This guy was a huge piece of shit that Sox fans didn't even want on the team bus 1 year ago. Now he shouldn't be traded? Please.

This guy was a huge piece of shit that Sox fans didn't even want on the team bus 1 year ago. Now he shouldn't be traded? Please. This is a classic sell high asset.

Someone will overpay for him. I think there will be some scouting changes on him and he's more likely to settle in as a 3 WAR player than a 4-5 WAR player. Get some quality pitching for him, let somebody stand in RF until Eloy reaches the Super Two milestone, and don't worry about it.

With Matt Holiday having shit the bed in New York, Avi would be a great replacement. He can DH 5x/week and play RF and let Judge DH 1-2x/week.

Someone will overpay for him. I think there will be some scouting changes on him and he's more likely to settle in as a 3 WAR player than a 4-5 WAR player. Get some quality pitching for him, let somebody stand in RF until Eloy reaches the Super Two milestone, and don't worry about it.

With Matt Holiday having shit the bed in New York, Avi would be a great replacement. He can DH 5x/week and play RF and let Judge DH 1-2x/week.

I'd be ok with trading him if someone blows you away. Can't just give him away.

He's a 0 WAR player except for when he mixed the right drug cocktail. He's Gary Matthews, Jr.

If that's what Rick Hahn thinks, they'll trade him.

His value will never be higher again.

If they don't trade him, Hahn's nuts.

If he starts out strong his value will be higher in June.

If he doesn't, he will have zero value.

Well, that's not true.

It's great that him being a good player now bothers you so much though

It doesn't bother me. I just can't believe that the Sox fans on this board, with their great baseball intelligence, are going to sit here and think that Garcia, overnight, went from a absolute horrible player with no value and was close to being DFA'd to a GREAT player who could be a cornerstone of a rebuild, and think there is nothing wrong with this reasoning.

I'm just trying to make some sense to you guys, but its like talking to Trump supporters.

It doesn't bother me. I just can't believe that the Sox fans on this board, with their great baseball intelligence, are going to sit here and think that Garcia, overnight, went from a absolute horrible player with no value and was close to being DFA'd to a GREAT player who could be a cornerstone of a rebuild, and think there is nothing wrong with this reasoning.

I'm just trying to make some sense to you guys, but its like talking to Trump supporters.

The Sox have to play 162 big league games next season. They have to field a team to do that. Avi is fine for that. If he repeats his 2017 performance in 2018 the Sox can keep him or trade him. If not, he finishes out the year and moves on. It is a win win win deal all the way around.

I don’t think he’s the franchise player Sox fans are making him out to be.

It doesn't bother me. I just can't believe that the Sox fans on this board, with their great baseball intelligence, are going to sit here and think that Garcia, overnight, went from a absolute horrible player with no value and was close to being DFA'd to a GREAT player who could be a cornerstone of a rebuild, and think there is nothing wrong with this reasoning.

I'm just trying to make some sense to you guys, but its like talking to Trump supporters.

Youre not gonna reel one in with shit bait like this.

I think Giolito/Kopech/Lopez have enough talent to get the Sox to the playoffs next year as long as they fill out the rotation with a decent lefty free agent (Lance Lynn would be perfect) and scrounge together a bullpen. The issue is going to be offense, and while Abreu is great he cant do it alone. Even Moncada panning out wouldn't get the Sox where they need to be offensively. Avi is a key to winning in 2018.

I'll have two of whatever he's had.