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ianthomasmalone
Very happy for Big Papi.
The Sox really don’t have that much flexibility for 2016 unless they raise payroll. They have 125 million committed to 10 players. Obviously factoring in Betts, Bogaerts, JBJ, and Swihart won’t add up to much, but a top tier pitcher is basically going to take all their available funds.
mookiessnarl
For my money their best bet is to sign two or three good relievers and make a trade for a young starter. There is just too much payroll tied up already in 2016-2018 to expect them to sign an ace at $200 million.
johnsilver
Could be right. Bad deal swap for Shields with Sandoval might be an only option and hope. We’ll see.
I’m still waiting for those people who were hollering for the Sox to sign him have been at since April. Nothing about him was ever worth anything remotely close to 75-80m, Much less the 100m he got.
jakesaub
A Panda-for-Shields swap, a trade for Tyson Ross, a trade for Kimbrel, and signing O’Day would sure fix things in a hurry. Of course, it’s a lot harder than it sounds, but it would fill holes and not spend too much money. I would say it’d be hard to trust Holt as a full-time third baseman (unless Shaw?), but he’d probably be better than Sandoval.
bruinsfan94 2
They can go up to 189 million and Henry said even more would be possible in season Theres a chance Miley and Hangian are traded so that could clear up a little more money. They also have three top 100 prospects that could easily be traded.
Tko11
Sox are 3rd in baseball in runs scored on the year. They are also 2nd in ERA following the All Star break. Things seem to be headed in the right direction once again.
gomerhodge71
The bullpen has, for the most part, killed them this year (even Tazawa who should have been their go-to guy). They need to try to add some combination of O’Day, Badenhop, or Jim Johnson and deal for either Chapman or Kimbrel. That would be a start anyways.
lookouts
Sorry, you’re not getting O’Day. He’s one of Showalter’s favorites, going all the way to their days together in Texas. The Orioles also learned their lesson in letting a lock-down late inning reliever go to a division opponent in Andrew Miller. Everyone in Baltimore thinks O’Day re-signs here.
citycat
Markakis was a favorite and they let him walk. One of their biggest mistakes ever
UVAguy81
Sounds like the Orioles are going to go back to their pre 2012 days of being back in the basement of the AL East.