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Post by domeplease on Dec 6, 2018 14:13:46 GMT -5
www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/give-the-red-sox-credit-for-doing-what-they-had-to-do-with-nathan-eovaldi/ar-BBQASyJ Two down, one to go?
Will the Red Sox do their best to re-sign Craig Kimbrel, or are the re-signings of World Series MVP Steve Pearce and Nathan Eovaldi enough for an already burgeoning payroll that will also have to absorb major raises for Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, and Jackie Bradley Jr.?
You have to give ownership major credit for extending this payroll even beyond the $234 million it spent last season, which was the largest payroll in baseball. The Red Sox don’t have any cheap players per se.
They are all well-paid, and Eovaldi’s reported four-year, $67.5 million deal makes him Boston’s third-highest-paid starting pitcher behind David Price and Rick Porcello, with Chris Sale fourth.
The rotation seems absolutely set now, with Sale, Price, Porcello, Eovaldi, and Eduardo Rodriguez a five that can pretty much rival any in baseball.
The Red Sox also have some depth with Steven Wright likely to be a swingman, serving time in the rotation and the bullpen.
What’s left is to either re-sign Kimbrel or seek another avenue toward a closer, and figure out what to do with Joe Kelly, another important free agent, who is being wooed by a few West Coast teams (and his home is in California).
Give the savvy Dave Dombrowski a lot of credit here. He assistant general manager Brian O’Halloran somehow persuaded Pearce to accept a one-year deal for $6.25 million — which was the same as his 2017 and 2018 salaries — after having a very good year and winning World Series MVP honors.
And then, with several teams bidding for Eovaldi’s services, he persuaded the 28-year-old righty to stay with the Red Sox for $67.5 million after his tremendous postseason starter/reliever act. READ MORE...
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Post by michcusejoe5 on Dec 6, 2018 14:43:44 GMT -5
Yanks current SP target is Happ
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Post by inger on Dec 6, 2018 14:47:34 GMT -5
Yanks current SP target is Happ We need him more than ever now...Gotta get someone, somehow... Unless the team thinks Loaisiga is going to be ready to go all in... I’d still like to get two somebodies... Unless the team thinks German will be ready to go all in... Maybe we should get three somebodies.., |
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Post by greatfatness on Dec 6, 2018 15:38:09 GMT -5
www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/give-the-red-sox-credit-for-doing-what-they-had-to-do-with-nathan-eovaldi/ar-BBQASyJ Two down, one to go?
Will the Red Sox do their best to re-sign Craig Kimbrel, or are the re-signings of World Series MVP Steve Pearce and Nathan Eovaldi enough for an already burgeoning payroll that will also have to absorb major raises for Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, and Jackie Bradley Jr.?
You have to give ownership major credit for extending this payroll even beyond the $234 million it spent last season, which was the largest payroll in baseball. The Red Sox don’t have any cheap players per se.
They are all well-paid, and Eovaldi’s reported four-year, $67.5 million deal makes him Boston’s third-highest-paid starting pitcher behind David Price and Rick Porcello, with Chris Sale fourth.
The rotation seems absolutely set now, with Sale, Price, Porcello, Eovaldi, and Eduardo Rodriguez a five that can pretty much rival any in baseball.
The Red Sox also have some depth with Steven Wright likely to be a swingman, serving time in the rotation and the bullpen.
What’s left is to either re-sign Kimbrel or seek another avenue toward a closer, and figure out what to do with Joe Kelly, another important free agent, who is being wooed by a few West Coast teams (and his home is in California).
Give the savvy Dave Dombrowski a lot of credit here. He assistant general manager Brian O’Halloran somehow persuaded Pearce to accept a one-year deal for $6.25 million — which was the same as his 2017 and 2018 salaries — after having a very good year and winning World Series MVP honors.
And then, with several teams bidding for Eovaldi’s services, he persuaded the 28-year-old righty to stay with the Red Sox for $67.5 million after his tremendous postseason starter/reliever act. READ MORE...
