild card berth and a probable second- or third-round exit now.
I will give them a B. Filling some holes and planning for the future. The Sox are better. I've been with the Sox for over 50 years. I'll be going to a Worcester game tomorrow, maybe some of the new guys will be in the lineup.
I think they did as good a job as we could’ve realistically expected. Is this a team like the dodgers that is probably one piece away from “winning it all right now”? I venture not. For this reason, I think the front office did a reasonably good job at reinforcing this team to at least potentially play meaningful games down the stretch, without mortgaging the future in any impactful way
Considering that there were prospects with a blocked future in the top minor league teams and that they were Rule 5 draft candidates, I think they paid too much. I think it would have been better if they had bundled all the prospects they gave up this time and used them to get one really good player.
@@redseatradio What I mean is, if you're going to send away so many prospects and bring in a few relievers, you might as well spend those prospects on one star player.
Honestly I'm not super thrilled with the moves however based on what they would have given up Breslow did the best he could. Another starting pitcher would have been great but I'm not going to complain about that. My grade is B-
I think it was a "C" average. Danny Jansen will be the surprise. I think he will do much better than people imagine. First I think he will be OK as a righty bat. 2nd I think he will make the pitchers better with his defensive skills. I think if Quinn Priester can give you 120 innings next year with about a 4 ERA he is a success. I do like the bullpen arms. They did not give up anything consenquental to get them. Hopefully when playoff time comes everyone is healthy. That is one strong bullpen is they can also get Martin, Hendricks and Slaten back. I do believe the Sox need to go to a 6 man rotation with Criswell being the 6 man. I think the whole staff will benefit from an extra day off a week. Almost everyone has already passed their inning totals from last year. I do not expect to see Teele, Anthony or Mayer up this year because none are rule 5 eligible. They will be given a chance to win the job in String training. I actually expect Teele to be first. The other 2 will be up by the end of July unless injuries. Since the allstar break they lost so many games after the 7th inning. If they can stop that, they will be ok. With the additions I tihnk they will. One more thing to watch for is players with expiring contracts being waived like the Angels did last year to get under the Luxury Tax. There could be a player worth taking that way. The Red Sox still have a lot of space before they get to the luxury tax
I'd have been happy to give up this entire cast of prospects, the players we received, plus the two DFA' guys Walter and Wingenter and the DFA pickup Johan Ramirez, for just one ace like Garrett Crochet or Blake Snell. If we had other needs, the minor leagues could've provided them. For example, backup catcher Jansen, we could've called up hot C/1B Mickey Gasper. The two relievers we got Sims and Garcia, if we only waited a week or two, we would have back Slaten and Martin. Even Priester was not immediately an upgrade. In a couple of weeks we should also be getting back Casas and Grissom or call up Meidroth to replace Jamie Westbrook. We talked about drafting best athlete, but the drafted mostly college arms that pitched poorly. I'm starting to long for the last GM. LOL
I agree with you about Gasper. He's hitting everything in sight. I'm guessing they don't think his defense behind the dish is very good. You're assuming a lot about Slaten and Martin. They may or may not return at full strength. And a week or two is a long time when you're chasing a playoff berth. Can never have too many quality bullpen arms.
This just feels they did the bare minimum to not upset the fan base so they keep spending money and going to games without spending money in the off-season or trading lottery tickets now. They should've addressed the market weeks ago and end up looking like fools. This is all on ownership
I'll give it about a C-. We did get some relief help, a young starter with upside, and Danny Jansen has been swinging a good bat with us so far. Bums like Paxton and Ramirez dragged it down considerably though while the McDonald's of MLB got themselves a red hot young star with upside. Let's see how it plays out. Breslow proved he's not Chaim Bloom though. Bloom is a bum.
