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[SanDogBrewin]

Winter Meetings rumors
Report: Red Sox Taking Offers On Rick Porcello, Others

TL;DR Red Sox listening on Porcello, Bogaerts and Bradley but nothing imminent

Please no on Bogaerts. Makes no sense.

 

[JRull86]

Please no on Bogaerts. Makes no sense.

They cannot afford to pay all the FA's they have coming up, especially the young guys.

If they can flip Bogaerts for some young cost controlled guys, especially starting pitching, I'd think long and hard about it.

Out of Betts, Benintendi, and Bogaerts, my guess is Bogey is the odd man out.

 

[EON]

I'd have taken a chance on Kelly with that contract, they're what, 14 M from the next luxury tax threshold? And they need bullpen help. This would have been a good way to do it at a reasonable cost. They should be going for it again in 2019 before doing a "soft" reset where some guys will need to be moved to restock the farm and clear space.

 

[rocketdan9]

Ellsbury, Jacoby.

Well at least Kelly didnt sign with the Yankees

 

[BigGoalBrad]

No way get good cost control middle of the lineup production from your SS as long as you can. If he gets a Cano like offer in UFA thats fine you got plenty of mileage out of the guy. He needs to be back its been a while since any team has repeated. If he has a monster year next year before becoming a free agent thats a good thing.

If he leaves you just slot a guy like Nunez in at short and take the hit.

The comp picks we get from him or Porcello leaving in the long run will be better than anything we could trade either for.

Repeat and then worry about contracts next winter. With JDM's option there are going to be a lot of moving pieces. But the only firm contracts at the moment are Price, Eovaldi, and Pedroia. Even with arb awards you can do a lot of things and stay below the luxury tax.

 

[JRull86]

No way get good cost control middle of the lineup production from your SS as long as you can. If he gets a Cano like offer in UFA thats fine you got plenty of mileage out of the guy. He needs to be back its been a while since any team has repeated. If he has a monster year next year before becoming a free agent thats a good thing.

If he leaves you just slot a guy like Nunez in at short and take the hit.

The comp picks we get from him or Porcello leaving in the long run will be better than anything we could trade either for.

Repeat and then worry about contracts next winter. With JDM's option there are going to be a lot of moving pieces. But the only firm contracts at the moment are Price, Eovaldi, and Pedroia. Even with arb awards you can do a lot of things and stay below the luxury tax.

Eh those selections would be in the 4th round because they've exceeded the luxury tax.

 

[EverettMike]

I do

Its strange

He just Marian Hossa, Kevin Durant it

Um, the Sox won the World Series. Joey Kelly will be getting a ring. That is not what he did in any way.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

Ok, I understand sign with the highest bidder

but still, sign with the team you just help beat in the WS? how do you do that

Do you really think players these days still think like that? For all we know LAD offered him a much better deal than anyone else....and if that is the case I can’t fault a guy for going to the highest bidder since they only have so many years to make money.

 

[22Brad Park]

Well at least Kelly didnt sign with the Yankees

Yankees are after Ottavino and Robertson from reports i read.

 

[N o o d l e s]

Yankees are after Ottavino and Robertson from reports i read.

So are the Sox. Will be interesting

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Joe Kelly ERA

July 8.38
September 8.31

 

[GlenFeatherstone]

I think there are a lot of under the radar bullpen guys available. Blake Parker. Kelvin Herrera. Quality guys to be had at good prices.

 

[JRull86]

Sox weren't willing to go more than 2 years with Kelly, just like I thought.

 

[Aeroforce]

Do you really think players these days still think like that? For all we know LAD offered him a much better deal than anyone else....and if that is the case I can’t fault a guy for going to the highest bidder since they only have so many years to make money.

I agree. Another example is Nick Bonino signing with Nashville right after beating them in the Final with the Pens.

 

[Nothingbutglass]

I'd have taken a chance on Kelly with that contract, they're what, 14 M from the next luxury tax threshold? And they need bullpen help. This would have been a good way to do it at a reasonable cost. They should be going for it again in 2019 before doing a "soft" reset where some guys will need to be moved to restock the farm and clear space.

People forget that Kelly sucked a good chunk of his time here. There was debate whether he would even be on the post-season roster. I predict LA will regret that contract.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

So, are the Sox going to actually do something so we don't have to just sit around and debate their FA's that left?

 

[JRull86]

So, are the Sox going to actually do something so we don't have to just sit around and debate their FA's that left?

Probably won't see any movement until later in offseason.

The reliever market is really satured right now, Kimbrel is holding a lot of things up.

I'd like them to grab one of the people we've talked about countless times (Miller, Ottavino, Robertson) but other than that, they don't need to do much, if anything.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Bogaerts needs to go.

Until he learns how to put a proper swing on a baseball (ie keeping two hands on the bat through contact), I have no interest in retaining his services. There aren’t many players who look more outmatched when up against good pitching.

 

[JRull86]

Bogaerts needs to go.

Until he learns how to put a proper swing on a baseball (ie keeping two hands on the bat through contact), I have no interest in retaining his services. There aren’t many players who look more outmatched when up against good pitching.

David Ortiz and Ken Griffey Jr certainly would dispute that

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

David Ortiz and Ken Griffey Jr certainly would dispute that

You let your top hand off AFTER making contact. On the follow through. That’s what both Griffey and Ortiz did.

Why do you think Boegaerts hits so many opposite field soft flares? He’s not bringing both his hands all the way through the ball so he’s behind on pitches.

I know I’m really arrogant about this, but every time I watch him up at bat, it reminds me of how I would try to hit before I received any coaching whatsoever. The way he swings is more like a attempted “mimicking” from watching power hitters hit, rather than an actual practice on how to produce consistent contact and power.

Not sure who bothers me more. Boegaerts’ constant letdowns at the plate or Sandy Leon swinging at pitches that hit the ground three feet in front of the plate.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Bogaerts needs to go.

Until he learns how to put a proper swing on a baseball (ie keeping two hands on the bat through contact), I have no interest in retaining his services. There aren’t many players who look more outmatched when up against good pitching.

Ummmm no

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Ummmm no

But yes. Oh yes.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

But yes. Oh yes.

No. You work with a player like that you don’t get rid of him

 

[McGarnagle]

Ian Kinsler to the Padres. Being in the NL West he'll have plenty of opportunities to throw the ball into the front row in Dodger Stadium.

 

[N o o d l e s]

Ian Kinsler to the Padres. Being in the NL West he'll have plenty of opportunities to throw the ball into the front row in Dodger Stadium.

And it’s for two years. I don’t get that one.