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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 26, 2024 10:03:59 GMT -5
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 26, 2024 10:05:20 GMT -5
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Post by seamus on Jul 26, 2024 10:05:26 GMT -5
I think the Red Sox should take the approach of just acquiring all LHP so that they don't have to face any themselves.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Jul 26, 2024 10:12:25 GMT -5
Not the splashiest move to be made by any means but makes a ton of sense. I personally enjoyed him last year, so will be glad he’s back! Hopefully a good stepping stone to some other moves.
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 26, 2024 10:16:16 GMT -5
I'm alright with Paxton and this tracks with my expected approach: buy-light. They'll get Paxton, a middling RP, a righty bat like Turner or France, players who cost basically nothing and don't really move the needle but help a little bit and they're trying harder to make a clear media narrative around it this time.
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Post by asm18 on Jul 26, 2024 10:17:27 GMT -5
This Canadian guy from British Columbia who appears tight with Paxton (he had the original scoop on Paxton going to Red Sox all the way in December 2021) says it’s happening as well:
So over a few years, Paxton signs with Sox, rehabs for a year (2022), picks up a player option (2023) and now is going back again. Quite the journey
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Post by ematz1423 on Jul 26, 2024 10:21:59 GMT -5
I'll take him, probably doesn't move the needle all that much but hopefully he can give them more good starts than bad starts the next few months and help solidify that 5th spot in the rotation. If not I'm guessing the cost is minimal anyway.
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Post by jdb on Jul 26, 2024 10:22:51 GMT -5
I like it. With Houck and Crawford nearing some innings highs we might have to skip a start or two for them. Paxton should be cheap and i wouldn’t rule out another starter as well.
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 26, 2024 10:23:01 GMT -5
And now we wait to see what the return is. Paxton was a free agent not that long ago and has had a disappointing season. The price for getting him should be really close to free.
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Post by nomar on Jul 26, 2024 10:24:52 GMT -5
They need MLB caliber arms so I’m all for this. I would like to see him used how Pivetta was last year personally but either way we’ll get some pitching
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Post by pappyman99 on Jul 26, 2024 10:27:19 GMT -5
He Sucks hate being honest here but he has been really bad this year by every measure
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Post by redsoxpride34 on Jul 26, 2024 10:30:10 GMT -5
Paxton to me only makes sense as more of cheap depth option. This team needs a #1 starter, not a 4/5. Hopefully Breslow is looking at Paxton as more of safety net in case he can't land a #1 starter. Now if the plan is to push the chips in for a big righty bat such as a Vlad Jr or Luis Robert, then I could live with Paxton is our only starter acquisition. After the Puk trade its hard not to feel like acquiring a back end reliever will be insanely costly.
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Post by patford on Jul 26, 2024 10:33:01 GMT -5
Paxton to me only makes sense as more of cheap depth option. This team needs a #1 starter, not a 4/5. Hopefully Breslow is looking at Paxton as more of safety net in case he can't land a #1 starter. Now if the plan is to push the chips in for a big righty bat such as a Vlad Jr or Luis Robert, then I could live with Paxton is our only starter acquisition. After the Puk trade its hard not to feel like acquiring a back end reliever will be insanely costly. Burnes is a free agent this off season. At no cost other than to John Henry.
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Post by nomar on Jul 26, 2024 10:33:01 GMT -5
Paxton to me only makes sense as more of cheap depth option. This team needs a #1 starter, not a 4/5. Hopefully Breslow is looking at Paxton as more of safety net in case he can't land a #1 starter. Now if the plan is to push the chips in for a big righty bat such as a Vlad Jr or Luis Robert, then I could live with Paxton is our only starter acquisition. After the Puk trade it’s hard not to feel like acquiring a back end reliever will be insanely costly. The bullpen blew 5 saves in the first 4 games after the all star break. There’s many ways to improve the staff outside of adding a #1.
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Post by asm18 on Jul 26, 2024 10:33:21 GMT -5
Big Maple basically dropped his cutter/slider pitch that was his third most used pitch last year - wonder if we see an uptick in that because Bailey seems to really love when guys throw cutters
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Post by wanderingdude on Jul 26, 2024 10:37:17 GMT -5
I think giving paxton starts over criswell is a mistake, but i’m also an idiot regarding pitching compared to Bailey/Willard/Breslow so here’s to hoping i’m wrong.
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Post by alexcorahomevideo on Jul 26, 2024 10:39:16 GMT -5
He’s probably essentially free. I’m not sure if Henry is still telling them to watch their spending but 1.42 million probably doesn’t matter all that much.
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Post by LoneStarSox on Jul 26, 2024 10:39:46 GMT -5
He Sucks hate being honest here but he has been really bad this year by every measure did you catch his start against the Sox last weekend?
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Post by incandenza on Jul 26, 2024 10:42:14 GMT -5
I'd like Paxton in the bullpen. I think he makes the team worse if he's taking starts away from Criswell.
But kudos to Breslow if "picking a lane" means adding like Paxton and Turner for basically no cost.
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Post by bellhorndingers21 on Jul 26, 2024 10:42:42 GMT -5
Would they go with Criswell and Winckowski as long relievers in the pen going forward? Itd be nice to have legit multi inning options in the stretch run and to send Anderson out of town.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 26, 2024 10:49:40 GMT -5
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Post by evanstonredsox on Jul 26, 2024 10:50:58 GMT -5
Mentally prepared to be appalled at the return for a guy who got DFAd
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Post by soxfaninnj on Jul 26, 2024 10:52:22 GMT -5
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Post by ematz1423 on Jul 26, 2024 10:52:22 GMT -5
Mentally prepared to be appalled at the return for a guy who got DFAd I can't imagine it's anything actually meaningful unless for some reason the Sox are asking the Dodgers to pay his contract.
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Post by tijas2 on Jul 26, 2024 10:56:01 GMT -5
I thought it may be good old cash considerations, but moving some low level flier is one way to open a spot on the DRL.
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