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Just don't know if he's one of those players that needs to be on the field to produce AND help lead the team. Gonzalez is a weaker fielder and hasn't been much of a power source...at least yet.

Hagen Smith and Jeral Perez for Rutschman makes absolutely no sense, yet yahoo sports has an entire speculative article about it. Well for Baltimore it's definitely more logical. Buying an increasingly expensive post hype arb guy with just 2 1/2 years of control....when Teel is returning? Adley as a DH after his last 2-3 years? Yuck. https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/white-sox-orioles-trade-adley-163610910.html "Hagen Smith is the Orioles white whale. Their rotation is severely lacking, again, and they need top-end talent. Smith can be just that, as he's a top-50 prospect per MLB Pipeline who has a 60-grade fastball and slider. Smith was selected fifth overall in the 2024 MLB Draft and has already made his way to Triple-A. He's expected to make his big-league debut later this season on the south side, assuming he isn't traded. The Orioles can add to their rotation for the short and long-term, while clearing room for Basallo, a former top-10 prospect in baseball himself."

https://prospectsavant.com/player/689818

Not very…think they would rather trade for a veteran back of the rotation piece like Civale Flexen Martin Perez Fedde this year than have Hagen get torched because of walks, erratic command and pitch counts/short outings just like Sandlin’s last two or Painter against the Sox. Delmers would be fine, but other teams have the ability to easily outbid the Sox with higher quality redundant milb depth.

Somewhere around $120-125 million as a floor seems at least plausible. The more likely it seems as October approaches, the more movement you'll see taking on a contract like an Alcantara or Luis Castillo becomes pragmatic for the bottom 12-15 payroll teams...since the upcoming FA market is filled with potential overpays and only Skubal and maybe Sato at the top of the class and maybe another 8-10 Tier1A to B guys.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/5-players-creating-early-mlb-trade-buzz-luis-arraez-cj-abrams-willson-contreras-and-more-210530565.html Alcantara has the big contract dollars to absorb so just depends on both teams' financial situations...and especially Marlins' desperation to move him. Skubal and Ryan are for the big market/Top Ten milb systems to fight over. W.Contreras or Arraez (1B/DH) make some sense, but only depending on what you think of Mune/Teel return dates and viability of Gonzalez/Pereira/Braden as contributors in the next couple of months. Arraez would be buying really high now...compared to last season in SD.

Or he's already being recalled...

You're not going to have him come up against Atlanta LAD or NYY...if Pereira fails first, then sure, maybe.

A pitcher with the least risk? Probably Kyle McCulloch or Lance Broadway lol.

.268 lhb .211 rhb nice Venable

Colson in a real slump now...

Still just averaging 3.9 in their last 14 vs Sox at over 5. Starting pitching and bullpen... Kay and Quero were going back and forth on calling pitches...kind of unusual.

Sanzatela the definition of a failed starter but can give you 2-3....and might not hurt to get him out of Colorado to boost his confidence.

Dumb to not take your time with Braden. The question isn't who is better now...it's what best serves the Sox longer-term 2027/28-30 window of contention? 61 combined AA (2025-26) games and just 25 or one month at AAA? Barely a half season at the two highest levels?

Who do the Sox have to trade for Detmers, though? Can't even part with Gonzalez at this point. Would have to be mostly A ball prospects...not sure what worth Bergolla Mogollon Jeral Perez have...same with Wolkow/Zavala. Lottery tickets...