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Well, yeah. And so would spending money on good players.

It sort of feels like the opposite of some of the earlier Vargas discourse. Vargas is more valuable to the Sox than he is to other teams, whereas it's possible that Quero is valued higher by other teams than he is the Sox at the moment. Which is another way of saying you don't have to trade him unless you really really love the return.

I definitely get that. I'm not all in on trading Quero by any means. But you can always look at it the other way too. If Teel ends up being the guy they and many of us think he can be while Quero regresses or fails to further develop, then you may have missed a great opportunity to bring in a potential future starting OF. It's definitely a risk. Trades are hard! That's why I would completely suck ass as a GM. Well, that and 100 other reasons.

How so? If you can get a promising OF in return then it's trading from a strength to improve a glaring weakness.

Yep, 19 inning win vs Boston and Iguchi with the game winning hit. I remember after that game thinking that no one was stopping them from repeating. Little did I know that would be the apex of the season and the beginning of the end.

Yep, that completely changed how I feel about Round 2.

Aside from the Eagles game, this is generally similar to how they’ve played most of their games. One bad half, one good half. As we’ve seen, it’s good enough to beat bad and mediocre teams, but this is the outcome I’d expect in a playoff game. The good news is I trust Ben and the coaching staff to continue getting this team to improve. And also, while I still believe the Packers are the better team, the Bears have shown they can absolutely hang with them. Been awhile since we could say that.

GB just on a different level than the Bears. It is what it is. But. Just win 2 of these next 5 games and you should be in the playoffs. That’s awesome and better than any of us could have expected.

Table 2 strictly for Uribe. I’ve heard he’s quite the character.

Yeah, I don’t really understand some of the reactions. We don’t like it when teams refuse to spend or try. But then we dismiss a contract like this as a mistake. Good luck finding that nearly impossible ideal middle ground.

I think we really need to start accepting that most deals for good players are not going to age well on the back half. It just is what it is. Getting past that reality, I love this for the Jays. They lock in a #2 starter while being squarely in their window to contend. And let’s not forget the division they have to deal with. Free agent splashes/overpays are more or less necessary.

Word. I will say I've been loving the Vuc fiery postgame interviews. Dude's been pissed, even after wins. And he's definitely not wrong.

What is this team?

Not a very inspiring first half. Sure feels like the bears are down by two touchdowns. f*** it, win ugly again.

Had a bad feeling the D was gonna finish this game with even more injuries. They’re not gonna be able to get off the field at all today.

I knew they were a mess of a franchise, but this is like Onion headline territory.

What? Like how is that even possible?

I think these are both true in that Vargas probably means much more to the Sox than he would to another team.

Another wild thing about this is that the O's have had a surplus/logjam of OF prospects for the past several years (i.e. a position of supposed strength), and now they find themselves needing to trade for one year of a 32 year old OF. Lol and/or lmao.

I could easily see him having another good 3 years where he’s a big part of their offense while being a great team guy. I think the Mariners would take that all day.

Kevin Warren getting a game ball temporarily derailed the vibes for me

Why is Ben not running the ball?

I was gonna make a joke meatball post pretending to be mad because Royals/Marlins, but I guess I was beaten to the punch by actual posts.

I don't really think I'd chalk that scenario up to bad luck.