JoeC

I was thinking initially that this was the first of several moves. Not sure how I feel about this trade either way. I don't think I'm a fan.

Source: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/yasmani-grandal-518735?stats=gamelogs-r-hitting-statcast&season=2022

Average of 89 mph Median of 91.6 mph max of 110 mph 8 of 20 hit balls went for 95 mph+ For all games July 1 2022 onward.

Williams tried, even if it meant flailing in mediocrity between 2009 and 2016 before finally admitting that a rebuild was needed to be actually competitive. We've never drafted / developed well, and that's been the main downfall of this organization. Not enough home-grown players to use as trade chips or backfills for veterans. Not enough success on developing the pieces that we've got.

Resisting the urge to take a hit off that one.... As frustrating as the first half has been, and as frustrating as July was, The Beloved went 16-11 in July for the month. For those of you keeping score at home, that's .593 while playing 27 games in 31 days, with 4 mandatory off days for the ASB. ...and the schedule is going to get easier from here.

I was thinking Soto, in keeping with the thread theme.

Sox have the 3rd easiest remaining schedule in all of baseball as of the start of August: https://www.tankathon.com/mlb/remaining_schedule_strength

No negativity allowed.

Living dead. This team doesn't walk.

Maybe a more gratifying poll would be to guess Anderson's upcoming suspension.

Yeah - not gonna lie. My first impression when reading this thread title was “yeah, we can probably get a pretty good return for someone like Lynn.”

I am thinking "no words," similar to this Stanley Cup promo (tears and all)

2021 Liam Henriks would have pitched back-to-back-to-back games.

Pretty sure there are insurance reasons why it's more advantageous to stash him on the 60-day IL so you can delay that decision until the offseason.

Walking the bases loaded to lead off the 9th inning is generally frowned upon, right?

Well, he finally threw a first-pitch strike.

This game feels like a loss.

Thank you for picking up what I was laying down.

Jimmy likes first pitch pop-ups.

only 1 out on that fly ball that dropped in. No way to tell if Blackmon was going to get there. I can excuse that part. Also, not sure how he's supposed to score from 2nd on that attempted DP. The pickoff? Yikes.

Luckily with Harrison playing well, that frees up Leury to become an everyday OFer. </sarc>

"is a really bad fit." Translation - our management tends to ignore things like "good fit" or "team needs."

....which would make it more likely.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/07/royals-trade-rumors-whit-merrifield-best-fits.html MLBTR thinks the Sox would be a decent fit for Merrifield. He could plug in at 2B or RF. He's a RH bat, but, barring his would-have-fit-in-with-the-Sox April, he's been OK, and his salary is affordable.