They improved however marginally as far as the prospects they gave up yes most were Rule V blocked and were not going to make an impact even Yorke was essentially blocked by someone who had 4 years of control left in Grissom and they like Meridoth at AAA. At the end I don’t what they acquired will get them to playoffs as Sea KC All got better. In terms of being a sellers market the only teams that overpaid were Baltimore & SD But they got All Star frontline plyrs While all plyrs are an improvement over what they had I had no expectation that they would go all in (cost of plyr and cost to acquire ) because ownership has not showed that for the last 4 years now. (2018 was a year they went all in (Kinsler Eovaldi Pearce ) So my grade is not much different then yours but it’s a C / high C- with opportunity to become a B if Prieter is successful and D if Prieter is a Bust and they don’t make playoffs Also it saids a lot of ownership and front office when the biggest ? At the trading deadline were the biggest ? Entering the season )RH bat & Pitching )
My take, we got a LHP Paxton who was a present need, RHP Priester who is controlled pitching, who we desperately need....Jansen replaces McGuire, plus he's a right hand bat and he's a great catcher, game caller that helps our pitchers.....Sims and Garcia are upgrades over the waiver wire pitchers currently in our bullpen.
Overall given the state of the market Breslow did very well. He cleared out prospects that weren't going to help the team, except maybe Yorke, and improved where he could without pulling a Padres approach and gut your farm system, so I'm grading a B minus.....
Great live last night Corbin and awesome analysis video today. Keep up the great work 👍
Thanks! I think these thoughts are absolutely fair
The analogy was so perfect Corbin. 👍
It was a sellers market, I think the fact they didn't trade anyone off the roster and they got what they needed without giving up any of our top 5 prospects at the same time.
I see it as getting what you needed without parting with any blue chup prospects. Good job Craig Bristow for choosing a lane without going crazy
Yeah I think Craig did what he wanted to do now it’s time to figure out if it worked
@@redseatradio well even looking forward if their top 5 pan out we won't need to spend on position players , and then go spend on an ace.
😂 that analogy was great, though I’d say it was ground beef you wanted and you got ground turkey.
I love ground turkey 😅 I think Breslow did very well
Considering that the new MLB playoff format has now turned the trade deadline into a sellers market, I'd give Craig Breslow a solid B grade in well navigating and balancing short term vs long term roster needs ...
Quinn Priester was well worth acquiring providing the organization another young starter with some decent potential for Nick Yorke who unfortunately was the "odd man out" when it came to the number of capable middle infielders already present in the system ... Another big plus is this was another "one for one" deal as was with the Lucas Sims trade in which Breslow did not have to include any additional prospects ...
Breslow also deserves credit for picking up three veteran pitchers in Sims, James Paxton, and Luis Garcia in bolstering the pitching staff for the remainder of the season without sacrificing the future by having to trade away any top ten caliber prospects ...
I feel like Breslow is proving that he is willing to overpay to make legit improvements to this team that he really believes in. He isn't like Chaim Bloom who would essentially only make moves that he saw as having little to no risk, like only getting Luis Urias last year.
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Absolute Failure F-. They didn't address this three Stooges IF defense. I blame this all on Ownership. The image of Henry in the suite giving Breslow his marching orders made me barf 🤮🤢. This Man is committed to Profits not to winning. Stop giving him your money💰💰
As you said, it was a sellers' market. By making moves at the deadline, the front office showed faith in the team on the field (unlike the last 2 seasons). Breslow made the moves he could make to try to fill the team's needs. Nobody should have expected big splash moves. I doubt that ownership would have allowed any to happen.
I completely agree with this trades, i know is not big names or truly impactful moves, but for what i read they wanted to get Tanner Scott and the first thing they ask for him was Marcelo and Anthony. Im my opinion this is not the season to go all in, maybe next year when Tanner Houck and Crawford had more experience trowing the complete season.
Overall, I'm pleased with the additions. First, I've been advocating for a left-hander in the rotation, and that happened. The catcher addiction was an upgrade. Two relievers to bolster the bullpen will be a welcome upgrade when they get here. In addition, we get Grissom by the 9th of August and Casas 10 days later. All they have to do is start winning.
easier said than done i guess haha
There are 4 classes of MLB players:
Star, the total winner makes others better.
Winner, above average players that compete really hard.
Marginal, average talent player/below average performer.
Loser, players that just cost you games repeatedly.
Paxton, Jansen, Sims, and Garcia are all winners/solid workers and players.
Mcguire, Anderson, Walter, Wingenter, Speas were players that repeatedly cost the Red sox winning games.
So, yes these trade maneuvers were solid.
Now the Sox will find out who can handle the pressure in a tight playoff race and be a performer under playoff pressure. The players that do, you keep. The players who don't or can't, you move on from. Trust this process.