I couldn’t tell if this was a serious article or The Onion when it gave Dombrowski credit for persuading Eovaldi to stay for $67,500,000. |
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Post by chiyankee on Dec 6, 2018 16:41:35 GMT -5
Toe is no longer homeless.
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Post by inger on Dec 6, 2018 17:37:41 GMT -5
Toe is no longer homeless. Watch...Schoop will sign, and poor Ronnie will be DFA’d again... Speaking of Schoop, what a tumble he took in 2018. Is he poised for a comeback or destined to be short-time force in the game? In 2017 he looked ready to dominate the position at 2B. The only deficit he had was poor OBP skills, but that seemed to be the case with every Oriole batter the last several seasons...He was, and would suspect still is a very sharp fielder... |
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Post by chiyankee on Dec 6, 2018 17:43:20 GMT -5
Toe is no longer homeless. Watch...Schoop will sign, and poor Ronnie will be DFA’d again... Speaking of Schoop, what a tumble he took in 2018. Is he poised for a comeback or destined to be short-time force in the game? In 2017 he looked ready to dominate the position at 2B. The only deficit he had was poor OBP skills, but that seemed to be the case with every Oriole batter the last several seasons...He was, and would suspect still is a very sharp fielder... Probably a decent low risk gamble by The Twins. |
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 6, 2018 20:18:51 GMT -5
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Red Sox are in agreement on a contract with Nathan Eovaldi. Fancred's Jon Heyman heard Wednesday that the contract would be for four years and worth around $17 million per year, though there's nothing official yet on the financial framework. The Red Sox acquired Eovaldi from the Rays this past July and watched him post a 3.33 ERA and 48/12 K/BB ratio over 54 regular-season innings along with a dominant 1.61 ERA over 22 1/3 innings in the playoffs. The 28-year-old right-hander also drew interest this winter from the Yankees, Astros, Phillies, and Padres, among others.
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Post by inger on Dec 6, 2018 20:51:11 GMT -5
I wanted Eovaldi at a reasonable price. I thought he might get signed at 3/39, maybe even 3/50 in the wildest case scenario. I can see why the Yanks let this one slip by. I’d like to wish him well..,and I do. I might like it if he did well and the rest of that pitching staff crashed and burned...
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Post by rizzuto on Dec 6, 2018 23:24:37 GMT -5
I wanted Eovaldi at a reasonable price. I thought he might get signed at 3/39, maybe even 3/50 in the wildest case scenario. I can see why the Yanks let this one slip by. I’d like to wish him well..,and I do. I might like it if he did well and the rest of that pitching staff crashed and burned... If the World Series Champion was crowned based upon dollars spent per win, I would agree. And, to the Red Sox no less. Moreover, the coupons for Happ just expired. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2018 23:39:51 GMT -5
So the Yankees left to pick up the scraps again. I don't see how that translates into putting a "championship caliber team on the field very year." It is early though.
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Post by inger on Dec 7, 2018 0:17:16 GMT -5
It’s way to early to bury the 2019 version of the team, and it would be way to early to begin to calculate how we could gain 8+ games on the Red Sox. One thing to consider is that it would be quite a rare feat if Boston were to win 108 games again...
I’d expect the big news of the signing of one of both of the big-ticket FA’s will be coming along soon. Now the the Indians have signed Carrasco to an extension perhaps they may actually part with Kluber, Bauer, or Clevinger in a trade...The word is that the Indians want an outfielder. Given the make up of our roster, that would mean HIcks or Stanton I’d suppose...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2018 1:14:58 GMT -5
Stanton has a no trade clause.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2018 1:17:10 GMT -5
Just speculating, but would the addition of Paxton, Happ, Machado and resigning of Robertson be about what everyone would have expected at the minimum?
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Post by inger on Dec 7, 2018 1:49:23 GMT -5
Stanton has a no trade clause. They go away in the right circumstances. And I didn't mention Judge. He may be an ask, but I don't the Yankees are dealing him in any circumstance right now. The stadium might be empty even we won 140... |
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