Interesting.

No Giolito QO. He enters free agency with no hindrance.

This is the earliest posting I can recall from a prominent Japanese player in the last few years. Nice to have this wrapped up earlier in the offseason. Sugano 12/7/20 Suzuki 11/22/21 Yoshida 12/7/22 Yamamoto 12/20/23 Imanaga 12/27/23 Uwasawa 12/27/23

Now that all the FA are off the books, FanGraphs' 2026 SP depth charts project Boston for the 5th-best rotation by fWAR before adding anyone (and before anyone else is added). Very bullish on Early.

Clase made $4.9M last yr Ortiz made $782,600 last yr Assuming they take home ~half after taxes, dues and agent fees, they committed these acts for the following illegal untaxed raises ($12k): Clase: 0.5% Ortiz: 3.1% Dumb in the first place, completely unnecessary overall

8-2, T-1 in the NFL 2g lead in the AFC East (tiebreaker) Lol wtf

RoYs will be announced shortly. Roman Anthony is one of the AL 3 finalists. His extension has escalators based on a top 2 finish. Among those: 2031, 2032, & 2033 base salaries go up $1M each 2034 club option goes up by $2M More from Chris Cotillo: bit.ly/49vtald

Roman Anthony finished third in AL Rookie of the Year voting, behind the Athletics' Nick Kurtz and Jacob Wilson. Had he been second, Anthony would have unlocked at least $3 million of bonuses for 2031-33, per the terms of this contract.

Offseason reset: $219.59M projected payroll Updated payroll sheet: bit.ly/4nVvuFS SoxProspects.com payroll: soxprospects.com/payroll.htm Next up: Nov 18: Rule 5 protection deadline Nov 21: Non-tender deadline Dec 7-10: Winter Meetings & Rule 5 draft Jan 9: Arb file deadline

Wong: have you tried aiming? Devin: lock in

I love this chart because it really shows you who actually understands finances and who is just dumb

So 28-yr-old Josh Naylor gets 5yrs and $90-100M. ~$20M AAV. He had 8.1 fWAR over the last 3 seasons. Pete Alonso will be 31 on opening day. He had 8.5 fWAR over the last 3 seasons. On one hand, the market might have been set. On the other, there's more scarcity at 1B now.

Two MLB off-season deadlines this Tuesday: • Players must decide to accept Qualifying Offer by 4:00 p.m. ET • Teams must protect Rule 5 eligible players on 40-man by 6:00 pm ET

According to multiple sources, the Red Sox are unlikely to non-tender Tanner Houck this week with roster decisions due. A look at the calls they have to make before deadlines Tuesday and Friday, including on Nathaniel Lowe: masslive.com/redsox/2025/11…

Removing Lowe and Winc, and adding Gray (who has 1 option left), the Red Sox payroll is now projected at ~$205.29M for 2026.

Why Tristan Gray has value without a reliable bat: 1. He has 1 option year 2. He plays league average defense at all 4 IF positions

Lowe and Winc heading out now ALSO the $1.1M MLBTR arbitration estimate for Bernardino drops the Red Sox payroll estimate to ~$204.19M.