http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/05/02/dont-worry-about-chris-sale/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/05/02/dont-worry-about-chris-sale/#comment-16375 Thu, 03 May 2018 18:19:51 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=38755#comment-16375 Trade Chris Sale next year? Is that a serious post? Sale is every bit worth $28-32 million at his current level and before you say he’s about to be in decline mode, consider the likes of Corey Kluber and Max Scherzer, last year’s Cy Young winners, who are both in their mid 30’s. Pawning off Sale for prospects when we have a team good enough to win it all now and next year (and presumably after that as well), is just a dumb idea.

]]> http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/05/02/dont-worry-about-chris-sale/#comment-16364 Wed, 02 May 2018 14:34:24 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=38755#comment-16364 But, Cam, I AM concerned about Chris Sale because I’m not sure the Red Sox will know what to do with him in 2019. The answer is spin him off before the 2019 trade deadline to a NL contender who has four prospects to trade, including some young people who can hit, which the Sox don’t have in the minors. And don’t even consider foolishness like ponying up the 28 to 32 MM/yr it will take to extend him before free agency or sign him as a FA.

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