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Because we are getting another starter by taking on salary in addition to getting another starter with more prospect capital. If we go the Peralta route I’d venture to guess that’s our prospect capital buy in the SP market.

Tampa

Katie Perry's bootyhole says no on this deal. Unless torrens is included.

Whoa Nelly. My prediction is he’s going to the Diamondbacks.

Pitching matchup in their favor but feel like weird s%*# happens in this awful stadium.

lol Peters doing the high school grad pics

Maybe building on this, but if he came over and pitched like he has the past few years down the stretch for the Sox, you could go down the route of a qualifying offer to either retain him or get back a pick (so regain some of that capital). Obviously plenty of scenarios where he isn't worth that qualifying offer - but if was becoming a free agent a year ago, I think he would have gotten that offer.

I'd just be speculating for the most part, but his arm angle dip probably hasn't helped much given that he's a very very generous 6'0 so it's likely flattened out a fastball that had incredible lift. He's also just struggled to command the slider this year which has killed his fastball as well because even though the slider still has been effective, he's thrown more in the no contest zone so it hasn't played as well off the fastball. His fastball has always outperformed it's grades and sometimes sequencing as a pitcher just works against you a little and you throw your best pitches on strike 0 or 1 instead of strike 2. I'd be willing to bet on a change of scenery though because the guy has been proving everyone wrong since he got into the league and was told he could only make it as a reliever.

I'd do it for Holmes.

He’s nothing more than a bunch of blatant agent & front office plants and it’s embarrassingly obvious. Like he literally hypes up Boras’ clients in the offseason to the point it looks like Scott’s staff has access to Jon’s twitter account.

Giving up Boston Smith and Walkow for a few months of Peralta who isn’t having a great season himself would be a tough pill to swallow….Boston has been raking down in Birmingham.

Bonemer’s K rate has also dropped since getting promoted to AA all while maintaining a similar ISO & BB rate at a higher level. He had a rough stretch at High A where the K rate was starting balloon and after like a week of getting it under control he was promoted. It’s clear that something clicked because it’s no longer an issue. Anyone concerned about a 20 year old posting a 24% K rate in AA while maintaining a near .300 ISO and solid BB rate is off in their evaluation of the player. The numbers are plainly put insane and the only real question for Caleb is where he plays because he lacks the technical skills at several spots currently even he has more athleticism than some think.

There isn’t anyone that gloms onto news and breaking stories than heyman. He is so fucking worthless when he calls the score

On a personal level, I'm anti-dome since I love the impact the elements can play on a sport traditionally played outdoors. And I don't mind sitting in the rain or cold, I might even prefer it since there are likely fewer people in the park and I can wander around/sit where I want more freely. On the other hand, I'm sure a temperature-controlled climate would appeal to players (ie free agents we might want to sign) and help produce a larger fanbase. Rainouts would be a thing of the past. I think the positives of a dome outweigh the negatives, perhaps even from an economic perspective. I also like the idea of adaptive reuse and the current park is in fine shape, it would be wasteful and ecologically insensitive to construct a brand new park. I think a dome on an already-built park is more aligned with the political goals of Illinoisans than a brand new park is.

I just saw Peralta at the airport getting on a flight to Tampa!

Not disagreeing with you, but why is his K rate down so much vs. recent years?

Oh f*** yeah, just finished work for the day too!! Let’s get some early action going!!

Get him today so he can start tomorrow instead of Noah.

Fully disagree on Wolkow. Teams have shifted towards prioritizing youth and ceiling in these types of deals. You say he’s been spinning in circles for a long time, yet he is a 20 year old in High A who has made some strides this year in terms of the K rate. He’s certainly a high variance player who likely amounts to nothing, but the ceiling if it were to click is insane. To think he has zero trade value is just simply wrong IMO.

I've always been a pretty big Peralta guy. I'd take him for sure. That Mets situation is pretty brutal, and he's certainly had some bad luck with both balls in play and sequencing. The stuff still seems to be there for the most part. At the price above, I think I'd give it a whirl.

If they trade any of the A+ ball guys, they can just cross the dugout this weekend

Charles and Jerry would have a lot in common.

Think he's already a real prospect. He's almost a full year under the average age there too so definitely not an old guy.

I mean, if you're just going to cut, paste and retweet, be a little more accurate