Hanley Ramirez to Red Sox

[jjkoestler]

5 year deal in the $90 mil range per MLB Trade Rumors.

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/11/red-sox-finalizing-deal-with-hanley-ramirez.html

[Eye Black]

At very first glance it seems like a reasonable free agent contract at least compared to what I would have guessed.

 

Hanley back with the Red Sox organization almost a decade after they traded him to the Marlins.

[craigharmann]

And reports are that they're finalizing a deal with Sandoval.

[Eye Black]

Reportedly 5 years, near $100 million for Sandoval. If the reported financials are correct, the Red Sox have secured two of the top five Free Agents for less than $200 million.

[yfinn6]

Where is Hanley going to play? OF?

[reillymcshane]

Ramirez seems like an odd signing if they are adding Sandoval. Like people say, where do you play him? Rusney and Betts should be locks to play every day. Same with Cespedes. That leaves Victorino and Craig on the bench. Plus Jackie Bradley. I guess you can make some trades, but is Ramirez in LF - at $18 million or more annually - what the team wants. He's barely played there and has a history of injuries. Head shake.

 

Perhaps you deal Napoli and move Sandoval to 1B - but that wastes Kung Fu Panda' defense, which is generally regarded as pretty good.

 

Seems kind of crazy to devote that much cash to a couple of good, but not great players. Especially without a clear plan of what position one of the guys is going to play.

[superfly]

Ramirez seems like an odd signing if they are adding Sandoval. Like people say, where do you play him? Rusney and Betts should be locks to play every day. Same with Cespedes. That leaves Victorino and Craig on the bench. Plus Jackie Bradley. I guess you can make some trades, but is Ramirez in LF - at $18 million or more annually - what the team wants. He's barely played there and has a history of injuries. Head shake.

 

Perhaps you deal Napoli and move Sandoval to 1B - but that wastes Kung Fu Panda' defense, which is generally regarded as pretty good.

 

Seems kind of crazy to devote that much cash to a couple of good, but not great players. Especially without a clear plan of what position one of the guys is going to play.

 

Don't forget Nava too. If we could pry him away for something I wouldn't mind it, he's in arby and probably going to be cheaper than Parra...also is a switch-hitter.

[reillymcshane]

It's a four year deal for $88 million, with a fifth year $22 million option.

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/11/red-sox-agree-to-terms-with-hanley-ramirez.html

[jerichoholicninja]

I'm guessing the plan is to slowly transition Sandoval to 1B and Ramirez to 3B with Xander at SS. Even if that doesn't happen, Ortiz is going to retire at some point during these contracts making an opening at DH.

[jerichoholicninja]

It's a four year deal for $88 million, with a fifth year $22 million option.

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/11/red-sox-agree-to-terms-with-hanley-ramirez.html

 

Call me crazy, but this seems like a steal based on the number of years alone.

[Austin Tatious]

I've felt for awhile the Bosox could be a good trade partner for the Crew. They may be interested in Gallardo or Lohse.

 

Bring back a young left side of the infield kid like Garin Cecchini or Will Middlebrooks, plus one of their front line starting rotation prospects. Cecchini and Middlebrooks have struggled but may be able to turn it around.

[bill hAll Star]

You guys really need to go and look up Will Middlebrooks' numbers through the minors and now majors. At no point did he ever look like anything more than AAAA fodder other than his first month in the majors.

[brewcrewdue80]

You guys really need to go and look up Will Middlebrooks' numbers through the minors and now majors. At no point did he ever look like anything more than AAAA fodder other than his first month in the majors.

 

Agreed on that. Nava certainly reads that exact same profile. AAAA guy.

 

Having Castillo and Betts, I believe JBJ/Cespedes and Bogaerts are trade fodder now. To land someone big. Cole Hamels. Jordan Zimmermann. Fister. Ross. Cashner. Walker. Justin Upton. Boston is going to have some kind of AllStars team.

[bill hAll Star]

Nava has value in the majors. He was a much, much better hitter than Middlebrooks in the minors and he can crush RH pitching. I've actually wondered how they've kept him stashed away in the minors for so long. He's no superstar but he has value.

 

Middlebrooks, if he could figure things out a little bit could be a low .700s OPS 3rd baseman with a lot of strikeouts. Maybe a ceiling of Mark Reynolds.

[dlk9s]

I'd be really surprised if Cespedes didn't get traded.

[reillymcshane]

Middlebrooks, if he could figure things out a little bit could be a low .700s OPS 3rd baseman with a lot of strikeouts. Maybe a ceiling of Mark Reynolds.

A poor fielding .196 hitter who strikes out 40% of the time! Sign me up for that.

[bill hAll Star]

I meant the trajectory of Reynolds' career. Have a few .800+ seasons and fade away to strikeouts. Have some maddening .700 seasons.

 

I don't even really expect Middlebrooks to get over .800 at all, but a "ceiling" of Reynolds in his prime isn't a terrible thing. Reynolds had some value for a while.

 

That said, Middlebrooks wasn't nearly as good as Reynolds was in the minors.