Look at Ray Ray Run

nice call here ?

Gio gonna be kicking himself when that walk is what makes this a no-hitter instead of a perfecto in 5 innings.

now we're back

I do; i think these guys are using streams or something. the cable services are showing thome.

Moncada's ball was not hit hard at all.

Brault wanted absolutely nothing to do with Anderson or Abreu.

The DBacks will offer a QO to Ray regardless of what happened this year, no?

Will Tim Anderson make an out tonight?

Goins used to be a hell of a defender. He's still a real good one. He just never figured out how to hit. He was elite at 2nd base defensively when he was younger with the Jays. Agree though that he's not better than Yolmer at the role anymore.

? why do people spread twitter rumors started by randoms with 8 followers? there has never been a single person who is close to the sox or situation that has ever said he might quit.

Don't mistake it; they both lied to the team. The difference was Plesac got caught by a monitor and Clevinger somehow didn't.

? Nice video, Zach. Never forget! Although I think the Indians know Plesac isn't as good as he'd been.

Agreed, and while everyone should take it equally seriously I don't think it can be overstated that Tito has heart problems and they have a SP recovering from cancer.

guy hasn't thrown strikes since he was 12. Sox don't need another guy with zero command. He makes Cease look like Greg Maddux.

The problem with this is Cease doesn't need to be as good as Lynn in one individual season; not even close. Lynn has 1 year + 1 month left of control. His value is projected around 4-5 fWAR. Let's give PV (Present value) fWAR an increase in value of roughly .4 times - just because the Sox could technically win this year with their roster. That means, Lynn's fWAR is worth roughly 7 fWAR on the high side. He's making roughly 12 million over that time; a nice 1.7 million per WAR. A heck of a bargain. Cease is projected to be woth 2 fWAR next year and .3 the rest of the way this year. Putting his PV at 3.22 fWAR at a cost under 2 million. .62 million per fWAR. Obviously we need to give greater weight to the 7 fWAR over the 3, but the value in their deals aren't that far off. The major difference is while Cease has 3.22 fWAR in PV, and Lynn has 7, Cease has roughly +9 addition fWAR in FV. Putting his entire deal at 12.22 fWAR compared to Lynn's 7. Even with the emphasis on PV, there isn't enough value difference between the two to warrant even a straight up swap IMO.

Nice depth piece.

You have solved the puzzle; now claim your prize!

Mike Trout isn't producing enough wins? What are you even talking about.... Mike Trout is a bargain. I don't know what you can't grasp about that. He's going to make between 4-6 million per WAR (estimate) over the life of the deal. That's a great contract and one any team could take on. Comparing Trout to Pujols and Upton. WTF Rendon has a 179 wRC+ and nearly 2 WAR in 26 games. He's certainly not a bad deal at all at this point. Obviously it's very early.

The Sox talent of the future, for the most part, is already here. Vaughn, Stiever... and the rest of the lot are just pieces. If you want to take Vaughn out, fine.... But there isn't much depth the Sox are relying on after that.

Mike Trout is worth 600 million. He's underpaid. I would trade every single non-big league player for him.

I think the Indians are in a tough spot. They've made it very vocal and public that they can't trust them and that players don't want to be around them. That hurts value regardless of what we think. Plesac has a better chance of coming back; he told the truth at the start (although he was caught red handed) and then took a car back and etc. He's from the area and could argue that it was alapse in judgement. Clevinger lied to the team, traveled back on the team plane putting everyone on the team at risk, and then didn't come clean when confronted until later.

I don't think Clevinger is going to age very well.

I would trade every prospect in the system that isn't on the team for Mike Trout yesterday.

I've got to think Clevinger and Plesac are on their way out. Maybe not Plesac because he might be young, but I just don't see how those guys go back into that locker room.

Hmmmm, I believe there has been a poster here trying to explain this and being called a shill for Renteria over and over again. Oh wait... that was me.