From Roch's blog: Elias: "The offseason is still going, there’s a lot left on the board and a lot of discussions still happening" - Blog (masnsports.com)
It's a long interview with a lot of Elias repeating mantras and facts and things that we've heard him say 100 times over. But I think it's still worth reading. One little part kinda jumped out at me which I will quote below:
“We’ve talked to all 29 other teams and seeing if any starters are readily available, and there just hasn’t been too many of these trades,” he said. “You saw Chris Sale and Glasnow, but the Rays or the Red Sox aren’t going to pick us to trade with if they have other options. … I do want to repeat that there’s a lot of free agents out there still. This thing, if you look last year, almost every single free agent was cleared about a week or two ago, and this year’s there’s a lot left. We’re staying on the phones every day.
Am I overanalyzing things a bit to think he maybe has turned his focus more to the free agent market vs trade?
I know we aren't likely getting Snell or Montgomery.......who would be in the next tier down that is still on FA?