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Seattle doesn't look good though. Today was winnable.

And this guy needs to be on the 40-man. Helping other teams unclog their 40-man is a theme of these "Small" trades (especially with Tampa).

Lots of mistakes today but freaking Hicks. He hasn't been good since the teens. Getz at his worst.

First move is no move. Leave Hays in AAA. We don't need Benintendi and Grichuk and Hays. One of those 3 has got to be out first. Kelenic is in that group too. Hill is a good defender so I don't include him. Antonacci can play IF and OF, but he's our starting/primary LF. He's a utility guy secondarily. So I wouldn't be so anxious to move Acuna. And of course bring up Gonzalez.

93 average fastball. I guess that's better than Eisert's 91, but Sox could use some velocity. And another trade with the Rays.

Mariners did look "deer in headlights" stunned that they had to bat in the bottom of the 9th. But they got one hit all game, so I'm not sure they were supposed to win that game. Naylor couldn't make 2 plays. They weren't easy though.. Sox Defense >>>Marines defense. And that double steal - who's idea was that!

This is today, already? Good gracious.

ACL games are now 6 innings now? In prior years, the milb link had DSL and ACL scores. I guess things have changed.

That's probably true at this point; Urena's a good example of keeping players moving and getting them up levels to see what they have. 18th ranked prospect (Angels -bottom level farm - 18tth ranked prospect). Anyway, find some young pitching. Much better than paying big for for older pitchers or "Closers." Sox are invigorated with youth; keep it going.

Because 18th ranked is a 3rd/4th tier prospect. Sox need to bring Gonzalez up and find out if he's the real deal. Benintendi can sit for 2 months.

Law has Emerson ranked 5th. The pitcher Flora looks really good. Way better than Hagen Smith looked on paper (innings/start, walk rate), but not Paul Skenes good.

Roch not improving is a bit concerning. .666 OPS summer with wooden bats, but then not returning to the Cape to improve or to show that it was a fluke is also a question to me. I'd say Swanson offense - career .730 OPS; .318 OBP - would be a big downer for any first round pick. (Swanson's rep, imo, is a product of the WAR factory; Sandy Alcantra is another one; A couple of years of Lux and Eaton as well). Not saying don't draft Roch. Just glad they are looking and scouting hard.

Of the 6 players involved in that trade, the only ones not in the majors are Gowens (Charlotte) and Bummer. Grifol's obsession with Nicky Lopez made that trade seem bad, when it wasn't.

How did Eisert get back from Charlotte -who did they send down? I

Tyler Davis looks like a closer candidate to me. Throws hard and poised. Fedde throws 90+ pitches in 3 innings and gives up only 4 runs. Kudos to him for fighting it out.

1.061 OPS. How in the world does he have no trade value? Even better, why in the world is he not on the big club? In most circumstances, #1 pick 3 years ago raking like this in AAA would have a ton of value. It's almost like "Oh heck, he's good, now what do we do?" Well, accept the prize. Iriarte might be a call-up candidate soon. He walks too many, but he's in his 6th year in the minors.

Always be selling. Or at least, don't use resources on older players. That's how you get worse. Especially avoid hyped names and career years. Walbert Urena - Angels. 22 year old was ranked in the teens in the Angels system, wasn't pitching well in the minors, but they called him up anyway. He's pitched reasonably well. But he throws mid-high 90s. A couple of 2nd tier prospects should do it. Gonzalez maybe.

Fine. He can get that I think "buying" is a fool's game anyway.

DH, backup any position in the IF. It will help avoid or minimize the "Sunday lineup." The risk of underselling is too great to trade him blind.

Smith didn't pitch deep into games and walked too many. It was really striking when compared to Chase Burns. But he's still striking batters out and not giving up a ton of hits, so we'll see. But the org. overall sees pitching-light.

And/or amateur scouting, and drafting strategy.

Clearly he has control issues. But 1 hit and 6 Ks in 4 innings is something to work with. I hope.

Several of the commentators on Sirrus/XM have Emerson 1. Now they aren't professional talent evaluators. If the Sox evaluators have Emerson first, they should take him. And while they really shouldn't draft to match the current needs and competition position of the team, if they were to do that, they should take Emerson (or the pitcher). We're pretty solid up the middle for the next few years and have some minor league depth. Just take who they think is best.

In defense of Acuna, or of playing Acuna, I think he's the only backup infielder on the team. He allows Venable to mix and match Peters, Grichuk, Kelenec, Hill and Acuna in RF and CF. The Sox always got into trouble when they'd have one of those and dub them the starter. Those guys are role players (I guess Peters could be more). If not Acuna, it would be a utility infielder. The clogger, of course, is our .603 OPS designated hitter. That is getting ridiculous. Bring up Gonzales. I guess they don't want to expose him - but not much is lost by exposing him as he doesn't have much value anyway. And there could be a good gain. And he could be the backup infielder.

Several posters said that the Hicks trade was under-appreciated (especially by me); maybe that one will turn out. Hicks is settling down. I think the prized prospect in that trade had a good start. A year or so ago, the RedSox were over-subscribed in MI; they trade one, a couple of injuries and suddenly they are short and have to trade for Durbin (a player straight out of the Brewer dress-up factory).