JoeC

Martin Maldonado finishes with a lower OPS than team winning percentage.

Thanks. see? Prediction #1 is already wrong.

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Prediction 1: Gracious mods of this forum correct my stupid thread title to be "second half predictions"

Wrong predictions only.

I beg to differ: your move, Mr. Getz

He’s consistent. what more do you want?

Also, still an ex-Royal.

I figure if I throw enough of these asinine and cynical suggestions, I'm bound to get one of them right.

Phase 2: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/phillies-release-whit-merrifield.html He can play the outfield just as well as Benintendi, AND he can play 2B.

A downright hot streak.

"A Sox-A's playoff matchup!" "Sure, grandpa. Let's get you back to bed."

I think it's the roughly $8MM Moncada is owed in salary + the $400K or so that Crochet is owed for the rest of the year, divided by 2.

It's the "if they eat Moncada's buyout" part

#soxtalk

....unless they package him with a Crochet / Robert.... ? </sarc>

I hope Sosa continues to get regular ABs at 2B for the week or two that Moncada would be playing, then the Sox can get something (a bag or two of baseballs for Martin Maldonado to sign would be sufficient) in return. That would be the ideal case for me.

“Yeah? Well he ain’t seen MY heat!”

“How to make a promotion to AAA feel like a disappointment for $200, Alex.”

Just listened to his call of Kopech’s immaculate inning. He should call it like that more. I enjoyed that delivery.

Yep. That describes way too many pitchers who haven’t made it as far as he has.

It’s outings like this (well, lesser outings) that give Kopech value. That glimmer of hope that he can be dominant consistently with the right coaching, mentoring, counseling, etc., is basically the extent of his trade value.

We weren’t gonna take that from him.

That is valid, though I'd even argue that the ship has sailed for that already. I'd also argue that in a case like this, it's not unreasonable for the player to advocate for himself, again, to try to build value. To act like your own medical staff is incompetent (and not changing the leadership / strategies in that area) might just be worse, somehow.

Even if it's 0.001%, it's got the same worst-case downside as letting him sit on the IL, as far as the Sox are concerned. If Moncada wants to pump the brakes so he can use the rest of 2024 to be 100% healthy and to build up his value for his upcoming free agency, that's his choice... but from the Sox perspective I see no reason not to try to rush him.