I wonder if CWS buy out Moncada this offseason. If they do, he's still only 30 and maybe he'd try harder on a club that was just bad and not historically bad. Switch hitter and probably good for a 110 ish wRC+ and maybe 12-15 dingers. Decent OBP most seasons. Ok defense. Moncada, O'Neill in OF, pillow deal for Goldschmidt hoping for 1 fWAR which is more than twice what anyone gave us at 1B this year. Jeff Hoffman as RHRP. Re-sign Chapman. Nothing like any of this will happen though because Ben Cherington runs the team and Bob Nutting finances it. Still, I bet the roster would jump 10 wins with these mid-tier additions.
Hopefully next year we don’t have to turn to “contributors” like German and Woodford. The bullpen, I would not be surprised if not much is added and instead they will rely on bounce back, not just from bad performance but from injuries.
I wonder if CWS buy out Moncada this offseason. If they do, he's still only 30 and maybe he'd try harder on a club that was just bad and not historically bad. Switch hitter and probably good for a 110 ish wRC+ and maybe 12-15 dingers. Decent OBP most seasons. Ok defense. Moncada, O'Neill in OF, pillow deal for Goldschmidt hoping for 1 fWAR which is more than twice what anyone gave us at 1B this year. Jeff Hoffman as RHRP. Re-sign Chapman. Nothing like any of this will happen though because Ben Cherington runs the team and Bob Nutting finances it. Still, I bet the roster would jump 10 wins with these mid-tier additions.
That bullpen is an absolute mess but hey I heard that Skones dude is pretty good
Hopefully next year we don’t have to turn to “contributors” like German and Woodford. The bullpen, I would not be surprised if not much is added and instead they will rely on bounce back, not just from bad performance but from injuries.