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Yanks seemed like a logical trading partner to me, but I would've expected a pitcher and a bat going to them. Hopefully Getz asked about Spencer Jones for Houser/Slater(or whoever) or even proposed Houser + Robert. Didn't think Slater was going to return anything at all, but I've actually heard this guy's name before so he must he good.

Just the sort of thing they're known to do, innit. But you're right, the path to the NL Wild Card is pretty easy this year.

If Vaughnie can keep the cubs out of the playoffs, he’s the most useful player the Sox have had in years. Keep up the good work, AV!

same thing happened to his nobody teammate weeks ago. now we have an actual good player who is gambling on the game. of course this would fucking happen, the federal government needs to outlaw this garbage.

Montgomery 2.0 up to Double A too. Gonzalez looks OK to me, but worse than anticipated. I was happy the Sox drafted him. Didn't expect a great batting average, but where's the power? His OPS is a different story if he hit homers like he did in college. Maybe he can figure it out. Otherwise his defense looks fine, maybe he competes for second base. Hopefully it's not him and Ramos competing for a spot in Charlotte, still hopeful both guys can be contributors.

That sucks and I didn't know he wanted that. He probably could've made it happen if he really wanted. Absolutely love that he's immortalized in those big geeky glasses though. Timeless look, timeless slugger. Congrats to Mr. Allen!

Can’t win em all.

Need to reserve tix for our guys like the padres do when the dodgers come to town. I’m not paying those north side prices!!

I don't think he was ever gonna play in CF. I doubt the Cubs do anything with Alcantara or Caissie until the Tucker contract situation is resolved. Unless it's for a star player. Maybe they re-sign Tucker and prefer to keep their young outfielders anyway, and Tucker plays more at DH/1B as he ages into his 30s. Michael Busch is probably more expendable than Alcantara is...actually, I didn't realize he was having such a crazy year. Really wanted that guy on the team and I was about to say "he's probably more in the Houser tier" but, man, he's playing great. I wonder if we could get an actually interesting player like Alcantara if Houser is packaged with Jonathan Cannon or someone else controllable/semi-valuable...like Luis Robert. Giolito and Rey Lopez for Quero and Bush worked out pretty well for us and terribly for the Angels, and no team is as desperate as they were that season or ever will be again, but maybe someone is pretty close. I feel like the Yankees desperately need pitching and it's embarrassing that they're 5.5 back from Toronto. Spencer Jones seems more 'acquirable' than Alcantara IMO. His prospect status has fallen a bit and he's not pushing Judge or Dominguez out of the corner outfield. lol, Stroman just exited after giving up 4 runs in 3.2 innings.

I'm fine with it from our side, I think it's frankly a good sign that several players are "killing it" at Charlotte and will never see the MLB team. Lee and Ramos I'd actually like to see, Ramos might've finally busted though. I'm just like, if you're the Rays or any team and you're making a trade, why this guy? He's going to play for probably a couple of weeks and the Rays are only 1.5 back from the Wild Card. If you're dumpster diving the Sox farm system for a 'free' infielder to serve as depth at SS/2B, I might've taken the guy who has a reputation as a 'defender' if neither player can hit at all. I'm also thinking to myself that the price tag for Amaya was a little too high for TB...that's a joke 🫠

good news. thanks for the link, never seen this site, bookmarking it

I see this trade and I think "but why?" then I remember Jake Amaya and I think "but why" even more, Amaya is pretty much better at everything and neither of these two guys are any good. Kim and Lowe are injured (10IL), so it makes sense the D-Rays might need some infield depth for a week or two. But why Gray? Is he really better than CoCo Montes? His name isn't better. I guess they drafted him and he debuted there. Trust the AAA player you know, but I suspect neither one of these guys can hit in the majors but at least Amaya can sometimes play good defense. Maybe Gray is a good defender, I don't actually know.

this game's getting rained out anyway, isn't it?

I think if he watches baseball 162 times a year for, like, 4 or 5 years, he might start to actually like the sport. Sort of like an arranged marriage, you grow to love the person/bat-and-ball game over time, and maybe that love is stronger and more meaningful than it otherwise would have been had you actually wanted to marry the person/talk about baseball every other day out of the year. Maybe your parents know you better than you know yourself, Sox fan. I think in this analogy, Brooks Boyer is Sox fans' mom. I like Schriff's attitude, I like his calls when interesting things happen. They're goofy but amusing. He's very jocular, just seems like a nice guy. My favorite thing about Schriffen is that he can actually track the ball off the bat when it's hit somewhere meaningful. Benetti was so funny to watch because he has absolutely no depth perception and could not for the life of him tell if a ball was going to be a home run or not. I watched some Detroit game this year where the batter CRUSHED a home run, an absolute no doubter, and Benetti is like "maybe...maybe...it's going back..." and the outfielder wasn't even trying to go for the ball. Way gone. Context clues, Jason! I think he's better at basketball and football for precisely this reason. Schriff has "the tools" to do the job but does he have the "passion"? I'd call him, like, a 60 FV prospect and he's just in his second year...but you're absolutely right, I've been listening to the radio broadcast a lot more this year and it's far better (and easier to justify listening to at 1:00pm on a week day). Can't let Stone off the hook either, he's been pretty bad for a couple years now. Not crazy about Plesac, but the Beckham/Schriff games have been pretty good. I'll give Schriff credit, last night he talked about how the Sox were 'punishing' the fastball, and they actually were. I don't think a producer told him that, I think he just saw it and thought it would be good information to tell the audience...which it was. Hot take: get Brooke Fletcher in the booth. That was a good baseball hire, can we credit Getz for that one? The Friday night home games are a definite success for the marketing people in the organization, the games are fun to watch and I think the team feels the energy because they're like 7-1 in those games.

"heard ya made a great hit" quick-witted, 10/10

I was thinking the same thing, he shouldn’t have swung! But he’s been here for like two weeks and doesn’t know his teammates’ tendencies probably. Let’s hang on to the win! We’re so used to “winning” rarely when it’s 1-0 or 2-1 or whatever; these guys can hold a lead when they’ve scored 11 or whatever.

I would’ve just kept Wilson in. Two good pitches that were ‘beaten’ and then that Yandy thing was a foul ball. He looked fine.

This is kind of funny. I didn’t look at the box score, I just turned the game on and assumed we’d save him for the close. If he was used earlier, I imagine it’s Wilson. So who’s coming in next? It’s Gilbert. Was he gonna be the closer tonight? Or just left on left. Hmm

Did he already pitch? Who are they saving for the 9th?

The sweeper looks hot. Two good hits I think. Put the flamethrower in though who can definitely do 2 innings.

This is grant Taylor time. This is the two inning close.

Lol it really seems like that, he’s way better when stone isn’t around. The guy needs to retire.

See ya there…webcam via Las Vegas?

Oh, thanks. Turned it on in the 7th

What’s the deal with Tampa’s bullpen? The guy clearly didn’t have it, everything out of the zone or hangers, yet he threw like 30 pitches and blew the lead for a team that might make the playoffs. do they want altavilla?