Good call on Escobar.
.793 OPS since 2018 (.780 since 2019)
29 HRs & 71 XBHs per 162 games
Last 3 years: 30 HRs and 103 RBI per 162 games (690 PAs)
I'm re-thinking my take on Story.
He's only 28...okay he turns 29 in a week, and he's been over .800 for 4 straight years (.880 average), but these splits- home (.972) and Away (.752)- look very scary
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That totals $47M a year, which might be close to what the Sox could spend, this winter.
Escobar would solve the 2B issue, force Kike FT in CF and help replace losing Schwarber's bat. (Arroyo becomes the infield utility player.)
2 RP'ers would allow Houck or Whitlock to start: Eovaldi, Sale, ERod, Whitlock, Pivetta (Seabold).
Our pen would go from suspect to a big plus:
Houck, Iglesias, Graveman, Barnes, Brasier, Taylor, Sawamura/DHern/Davis/Bazardo/Valdez/Feltman
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We may go...
$14M x 5 ERod
$9M x 3 Graveman
$9M x 2 Knebel
$3M x 2 Iggy
That's $35M and I think that would keep us under $210M.
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Why Knebel? He’s just another repeated arm problem.
I do think Graveman is a good target.
Most pundits seem to think Semien is the 2b target. Both you and Soxprosoects.com think Iglesias is. No one seems to like Eduardo Escobar. But the guy has a 108 OPS+ and positive (although probably useless) defensive metrics at 2b, and has seriou switch/hitting power. And his last contract was only 3 years / $21mill, the total value here is probably less than the AAV for a contract that lands Semien…
The Cards won 5 GG Awards- first time.
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I like the both bullpen guys, but don't think Bloom will sign more than one established reliever this winter. He's not going to spend $80 million on free agent closers, when he can pick up a Joe Kelly for less (2/12? 3/15?), or deal for minimum wage arms he's undoubtedly targeting. And then if the front office deems the Sox contenders by mid-season, there are always decent recruits available at the deadline... like Graveman was, last summer.
Did mvp recommend Escobar?
If so, I’m off Escobar now…
BTV "talked to Barzini" and the Sox can make a deal for Luis Castillo and still keep Casas/Mayer/Yorke...
...but lose all their Ds: -uran, -albec and -owns. They'd also give up Jay Groome-D the past Decade... plus Dilberto Dimenez. But toolsy Nick Senzel would be thrown in to become Boston's next Franchy (it might seem like an overpay, but not if the Reds are tired of waiting on a former MLB top-10 prospect).
If you think Boston would be giving up too much of the farm for a potential #1 starter, then so does Chaim Bloom... maybe. If just two of those five prospects become MLB All-Stars, the Reds win the trade, right?
Remember, Pedro Martinez had just won the NL CY Young Award when the Sox acquired him from Montreal. For the rest of his career, Pedro won 154 games, while the two guys he was swapped for -- Pavano and Armas -- won 161 combined. Then there's WAR: Pavano + Armas career = 23.3; Martinez post-trade 58.4.