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Plan A: Sign Bo Bichette (probably not likely)
Once Bichette is off the table, go to Plan B, C, D, ...
I would say Plan B is to trade for a 3B. At this point, BOS could offer Duran or Abreu + Bello, and not really create a hole in their everyday line up or pitching rotation. That is a lot and should return a very good player and likely some prospects. Not sure who to target exactly but if they are able to do that, the line up could look like this:
1B Contreras
2B Meyer/Campbell Platoon
SS Story
3B New Guy
LF Anthony or Duran
CF Rafaela
RF Abreu or Anthony
C Narvaez
DH Casas
With the pitching that they now have, that is a decent team. There are too many LH hitting outfielders (Anthony, Abreu, Duran, Yoshida). Got to move one of them, at least. Another RH bat for the bench would be useful. Some one who could play a position plus some DH against lefties.
Plan A: Sign Bo Bichette (probably not likely)
Once Bichette is off the table, go to Plan B, C, D, ...
I would say Plan B is to trade for a 3B. At this point, BOS could offer Duran or Abreu + Bello, and not really create a hole in their everyday line up or pitching rotation. That is a lot and should return a very good player and likely some prospects. Not sure who to target exactly but if they are able to do that, the line up could look like this:
1B Contreras
2B Meyer/Campbell Platoon
SS Story
3B New Guy
LF Anthony or Duran
CF Rafaela
RF Abreu or Anthony
C Narvaez
DH Casas
With the pitching that they now have, that is a decent team. There are too many LH hitting outfielders (Anthony, Abreu, Duran, Yoshida). Got to move one of them, at least. Another RH bat for the bench would be useful. Some one who could play a position plus some DH against lefties.
just because Orlando ridiculously overpaid for Bane doesn't mean there's another franchise that will or more importantly, that Boston will.JUST SAY YES!
Proposed Trade Details
Boston Celtics Receive: Jaren Jackson Jr.
Memphis Grizzlies Receive: Anfernee Simons, Sam Hauser, 2031 first-round pick
Memphis says no. Bane netted them 4 firsts and a swap.
I guess Moore is only 20 (21 in May). That is pretty young for the NFL (not like the NBA). Seems like a sensible decision. He will be better prepared in a year. There is some risk of course. I guess with NIL money, the financial risk is not what it used to be.
As to who he gets drafted by, it is the Jets this year, who knows who next season. I hope he is not doing this to try and game which team he goes to. Would the Raiders or Cardinals or whoever necessarily be any better?
I guess Moore is only 20 (21 in May). That is pretty young for the NFL (not like the NBA). Seems like a sensible decision. He will be better prepared in a year. There is some risk of course. I guess with NIL money, the financial risk is not what it used to be.
As to who he gets drafted by, it is the Jets this year, who knows who next season. I hope he is not doing this to try and game which team he goes to. Would the Raiders or Cardinals or whoever necessarily be any better?
I did not realize that his salary jumped up like that. Yeah, that makes a trade tough. So is this a BYC contract? It seems it is not in terms of trade value. Not sure I understand why.Would people be willing to do something like:
Simons, Hugo, Walsh, plus picks
for
Jackson
Another pathway could be White to another team, like HOU, and young players and picks from HOU (and likely BOS) to MEM.
You realize Jackson makes $49 million next year? We cannot afford him. Your trade puts us over the second apron next year and with four roster spots to fill.
It is a 140% extension (the CBA upped it from 120%), if that is what you mean by base-year compensation.
Base Year contracts count as one value outgoing and a higher value as the incoming. This contract did not appear to be adjusted in that way. So if he is $35M (or whatever) this season and then $47M next, does he still count only as $35M incoming in a trade or does it go up to a higher value?
Oh, that is not what base-year contracts are. The base-year compensation rule applies to free agent s&t deals. The outgoing salary was only counted up to 120% of the player's prior salary (I don't know if that's still the percentage or if it was upped to 140%). What you are referring to is for salary jumps before a new extension kicks in. That rule is only for rookie-deal extensions, since you can have players going from making $5 million a year one season to a max deal the next. When a player who has signed a rookie extension is traded before the extension kicks in, the outgoing salary is whatever that year's salary is, but the incoming is treated as the average salary of that year plus all the seasons of the extension. But again, that is only for players who were extended prior to their fourth year of their 1st round rookie contract. Jackson signed a veteran extension this summer, so his only restriction is not being traded for 6 months, which ended this week.
Got it, thanks. But yes, the issue is he makes $35M this season but jumps up to $49M next (which I did not catch until you pointed it out). BOS could make the $35M work, but once it jumps to $49M, it would become a major problem.
I think the only way would be if they traded White, and even then, BOS would have 3 very large contracts eating up a lot of cap/apron space. Can't see how they make that work.
Well, they finally signed a free agent:QuoteThe Boston Red Sox have agreed to a five-year, $130 million deal with left-hander Ranger Suarez, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports.
Suarez, 30, has been a steady and underrated pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies since 2021, with a 3.25 ERA over the past five seasons while relying on a six-pitch repertoire that allows him to overcome below-average fastball velocity.
The left-hander's velocity has slipped from 93.4 mph to 92.0 to 91.2 over the past three seasons, but his ERA has gone from 4.18 to 3.46 to 3.20 and his WAR has gone from 2.4 to 3.4 to 4.0.
I'm fine with the deal, but I'm wondering what the Sox are going to do with all of their starting pitchers.
Have a great bullpen maybe...I agree, lot's of starters. Maybe this sets up a trade for a right handed power hitter for 2nd or 3rd.