Yet one more nook infielder comes off the board. This time it’s Kazuma Okamoto, previously of Bobby Dalbec’s Yomiuri Giants, who reached a four-year/$60 million take care of the Toronto Blue Jays. I gained’t faux to understand how good Okamoto will likely be stateside — and you have to be suspicious of anybody who insists they do. However this transfer may need some essential implications for the Pink Sox, because the Jays are (had been?) a possible vacation spot for each Alex Bregman and Bo Bichette. (Chris Cotillo, MassLive)
However even when the Okamoto acquisition places the Jays out the of Alex Bregman market, that doesn’t imply different groups couldn’t enter it. Right here’s one state of affairs that posits that the Phillies might get entangled with Bregman in the event that they fail to resign catcher JT Realmuto. (Scott Lauber, Philadelphia Inquirer)
One crew that was additionally in on Okamoto was the Pittsburgh Pirates, who’ve been unexpectedly energetic this offseason. Might Ben Cherington pull off a shock commerce involving the Pink Sox? Right here’s one author figuring out the Bucs as the very best buying and selling companions for a possible Jarren Duran deal. (Tim Kelly, Bleacher Report)
So with the Jays including Okamoto on prime of their current acquisition of Dylan Stop, how is the AL East wanting midway by the offseason? (Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald)
As neither Bregman nor Bichette are presently signed, neither one in all them cracked this checklist of the 20 most essential folks within the Pink Sox group, which was topped by Garrett Crochet and Roman Anthony. The place would you fit Bregman if he does find yourself coming again? (Pete Abraham, Boston Globe)
Marcelo Mayer landed on that checklist at quantity 17. However even when he’s not on the sector he’s exhibiting his significance in distinctive methods. Working example: he’s formally altering his jersey quantity to 11, thereby enabling Sox followers to reuse their previous Rafael Devers jerseys and holding them out of the Nice Pacific Trash Island. (Hayden Bird, Boston.com)
