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AL East Notes: Rays, Hanley, Red Sox, Matusz

By Steve Adams | October 6, 2015 at 10:44pm CDT

The Yankees’ postseason didn’t last long, as the team fell, 3-0, to the Astros in tonight’s American League Wild Card game. Their focus will now shift to the offseason, but here are some notes on the other teams in the AL East that have already been plotting out their winter game plans…

  • The Rays are having conversations about payroll constraints, general manager Matthew Silverman told reporters, including Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (Twitter link). As Silverman points out, the top 10 teams in the league averaged a payroll that was $100MM greater than the Rays’ 2015 mark of $75MM. Payroll restrictions typically prevent the Rays from significant free-agent expenditures, and they also prevent Tampa Bay from being able to hang onto many of their homegrown stars. A look at MLBTR’s arbitration projections shows that the Rays could have some tough calls on their hands this winter, as their 11 arb-eligible players project to earn a combined $28.9MM.
  • The Red Sox are asking Hanley Ramirez to drop 15 to 20 pounds this offseason, interim manager Torey Lovullo told Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald. The organization feels that as an infielder, it’ll pay off to be more agile than was required in left field. Ramirez was listed at 225 pounds this season, though Lauber notes that he reported at 240 pounds — 10 pounds heavier than he was in 2014. While the Sox will likely make an effort to trade Ramirez his offseason, he’ll be penciled in at first base if he returns to the club in 2016.
  • Lauber’s colleague, Jason Mastrodonato, asks five critical questions for the Red Sox as they head into the offseason. Among them are whether or not Christian Vazquez will be able to throw right away next season (the young catcher had Tommy John surgery earlier this year), if Rusney Castillo’s bat will merit regular playing time and if the team can effectively develop starting pitching or if changes are needed.
  • Arthroscopic surgery on the right (non-throwing) shoulder of Orioles lefty Brian Matusz went as planned today, writes Eduardo A. Encina of the Baltimore Sun. Matusz said that the recovery process should take about a month, which should give him time to recover and have a typical offseason. Matusz is arbitration eligible for the final time this offseason and will be a free agent next winter.
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  1. johnsilver

    5 years ago

    The potential is there to have one of the finest catching duos in years in Swihart-Vazquez combo, should Boston just please hold onto both of them and not trade away either for several years. Even Vazquez still has 5y of team control left.

    Organization has plenty of other options within to move. I say hold onto both catchers for now and a couple of years. They are harder to develop now than starting pitchers and Boston has 2 outstanding ones.

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    • thecoffinnail

      5 years ago

      Agreed.. Hold onto both of them for at least another year or 2.. If Swihart turns into the everyday beast that most scouts are predicting him to be, then trade Vazquez.. For now, leave them alone..

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    • start_wearing_purple

      5 years ago

      I don’t exactly see it the same way, but I think getting rid of either of them at this point would be a mistake. Vazquez showed signs of being a great defensive catcher last year but Swihart showed in the second half that he’s ready to be a big league catcher. Unless one of them can be used to get a front line pitcher then keep them both. ST will show who on the pitching staff will work best with what catcher.

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      • bradthebluefish

        5 years ago

        “Vazquez showed signs of being a great defensive catcher last year but Swihart showed in the second half that he’s ready to be a big league catcher.”

        You are exactly right, and that is why I am in favor of having both catchers on the Red Sox for one more season to see who should stay and who should be traded – at least until the summer trade deadline.

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    • Jeff Hill

      5 years ago

      Yep no reason to get rid of either one of them right now. Most teams don’t trade a frontline starter for a package headlined by a catcher that is coming off TJS. And Swihart has looked pretty good for a kid that wasn’t supposed to debut until September this year.

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      • jtt11

        5 years ago

        Well Seattle did trade Pineda for montero… But montero wasn’t coming off tjs but was diagnosed with chronic bad attitude laziness disease.

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        • Jeff Hill

          5 years ago

          I wouldn’t consider Pineda a frontline #1 guy at that time or now even.

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  2. Rooster

    5 years ago

    Can’t wait to see what DD and group can do with those two awful contracts. Panda and Hanley sank this team this year. What a different team when they weren’t in the lineup. Not exactly what you want out of your high priced talent.

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  3. Eric Droegemeier

    5 years ago

    Somehow I doubt Boston will be able to find a team willing to take even just one of Ramirez and Sandoval. I hope they will, but if not I say just swallow the pride (and the money,) and cut them from the team.

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