Overall, feel about the same. I think getting the two relievers at the end made this "okay." Frankly, I expected less, especially once it became clear it was a seller's market. Pretty hard to imagine them getting any kind of clear difference maker without trading one of those top 5 guys, and I don't think that was worth it. I think Kristian Campbell made Yorke expendable.
Another good video, time will tell if the plan is working.. But these trades are coming the NEW normal..
Hey thanks!
I thought it was interesting that both Lucas Sims and Luis Garcia gave up only 2 runs each in their last 14 outings. Amd Sims walks might not be as bad as you think. He hasnt walked more than 1 batter in any of his outings this year aside from 1. And he hasnt given up many in awhile.
Yeah I think it is more so a look at his total innings as opposed to his in game innings so I like the move even more
Hello Corbin, I’m okay with almost all the moves but no with the, Ramírez, you don’t one, what you think?
Yeah he’s not good
Great shopping analogy I like it…. Simple to me …did well with the Pen arms …right handed bat umm barely moves the needle. I mean yes upgrade over Reese… starting pitcher I think Paxton potentially could help but not a for sure plus… C+ maybe B- overall…priester could wind up being the hidden gem in all of this.
thanks haha I think I absolutely agree there
Paxton did exactly what I expected, but man, when we make errors, they’re COSTLY. Then there’s Yohan Ramirez…
Oh how true
I grade them at a C or C+.
1) Bullpen help was needed coming out of the All Star Break.
2) I would prefer a starter with bigger impact than Paxton (Fedde and even Eflin should not have been beyond reason)
3) No middle of the order right hand bat. No issue picking up Jansen at catcher, but while he hits right hand it is not what we want.
Yeah that's fair
I think it was a tough market but we came away with two relievers. I am in hopes that Sims and Garcia can help stabilize that bullpen. I loved your analogy Corbin !!! lol :) Here's hoping Priester can develop nicely. I kinda felt from the start unless we were willing to part with some of our top prospects we were not going to make a big splash. I did not think Breslow would part with the top prospects and I am glad he did not. I do think Nick Yorke will soon be ascending to the Pirates major league club. I think unless Priester develops well there maybe some regret on that one although we have a surplus at second base. I am pleased with Hamilton at second. San Diego came home with the relief pitching prize of the trading wars. However they paid very dearly with some of their best prospects for that one. I would not have wanted to pay that price! I grade this C/C+. We traded a gang of prospects away. They have to make Priester a win !!! Joe
My Jansen 2 cents: the Sox took a look at the Colorado brawl and moving on from Reece became a big priority. That issue was never going to go away, and always going to be a risk -- Reece clearly wasn't going to be able to get over his very, very (very) dumb mistake that he was lucky didn't cost him his whole career, but teams all around the league figured out he was clearly able to be raddled by taunts from it. So Breslow made a change for a catcher who was highly respected among players, had very solid D, is known for working well with pitchers, and will likely hit better at Fenway than in Toronto. In the context of that brawl, and all the teams around the league playing Michael Jackson's "Beat It" when Reece was up to bat, the Jansen trade was a good move. The team can't afford huge distractions on the field in a playoff hunt, especially if it had just been at the center of a brawl.
This wasn’t the year to go all in… it was a sellers market and there wasn’t that over the top player that I would’ve traded one of the top 3 this offseason is the one to attack and try hard to bring in Corbin Burnes and that right handed bat
I think they did decent. I agree with a lot what you said though
so, this could have been a lot worse. I agree with your sentiment, they did improve and they didn’t spend in a hasty way.
Yeah it definitely could have been way worse
If you take out the Nick Yorke trade out because of Quinn Priester's potential development. The RS only gave about 7 million in prospects according to baseballtradevalues for Garcia+Paxton+Sims+Jansen. I agree that Paul Dejong should been included too, but you got your wish with Sogard getting an opportunity. Plus, the RS signed Montgomery to under the slot value! Shocking me! The only trade that appears bad is the Garcia trade, but Lugo wasn't worth a November roster spot. There are several DFA candidates on the RS 40-man roster: Bailey Horn+Dablec+Valdez+Brandon Walters+ Brad Keller+Mata+Isiah Campbell.+Trey Win.
