My offense was never going to be great at OBP, but Gattis replacing Jaso or Mahtook should make me a bit better overall. Really hoping my flawed offense can finish close to the middle of the pack and let me compete for a playoff spot.
He reminds me of Sanchez. Huge fastball, and minor league results that suggest he's tough to square up despite K-rates that don't jump out at you and some apparent issues with control. The Sox seem to think he has a chance to stick as a starter.
I don't know where his velo sat in AAA in 2014, but he was outstanding across 20-something starts. There's a considerable chance that Hendriks in the rotation = Chavez, though the team clearly doesn't think so and paid for the reduced risk.
I think if you polled the forum before tonight asking if they'd move Hendriks for Chavez the vast majority would say no. It could end well, but it's decidedly unsexy.
Yeah, weird that he fell off the map after 2012. Also funny that the team's transaction page has updated the Chavez trade but has nothing about the apparent Humberto Quintero signing.