With free company locked down till the tip of the World Sequence, there’s simply not loads for Crimson Sox followers to do proper now besides watch different groups play baseball. However that’s to not say there isn’t some form of Crimson Sox connection in right now’s video games. Quinn Priester, who was dealt away in the beginning of the season solely to blossom right into a mainstay of the Brewers rotation, will begin Sport 3 in opposition to the Cubs momentarily. It’s not his first time in Wrigley Subject within the postseason, although. He was there throughout their magical 2016 run as a fan. (Steve Megargee, Boston Globe)
Priester was traded partly as a result of the Crimson Sox thought they’d sufficient beginning pitching depth within the higher minors coming into 2025. Luis Perales wasn’t a kind of depth arms on the time, as a result of he was nonetheless recovering from Tommy John. However he’s again on the mound now — and he’s throwing 101 MPH. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)
It’s protected to say that the Quinn Priester commerce doesn’t look too scorching proper now. However that’s not the one misjudgment Craig Breslow made this 12 months. It’s more and more clear that his relative inaction on the commerce deadline performed a task within the Sox’ playoff ouster. (Chris Cotillo, MassLive)
In fact when viewing Breslow’s commerce deadlines, it’s instructive to keep in mind that he’s nonetheless new at this job, and has far much less entrance workplace expertise than most of his friends. And it now seems like he’s planning on being aggressive this offseason, saying that “[there’s] no assure that we simply choose up the place we left off on the finish of 2025. Simply form of anticipating everybody to take a step ahead, I feel, may permit us to be complacent or to fall flat.” (Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic)
So what would be the targets of his aggressiveness? How about energy bats and entrance line starters. (Ian Browne, MLB.com)
However there’s no query that, given the query marks surrounding sure opt-outs and participant well being, that is going to be an advanced offseason. (Rob Bradford, WEEI)