Yeah I agree with this for sure
It was a sellers market. All the other GM overpaid also, that is the nature of this year situation. Look at what the Astros gave for Kikuchi or what the Padres did. Anyway, the Red Sox didn’t have any choices, they had to make moves to be taken seriously. We see what is going on since we’re back from the All Stars, it is easy to see that we are in trouble bullpen wise.
Is it perfect ? Of course not. But it would have been depleting if he had done nothing.
Let’s hope these new guys have an impact on the team for the next mouths. So, on the positive side but nothing flashy.
Yeah I think that is absolutely fair
C+....the grading curve is way off because of the past 4 years...
Paxton did what I thought you would do! Yeah yeah errors don’t help but once again we get a guy with a era over 2000000000!!! Not sure if any body has been looking but we are giving up tons of runs! And even when we had a 14-3 lead I knew it was not safe! I grade it a d+
Lmao come on now man there were 3 errors in his 4 1/3rd innings that’s insane
@@redseatradio true 😆 but Paxton is not the key! We will see …make my call at the end of the year
Breslow did the best he could in a seller's market. Problem is the hallmark now of Cora managed teams is bad defense, poor fundamentals, and second half collapses.
The bats are fine and I’ve always liked Jansen he’s always been a reliable hitter but I wish we got a middle infielder. For starting pitching we got a guy who’s starting to show his age and is injury prone. Lastly I’m not mad with what we got in the bullpen they are both guys who can help us now and I’ll say that was our biggest need. I would give this deadline a C
@@prodigyheat9578 the only problem with "I love what he's done in the past" is that you aren't getting 3 years ago Jansen you are getting two months of this year (.212 avg, 6HR) Jansen. I mean he is better than Reese but he's not the right handed bat we needed.
C is fair and to versatility that’s not necessarily true you simply don’t know what Jansen you are going to get in the second half you are just making the assumption he can’t improve at all
@@VersatiltyI think with the offense we already have he’ll match our momentum and hit better
The Sox's window for serious WS contention is 2026-2030 when the next wave of top prospects is up. To improve the chances of a wild card spot, the front office possibly hurt that window slighlty by trading a couple players that might have been of use (Yorke and Portes) and some others that could instead have been trade bait for some useful future pieces. To really bolster the team (think Rooker, Crochet, Tanner Scott) in this sellers' market you would probably have had to trade some of the top prospects and really cripple the window. Personally I'm glad they didn't trade anything more. I'd rather have a serious shot at a couple of World Series in a few years than a wild card berth and a probable second- or third-round exit now.
Nick Sogard just got promoted!!!!
Very cool. Always been intrigued with Sogard as a potential Brock Holt type. He's paid his dues.
@@forgottenpath5919he sure has! I'd guess Sogard's development made it easier to trade Yorke to the Pirates
I will give them a B. Filling some holes and planning for the future.
The Sox are better. I've been with the Sox for over 50 years.
I'll be going to a Worcester game tomorrow, maybe some of the new guys will be in the lineup.
You may see Quinn or maybe someone gets called up
I think they did as good a job as we could’ve realistically expected. Is this a team like the dodgers that is probably one piece away from “winning it all right now”? I venture not. For this reason, I think the front office did a reasonably good job at reinforcing this team to at least potentially play meaningful games down the stretch, without mortgaging the future in any impactful way
Considering that there were prospects with a blocked future in the top minor league teams and that they were Rule 5 draft candidates, I think they paid too much. I think it would have been better if they had bundled all the prospects they gave up this time and used them to get one really good player.
What? So because they are blocked and rule 5 guys the Sox should have kept them?
@@redseatradio What I mean is, if you're going to send away so many prospects and bring in a few relievers, you might as well spend those prospects on one star player.
@@맹맹맹-s7p Teams are smart. They don't get fooled by quantity over quality anymore.
Honestly I'm not super thrilled with the moves however based on what they would have given up Breslow did the best he could. Another starting pitcher would have been great but I'm not going to complain about that. My grade is B-
C+ at best... Gave up too much for what they got and didn't get enough quality even if they "met their objectives"
But again who did give up less than what they got in return man.
@@redseatradio Easy... Toronto! Lol
@@redseatradio or Miami
@@redseatradio or Tampa
@Versatilty lmaooo touche my friend
I think it was a "C" average. Danny Jansen will be the surprise. I think he will do much better than people imagine. First I think he will be OK as a righty bat. 2nd I think he will make the pitchers better with his defensive skills.
