The 2014 season is officially over, congratulations to the San Francisco Giants.

Free Agency officially starts today at 9 am.

Qualifying offers by Monday (11/3) at 5pm.

Free agents can sign with other teams Tuesday (11/4) at 12am.

Feel free to discuss any potential trades/free agent signings.... GO!

 

Hope not, I like him as a player and the Sox need a 3B but that body just scares me way too much.

 

Eh, Butler can't play defense and doesn't give you the pop at 1B or DH, I'd pass.

 

Pssh, the Sox are going to trade you Will Middlebrooks for Stanton and Fernandez so you wouldn't need Pablo.

 

This, in my opinion, shouldn't be an issue. Lackey signed his original contract with the Sox with full knowledge that if he missed a season(s) due to TJ surgery there would be an added team option for 500k. If Lackey is so unhappy with having to pitch for 500k after collecting over 80 million for the original contract he never should have signed it in the first place. Just shut up and pitch.

 

What do you mean not worth it? The guy got a 5 year 80 million dollar deal with the Sox with a team option built in for a 6th year at 500k in case he got hurt. He has nothing to complain about, especially since there were rumors that he had a bum elbow already and that's why the Sox put the cause in the contract. If he doesn't like pitching for 500k this year then either quit/retire or he shouldn't have signed in the first place.

 

But the point is he knew what he was getting into in signing the contract as the MRI the Sox did on the elbow didn't come back clean. There was a high chance he would need the TJ surgery which is why it was written in his contract. A contract he agreed to and signed, therefore he should honor it without complains. This wasn't some "fine print" thing in the contract he didn't know about. He knew the risks and signed it.

The Sox traded him because they was fear that Lackey would simply retire and not honor the last year of the contract or he would stick around and be a pain in the butt always complaining about it. There were rumblings he wasn't happy in Boston since the start of his contract and especially wasn't with the way the team was being built for 2015 and beyond. Sox simply wanted to move him to get something back for him instead of nothing and/or a headache.

 

Agreed. Not only age but injury history as well.

 

Not sure why resigning Koji is a sign they would go away from the youth movement. It's not like he's blocking anyone in the bullpen. I think it's a sure sign they expect to compete this year, and they really should be able to complete with the way baseball has shifted in the past 2 to 3 years.

 

Hosmer would interest me as would Gordon if the Sox didn't already have 35 OFers on the roster.

 

Not saying he wouldn't be good at it and not really talking about Raul personally but I don't understand why teams hire former players with zero coaching experience. What's wrong with them spending a few years down in the minors first instead of jumping straight to the majors?

 

No brainer for the Sox to decline Breslow's option.

Regarding hit or miss with all coaching, I think it depends on the coach and something that is hard for people outside of the organization to truly judge, especially for non-manager coaches. But let's just say that it's true, isn't there more harm bringing in someone that's a complete unknown instead of someone with experience (and most likely has been successful at his position otherwise why are you hiring him in the 1st place?).

 

If Lester doesn't sign with Boston, I'd love to see him with the Cubs.

 

Call me crazy but I don't believe this report:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...val-jon-lester-max-scherzer-article-1.1997950