WestEddy

That must mean we'll have an extra catcher on the bench from a trade by gametime!!!!

So, the leaks to the NYPost about the Sox demanding Vientos in any package for Robert probably came from the Mets to drum up the price for Vientos, regardless of the Sox' interest.

The phight for a phive-hundred homestand.

A moon-sized meteor missing Earth miracle? Or a squirrel biting a wire and triggering an East Coast blackout miracle?

Hoping it was up to Yankee standards.

The way they're handling Colson is fine. Sure, if they start putting him out in RF, then catching a game, that would be weird. A shortstop can handle 3B. A player doesn't need to attend 7 years of 3B seminary to understand the nuances.

We should probably let your reading skills mature more before we continue this conversation.

Phil Fox is coming along nicely, too.

I have no idea who's available. Neither do you. Most of us learn before our 30's that trade rumors are planted for reasons. Obviously, if Chris Getz is being offered Crochet packages for Robert, he should take the best one and run. If he's being offered garbage, perhaps there are creative ways to get more value.

But if those well-rounded players aren't being offered, then there is value in guys who have had prior success and need to readjust to the league. This isn't that hard to understand.

Baseball players don't develop from little league on knowing one position that they never move off from. Moving from SS to 3B isn't a traumatic move for a player. They have 3 shortstops moving through the system, and they just drafted 4 more. In a season where they'll lose 100 games, I'm not sure what the problem is with moving guys around to see where they fit better.

Every player who hits the bigs, then slumps when the league adjusts to them hasn't "shown you who they are" any more than when they had their initial success. All these guys need development, either as A-ballers, or even 2nd year big leaguers. If nobody's offering their top 200 guys, then there's value to be found with guys your development team thinks they can fix.

Colson has experience at SS. Perhaps they think getting multiple rookies at bats from positions where they collectively do the least damage is more important. It may not be a pursuit you like, I just don't agree it's "asinine" or "colossally stupid". The Sox aren't the only team in the major leagues getting players exposure to multiple positions for flexibility.

Can you define lottery ticket, and tell us why somebody considered a "lottery ticket" isn't a "top prospect"? Or even why a player taking on a label that literally means 10 million to one shot of success is intrinsically worth more than a player who had had sustained success at multiple levels of minor league ball, and maybe even hit in the majors before league adjustments?

All reasonable. I think a team can increase the value of their return by taking on slumping, post hype players, guys soon to be out of options, or other projects to fix. Unfortunately, Robert isn't commanding a knockout return.

3B isn't that radical a change for a good defensive shortstop. They're not trying to "win" this year, so I don't see it as asinine for the Sox to play Monty at 3B in order to get Sosa as many at-bats before the TDL, if that's an urgency of theirs.

Sanchez is a LHP. I've had it beaten into my head that the only way a prospect can learn the MLB game is by being slotted into the starting lineup for a year and stays regardless of whether he's failing over and over.

Unless, due to TV money cash flow and attendance problems, the budget just wasn't there.

I think Dobnak is like attaching Jared Shuster to Houser.

Houser comp? Paddack isn't striking out 10 per 9 anymore.

Houser comp?

But we didn't touch their top 3. We took a catcher, and an injured player who hadn't taken a pitch in their system. It may have been just what Getz was targeting, but it wasn't 3 top 50 guys.

Robert back in the lineup, today.