I think if Quinn Priester can give you 120 innings next year with about a 4 ERA he is a success.
I do like the bullpen arms. They did not give up anything consenquental to get them. Hopefully when playoff time comes everyone is healthy. That is one strong bullpen is they can also get Martin, Hendricks and Slaten back.
I do believe the Sox need to go to a 6 man rotation with Criswell being the 6 man. I think the whole staff will benefit from an extra day off a week. Almost everyone has already passed their inning totals from last year.
I do not expect to see Teele, Anthony or Mayer up this year because none are rule 5 eligible. They will be given a chance to win the job in String training. I actually expect Teele to be first. The other 2 will be up by the end of July unless injuries.
Since the allstar break they lost so many games after the 7th inning. If they can stop that, they will be ok. With the additions I tihnk they will.
One more thing to watch for is players with expiring contracts being waived like the Angels did last year to get under the Luxury Tax. There could be a player worth taking that way. The Red Sox still have a lot of space before they get to the luxury tax
I'd have been happy to give up this entire cast of prospects, the players we received, plus the two DFA' guys Walter and Wingenter and the DFA pickup Johan Ramirez, for just one ace like Garrett Crochet or Blake Snell. If we had other needs, the minor leagues could've provided them. For example, backup catcher Jansen, we could've called up hot C/1B Mickey Gasper. The two relievers we got Sims and Garcia, if we only waited a week or two, we would have back Slaten and Martin. Even Priester was not immediately an upgrade. In a couple of weeks we should also be getting back Casas and Grissom or call up Meidroth to replace Jamie Westbrook. We talked about drafting best athlete, but the drafted mostly college arms that pitched poorly. I'm starting to long for the last GM. LOL
I agree with you about Gasper. He's hitting everything in sight. I'm guessing they don't think his defense behind the dish is very good. You're assuming a lot about Slaten and Martin. They may or may not return at full strength. And a week or two is a long time when you're chasing a playoff berth. Can never have too many quality bullpen arms.
This just feels they did the bare minimum to not upset the fan base so they keep spending money and going to games without spending money in the off-season or trading lottery tickets now. They should've addressed the market weeks ago and end up looking like fools. This is all on ownership
i love the additions yes we could have done better but with the people craig gave up i give it a B deadline craig’s first deadline went the right way
I think that’s fair
You missed nick York going out
I'll give it about a C-. We did get some relief help, a young starter with upside, and Danny Jansen has been swinging a good bat with us so far. Bums like Paxton and Ramirez dragged it down considerably though while the McDonald's of MLB got themselves a red hot young star with upside. Let's see how it plays out. Breslow proved he's not Chaim Bloom though. Bloom is a bum.
You forgot Nick Yorke on the "gave up" list.
Oops
I give them a C, could have been better and could have been worse.... I personally think it will not be enough though.
B-
Fair
They improved however marginally as far as the prospects they gave up yes most were Rule V blocked and were not going to make an impact even Yorke was essentially blocked by someone who had 4 years of control left in Grissom and they like Meridoth at AAA. At the end I don’t what they acquired will get them to playoffs as Sea KC All got better. In terms of being a sellers market the only teams that overpaid were Baltimore & SD
But they got All Star frontline plyrs
While all plyrs are an improvement over what they had I had no expectation that they would go all in (cost of plyr and cost to acquire ) because ownership has not showed that for the last 4 years now.
(2018 was a year they went all in (Kinsler Eovaldi Pearce )
So my grade is not much different then yours but it’s a C / high C- with opportunity to become a B if Prieter is successful and D if Prieter is a Bust and they don’t make playoffs
Also it saids a lot of ownership and front office when the biggest ? At the trading deadline were the biggest ? Entering the season
)RH bat & Pitching )
C+ with what they got could become a B if they perform as the Red Sox hope the will
That’s fair I think
Failed. No right handed hitter. Hope Mayer, Anthony and Teel ready soon. Another lost year.
F for the red Sox mediocre pick ups . Red Sox to tight with there money.!
Ground turkey? C'mon, man. Jk.
That’s the part you didn’t like? Lol
I'm not sure its good for the future of the organisation ⚾🤔, Will see 🤷
Why’s that?
@@redseatradio Nick York,
Yorke
Sorry, I just don't like Paxton. I think he needs to retire.